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Main Street USA
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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. 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,
Mickey's Toontown Fair, Tomorrowland. |
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Adventureland
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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
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Frontierland
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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." |
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Liberty Square
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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.
Mike Fink Keelboats and Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes also make the
journey 'round the river past Indian camps and a settler's shack.
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Fantasyland
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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, Snow White's Scary Adventure and Peter Pan's Flight. In the
center of all is a gigantic jewel -- Cinderella's Golden Carrousel. Guests have the chance to prove their worthiness to Merlin in the daily
"Sword in the Stone" show. 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. The "animateered" performance of "Legend of The Lion King," based on the
hit Disney animated feature film, "The Lion King," creates a mystical jungle
where animators' drawings are brought to life using an advanced form of
puppeteering and special effects. The show includes the film's dramatic
opening song, "Circle of Life." The lush lagoon setting of Ariel's Grotto offers a chance to meet "The
Little Mermaid" character, Ariel, and then cool off in an interactive
leap-frog fountain spouting between sea sponges. Guests also can meet
popular classic characters at the Fantasyland Character Festival. |
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Tomorrowland
- Tomorrowland features a glimpse into a city of the future as envisioned
by the sci-fi writers and movie-makers of yesteryear. The main thoroughfare of this "city" is the Avenue of Planets, home to
the Tomorrowland Interplanetary Convention Center where X-S Tech, a
mysterious corporation from a distant planet, is displaying a new
teletransportation device that brings the audience face-to-face with an
alien in The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. Across the way, The Timekeeper takes guests through a hysterical blast
through time in a Circle-Vision 360 format. 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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Mickey's
Toontown Fair
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The newest land in the Magic Kingdom is designed to create "character
connections" between guests and Mickey Mouse and all his toon pals. Mickey,
Minnie, favorite Disney heroes and heroines -- and even a villain or two --
await guests in the Toontown Hall of Fame. Mickey and Minnie also open their
Toontown "mouse-houses" for guest tours. Donald Duck has docked his boat,
the Miss Daisy, providing splashing surprising for seafaring youngsters. The
Barnstormer, the first kid-sized roller coaster at Walt Disney World, zips
and zooms through Goofy's Wiseacre Farm in crop-dusting bi-planes before
crashing through a hayloft to complete the high-flying adventure. This is only the beginning of a day in the Magic Kingdom. Special events
include Disneys "Magical Moments" parade, a brilliantly colored, musical
spectacle with six themed floats parading down Main Street, U.S.A. There's
also live entertainment in every "land" -- song-and-dance shows of classic
Disney tunes in the Castle Forecourt, a quartet of toe-tappin', foot-stompin',
singing cowpokes in Liberty Square and much more, including themed holiday
entertainment, impressive fireworks shows during the summer and special
times of the year, plus high school bands, dance and musical groups from
throughout the world. In addition, there are face-to-face meetings with the
Disney characters throughout the park, plus fascinating shops, themed
restaurants and snack facilities. |
