Useless Trivia from Disneyland

Every so often, I'll post some useless trivia that may be interesting but is relatively useless in the everyday world. But maybe you can use it to impress someone in a particular situation. This useless trivia posting is about a ride at Disneyland (Anaheim California) called the haunted mansion.

Some background: In the Haunted Mansion ride, you are taken to a large dining room. In the room are a lot of ghosts engaging in various activities. The ghosts disappear and reappear at various moments. This effect is done by reflecting images of the ghosts on a huge window pane. You cannot see this window unless you really look for it. I cannot accurately say how big this window is.....its just really big.

Anyways, about 10 years ago, a friend of mine worked at Disneyland and said that on the window was a painted cobweb. But if you look closely, this cobweb actually covers a break in the glass. She wasn't quite sure how the crack got there - maybe someone on the ride threw something at the glass.

I always wondered why Disney never had it in their budget to replace the glass - although the crack is in a corner and it really does look like cobwebs.

I find out later that the glass is really huge and the ride was basically built around this pane of glass. Therefore, it would be a pain (pun intended) to replace the glass - major portions of the ride must be dismantled to replace the glass.

But glass is a form of liquid. It is constantly flowing downwards because of gravity. Look at the old cathedrals in Europe and you will see ripples similar to water in the glass because of the "flowing".

I'm sure Disney is aware of this and has some sort of Haunted Mansion glass fund that will be used sometime in the future to replace the glass.