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Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom |
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Magic Kingdom opened on October 1, 1971 as the first Walt Disney World theme park. The park includes six lands: Main Street USA, Liberty Square, Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland. Each area has rides, entertainment, restaurants, shops, and Disney characters. Popular rides include Space Mountain, Haunted Mansion, Jungle Cruise, Splash Mountain, Peter Pan's Flight, and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Many of the attractions make use of the new FastPass+ system, where you can make a reservation up to 2 months ahead of time so that you don't have to wait in line. Magic Kingdom also has fantastic parades and nightly fireworks. To visit everything at Magic Kingdom, plan on spending the whole day at the park. Arriving by ferryboat, resort buses, or swift monorail trains, guests pass through the turnstiles and under the old-fashioned Main Street Railroad station to six happy lands of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy. |
| Main Street USA - A visit to the Magic Kingdom begins by walking underneath the Railroad Station & into Town Square, where you'll get a great view of Cinderella Castle at the top of Main Street, USA. You can take a nostalgic trip down Main Street, U.S.A., aboard a horse-drawn streetcar, a fire engine or a horseless carriage. This is America as it was nearly a hundred years ago with its glitzy cinema and Plaza Ice Cream Parlor. At one end of the street is Town Square, with its City Hall and tree-shaded areas for town concerts by the Walt Disney World Band. Take a trip to Town Square Theater to see Magician Mickey Mouse. At the end of Main Street is the 'hub' where you'll find roads leading off to the different 'lands' of the Magic Kingdom. Just beyond the hub is Cinderella Castle, and the gateway to Fantasyland. The lands are (clockwise from left) - Adventureland, Frontierland, Liberty Square, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland. |
| Adventureland - Strolling beneath dense vines and bamboo branches, guests pass the gigantic Swiss Family Treehouse -- re-created from the famous Walt Disney movie -- and make their way to a last-outpost river landing where they board tropical launches for the Jungle Cruise. Curious gorillas, playful Indian elephants in their daily bath and frolicking hippos created in life-like realism by Disney artists make for a total mood of adventure in faraway lands. Nearby, The Enchanted Tiki Birds -- Under New Management is newly transformed. Hollywood featherweights Iago, from Disney's animated feature "Aladdin," and Zazu, from Disney's animated feature "The Lion King," have become the new landlords, creating a witty, upbeat show filled with old and new choreographed musical numbers. And the greatest swashbuckling adventure of all comes in the colorful Caribbean Plaza where visitors explore a battered fort to discover the Pirates of the Caribbean. Aboard buccaneer launches, adventurers travel through mysterious grottos, then plunge down a waterfall and into the midst of a pirate battle for control of a harbor town. |
| Frontierland - Beside the picturesque Rivers of America is the land of frontier America -- the old west with its boardwalks, brass-railed saloon and forest forts. Here, too, is the zaniest troupe of singing bears ever assembled, in the Country Bear Jamboree. It's real old-time music with a foot-stompin' beat. Just across the river is Tom Sawyer Island where Injun Joe's Cave, the Magnetic Mystery Mine and old Fort Sam Clemens await exploration. The Island is reached by log rafts. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad takes guests for a wild ride on a runaway mine train. Young frontiersmen may also try their hand in Frontierland Shooting Gallery where fast-moving targets abound. The tallest peak in the Magic Kingdom, Splash Mountain, features a log-flume ride with one of the world's longest flume drops -- a five-story, 47-degree descent reaching speeds of nearly 40 mph. The attraction plunges guests into the Disney classic, "Song of the South." |
| Liberty Square - The true spirit of America is brought to life in the shadow of a giant oak, known as the Liberty Tree. Within the Hall of Presidents, the most impressive moments in American history are presented in life-like realism with all of the nation's chief executives on a single stage through the three-dimensional magic of the Audio-Animatronics system. Across the way is the sparkling Diamond Horseshoe Saloon Revue, where dance-hall ladies and elegant gents sing and dance. Nearby on a graveyard hill is the ominous Haunted Mansion with the liveliest collection of ghosts ever assembled for all to see as they travel through the ancient rooms aboard "doom-buggies." Liberty Square visitors may also board the Liberty Belle, an old-time sternwheel steamboat, for another adventure into America's historical past. |
| Fantasyland - Happiest of all the Disney lands is the one inspired by animated Disney film classics -- Fantasyland. Here, in the courtyard of Cinderella Castle, are the Mad Tea Party, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and Peter Pan's Flight. In the center of all is a gigantic jewel -- Prince Charming's Regal Carrousel. Most charming of the adventures is Walt Disney's salute to all the children on earth -- It's a Small World -- where hundreds of doll-like figures sing and dance in their native costumes. Little princesses can meet their favorite royal friends at the Princess Fairytale Hall. New Fantasyland brings the Beauty and the Beast area, including an incredible experience - Enchanted Tales with Belle. The extremely popular Be Our Guest restaurant welcomes guests into the Beast's castle for a wonderful dining experience. The lush lagoon setting of Ariel's Grotto offers a chance to meet "The Little Mermaid" character, Ariel, and then take a trip Under the Sea. The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train charms guests through an exciting ride through the stunning mine. The Storybook Circus welcomes guests into the land of circus fun. Children can enjoy rides on the famous Dumbo the Flying Elephant or Goofy's Barnstormer. Meet your favorite characters, such as Minnie, Daisy, Goofy, and Donald at the Pete's Silly Slideshow. |
| Tomorrowland - Tomorrowland features a glimpse into a city of the future as envisioned by the sci-fi writers and movie-makers of yesteryear. Guests are transported into the land of Monstropolis at the Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club. Take a thrilling ride with Experiment 626 on Stitch's Great Escape. Armed with infrared lasers, guests join forces with Buzz Lightyear to defend Earth's supply of batteries from the evil Emperor Zurg in Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, a spinning, brought-to-life Tomorrowland spin-off of the hit movie "Toy Story." The shoot-'em-up fun triggers sight and sound gags, while a lighted display inside guests' toy-spaceship vehicles keeps score. High above Rockettower Plaza, guests can board the machine-age rockets of Astro Orbiter and surround themselves with whirling planets as they swing through space. On level two, guests can ride the world's first transportation system utilizing the magnetic-powered linear motor on a sightseeing tour compliments of Tomorrowland Transit Authority. An updated version of the popular Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress gives guests a revitalized performance, complete with a new pre-show. The unique rotating theater provides a fascinating look at how our lives have changed through electricity and new inventions. Action, speed and perpetual motion await as guests "blast off" into the night skies of Space Mountain for a twisting, diving "return-to-earth" aboard miniature space-shuttles. Drivers young and old in individual cars enjoy the Tomorrowland Indy Speedway, matching speeds on a winding rally course. |
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