After the recent renovations at the Disneyland® Hotel, you will notice that its exterior looks a little blue. But if you stare into that shade of blue, you will see a lot of “GREEN!”
Those blue tinted windows are just one of the many energy-efficient changes that were made at the Disneyland® Hotel.
by Magic Maker® Kyle Froman
We all know that Walt Disney World® Resort and Disneyland® Resort are full of good, clean fun for the entire family. However theme park Imagineers have taken the term clean comedy quite literally. In a world where hidden surprises and fun interactions are the norm, there are two characters that are certain to steal the spotlight and put a smile on your face in the parks.
In Magic Kingdom® Park’s Tomorrowland® Area, you will find a clean, interactive character that will leave you and your travel party laughing, yet scratching your head saying ‘how’d they do that’! PUSH, the roaming and talking garbage can, makes his appearance near Mickey’s Star Traders and Tomorrowland Speedway, interacting and joking with guests.
PUSH is an actual, functioning Tomorrowland® Area trash bin, and derived his name from the large word ‘PUSH’ found on the trash can flaps. Go ahead and peek inside PUSH to see for yourself! PUSH is able to see what you see, and hear what you hear all in real time, creating hysterical interactions between guests and himself.
While PUSH started making appearances at Magic Kingdom® Park in 1995, PUSH the Talking Trash Can also makes appearances daily at Disnelyand® Park and Disney California Adventure®!
In Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park you will find a clean comedian of a different sort in Rafiki’s Planet Watch® Land. Pipa, who is the recycling container version of PUSH, greats and interacts with guests, encouraging them to take an interest in recycling. A quick peek inside of Pipa will again reveal he is the real deal! Pipa’s name is derived from the word container in Swahili!
If you are wondering how PUSH and Pipa operate, well we aren’t going to spoil that bit of magic here! But we would encourage you to take the time to visit PUSH and Pipa, as well as many of the other hidden treasures around Walt Disney World® Resort and Disneyland® Resort! There are countless hidden surprises to uncover and explore!
Each year, millions of children worldwide die from hygiene-related illnesses because the essential items for proper hand washing are unobtainable to them. It is estimated that every 10 seconds a child dies from these types of illnesses – all preventable by just a single bar of soap!
An Orlando-based nonprofit organization, The Clean the World® Foundation, aims to stop these needless deaths from occurring by recycling used soap and shampoo and distributing them around the world to those living in poverty. With Walt Disney World® Resort’s 24 resort hotels located in central Florida, they play a key role in helping Clean the World® reach their goal. But it doesn’t end there – resort hotels at Disneyland® Resort in California as well as Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa in Hawai’i, also recycle hygiene products with Clean the World®.
“Disney’s commitment to environmental sustainability permeates throughout the entire company. They are literally turning trash into treasure through Clean the World®, and that benefits the global community by creating a cleaner world” said Shawn Seipler, executive director of Clean the World®.
From Jan. – Sep. of 2010, Disney cast members collected more than 25,000 pounds of partially-used soaps, shampoos, conditioners and lotions from the nearly 28,000 hotel rooms on Walt Disney World® Resort property! This collection not only allows the cast members and guests to clean the world, but it repurposes something that was headed to the landfill.
After the discarded amenities are sanitized, Clean the World® distributes the items to people in need as part of their ongoing efforts to improve health and personal hygiene in impoverished areas worldwide. Some of these products are even donated to shelters and various organizations throughout the United States.
So next time you use that bar of soap in your resort room, smile knowing that it will soon be saving lives!
With Earth Day only a week away, we are going to showcase some of the way Disney Parks focuses on the environment.
Walt Disney expressed his commitment to the conservation of natural resources more than 60 years ago and the Disneyland® Resort continuously looks for ways to make their daily operations more environmentally friendly.
The Disney Destinations are committed to giving families opportunities to discover their connection with the natural world and to helping those who are
working to make our home a better place for the next generation. Discover just a few of Disney conservation efforts: