Storybook Circus has set up shop in Carolwood Park, which refers to the steam train that was in Walt Disney’s backyard. In fact, there is a Carolwood Foundation which was created to preserve Walt Disney's railroad legacy.
Here are some other fun facts from the Disney about Storybook Circus:
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- The music from the old fashioned calliope in the front of Pete’s Silly Sideshow was recorded from a set of antique circus crank organs owned by a collector in Southern California.
- Pete’s Silly Sideshow resembles a type of sideshow called a Ten-in-One, which traditionally offered a series of acts performing various tricks and daredevil stunts.
- Pete, sometimes known as Peg-Leg Pete, is the longest running continuous Disney character, debuting in 1925 in the Disney short, Alice Solves a Puzzle.
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