Disney partnership
At UL, we promote our public safety mission globally through public safety outreach, education and awareness programs. And education has always been an integral part of the family entertainment mission of the Walt Disney Company. Since 1945, when Walt Disney began renting copies of featured films to schools across the country, educators have turned to Disney Educational Productions for curriculum materials that enhance classroom lessons and unlock student creativity. A partnership with Disney to promote safety is a natural outgrowth of our mutual interests in safety education.
Wild About Safety
UL is a founding participant with Disney in its safety education campaign, Wild About Safety. This entertaining educational program uses Disney characters Timon and Pumbaa from the Lion King to educate guests about resort safety. Timon and Pumbaa demonstrate key safety messages and the consequences of unsafe behavior in activity books and many other guest materials used by the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts. Wild About Safety is an integral part of the parks' and resorts' global safety initiative to ensure the safety of its attractions. To learn more, visit www.disney.com/safety.
Test the Limits Lab
In 2003, UL opened a 3,000-square-foot exhibit. Test the Limits Lab, within Innoventions at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The exhibit features five hands-on activities where kids of all ages can "test" products for safety the same way UL engineers do. Guided by highly trained Innoventions cast members, visitors to Test the Limits Lab can "implode" television screens, put vacuum cleaners through their paces and even drop 55-gallon barrels on firefighter helmets to see whether they can withstand the impact.
Disney educational presentations
Watch a preview of two new engaging Safety Smart DVDs for K-3 classrooms at www.safetysmartdvd.com:
Wild About Safety with Timon & Pumbaa: Safety Smart at Home
Timon and Pumbaa from Disney's Lion King are Wild About Safety®. With their Safety Smart® checklist in hand, the two friends inspect a possible new home to make sure it is a safe place to live.
Safety Smart Science with Bill Nye the Science Guy: Electricity
Bill Nye the Science Guy® is charged up and ready to show kids how to be Safety Smart around electricity. Learn the shocking truth about conductors and insulators and why electricity can be dangerous if you become part of the circuit.
