Guide to the World

Walt’s original idea for Epcot was for it to be an Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow, a city of the future, but he didn’t live long enough to make it come to life. Instead Epcot the park was designed as a permanent World’s Fair, an exposition of technology and world cultures. The two aspects can be seen in the two areas of the park, Future World and World Showcase. Fountain of Nations in front of Spaceship Earth Future World Future World is where you’ll find most of the attractions in Epcot, but also where you’ll find the most empty spaces. My top three here are Spaceship Earth, Test Track, Soarin’. I’ll do a more in depth look at all of the rides in my next post. Future World also has Innoventions which used to be a cool pavilion with interactive exhibits to showcase technology and stuff, but now it’s mostly empty with only a couple interactive presentations. Future World is currently down one attraction with the closing of the Universe of Energy Pavilion to make way f

Magic Kingdom has more attractions than any other Park at Walt Disney World. In this ride guide, I’ll go over each attraction in Magic Kingdom with a brief description to give you an idea if it’s worth your time. Many attractions are dark rides, which are slow moving rides that you sit in some sort of two- to four-person vehicle and it brings you through scenes. Though they use the same sort of ride system, each dark ride is very different. Most dark rides also use Audio-Animatronics, which are essentially robotic characters. But don’t worry, there are many different types of rides and plenty of thrills in Magic Kingdom. Main Street, U.S.A. Walt Disney World Railroad The Walt Disney World Railroad travels around the park with stops at Main Street, Frontierland, and Fantasyland. It can serve as a quick way to get from one area of the park to another without having to walk through crowds of people. You also get to see scenes and views that you can’t see from anywhere else in th

Magic Kingdom is the heart of Walt Disney World. It was the first park to open in Florida and has the most attractions. Magic Kingdom follows a similar plan to the first Disney Park, Disneyland. Six themed lands surround the central hub telling the stories of “yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.” For this post I’ll give a more general overview, my next post will be a more in depth look into each attraction. Town Square on Main Street The first land to greet you as you walk in the gate is Main Street, USA and evokes the feeling of turn of the century America with its shops and horse drawn carriages. Though there aren’t really any attractions on Main Street, there are lots of shops most with more than just souvenirs. My favorite is the Crystal Arts shop where they have live glassblowing throughout the day. Bridge to Adventureland Going clockwise around the hub from Main Street is my favorite land, Adventureland. Tropical south seas jungles, a middle eastern bazaar, a