Q: It struck me on my last visit to Walt Disney World that there is a heck of a lot of different music playing in the parks. How many distinctly different pieces of music are used by, let’s say Magic Kingdom and Disneyland?
Patrick, Phoenix, Arizona
A: There would be many hundreds. Music has always been an integral part of the Disney parks. Individual attractions have music, but there is also background and atmospheric music almost everywhere one goes—in shops, in restaurants, and throughout the various lands. Outdoors, speakers for the music are usually judiciously hidden—behind landscaping, in faux boulders, and in the architectural details of buildings.
Dave Smith