Horsing Around
Did you know that Main Street USA was designed by Walt Disney himself and based on his childhood home of Marceline, Missouri? It’s believed that Walt absolutely loved the small-town American life that he lived there, so he wanted to embody this within his very own creation.
While the buildings all look the same as they did when he was a young boy, and the little stores and window fronts reminded him of his childhood, he knew that he wanted to also add some horses into the mix.
He wanted horses to draw the carts that headed down Main Street – so that’s exactly what he got. If you’ve always wondered why their hoofs are so loud, then we have an answer for that. The horses that make their way down Main Street actually have horseshoes that are coated in polyurethane, making their steps even louder.