+Shaved Ewok Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 While visiting Disney World last month the wife and spotted several Disney benchmarks. They Looked like regular benchmarks but with a Mickey head on the center of the disk. Is it possible to log these on the bench mark website? Quote Link to comment
+Ashallond Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 No. They aren't in the main database. Many of them have been made into waymarks though. Quote Link to comment
+Shaved Ewok Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 No. They aren't in the main database. Many of them have been made into waymarks though. That's what I figured, but with Disney you just never know. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+StarDoc Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 No. They aren't in the main database. Many of them have been made into waymarks though. That's what I figured, but with Disney you just never know. Thanks. There's a virtual cache based on hunting the ones in California Adventures. There is also another one in Disneyland that is not exactly a benchmark, but close. Quote Link to comment
Wintertime Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I guess it's about time I chimed in here. Larry and Lloyd and I have all been busy or we would have spotted this earlier. SE, I have a website devoted to Disney survey marks: Patty's Disneymarks site There you'll find coordinates for and photos of all the publicly known benchmarks at Disney's properties in California and Florida. (I've heard there are some in other countries but have never received any confirmation of them.) Each description includes a link to the appropriate Waymarking.com page where you can log the ones you found. If by some chance you found a mark that is not mentioned on my website, please please send me information about it! Since you're specifically interested in the WDW marks, you may also enjoy reading this article about the history of surveying at WDW that I wrote a few years ago: Mapping the World By the way everyone, Lloyd found a bunch of markers at the new Cars Land at Disney California Adventure, plus a few more previously unknown ones at DCA and DL. He and Larry have been sending me information (coords, pix) and I hope to have everything posted soon, possibly by this weekend. If anyone here goes to DCA, please keep an eye out for any other other new ones since the major renovation of the park. Patty Quote Link to comment
Wintertime Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 There's a virtual cache based on hunting the ones in California Adventures. Yes, my friend Larry owns that cache! By all means, give it a go if you get to Disneyland. It only requires you to find five specific benchmarks at DCA. There is also another one in Disneyland that is not exactly a benchmark, but close. My friend Lloyd spoke to Disney's official archivist about that object a few years ago; you can read that information here: Types of Disney Survey Markers Scroll down to "Unidentified Markers." Patty Quote Link to comment
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