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/* Fun Facts and Trivia */
* The boats used as ride vehicles in Maelstrom were designed look like those from the time of Eric the Red <Ref name= "parksblog"/>.
* As guests went down the attraction's largest drop, they could see a cruise ship sailing nearby. This was done due to the fact that Norwegian Caribbean Lines was once one of the pavilion's sponsors<ref name= "Jack"> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2012/01/norway_pavilion_part_two.html </ref>.
* In the village that served as the attraction's unloading area, guests could see that the buildings have company signs on them. These companies were the original sponsors of the pavilion before their contract expired<ref name= "Jack"/>.
* On of the buildings in this area had the address '129'. This was done by Imagineer Paul Torrigino whose birthday is January 29 (1/29) <ref> https://www.mouseplanet.com/7134/Walt_Disney_Worlds_Maelstrom_Part_4 </ref>
* The large polar bear found in the attraction was sculpted by Peter Kermode and covered in fur by Helena Hutchinson <ref name= "book"/>.
* The trolls in Maelstrom were sculpted by Peter Kermode<ref name= "part2">https://www.mouseplanet.com/7132/Walt_Disney_Worlds_Maelstrom_Part_2 </ref>.
* When Maelstrom opened, it featured Disney’s largest smoke machine system used to date <ref name= "Martin"/>.
* 5.7 million people rode Maelstrom in its first year of operation <ref name= "book"/>.
* Some of the Viking Audio-Animatronic figures reused models from other EPCOT Center attractions such as [[Spaceship Earth]] and [[World of Motion]]<ref name= "part2"/>.
==References==