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First a disclaimer. These facts are gathered from various sources
and some may be out of date. If you have more recent numbers please share
them with me and I will update the page. These stats will give you an
image for the size and scope of WDW though.
Walt Disney World Resort Disney property covers 29,900 acres(approximately
twice the size of the island of Manhattan).
The Walt Disney World resort includes:
- Support Facilities 295 acres
- Total currently developed 5,900 acres
- Wildlife conservation area 7,500 acres
The Reedy Creek Improvement District is a state-created governmental
entity that oversees governmental functions such as:
- Maintaining 70 lane-miles of public roads
- Fire protection/paramedic services
- Water control
- Environmental protection
- Building safety regulation
- Land use planning
- Wastewater and water systems
- Electrical distribution system
- Gas distribution system
Environmental Facts
- The recovered materials processing facility processes 60 tons of recyclable
materials, including glass, paper, plastic, steel and aluminum per day.
- The Walt Disney World Resort recycles over 1 million pounds of scrap
metal and 1.5 million pounds of wooden pallets each year.
- Over 94,000 pounds of office paper and over 400,000 pounds of cardboard
are collected on property each month for recycling.
Other Random Facts:
- If you were to wash and dry one load of laundry every day for 33
years you would do as much laundry as Walt Disney World does in one
day
- Amount of Laundry 69 tons(238,000 pounds) per day
- 1,000,000 pounds of Laundry per week
- 32,000 costumes per day dry cleaned
- Mickey Mouse has more than 150 costumes, Minnie has 175
- Energy Consumption - The average daily consumption is of 60 to 62
megawatts.
Food ( each year guest consume):
- over 7 million hamburgers
- 5 million hot dogs
- 5 million pounds of fries
- 265,000 pounds of popcorn
- 46 million cokes drinks
- 30 million ketchup packets ( by placing them from end to end you could
make a trail from the magic kingdom to minneapolis )
- 6,000 different food items available , including both snack and meal
items
- If you ate 2 hamburgers each day it would take you 2,505 years and
208 days to eat the amount they serve each year in Disney World
- 35 varieties of cheeses are used by the resort and theme-park chefs
- 5.5 million pounds of potatoes are used to make fries each year (
thats enough to circle the globe 2.5 times with a ribbon of julienne
strip fries)
Merchandise:
- There are enough mouse ear hats sold each year to cover the head
of every man woman and child in Pittsburgh,PA
- Enough Disney character T-shirts strike the fancy of Disney World
guests each year to put Mickey Mouse's smiling face on the chest of
every Chicagoan
Facts are from: WDW Stats (1995) From Special Edition Eyes and Ears
and from Chris Raimando
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