Editing Disney (section)

== Fun Facts == 
*Disney is one of the leading purchasers of explosives after the US army. Yep, the house of mouse is second only to the Department of Defense in terms of explosives purchases, though these are mostly of the firework and filmmaking variety.
*Disney Theme Parks are designed with the intent of maximizing pleasure. For example, trash cans colors and service doors are painted in a shade of color that is unnoticeable or forgettable. Disney may hate the lore of their franchises but they take their theme parks dead serious.
*Until 2022, Disney World could manage its own entire county in Florida due to legislation that was enacted there almost half a century ago, meaning that is the closest we have yet gotten to a corporate government since the East India Company in India. This is because when Walt was alive, he originally intended to build what he called the “Experimental Prototype for the Community of Tomorrow,” a full-on planned city with advanced-for-the-time transportation networks with an attached industrial park field-testing the latest consumer products. So Bioshock but with less water and Ayn Rand. Now it’s just parks, hotels, and other overpriced amenities.
*Walt Disney actually played a role in NASA's lunar program; in the 1950s, Wernher von Braun was having difficulty convincing the US Government to fund a civilian space program with the goal of eventually landing on the moon. So, he collaborated with Walt to appeal directly to the American public, by using Disney's TV access to present his proposals for space exploration and generate interest in the field. NASA was formed three years later, with Braun and his team brought on as rocket engineers.
*Walt Disney once considered St. Louis as a possible site for Disney world, but he eventually settled on Florida, most likely due to the year round warm weather.
*Walt Disney moved from Chicago to California to establish himself as an animator. Chicago was an early hub of film production in the early 1900s, but the weather and economy of California resulted in most people moving there, and Disney was among them.
*Disney once considered Big Idea (the guys who created VeggieTales) to be a serious competitor. Big Idea were some of the first people to master computer animated film production. Veggietales got its start in 1993, whereas Toy Story didn't come out until 1995, and a lot of Pixar's prototype animations were no better quality-wise than what Big Idea was putting out; so despite being a much smaller company making direct-to-video content, they had gotten in early on this new phase of animation and thus had an experience and market share advantage. Phil Vischer was the CEO and founder of Big Idea, and considered Walt Disney one of his biggest influences. This competition was eliminated by Big Idea being bought out by another company due to inept management and the acquisition of Pixar.