

Wild facts about your favorite Disney movies

9 Mind-Blowing Facts About Your Favorite Disney Movies

1) Ariel was modeled to look like a young Alyssa Milano and "Aladdin" was modeled after Tom Cruise.

2) "The Lion King" was originally titled "King of the Jungle" until someone realize that lions don't actually live in the jungle.

3) "Part of Your World" was nearly cut from "The Little Mermaid." Also, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" was nearly cut from "The Lion King." Luckily, Elton John convinced the producers to keep the song in and it won him an Oscar.

4) Walt Disney received an honorary Oscar for "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs." The Oscar was presented as one regular sized statue with seven miniature ones.

5) Writers tried out several different names for the seven dwarfs, including: Jumpy, Wheezy, Baldy, Puffy & Dizzy.

6) There are 6,469,952 total black spots in 101 Dalmatians. We'll wait here while you count.

7) All Disney princesses are thought to be teenagers. Snow White is 14 years old, Cinderella is 16-19, Ariel is 16, Jasmine is turning 18, Belle is 17-21, Pocahontas is 17 years old & Elsa is 21 years old at the time of her coronation. Officially making her the first Disney queen who isn't a teen. Yet another reason why Frozen is awesome!

What Disney movie facts do you know?