In the Cassablanca scene, the Humphrey Bogart AA is taller than his real-life counterpart. In reality, Ingrid Bergman was taller, but camera angles were used to make Bogart appear taller.
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The car that drives out in the gangster scene has a license plate that reads "021 429" which is a numeric translation of the date of the infamous St. Valentines Day Massacre.
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When entering the Gangster scene, there's an Edward G. Robinson movie poster that has been torn so that the name and face are not very prominent, and that is because his estate didn't approve his likeness to be used in only that scene, so that people would only associate him with his gangster roles.
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There's a sign across the way from John Wayne for Ransom Stoddard Attorney, this is a reference to a movie "The Man who shot Liberty Valley" staring John Wayne.
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The belt buckle worn by the John Wayne Audio-animatronics in the western scene is actually a belt buckle he wore in one of his movies.
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This attraction actually caused the creation of the Disney MGM Studios. The attraction was originally slated to be added to Epcot in a Show buisness pavilion in Future World, but instead got it's own theme park to reside in.
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Jean Kelley was the only one to inspected is own Audio-animatronics figure personally for the "Singing in the Rain" scene.
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The scene with Mickey Mouse from the Sorcerer's Apprentice was originally designed to be a tornado that was going to transport you to Oz, setting up the next scene in Oz. The final movie area also was designed to be where Dorothy and the gang meet the Wizard, but these scenes were cut because of permission issues. Disney was only allowed to use 3 minutes of the movie hence the cutting of this section.
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The main figures actually have real human hair.
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There are 59 Audio-animatronics figures in the ride.
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The building houses 95,000 square feet of space.
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Mann's Chinese Theater which houses this attraction is a scale replica of the building in California. This is one of the few buildings that doesn't implement forced perspective.
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