moana's waves

• MAUI WAS ALMOST BALD!
• MAUI’S HOOK WAS INSPIRED BY THE CONSTELLATION CALLED MAUI’S FISHHOOK, AKA SCORPIO.
• FOR THE FILM, ASTRONOMERS RESEARCHED WHAT THE PACIFIC ISLAND NIGHT SKIES WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE 2,000 YEARS AGO!
• SPEAKING OF 2,000 YEARS AGO, ALL THE OUTFITS WORN IN MOANA ARE MADE EXCLUSIVELY FROM MATERIALS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME.
• WHEN MOANA WEARS RED FEATHERS, IT SYMBOLIZES ROYALTY.
• HEIHEI WAS ORIGINALLY SASSY!
• MAUI HAS SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH PINOCCHIO.
• DISNEY OFFERED LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA THE MOANA JOB THE SAME WEEK HE FOUND OUT HE WAS GOING TO BE A DAD!
• LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA WON A POLYNESIAN DANCE CONTEST WHILE ON LOCATION RESEARCHING FOR MOANA!
• RAPUNZEL’S HAIR IN TANGLED HELPED INSPIRE THE OCEAN IN MOANA!
• VOLUNTEER MOANA HAIR MODELS GOT DUNKED IN WATER FOR RESEARCH.
• A GROUP OF PACIFIC ISLAND ADVISORS TO THE FILMMAKERS OF MOANA BECAME KNOWN AS THE OCEANIC STORY TRUST.