Weird But True! Disney: 300 Wonderful Facts to Celebrate the Magic of Disney

by National Geographic Kids

Combine the beloved, super-powered Disney brand with Nat Geo Kids’ most popular book series Weird But True! and you have a magical, whimsical fan-favorite book.

This delightful addition to National Geographic Kids' best-selling Weird But True! series uncovers surprising secrets and mind-boggling facts behind your favorite Disney movies, TV shows, park attractions, and more!

Did you know it took 70,000 pencils to draw the artwork for The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)? Or that Donald Duck has an asteroid named after him?

Discover the mystery at the top of Disneyland’s Matterhorn, what Goofy's original name was, how much food employees prepare each day for the animals at Disney's Animal Kingdom, how many balloons it would really take to lift Carl’s house from the movie Up (2009), and more.

Packed with 300 awesome facts and loads of cool pictures, this fun-filled book is perfect for fans of Disney, National Geographic, Weird But True!, and all things wacky, weird, and wonderful!

Complete your collection with other Weird But True! fan Weird But True! Animals, Weird But True! USA, Weird But True! Dinosaurs, Weird But True! Sports, and more!

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, Middle Grade, Trivia, Juvenile, Travel, Adult

208 pages, Library Binding

Published September 26, 2023

About the author

With more than 600 titles—including the popular Weird But True franchise and the New York Times Best Selling National Geographic Kids Almanac—National Geographic Kids Books is the recognized leader in nonfiction for kids. Published in 28 languages, NGK Books reaches approximately 85 million kids every year.

Offering K-12 educators resources that align to and support the Common Core State Standards, National Geographic has a long history of providing high-quality informational texts suitable for primary, upper elementary, and middle school English language arts, social studies, and science classrooms.

Reviews

[Sandra Girard-Demontigny · Rating 4 out of 5]

That's a beautiful informative book about all Disney Parks. I love it !

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite this being a kids book, this is a fun flip for a Disney fan. The book has a nice mix of Disney animated feature trivia along with park trivia. The book took me less than an hour to read, and I did enjoy all of the facts, but the book was fun nonetheless.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Weird But True Disney was more truth than weird. I have a few things I’d like to watch for and check on our next Disney jaunt. Plus, my Goofy loving heart was thrilled to see the collection factoid: “To celebrate Goofy’s 90th birthday, in 2022, one woman set a record for collecting the largest number of Goofy memorabilia—1825 items.” This has me wanting to count my own collection. We will see if I brave THAT task! 🤣

The weirdest thing I saw in the book was about the Monsters Inc ride going through a bathroom. Guess it's been long enough since I've been to Disneyland & California Adventure because I don't remember this ride. So, inquiring minds want to know: does it go through an ACTUAL bathroom or a SET bathroom?

[Willow · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very interesting and cool. There are facts in there that I didn’t even know about, and if you are a Disney fan you will love this book[if you don’t that’s ok].

[Brittany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect for any Disney-lover!

[Kimberly Pierce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved learning all the facts about Disney! Huge Disney fan and even I found a lot of fun facts I didn’t know! Great super fun and quick read.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's... exactly what the title says it is. Except there are a few "fun facts" that aren't actually "fun facts" but just minor details that anyone can spot if they pay attention. Key examples: Pg 23 talks about hidden Mickeys; Pg 31 notes Aladdin's obvious feather problems (when he's lying to Jasmine); and Pg 113 gives us Sebastian's full name (which is given when he's introduced for the first time in the animated movie).

But there are some really funny ones. Like Pg 190, imagine getting a post card from your boss and it's has instructions for you to BUILD A MOUNTAIN! And some really mind-blowing ones. Like Pg 69, imagine making more than a 1000 drawing for only a minute of a movie. Most hand-drawn animated movies are around 90 minutes long; that's 129,000+ drawings (not sketches, drawings!)

Fun, informative, good for curious people (kids and adults alike) who like trivia and Disney.

[Becky B · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of random facts about mostly Disney movies, parks, and cruises.

Hand this to Disney movie fans or kids about to visit either Disneyland, Disney World, or go on a Disney cruise (there's very little information about parks outside the US included). I liked the insider bits on tiny details of Disney rides or research that went into making Disney/Pixar movies. I'm now sitting here shocked that in all the times I've watched Frozen I've never noticed 2 certain characters from a different Disney movie show up (must go rewatch). And if I go visit a Disney park I have a list of tiny details to look out for now.

[Janet Miller · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were some fun and interesting facts in here (Walt Disney and a group of children poured water from oceans and rivers all around the world into the It’s a Small World ride when it opened) but it felt like there were way too many very similar types of facts about things like the number of hairs on Rapunzel’s head or another animated character or how many frames or how much time it took to animate something. A few of those would have been more interesting but it felt like I was just reading through those to get to the good stuff. Overall, not bad, just a little tedious at times👍🏼

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun facts but I knocked a star because some of them don’t really have anything to do with Disney - like a nebula looking like Mickey Mouse. Some seemed like a stretch and with such a long history surely you can come up with 300 unique facts

[Gelo Arucan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved most of the facts in the book but some are quite a stretch and some aren't really "fun/new facts". I wish they included more juicy facts/ tidbits.

Other than that, a very fun read perfect for Disney fans!

[Rochelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun book with lots of awesome Disney Facts❤️🖤

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars
very interesting

[Sally · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fun snippets

[Matthew Smith]

Got this as a gag gift. Fun read but honestly I read it just to pad my reading stats for the year 😎

[8tailfox · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some interesting stuff in this book.🐭

[Julia via Stylish in the Stacks · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish this had been separated into sections like Disney World, Disneyland, cruises, etc.
But this was fun to read in the car on trips with the boys.

[Autumn · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you love random and interesting facts (especially about Disney) you’ll love this book! Such a fun “fluff” read.

[Ryan Devlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice way to pick up some more trivia facts to bother my coworkers with!

[Sadie Miklos · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was really good and I liked all the facts it gave me new knowledge and it was really good.

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

*4

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

fun, cute and kids will love it

[PottWab Regional Library]

A

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book! I enjoyed all the facts. I knew some and learned a lot! It was fascinating to read. The photographs were alright and the design aspect was also alright.

[Robbi C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun! Some of these were tidbits I already knew but I definitely learned some new facts too! Great for trivia, also!

[Heather Walrath · Rating 5 out of 5]

A quick, fun read! We learned some neat new facts.

[Micah Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Must have for any hardcore Disney fan.