Disney Numbers

People are always complaining about Walt Disney World being so expensive and I'll say, they are pretty expensive, but does anyone ever think about all of the things they have to pay for? For instance, the Main Street Electrical Parade uses over 530,000 light bulbs. That is just one parade alone, think about all of the other things the Walt Disney company has to pay for as well, such as, hot dogs, water, and even toilet paper. 

27,258 acres of land were purchased for WDW

$5,018, 770 was the cost of the 27,258 acres

4 colors make up the official colors of WDW, lagoon blue, mint green, pumpkin orange, lavender.

600 tons of steel helps make up Cinderella’s Castle, and not a single stone.

2 times a month the horse shaped hitching posts on Main Street, USA are scraped and painted.

70,000 fingerling bass were originally stocked in Bay lake when WDW first opened.

11,000 firework shows per year makes WDW the largest consumer of fireworks in North America.

7 million hamburgers are sold in the park each year

58,000 employees are employed by Walt Disney world as of 2006, spending more than $1.1 billion on payroll and $478 million in benefits each year

$100 million is spent each year to maintain the Magic Kingdom.

150 truckloads of holiday decorations adorn the Walt Disney World Resort and 300,000 yards of ribbon and bows drape over 1,500 Christmas trees during the yuletide season.

2,500 different Cast Member costume designs make up a working wardrobe of about 1.8 million pieces. Approximately 13,000 costume pieces are manufactured each year at Walt Disney World.

15 million miles are driven by the Walt Disney World bus fleet each year.

3,421,399 (approximately) famous “Mouse Ear” hats sold each year at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando to cover the head of every man, woman and child in Portland, Oregon.

392,040 square feet of space under the Magic Kingdom creates the Utilidors and are bustling with action. Beside navigation information the walls are covered with motivational information, such as the 7 rules of a Cast Member.

750 watercraft makes Walt Disney World the 5th largest fleet of watercraft in the world.

2.5 million garments (pieces) exist in Walt Disney World costuming department.

150,000 gallons of paint were purchased in 2004 enough to cover 7,500 average size homes.

263 buses are in service at Walt Disney World.

50 million soft drinks are sold annually at WDW.

9 million pounds of French Fries are sold annually at WDW.

194,871 miles of toilet tissue are used annually at WDW.

24,409 miles of paper towels are used annually at WDW.

319,353 lbs. of chocolate are used annually at WDW.

1.2 million pounds of watermelon are used annually at WDW.

741,150 pounds of sugar are used annually at WDW.

1.8 million pounds of flour are used annually at WDW.

245,000 pounds of fruit filling are used annually at WDW.

38,000 pounds of white icing glaze are used annually at WDW.

2.9 million pounds of eggs are used annually at WDW.

606,000 pounds of bananas are used annually at WDW.

510,000 of grapes are used annually at WDW.

1.5 million soft pretzels are served annually at WDW.

639,000 pounds of macaroni and cheese are served at WDW.

337,000 pencils are purchased annually to use at WDW.

148 million sheets of recycled copier paper are used annually at WDW.

730,102 gallons of bleach are used annually at WDW.

214,000 bandages were provided to guests during the year 2004 at WDW.

20,000 different colors of paint used in Walt Disney World.

175 different outfits are in Mickey’s wardrobe closet, including a scuba suit and a tuxedo.

200 different outfits are in Minnie’s wardrobe closet, including a cheerleader costume and various evening gowns.

15 million gallons of water are used each day at WDW.

5,000 plus performers, (not counting the 500 doves that were released),  joined in the Grand Opening Celebration of Walt Disney World at the Magic Kingdom on October 25, 1971.

51,000 employees work at WDW, this number changes with the seasons and peak park seasons.

11 miles of garland, 3,000 wreaths and 1,500 Christmas trees are spread around during the holiday season. The tallest is a 70-foot tree in Disney's Contemporary Resort. In addition, trees, which range in height from 45 to 70 feet, are placed in prominent positions in the theme parks.

500,000 character watches are sold annually mainly Mickey watches, are slipped onto wrists from Walt Disney World gift shops each year. At any given time, there are more than 200 different varieties of character watches. The most popular timepiece: a gold-tone relief of Mickey Mouse.

6,000 different types of food are served at WDW.

350 or more chefs are employed at WDW

150 semi trucks of decorations are used to decorate WDW during the Christmas season.

15 miles of garland are to decorate at WDW during Christmas season.

300,000 yards of ribbon are used for decorating at Christmas.

1,500 Christmas trees are used all around the WDW property for decorating.

8 million lights are used to decorate the 4 parks for Christmas.2 times the size of Manhattan Island is the property of Walt Disney World.

200 feet is the maximum building height in Florida, so the building does not have a red light installed for aircraft.

250,000 Guests at the Walt Disney World Resort ride the Various forms of “mass transit” every day, which include monorails, ferryboats, bus services and water taxis.

100,000 to 200,000 photos of guests are taken each day by Disney’s PhotoPass photographers

4 % percent of all amateur photography is estimated to be taken at Walt Disney World and Disneyland

72,000 individual AudioAnimatronic functions per second are controlled by the Digital Animation Control System (DACS)

800 different variety of trees had been acquired, moved and acclimated and transplanted at WDW as it was reported in 1970



So as you see really, WDW isn't all "that expensive" when you figure up all of the costs they have to pay. And everyone knows that my family and I are obsessed, so yeah I'm going defend WDW ;)

(Facts from: 

http://www.disneybythenumbers.com/wdw/wdw.html)