Fun Find Friday
November 11, 2011
Location: Disney's Yacht Club Resort
We've spent a lot of time talking about Fun Finds
found throughout the parks, but we haven't nearly covered enough Fun
Finds at the resorts. I know, "Are there a lot of Fun Finds in the
resorts though?" To quote Papa Bear Baloo, "You better believe it!"
Let's head over to the Yacht Club where everything
has taken on a more nautical theme. We have discussed the
elevators here
in the past, but today we are going to be taking a look at the lobby
area. Just after entering through the main entrance you will be
greeted by a giant globe of the Earth. Directly behind this is a
nice seating area. While sitting around and admiring the amazing
ship models in the glass cases behind the couches you may begin to
forget that you are in Walt Disney World where a mouse runs the
place.
Don't worry though! Mickey is present even in this
ship-inspired environment! If you pay close attention to your
surroundings you will realize that there are a few couches, chairs,
and end tables present. If you take a look at one of the end tables
here you will find six "drawers" with six different names written
upon them. We'll get to that in a future Fun Find! However, if you
look at the end table that is kiddy corner from that you'll find six
more "drawers" with names written upon them:

Here you can see that Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy,
Huey, and Goofy all have their own personal drawers located here. I
know what you are thinking. If there are six drawers, why no Pluto?
Pluto, being a dog, has no real need for a drawer. Granted, he could
keep his bones or chew toys in there, but Disney decided to opt for
a Disney character that could actually have more use for the drawer.
So why Huey? There are so many great classic Disney
characters to chose from, and if you are going to pick one of
Donald's nephews, why not pick all of them? The main reason Huey was
chosen was due to the time the resort actually opened up. When the
Yacht Club opened, November of 1990, DuckTales was just finishing up
its run on television. With the popularity of the show, and Donald's
nephews, still being around, Huey (who is sometimes considered the
leader of the trio) was given the honor of having his very own
drawer at this brand new resort!
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