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Disney World is actually the second floor of a massive system of underground tunnels.

“Its full name is the Utilidor,” he said. “It’s a series of corridors that allow cast members to work behind the scenes and not disrupt the show on-stage. It’s actually kind of boring in some places and it’s creepy in others. That being said there are some aspects that are unique. The Automatic Vacuum Assisted Collection System is a series of tubes that connect all of the restaurants to the central dump that’s behind Splash Mountain. That way the smelly trash can travel secretly below without people seeing it. 7 of the old attractions (like It’s a Small World and the Country Bear Jamboree) are still run from the Utilidor. In addition, there are 2 restaurants, a barber shop and offices down there.”

There’s a “Disney jail” for disruptive guests.

“It’s just a room over the candy shop on main street,” Ihaveanotheridentity said. “There’s an officer back there that takes people to the local jail on 33rd street in Orlando.”

Characters are cliquey, and there’s a hierarchy with “cool” characters at the top.

“Some of the break rooms are like the high school cafeteria where the ‘cool’ princesses (Elsa and Anna) sit on one side and make eyes at the ‘old’ characters (Snow and Poppins),” he said. “It’s really childish.”

The audition process is pretty standard.

“It’s like any dance audition you’ve ever been to, but there’s an animation part that’s fun (wait tables like Donald Duck, mow the lawn like Pluto, etc.)” he said.

Cast members aren’t allowed to speak in front of guests.

“We are NOT ALLOWED TO EVER TALK IN COSTUME IN FRONT OF GUESTS. EVER. Backstage however, anything goes. I used to love telling dirty jokes to unsuspecting new hires. I do have a good Goofy laugh but it took me years to perfect.”

They also can’t see much, so don’t ask them to hold your baby for a photo.

“I think the worst is when people bring their newborn infants to the parks and ask us to hold them for a picture,” he said. “I can’t see sh*t in Goofy, let alone other costumes, and I’m wearing giant gloves or paws or whatever depending on what character I am. Why would you let me hold your baby? Yeesh!”

They want parents to play along.

“For the most part I appreciated when parents would stay in character,” he said. “I hated when people would tell their kids ‘It’s just a guy in a suit, don’t be scared,’ which scares the kids even more.”

Yes, the heat inside costumes is intense, but you get used to it.

“It was absolute torture the first month (and especially the first parade), but after a few months I got used to it, and after a few years I would forget I had the costume on.”

Every character has a standardized signature.

“We have a small summary of the character that has the autograph on it and we try to make it look the same when we sign,” he said. “Goofy is easy to do, but I can write it upside down which would totally freak the guests out.”

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The word leprechaun comes from the Gaelic word leipreachán which, according to famed Irish historian Patrick Dineen is defined as “a pigmy, a sprite, or leprechaun”. It is thought to be derived from luchorpán – which is a combination of lú (short) and corp (body).

Before the narrow-minded view of leprechauns as drunk, fighting little people became the norm, leprechauns were originally water fairies.

The earliest known reference to leprechauns is from the tale known as the Echtra Fergus mac Léti (Adventure of Fergus son of Léti). In the story, there is an incident in which Fergus mac Léti, King of Ulster, falls asleep on a beach and wakes up to find himself being dragged into the sea by three lúchorpáin. Upon waking up, he overpowers and captures the abductors, who in exchange for their release grant him three wishes.

Despite their first appearance, leprechauns tend to be solitary creatures. Their primary occupation is to mend and cobble shoes (not guarding gold at the end of a rainbow) but they are said to thoroughly enjoy a practical joke.

The great WB Yeats said that the renowned wealth of these fairies comes from the “treasure-crocks, buried of old in war-time”, which they have uncovered and appropriated. Furthermore, according to novelist David Russell McAnally the leprechaun is the son of an “evil spirit” and a “degenerate fairy” and is “not wholly good nor wholly evil”.

Chalk this one down to trying to make some dollars, but the green color that is mostly associated with leprechauns is not how they first appeared and is actually quite new. Before the 20th century, leprechauns were known to wear red. In 1831, songwriter Samuel Lover described the leprechaun as, “… quite a beau in his dress, notwithstanding, for he wears a red square-cut coat, richly laced with gold, and inexpressible of the same, cocked hat, shoes and buckles.”

David Russell McAnally’s account of leprechauns is dependent on where in the country you saw the creatures, the name also differed. The Northern Leprechaun or Logheryman wore a “military red coat and white breeches, with a broad-brimmed, high, pointed hat, on which he would sometimes stand upside down”. The Lurigadawne of Tipperary wore an “antique slashed jacket of red, with peaks all round and a jockey cap, also sporting a sword, which he uses as a magic wand”. The Luricawne of Kerry was a “fat, pursy little fellow whose jolly round face rivals in redness the cut-a-way jacket he wears, that always has seven rows of seven buttons in each row”. The Cluricawne of Monaghan wore “a swallow-tailed evening coat of red with green vest, white breeches, black stockings,” shiny shoes, and a “long cone hat without a brim,” sometimes used as a weapon.

One typical and legendary leprechaun trick involves a very unsound deal (throwing in some colloquial Irish language there). In one Carol Rose story, a leprechaun tells a man where his treasure is buried, but as the man doesn’t possess a shovel, he wraps a red scarf around a tree to mark it. When he returns with a shovel, every tree in the forest has a red scarf.

Female leprechauns are essentially nonexistent. Traditionally, leprechauns are bearded little men with a penchant for smoking pipes. You would struggle to come across any female iteration in traditional Irish folklore.

Most Irish people don’t enjoy the misconceptions that are associated with leprechauns. This may come as a shock but the idea that every Irishman is a drunken, fighting idiot who is short, has red hair and is tight with money isn’t something you’d like to hang your hat on. The specific image of leprechauns which we are presented with actually bears scant resemblance to anything found in the cycles of Irish folklore. Irish people can find the popularised image of a leprechaun to be little more than a series of stereotypes.

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Books > people.

Books introduce you to completely different worlds.

And they provide a perfect form of escapism.

The problems reading creates are few and far in between.

Libraries are a uniquely special place in the world.

So much so that you secretly hope to find romance there.

In fact, books are highly important to you when selecting a partner.

But, more often than not, the chemistry between couples in books just can’t be replicated for you in real life.

The same goes for friendships.

Sometimes you feel alone because of how you prioritize books over everything else.

Because books make you experience unparalleled and complex emotions.

And you wouldn’t have it any other way.

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If a bomb threat is called in when a plane is over the ocean, you probably won’t hear about it (as a passenger).

Flying on an airplane can be stressful for most people. You’re putting your life in the hands of strangers, all the while sitting in a metal tube in the sky, praying it doesn’t just stop floating up there. These 18 secrets about flying aren’t necessarily going to make you feel better.

There are some dirty facts that the airlines don’t want you to know. Like…

Lavatory stalls can actually be unlocked from the outside.

Pilots are fed different meals, just in case one gives them food poisoning.

Pilots routinely doze off during long flights (and not just during their scheduled nap times).

No. One. Washes. These.

Some airline employees don’t get paid until the flight is in the air… meaning they might overlook issues if that means a successful take-off.

The oxygen masks actually only supply about 15 minutes of oxygen.

There is a guideline for how many screws are allowed to be totally MISSING.

Someone has probably changed a baby on your tray table.

Planes frequently get struck by lightning.

The emergency door handles exist so that, amid chaos, flight attendants don’t get pushed out.

People steal the flotation devices. All of the time.

Flight attendants can wait to serve food on night flights so that more people are asleep… and they have less work to do.

Bacteria levels in plane spigot water are 100x the limit in the US.

If ANYTHING in your bag vibrates, you will be called out for an examination. Even extremely personal items

The lights in the aisle are to help you get out during an emergency. It’s not for the atmosphere.

Flight attendants totally use their cell phones during flights while you pay for your internet

The earphones they hand out during flights? No one washes those either.

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