Magic Kingdom® Park
Enter a Land Where Fantasy Reigns
Your imagination is the limit at The Most Magical Place on Earth: MAGIC KINGDOM® Park at WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort, where dreams come true for all ages.
Park Info
Fantasy becomes a reality in Disney’s Magic Kingdom Park. The Park, located near Orlando in Florida, combines thrilling rides and attractions with your favourite Disney characters, all topped off with a sprinkling of Disney magic.
Magic Kingdom Park has 6 enchanted lands with masses of attractions to choose from, and it’s the most popular theme park in the world, with over 20 million visitors every year.
As well as these, you can also add a whole host of other Magic Kingdom Park rides and attractions to your must-see list, including zooming across the London sky to Never Land with Peter Pan, screaming your way around a mountain on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, taking a romp through Great Moments in American History with the Muppets, or of course, meeting Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
Adventureland
One of the two great things about the design of Adventureland is that it blends together so many different architecture styles. In the span of about one city block, you'll travel from the Victorian-era trappings of Swiss Family Treehouse and 1920's Jungle Cruise, past Middle Eastern bazaars and Polynesian tiki huts, to the colonial forts of the Spanish Main.
Main Street, U.S.A.
You begin and end your Magic Kingdom visit on Main Street, which generally opens 1 hour before and closes 30–60 minutes after the rest of the park. The Walt Disney World Railroad stops at the Main Street Station; board here for a grand tour of the park or a ride to Frontierland or Fantasyland.
Main Street is a Disneyfied turn-of-the-20th-century small-town American thoroughfare. Its buildings are real, not elaborate props. Attention to detail is exceptional: Furnishings and fixtures are true to the period. Along the street are shops, character-greeting venues, eating places, City Hall, and a fire station. Occasionally, horse-drawn trolleys, fire engines, and horseless carriages transport visitors along Main Street to the Central Plaza.
Fantasyland
Fantasyland is the heart of the Magic Kingdom - a truly enchanting place spread gracefully like a miniature Alpine village beneath the steepled towers of Cinderella Castle.
Fantasyland is divided into three distinct sections. Directly behind Cinderella Castle and set upon a snowcapped mountain is Beast’s Castle, part of a Beauty and the Beast–themed area. Most of this section holds dining and shopping, such as Be Our Guest Restaurant; Gaston's Tavern, a small quick-service restaurant; and a gift shop. The far-right corner of Fantasyland—including Dumbo the Flying Elephant, The Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini, and the Walt Disney World Railroad - Fantasyland Station is called Storybook Circus as an homage to Disney’s Dumbo film. These are low-capacity amusement park rides appropriate for younger children. A covered seating area with plush chairs, electrical outlets, and USB chargers is available behind Big Top Souvenirs.
The middle of Fantasyland holds the headliners, including Under the Sea - Journey of the Little Mermaid and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. The placement of these two attractions allows good traffic flow either to the left (toward Beast’s Castle) for dining, to the right for attractions geared to smaller children, or back to the original part of Fantasyland for classic attractions such as Peter Pan’s Flight and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
The original part of Fantasyland also hosts the incredibly popular Princess Fairytale Hall meet and greet. Len’s daughter, Hannah, thinks it’s the best character-greeting venue in Walt Disney World. (Lines for the B-list princesses are shorter.)
Finally, when nature (or technology) calls, don’t miss the Tangled-themed restrooms and outdoor seating (with phone-charging stations), near Peter Pan’s Flight.
Frontierland
Frontierland adjoins Adventureland as you move clockwise around the Magic Kingdom. The focus is on the Old West, with stockade-type structures and pioneer trappings.
It may be argued that Frontierland is the Magic Kingdom's best land. Themed to mimic the architecture of the American West, Frontierland includes two of the Magic Kingdom's headliner rides (Tiana's Bayou Adventure and Big Thunder Mountain), one of the Magic Kingdom's best spots to relax and unwind (Tom Sawyer Island), arguably the park's best counter service restaurant (Pecos Bill's Tall Tale Inn and Cafe) and some of the best spots for viewing parades.
Tomorrowland
At various points in its history, Tomorrowland’s attractions presented life’s possibilities in adventures ranging from the modern-day (If You Had Wings’ round-the-world travel in the 1970s) to the distant future (Mission to Mars). The problem that stymied Disney repeatedly was that the future came faster and looked different than what they’d envisioned.
Today, Tomorrowland’s theme makes the least sense of any area in any Disney park. Its current attractions are based on gas-powered race cars, rocket travel (two rides), a look back at 20th-century technology, two rides with aliens, and a comedy show with monsters. It’s not so much a vision of the future as it is a collection of attractions that don’t fit anywhere else in the park.
Liberty Square
Liberty Square re-creates America at the time of the American Revolution. The architecture is Federal or Colonial, and provides a seamless transition from the edge of Fantasyland to Frontierland. A real, 130-year-old live oak, the Liberty Tree, lends dignity and grace to the setting.
