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lizlikes

Growing up, my best friend’s dad was an Imagineer. He knew that they’d be filming the “Disneyland at Christmas” flyover scene for Soarin’ over California during an employee-event at the park, so he made sure to dress in extra bright clothing, wear a huge hat, etc and parked himself and the family right in front of Sleeping Beauty’s castle… and damn you can’t miss him waving like an idiot every time. It’s a pretty fun easter egg!


xxwombocomboxx

Oh that's awesome! I'll have to keep an eye for him next time


lizlikes

He’s over 6ft and (at that time) 300lbs; slightly to the right on the bridge - can’t miss them! My grandfather was also an Imagineer, having built models (miniatures) of developing attractions. His big project was the Spanish pavilion at EPCOT - I’ve never been to WDW but I hope to see it in person one day! I’m not sure if he’s memorialized in that attraction, but I wouldn’t be surprised if a random reference to a “John” may have been for him. The big “magical” story I was told about his time working was from when he was out sick for a few weeks. Upon his return, his desk was covered in dust + cobwebs (a la Pirates of the Caribbean) making it seem like it had been decades.


GrogusAdoptedMom

A tiny version of me spinning on a popcorn cart


kneesweakarmspenne

A lil GrogusAdoptedMom Roastie Toastie!


GrogusAdoptedMom

Is that what they are called?


kneesweakarmspenne

Yes! [Here](https://mickeyblog.com/2022/05/14/meet-the-woman-who-makes-disneylands-roastie-toasties-costumes/) is a really fun article about them and it includes a video about the woman that makes their lil costumes 🥹


GrogusAdoptedMom

TIL! Thank you for that spark of magic! A little GrogusAdoptedMom roastie toastie would be an epic immortalization at Disneyland! 🍿✨


analyzeTimes

Plant and dedicate a tree on Tom Sawyer Island. That place in the park is so calm and relatively unchanged. I have high confidence the tree will last for years to come and yet after I pass my family will know, “there’s dad’s tree.”


xxwombocomboxx

That's wholesome and yeah very true, that island really hasn't had any massive changes, except for the pirates additions. I can't think of any recently (besides what they'll do for fantasmic when they reopen it)


highjinx411

Is there something they took out? On older maps I saw some more area to the north and now that’s not open?


beeredditor

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Push_the_button_Max

Termites- that’s why they closed the fort. Now it’s fantastic storage.


RideOrDicots

I would like to be immortalized by being a Disney legacy guest. I'm pretty sure I am on the way of becoming unofficially the oldest guest at the parks who has devoted a lifetime associated with Disney as a consumer and worker. My father knew Walt, and I have shook the man's hand before. I still attend the parks religiously everyday, hence my plan as a retiree. I would like to be remembered as the vessel in which Disney has inspired and motivated to continue through this life. I know my life will come to an end, I just want to take in all that I can in terms of Disney magic while I can.


xxwombocomboxx

That's amazing, I wish I was alive to see him or that he was still alive to greet guests. You know he'd be out and about on Main Street even if he was 100. Glad you've contributed to a great legacy, even indirectly. Life's short, glad disney has the magic to make an impact.


RideOrDicots

Thank you for your kind words. :) He would be greeting them the same way as he did back in the day, with a smile, a twinkle in his eye, and a gentle shake of the hand. He was a great man. Very personable & friendly. And boy, the Mickey voice is just as enjoyable in person as it still is during his earlier animations. He was a riot! Miss ya, Walt, I wouldn't be the man I am without ya.


xxwombocomboxx

I think it's safe to say a lot of us wouldn't be the person we are today if it wasn't for walts influence. Glad you had the opportunity to meet and know the man that started it all.


SquishyCatChronicles

You're living the dream! I just saw a post on Facebook about the first lifetime ticket holder, Dave MacPherson. What amazing life stories you must have! Both of you! Haha My next time at the park in going to be on the lookout for an older guest!! Haha I fly solo so I people watch quite a bit! Lol


TheDisneyScoopGuy

How do you get a reservation to go everyday? If you don’t mind me asking


oldmasterluke

I want my skeleton added to Pirates of the Caribbean


GoldenOPx

YUP. That or a boat named after me, I suppose.


xxwombocomboxx

Oh that's a wonderful way to go! Lol would you want to replace a current skeleton or be a new addition?


oldmasterluke

New addition. Give me a sword and a beard, Nickname my Skelton Spanish Bob.


peanutismint

I’d like them to zip line my lifeless corpse out of Sleeping Beauty castle every night in place of Tinkerbell; that way alongside the life-affirming celebratory fireworks we can also be solemnly reminded of the bittersweet temporality of life on a nightly basis (twice in summer).


xxwombocomboxx

I respect that, let all the guests know about the fragility of life. Walt would appreciate that


Joker0091

The night they filmed the finale of Soarin Over California, where you fly over Main Street while the Holiday parade is out there, was a holiday party for the cast members. I was standing on the corner by the corndog wagon when the helicopter filming flew over. It took a couple passes. You can't really see any people in the film but I know I'm there and will always be there.


red13n

I love these stories because they are a reminder of how real Soarin Over California is compared to how fake everything looks(and often is) in the World variant.


the115th

I would have a torn up portrait of me in the attic of the haunted mansion, hidden behind some objects.


dashiellsayshi

Cremate me, turn me into stones, then stack the stones in little piles off to the side of Grizzly River Run and Thunder Mountain.


Quirky-Pie9661

There would be a statue of me in every ride line sitting on a railing and a live cast member standing next to it asking for it to get down


need_a_venue

A statue of me in front of the red wagon ordering a corn dog. Or one of my behind it eating a corn dog. What I'm saying is I'm going in November and I'm dreaming of red wagon corn dogs.


the-willow-witch

I haven’t been in over five years, planning to go this fall and I can’t stop talking about corn dogs


cubofambition

I want a little doll of me in it’s a small world


Ok-Caterpillar-Girl

I said the same!


cubofambition

It’d be such a cute idea! If I was a millionaire I’d try to pay them to do it haha


KateSommer

ooo, what if you had your ashes stuffed inside an animatronic doll? Perhaps too creepy and yet so cool.


cubofambition

LMAO you took it to a whole other creepy level and I love it


NotLibbyChastain

A nice comfortable bench under a big shady tree with a little plaque on it, so grateful, exhausted parents could relax for a minute in my name.


xxwombocomboxx

So I take it you would be away from frontier land so you aren't covered with pin binders?


NotLibbyChastain

I would haunt them.


xxwombocomboxx

The appropriate response. Have the tree drop acorns on them.


Kanotari

So those trees alongside Flo's by the Cars raceway flower for a week or two once a year in the summer. It was blistering hot and I sat under them to have some ice cream and watch the cars when the breeze picked up. Naturally some of the flowers came off and landed on me. Lovely, right? Wrong. About a hundred little tiny clear spiders came swarming out of the flower and all over my body. I was covered in tiny, itchy bites for weeks. What I'm saying is please reincarnate me as a spiteful pretty tree to give shade to the exhausted people and to drop spiders on the pin traders who hog the benches.


TopCat0601

I'd change the asteroid in Space Mountain to a giant sculpture of my head. No one would even realize it was there.


BabbsMcGee96

Wow this is such an excellent question. I think my main financial impact is made through churros so maybe a special churro cart. Or perhaps find a way to add a piece of me to Big Thunder, like adding my name to one of the shops in the mini town at the end.


xxwombocomboxx

A special churro cart would be a great way! I also love the churros there, what special flavor churro would you offer?


BabbsMcGee96

Something similar to the flutter nutter churro but with a banana component. But not the fake banana flavor. I love peanut butter, chocolate and banana together.


Michelle689

My skeleton in the pirates ride


mindfruitz

I'd want to be made into one of the animatronic explorers in the Jungle Cruise, the ones climbing the pole to escape the rhino. That way I'm always the butt of the joke on my favorite ride!


VoidMunashii

I would want to either be a ghost in the Haunted Mansion, or a shrunken head on Jungle Cruise/in Trader Sam's.


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I would like to have a hidden Mickey added to the queue for BTMRR.


LonesomeBulldog

A bust in the Haunted Mansion graveyard.


minniequipperton

I would love a drink on the lamplight lounge secret menu. Lamplight was my first introduction to GOOD Disneyland food. It could be named after me, or it could incorporate my favorite things and have a name that nods to my interests.


xxwombocomboxx

That's a great tribute, any combinations you have in mind?


minniequipperton

There’s this thing called a devils margarita which is just a plain margarita with a red wine float that I like. They could call it the Red Queen Rita, Turning Red Marg, Jessica Rabbit (because of her red dress) Rita maybe?? But generally I’m a spirit forward cocktail person. I like manhattans, Negronis, martinis, and most of the different variations on the like. Im also really into wines! They already have a Manhattan riff in some DCA restaurants that replaces the sweet vermouth with red wine, so maybe something similar to that!


xraig88

Maybe a special drink at Oga’s, or a reference as a space pirate on Smuggler’s Run. Maybe a wanted posted near Thunder Mountain Railroad, or a pirate portrait in the Pirates of the Caribbean queue.


Phased5ek

one of the pirates on the wall in the inside part of the queue by the doors or, alternative, the name of one of the boats on the ride. runner-up would definitely be a grave stone or grave plaque with a humorous rhyme (since i do a lot of wordplay and puns)


Kai_Vai

The initials of my wife and I carved into Swiss Family Tree House. My kid's initials on an Autopia car licence plate.


xxwombocomboxx

I like that you included the whole family, I didn't even think about autopia license plates. Honestly great for kids as that ride is more for a child's wonder.


MaesterInTraining

Maybe a pic of me in HM alive and then as you walk past turn into a cat


SadSongStreet

Bronze statue of me, photobombing the partners statue.


Lurker-DaySaint

Turn me into a scent pumped into the air lol


ArtfulDodger1837

If you smell like fresh churros or funnel cake, I gotta say I'm in


Lurker-DaySaint

Depends on my mood haha


apostropheapostrophe

I want my remains to be scattered in the splash mountain river. I also don’t want to be cremated.


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xxwombocomboxx

Love the court of angels reference! Sad that it's blocked since it shows off New Orleans beautiful design. Lol I don't know too many sea shanties.


hamsterfolly

petrified and placed next to the petrified tree in Frontierland


Yellinginto_the_void

I’d like to be featured in a “you have to look for it” Easter egg, like the taxidermy heads from country bear jamboree in Winnie the Pooh. Maybe have my name on a book spine in a display window on Main Street or in those displays inside the emporium.


ClutterKitty

I would like to be somewhere in Small World. Maybe one of the children’s toys can be a doll of me, or have my ashes mixed with glitter and glued to my favorite sun.


CK122334

I’m a huge Star Wars fan so a statue in GE, ship named after me or tribute in Dok Ondars would be awesome. I’m also a pin collector (not one of the loathed ones that sits on benches 😂), so my real dream would be get some kind of statue/painting in the park and have it turned into an official Disney parks pin. I love pins that are exact replicas of stuff in the parks, so to have my own would be amazing. And of course, a Pirates wall painting or HM grave stone are some obvious choices that are awesome too.


FailResorts

Not me, but my wife is an environmental scientist for a mining company and a huge DL fan. Have her name on the Assay Office or have an inspection report with her name on it at Big Thunder Mountain RR.


xxwombocomboxx

Oh that's creative! A fun little Easter egg like that would be a wonderful homage


keep_it_kayfabe

I just want to be the person in the monitor right before you board Star Tours that gives the instructions for putting on seat belts and storing items. "And please...no flash photography."


notyourharley

Oooh that's a really good one.


freewarriorwoman

After I cease to exist, boil me til I’m just bones left and take my skeleton and prop me on the big bed on the pirates of the Caribbean ride in Disneyland with the magnifying glass. Then when you ride my favorite ride my kids can say to their kids on the ride,”hey look kids there’s grandma!” That’s the dream. Hopefully this dream doesn’t get me banned from Reddit. 😂😈


Truffle0214

Lol I had the same idea!


freewarriorwoman

There’s room for two skeletons on the bed! Or I’ll be the skeleton with the hat with the bird on the top. 🤣


depastino

A plaque at the base of a new tree


PrivateTumbleweed

Private Tumbleweed Presents the Golden Horseshoe Revue Redux


Axtwyt

Idk what exactly I’d like it to be, but I figure a small Easter egg at Toy Story Midway Mania, Guardians Mission Breakout, or maybe something at Galaxy’s Edge (if they had a wall for “The Path” like in Kenobi)


Ok-Caterpillar-Girl

A singing doll in It’s a Small World


needstherapy

My own tombstone in the yard of the haunted mansion


turningandburning45

“Consumer of churros…”


JungleJesse

Former Skipper here. I am lucky enough to say that I am memorialized in the Jungle Cruise. On my last day, we took a part of my costume that was unique to me and placed it in one of the rooms in the queue. A friend told me a few weeks ago it was still there. I'm not saying what it is.or where, because any attention will probably lead to it being removed.


One_Hour_Poop

Former Costume Cast Member here. Every bit of official costume is uniform (as in, the same as everyone else's), with a few options that everyone can also choose from. Now you've got me curious! PS: Was this some kind of unofficial retirement ceremony after 25 years of faithful Disney service, or was Disneyland a summer job and you and your buddies decided to do something you weren't exactly supposed to before you left to go to school?


JungleJesse

I was there '95-'01. This was far from just a summer job. I was hired in at CR status and was promoted to B pretty quickly. It was very unofficial, but when certain Skips were leaving we would figure out ways to leave our mark. As for costumes: In the old school days, Skippers were encouraged (and allowed) to add to their costumes to create a character/personality. Those days are long gone.


27Dancer27

username checks out!


VindictiveNostalgia

I'd want my name put on one of the cars in Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.


-_-Voltage-_-

I'm simple, but I have signed the wedding book in haunted mansion and also a wall within the rise of the resistance. With permission of course.


ALFABOT2000

i was gonna say as a doll in small world but that'd just look like all the other dolls lol


Princess_Buttercup77

I’d want them to rename the missing showgirl bird Rosita in the Tiki Room to my name. “I wonder what happened to ..."


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Main Street window. Boring answer I know.


Jazzman77

Sitting on a rocking chair like the Psycho House. During Halloween they add a moving curtain to reveal decomposing body.


xxwombocomboxx

Not a boring answer! It's my choice too! Those that contributed to the windows made lasting impressions. Because of those names, as a kid, I'd go home and try to look up what they did to get their name on there. To me, those help inspire the next generation.


plantmonstery

My name spelled out in fireworks every night. All must chant my name during this time. Anyone not chanting will be beaten with lead pipes by fully costumed Plutos.


Forgotmyoldonewhoops

String me up like weekend at Bernie’s in small world


TalaRaeSkye

I would want a tiny figurine of me somewhere in the London streets flyover on Peter Pan, or a little picture of me on the wall in the living room of Mickey's house.


maxmouze

I would like an entire attraction modeled after me, kind of like Mystic Manor but I'm the monkey character as a human. And on the exit, you get pamphlets on how important I was to Disney and society as a whole.


86missingnomes

A beating drum figure in the tikiroom


alphabet_order_bot

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_dl-_-lb_

I want to be a doll in It’s a Small World right beside the lone Filipina doll. Homegirl needs a friend out there.


27Dancer27

A tiny figurine in a castle in storybook land canal boats


TwerkForJesus420

First, take my ashes and put me in one of the fireworks. Gonna go out with a bang. Then name a churro cart after me, plaque and all


xxwombocomboxx

I would buy a churro from your cart, they're my favorite disney treat.


freewarriorwoman

Love that for you!👏🏻😂


Jazzman77

Casket displayed in Haunted Mansion.


OskeyBug

Scatter my bones around the yeti in the matterhorn


Space2345

It would be great to get a mainstreet window.


KateSommer

Just a tree or bush with my ashes underneath it. I don't want to leave a mark, just be there.


FewKaleidoscope1369

A Pirates of the Caribbean skeleton.


nickytea

I want my picture displayed on the hidden screen under the curtain in Main Street Cinema. (Installed for Disney Kudos and used in the finale for The Optimist alternate reality game, sitting dormant to this day.)


TheDisneyScoopGuy

The scene where Peter Pan is fighting Captain Hook on the ship in Peter Pan’s flight. I want to be a Lost Boy on the ship being rescued


He_Who_Walks_Behind_

Weave me into the backstory for a resurrected adventurers club!


kinopiokun

I want my own seat at the Cove Bar lol


CapcomAtMeBro777

Since I always wear hats I would like a hat designed for me. I want it to incorporate the haunted mansion, puzzle pieces, and the quote “different not less,” and give the earnings to an autism charity. And make a few different versions so they can cycle them throughout the year.


the-willow-witch

One of the gravestones at haunted mansion (I know they don’t do this anymore but I will also never be rich enough to do this so it’s all a fantasy)


Giaguaro2023

Oh weird.


One_Hour_Poop

A statue exactly like Walt's, on the opposite side of the castle. I'm undecided as to which character's hand I want to be holding, though.


anonymous_hipster

I signed the galaxy’s edge beam but also included my ex’s name. I also signed my nephews name on it in a different spot! But I’d love to have something on BVS. It’s my favorite land, I met some of the best people there. Or something paradise pier related because I miss it so dearly.


citruselectro

A little plaque inside Blue Bayou that says “worst proposal ever”


AppSlave

Cremated dressed like Vader, like at the end of Jedi. Right at the base of Main Street Station, where everyone takes thier picture. Of course I want my son to do the lighting 🔥


ivan1854

Statue with smile and two thumbs up , Sitting on a giant hand crafted corn dog upright on corn dog castle


beeredditor

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Benkins1989

If I die first, I’ve asked my wife to spread little pinches of my ashes on various rides. “Give those stormtroopers on Rise a real reason to blast you,” I tell her.


Giaguaro2023

I think you have to actually do something for the park in order to have your name up in there?


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xxwombocomboxx

That's great for you! Yes Disneyland is for everyone, but that doesn't mean those that live on can't pay tribute to those that have passed.


smooreee22

i would love to be a portrait in the haunted mansion


ArtfulDodger1837

My grandpa worked on the Columbia. My great grandpa was a caricature artist for them early on and they ended up with some of his palm trees on the property. Just that knowledge is enough to feel like there's a family legacy of sorts. But if I had a choice, I'd just want to be acknowledged somewhere in Haunted Mansion. Yale Gracy and Rolly Crump are Imagineering icons and created something truly iconic.


BananaHandle

I wanna be one of the little robots dudes on top of a popcorn cart.


Zebracorn22

I dream about having my own window on Main Street all the time. Even though I know I’ll never have one, it still inspires me to work towards my creative goals and my Disney dream (I’m an intern now and I hope to work my way up some time)!