Esmerelda's Trivia! 3/10/08

Test Your Knowledge of Disney Trivia!

Introducing the prophet of wisdom, the knower of all things and Disney trivia expert – Esmeralda!

What was the Disney Gallery at Disneyland originally designed to be?

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IMPORTANT: If you do not submit your answer by using the 'Esmeralda's Trivia' option in Contact Us your answer WILL NOT be considered.*

From the correct answers submitted using the Esmeralda's Trivia option, we randomly select three players as the winners and send them specially selected prizes that vary from week to week.

The three selected Trivia winners receive the Esmeralda Trivia Pin.

This week's prizes include:

Invisibility Magic (Single Use)

Magic Shop Checkers
Sleight of Hand Magic

Last week's question:

On the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland, the two drop hills at the beginning of the ride do more than take guest down a waterfall. Besides providing a good thrill, what do the drop hills on the attraction do?

Answer: The two drop hills on the POTC attraction take Guest UNDER the railroad tracks and outside of the normal bounds of Disneyland Park.

The Pirates show building is for the most part, actually outside of Disneyland. Like several attractions in the Park, the rides are just too big to be contained by a single building. The Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain and the Indiana Jones Adventure are also outside of the normal bounds of Disneyland (marked by the railroad tracks).

In a scene that was re-enacted in Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, jailed pirates try tempting a dog for the key to the cell.

Did you know: The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction was the last attraction Walt Disney was actively occupied with. Walt loved the real New Orleans and was heavily involved with every aspect of planning New Orleans Square. For the Blue Bayou he had Imagineers build a restaurant that would tie directly into Pirates while making Guest feel like they were dining in a quiet Louisiana bayou.

Walt never got to see the Pirates attraction open and the only scene he got to see completed was the auction sequence.

Winners:

SoakinUpTheSun
cleverlad
Jean-Pierre

* Only entries submitted by using the Esmeralda's Trivia option in Contact Us and sent by close of game on Friday will be accepted.