Did you know...

[Circarama]

Everybody knows that Disneyland's address is 1313 Harbor Blvd.

But did you know...

That M is the 13th letter of the alphabet? Which translates (kinda) into MM Harbor Blvd. A Mickey Mouse address if there ever was one.

Thought you might like to know.

[Coheteboy]

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Hehe interesting. I always thought it was two sets of tail and mouse ears.

[dubeskin]

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Wow. Cool, sort of, I guess lol. I certainly wouldn't have thought that much into it, but maybe Disney planned it that way?

[aaronpaulcustoms]

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I Think Its Genius! Keep Up The Good Work!

[SplashMoun10]

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That's pretty kool stuff

[Skywaygrl]

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Charlie I'm glad you are back safely. Hope you had a wonderful trip.

[Tom Chaney]

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When Uncle Walt purchased such a large parcel of Orange County real estate, he did find himself in a unique position. What would be Disneyland's address? Well, he could pretty much name any "number" he wanted to. (Don't you really think that being Walt Disney was just beyond cool!) Yep; he picked 1313... and for that, I respect him even more. Not only did he have a sense of humor, he was pretty clever too!

[Loomis]

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That's either the work of genius or someone who has too much time on their hands.

However, given that I am posting here regularly, I clearly have the same issue.

All hail MM Harbor Blvd!

[Lore]

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July 17th is also exactly 13 days after July 4th. I'm sure that means something since Disneyland is the story of America.

[mrfantasmic]

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Heh, I'm sure there are other similar tidbits such as Lore's hanging around.

[almandot]

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Man heh. i was gonna make a joke about "and opening day in 1955 was 13 years after <so and so>" but I go and look up famous events 13 years prior and it's completely filled with world war ii and holocaust things like the deportation from the warsaw ghetto. That woulda made some great walt disney comments :P

[drnilescrane]

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I just though that Walt hated superstition - hence having two 13s in the address to prove that nothing would go wrong.

Of course, the Contemporary at WDW ended up having no 13th floor.

[Barbaraann]

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Perhaps it all happened just by chance?

[mycroft16]

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Happenstance or purposeful, it's still my favorite Hidden Mickey (even if it isn't official).

[frecky]

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Thats pretty neat!

[Druggas]

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Did you know that Walt was once 13 years old?

You could look it up.

[TanyAnnette]

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I just though that Walt hated superstition - hence having two 13s in the address to prove that nothing would go wrong.

I'm pretty sure I read the same thing too somewhere. He made that the address because everyone was telling him that Disneyland was going to be a huge flop, so he chose the address as 1313 because 13 is a 'bad luck' number. 50 years later...some back luck

[PirateMickey]

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Did you know that Walt was once 13 years old?

You could look it up.

I'm sure some are trying to look it up as I type!!! LOL



That number/alphabet gimmick has been used for years. There must be a name for it???

The Hells Angels have used "81" for years. Get it...8-1. (H-A)

Don't ask me why I know that...:evil:

Of course, I could tell you, but then, well, you know the saying...

hehe

[Circarama]

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Did you know that Walt was once 13 years old?

You could look it up.

:lmao:
I was kinda hopin' this thread would take on a numerology spin, heh heh.

More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor.
Many airports skip the 13th gate.
Airplanes have no 13th aisle.
Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13.
Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.
On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half.
Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue
In France, socialites known as the quatorziens (fourteeners) once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.
Many triskaidekaphobes, as those who fear the unlucky integer are known, point to the ill-fated mission to the moon, Apollo 13.
If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck . Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.

Did you also know that Walter E Disney has 13 letters in it? And that Walt Disney has 10 letters in it... and that Walter Elias Disney has 17 letters in it? Isn't that weird?!?

Superstition is such crap.