All the World’s A Stage -- Walt Disney World entertainment offers guests more than 150 stage shows, parades, street performances and spectaculars every day of the year in more than 50 performance venues on property.

Cast of Thousands -- The Entertainment division at Walt Disney World Resort is made up of nine business units and has approximately 4,500 cast members in total.

Casting Call -- Each year Walt Disney Entertainment visits more than 57 cities worldwide holding auditions and interviewing more than 14,000 people for Disney performance roles.

All Dressed Up -- Creative Costuming designs, creates or purchases all 3,500 different costumes worn by Walt Disney World performers. This department not only supports all of Entertainment’s costume needs, but provides costumes for the entire Walt Disney World property including such areas as parks, resorts, firefighters, security, bus drivers, landscapers, food service, ranch hands, etc. In addition, they supply the 12,000 costume pieces for the 926 Audio-Animatronics® figures on property.

Endless Ensembles -- About 1.5 million yards of fabric are used for new costuming, with more than 2.5 million yards of fabric in our overall inventory. Our garment inventory includes more than 3 million costumes.

Puppets on Parade -- There are eight different styles of “Tapestry of Dreams” puppets, which range in height from 12 feet to 19 feet, with wing spans varying between 8 feet to 16 feet.

Infinite Instruments -- Our Show Support department keeps track of nearly 150,000 pieces of equipment (microphones, speakers, audio cable, lighting equipment) used to support more than 20,000 Walt Disney World shows and events each year.

It’s Not a Small World, After All -- The prominent Earth Globe featured in the “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth” nighttime spectacular weighs 350,000 pounds -- equal to 150 midsize cars. The globe could hold approximately 20 million Ping-Pong balls.

Fired Up --There are a total of 68 fireworks firing positions throughout World Showcase with more than 1,100 shells fired in each thirteen-minute “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth” show.

Floods of Fun -- The moat at the nighttime spectacle “Fantasmic!” at Disney-MGM Studios contains 1.9 million gallons of water, and more than 80,000 gallons of water per minute are sprayed to create three mist screens used in the show. All of the water is recycled -- just like a swimming pool.

 

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