(79 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
'''A note from the Mickey Wiki Team:''' Welcome to the Mickey Wiki, your one stop resource for all things Walt Disney World! The site is not finished yet, but we are working hard to complete it. In the meantime feel free to look around, and be sure to come back real soon!<br>
+
<div class="mf-mobileonly" style="text-align:center;">
−
'''PS.''' The full site will be launching on October 1, 2012, just in time for Epcot's 30th anniversary! But, for a sneak peek check out our [[Magic Kingdom]] attraction pages!
+
'''The Mickey Wiki: Your Walt Disney World Encyclopedia!'''
−
{| style="text-align:center" width="100%" height="100%"
+
−
|-
+
−
|
+
  
−
{| style="margin-top: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="100%" height="100%"
+
[[File:ParksButtonMobile.jpg|class=pagewidth|link=Walt Disney World Theme Parks]]
−
  | [[File:ParksButton.jpg|200px|link=MickeyWiki:Walt Disney World Theme Parks]]
+
[[File:ThisDayInHistoryMobile.jpg|100%|link=This Day in History]]
−
  | [[File:ResortsButton.jpg|link=|285px]]  
+
'''Featured Page'''
−
  |-
+
{{Special:FeaturedPageMobile}}
−
  | [[MickeyWiki:Walt Disney World Theme Parks|Disney's Theme Parks]]
+
</div>
−
  | Disney's Resorts
+
−
  |-
+
−
  | [[File:BlizzardBeachButton.jpg|200px|link=MickeyWiki:Walt Disney World Water Parks]]
+
−
  | [[File:DDButton.jpg|link=|285px]]
+
−
  |-
+
−
  | [[MickeyWiki:Walt Disney World Water Parks|Disney's Water Parks]]
+
−
  | Downtown Disney and More!
+
−
  |-
+
−
  |height="200px" |
+
−
  |}
+
  
−
| width="12%" style="text-align:right"| [[File:Divider.jpg|40px|link=]]
+
<div class="nomobile">
−
| width="32%"  |
+
{|
−
{| width="100%"
+
|
−
|-
+
<!-- LEFT COLUMN -->
−
| style="text-align:right" |'''Follow us on Twitter!''' <followbutton count=false>TheMickeyWiki</followbutton>
+
{|
−
|-
+
|-
−
|
+
|
−
|-
+
{|style="border-width:0px; border-spacing:0px; border-collapse:collapse; "
−
| style="font-size: 15px" | '''''This Day in Walt Disney World History'''''
+
|-
−
|-
+
| style="height:65px; width:100%; text-align: center;" | '''''Welcome to The Mickey Wiki: Your Walt Disney World Encyclopedia! To start exploring, select a park below!'''''
−
  | {{MainPage:This Day in Disney History}}
+
|-
−
|-
+
| [[File:MPMKButton.jpg|221px|link=Magic Kingdom]][[File:MPEpcotButton.png|221px|link=Epcot]][[File:MPHollywoodStudiosButton.jpg|221px|link=Disney's Hollywood Studios]][[File:MPAnimalKingdomButton.jpg|221px|link=Disney's Animal Kingdom]]
−
| [[File:emptyBox.png|119px|link=]]
+
|-
−
|}
+
| style="height:10px;" |
 +
|-
 +
|{{Special:FeaturedPage}}
 +
|}
 +
| style="width:10px;" |
 +
|
 +
{|style="text-align:center; width:221px; padding-top:25px;"
 +
| '''''This Day in Walt Disney<br />World History'''''
 +
|-  
 +
| {{MainPage:This Day in Disney History}}
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align:center; padding:0px 4px 4px 4px;" |
 +
<wikitwidget class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/TheMickeyWiki" data-widget-id="391358515060547584" height="900" width="221" data-border-color="#a7d7f9">
 +
|-
 +
| style="height:400px;" |
 +
|}
 +
|}
 
|}
 
|}
 +
</div>

Latest revision as of 18:23, 16 November 2019

The Mickey Wiki: Your Walt Disney World Encyclopedia!

ParksButtonMobile.jpg 100% Featured Page

Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of ExtinctionEdit

Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction is a quick service stand in the Echo Lake section of Disney's Hollywood Studios.

HistoryEdit

Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction opened with the rest of the (then) Disney-MGM Studios on May 1, 1989 [1]. The quick service dining location is based on the 1914 animated short Gertie the Dinosaur by Winsor McCay. In order to pay tribute to the short and its contributes to the history of animation, Imagineers created the dinosaur shaped ice cream stand [1].

Fun Facts and TriviaEdit

  • Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction gets its name from the fact that in the 1930-1940s people thought the Ice Age killed the dinosaurs (thus "Extinction") [2].
  • If you look closely at the sidewalk, you can see that Gertie's footprints have cracked the concrete as he made his way to the Echo Lake [1]
  • Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction is an example of the “California-crazy” style of architecture [3].

References

Welcome to The Mickey Wiki: Your Walt Disney World Encyclopedia! To start exploring, select a park below!
MPMKButton.jpgMPEpcotButton.pngMPHollywoodStudiosButton.jpgMPAnimalKingdomButton.jpg

Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of ExtinctionEdit

Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction
DinoGertie2.jpg
Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction.
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Land Echo Lake
Opening date May 1, 1989
Restaurant Type Quick Service
Menu Type Ice Cream
Based On Gertie the Dinosaur

Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction is a quick service stand in the Echo Lake section of Disney's Hollywood Studios.

HistoryEdit

Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction opened with the rest of the (then) Disney-MGM Studios on May 1, 1989 [1]. The quick service dining location is based on the 1914 animated short Gertie the Dinosaur by Winsor McCay. In order to pay tribute to the short and its contributes to the history of animation, Imagineers created the dinosaur shaped ice cream stand [1].

Fun Facts and TriviaEdit

  • Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction gets its name from the fact that in the 1930-1940s people thought the Ice Age killed the dinosaurs (thus "Extinction") [2].
  • If you look closely at the sidewalk, you can see that Gertie's footprints have cracked the concrete as he made his way to the Echo Lake [1]
  • Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction is an example of the “California-crazy” style of architecture [3].

References
This Day in Walt Disney
World History
On this day in 1991, Disney's Port Orleans Resort French Quarter opened.
View edit history of this page.