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Disney's Magic Kingdom

The Magic Kingdom is the theme park built in the image of  Disneyland  for  Walt Disney World Resort .

 

Il a été ouvert le  1er   octobre   1971  à_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_ Orlando  en  Florida , at the far north of the resort of_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136 Walt5cf58d_ at the end of a private Disney World Resort , at the end of a private highway nearly 10 kilometers, the World Drive. Sa superficie de 43,3 hectares, située entre celle de  Disneyland  en  Californie  (37 ha) and that of  Parc Disneyland  (55 ha), is not used in its entirety, mainly behind  Fantasyland . It is bounded by the train that encircles the park.

Unlike its big brother de  California , all the surroundings of the park are under the total control of the firm  Disney .

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The Magic Kingdom park like  Disneyland   is also divided into countries. The park's landmark castle is de  Cendrillon , and is over 18 stories tall. The  Walt Disney World Railroad   runs around the park and delineates its perimeter, stopping at 78 Main Street 9.0_cc-581 -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Frontierland  et  Mickey's Toontown Fair .

Due to the estate's significant space, the park is much more leafy and spaced out than its California sibling, Disneyland . Thanks to the drainage of the  Seven Seas Lagoon , the marshy area under the future park was raised by almost 5 m. The park was designed taking into account the errors "discovered" at  Disneyland . The most obvious example is the construction under the park of a basement (called utilidor 3), in order to facilitate the work behind the scenes.

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La petite histoire voudrait que  Walt Disney  lors d'une visite à  Disneyland  rencontre des « cow -boys” in_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_Tomorrowland . After asking them the reason for their presence in a part of the park unrelated to their costumes, Walt learned that this path was the only one for them to return to behind the scenes. To solve this problem, the park has an underground floor reserved for employees.

 

Thus the "visitors" part of  Main Street, USA   and most of the restaurant/shopping areas are actually on the first floor. Many corridors and rooms allow employees to move discreetly from the backstage to their places of work, to rest or to supply the shops and restaurants. Small carts allow you to move around and an innovative pneumatic waste collection system even completes the system so that you don't see a garbage truck.

Main Street USA

This country is based on the stereotype of a main street in an early American city  20th century . C'est le souvenir enjolivé de la petite ville de  MarcelineMissouri  où vécut  Walt Disney   in its childhood 4.  Main Street, USA   contains many shops and restaurants and is the only country without an actual permanent attraction apart from exhibition venues and a cinema showing short films by  Mickey .

 

After the entrance below the station, the visitor comes to Town Square, but the appearance is slightly newer than Disneyland , 10 years old at most;  Electricity appeared but gas lighting still exists, it is the beginning of the  Industrial Revolution . The decorative elements include more metal and ornate, also finer.

Then on four blocks (blocks), separated by a street at right angles, are arranged the shops and restaurants. The Emporium comme à  Disneyland   occupies the first block on the left, it is the largest shop in the park. It is stated to have been founded in_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_1901 , Walt Disney's birth date.

 

Its Victorian architecture denotes European influences including the Edwardian style and is dated according to imagineers to around 1903 6 . 6 in order to connect the two blocks and form with the shops of the second block on the left an even bigger shop. The extension mainly accommodates a glass dome and numerous doors.

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Sur la place de Town Square, une statue sculptée par  Blaine Gibson  de  Roy Oliver Disney  assis sur un banc avec  Minnie Mouse  rend hommage au frère de  Walt Disney  tandis qu'une autre statue of the same sculptor located at the other end of Main Street represents Walt standing holding Mickey by the hand.


Next to City Hall, the fire station is numbered 71, the year the park opened, and features a collection of firefighter badges donated by
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1973  et  octobre   1992 , de l'autre côté de la place, l' opera hosted the  Walt Disney Story  for the 50th anniversary of  Walt Disney Productions , consisting of an exhibition of 5,918 memories and documentary -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Walt Disney   in two 300-seat theaters.

 

Most of the windows on the second floors (third actually) have advertisements with the names of personalities and artists who have contributed to the  Walt Disney Company . Ainsi  Roy E. Disney , et sa femme Patty, côtoient  Dick Nunis  (président de  Walt Disney Attractions ),  John Hench  (artiste depuis  1939  et président de_cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ WED Enterprises ) ou  Dick Irvine  et  Bill Martin  (responsables design) 9. Advertisements capture artists in the form of traders and professionals.

At the end of Main Street, Castle Square is a large leafy island forming the hub (see  The Radial Organization of the Park ) and between_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_1973 and_cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ 1983   swan-shaped boats sailed on this river. Decorated bridges provide access to the other lands in the park, including the castle's drawbridge for  Fantasyland , an open-air amphitheater is nestled in the hollow of the two access ramps to the bridge.

On each side of the bridge leading from Main Street to the central island, restaurants with terraces create a magical place. The terraces lead on each side to two other restaurants. The one on the left, the Crystal Palace originally une  cafeteria   and became a buffet 10 in 1996, allows the transition with_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 18d_Adventureland5cf5   with its Victorian style and its resemblance to the greenhouses of the British colonies, including the greenhouse  San Francisco _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58-de7cc-5 Flowers 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Kew Gardens  à  Londres  et le Crystal Palace de  New York 11, all inspired by the one in London:

Ce bâtiment a été construit en hommage au  Crystal Palace  de la grande exposition de  1851  à_cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ London  held in  Hyde Park . This exhibition was the apogee and commemoration of Victorian art.

This building was the main exhibition hall with restaurants, fountains, a circus and even tree-lined gardens, all under a huge 3-4 storey glass roof. It was destroyed by fire in  1936 .

Entre le  20   mai   1973  et août 1983, des barques en forme de_cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ swan , named Plaza Swan Boats were cruising around central island 12.

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Adventureland

It's more of a cinematic exoticism than a real place. The country is divided into two very distinct parts.
The first revolves around the  Swiss Family Treehouse  (Arbre des Robinsons Suisses). This is a copy of  Disneyodendron , with a metal core and covered in concrete with plastic sheets, whose Disneyland sibling has been replaced by Tarzan's tree. Its roots "plunge" 14 meters into the ground. 

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The second part opened in December  1973   is called Caribbean Plaza. This plaza adopts the Spanish South American architectural style  vers  1850 . It allows a transition with the buildings of the adjoining country,  Frontierland   in the part just next door evokes the Far West and the  Mexico .

The addition of a theme around the sand deserts and tales of the Arabian Nights dates from  2001   with the opening of the attraction on Aladdin, accompanied a renovation of the surrounding space, including a reduction of the Tikis 15 square. The high level of detail of the theme is to be granted for the benefit of the park including an African zone.

Thus this new area has a ground simulating sand and incorporates elements evoking Arabia


An example of the advanced management of decorative details is visible in this area. A sculpture of the roof of the Enchanted Tiki Room attraction can be seen on the other side in Frontierland. It represents un 
Asian buffalo , which may pass for an evocation of  North American bison
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Frontier Land

From the main plaza at  Liberty Square   or the Caribbean Plaza at  Adventureland _cc781905-94-bad-316bad(see passing behind Aladdin's carousel), stretches along  Rivers of America  the Wild West, Frontierland. The period covered by this land is that of the years  1790  à  1880

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The first building at the entrance to the land is a saloon which hosts the show du  Diamond Horseshoe   inspired by the  french cancan . As the buildings are close to Liberty Square, they evoke the architecture of  Saint Louis  au  Missouri _cc74c-3b-31-cc7581905 -136bad5cf58d_entre  1800  et  1840  lors de l'explosion économique et démographique de la ville, point departure for the American West. This architecture makes it possible to establish a transition with the Liberty Square area, which was inspired by the end of the  18th century.

A little further west (as in real life) Grizzy Hall inspired by the architecture of the northwest forests of  united_states_cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_hosts_cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Country Bear Jamboree . This attraction originally planned by  Marc Davis   for the leisure center of  Mineral King _cc781905-debb1-94 136bad5cf58d_was built in  Florida  due to the abandonment of the other project .

Even further west, the mountain of  Splash Mountain   stands in the extension of the bank. It opened in  July   1992 , on the site of the former station of the  c' Walt Disney Worldest Railroad , c' Walt Disney Worldest Railroad , an almost exact copy of that of  Disneyland . In 1997, a children's play area was installed near Splash Mountain

 

On the right (north) of Splash Mountain, the landscape becomes more desert, it is the heart of the Far West of westerns with the  Big Thunder Mountain culminating at 60 m , evoking both the_cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Plateau du Colorado  et la  Ruée vers l'or  ( 1848 - 1849 ) . A bridge spanning Splash Mountain and another semi-floating make it possible to reach this part designed as a peninsula.

 

Frontierland Station was rebuilt between the two mountains in a style more akin to the Arizona desert. The  Big Thunder Mountain Railroad   is a crazy train launched into a mountain gold mine. The latter is inspired by the magnificent landscapes of  Monument Valley . The attraction was inaugurated in  November   1980   and allowed to recall a little more the 35b-958193_cc758190bb-35b95819 136bad5cf58d_ Frontierland  de  Disneyland  with its town of Thunder Mesa.

At the foot of Big Thunder Mountain, a pier provides access to  Tom Sawyer Island   using rafts.

Sur la gauche de  Splash Mountain  une voie permet de rejoindre  Adventureland  et aussi aux chars des parades to go behind the scenes.

Liberty Square

From the central plaza, the land one enters through a wooden bridge is not like at  DisneylandFrontierland , but a plaza of a city during the American Revolution. This is the  Liberty Square , designed to pay homage to the American Revolution, it evokes Independence Hall  de  Philadelphia , built in Philadelphia -5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_1787 . However Frontierland is located just across the square and the architectural style is quite similar. The theme of this land, unique in the Disney parks, is the "spirit of 1776", the first moments of American independence and marks the "patriotic fervor of Walt Disney" .

 

The Liberty Tree, an oak  quercus virginiana , recalls the tree of  Virginia   under which the "35cc75419 -136bad5cf58d_ Sons of Liberty  » gathered before signing the  Declaration of Independence of the United States of America _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb35b5136_bad In Independence Hall, thirteen lanterns hang there recalling the  thirteen founding states   of the country. It was found south of the Walt Disney World complex during construction and replanted there where it gains significant scale .


A bell, named Liberty Bell, is an identical replica of the one in Philadelphia, cast in the same mold and installed in the park en 
1987  for the bicentennial of the American constitution .
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Hall of Presidents   is seated in this reconstruction of the building. It tells the story of the  United States  and features all the presidents featured in it as audio-animatronics, with some speaking. The statues are the work of sculptor Blaine Gibson. On the first floor of the building, a window has two lanterns lit in memory of the phrase One if by land, and two if by sea from the poem Paul Revere's Ride de Paul Revere .

Across the plaza, the Rivers of America welcomes the paddle boat  Liberty Belle . The steamer with a paddle wheel at the stern began its career in  1973  as_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf598d_Richard Irvine 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_and circled Tom Sawyer Island, inaugurated the same year. A fire broke out on board in 1996. The boat was renovated and renamed. Another vessel, the Admiral Joe Fowler Riverboat   was in service between 1971 and 1980 .

Further along the banks of the Rivers of America, a neo-Gothic mansion inspired by those of the Hudson River   turns gloomy as night falls . This is the haunted house of  Haunted Mansion . The attraction is similar to its Californian counterpart with several additional scenes. As in Disneyland, the appearance is not dilapidated in order to respect the will of  Walt Disney . Just before reaching this attraction, a path leads to  Fantasyland .

Fantasyland

After passing under Cinderella's Castle, we arrive in the land of fairy tales and Disney stories. We find ourselves in the courtyard of a medieval European castle, of Gothic architecture, the day in a tournament . The rest of the land evokes sometimes more specific areas of Europe such as the alpine village of Pinocchio, because most of the tales adapted by Disney are of European origin.

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On the outskirts of the castle, a delicate bronze fountain represents Cinderella with her little friends, and on the wall, the design of a crown can, from a certain angle, become that of Cinderella

For the  50th anniversary of Disneyland , the castle received many gold decorations representing Disney characters as well as a "magic" mirror representing the various castles of the Disney parks. Parmi les personnages on peut noter  Wendy  et  Peter Pan  volant au sommet de la plus haute tour , au  Kaa   coiling on the rightmost tower.

  • In  Cinderella's Golden Carousel , we find again the motifs of the famous character of Cinderella. It is a carousel built in 1917, restored and transformed to adapt to the themes of the park by the Disney teams .

  • In  1994 , Arthur 's stone and sword   were added between the carousel and the castle.

The Magic Kingdom hosts some of Disneyland  Disneyland 's most famous attractions, but often in slightly modified versions. The park also includes more scenic routes distributed in the two side buildings.

To the left

  • One of the attractions on the left  Mickey's PhilharMagic   is a 3D show-concert featuring the Disney characters performing a concert inspired by the defunct Mickey Mouse Revue attraction .

  • Peter Pan's Flight  est le voyage de  Peter Pan  depuis les toits de  Londres _cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_until the island of the lost children, the attraction is almost identical to that of Disneyland, Disneyland Paris etc.

  • It's a Small World   is built not as a separate pavilion but integrated into the setting of Fantasyland, depicting a medieval tournament. The attraction is located in a building on the left. Since_cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b -136bad5cf58d_2005  the interior decor of the queue has been changed to echo the pavilion of  Disneyland .

To the right

Opposite the attraction, a green space has since  2005   a playground on the theme and with Winnie the Pooh characters on the site d'un_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_lac . With the arrival of the "Fantasyland Forest", the meeting area is moved to the entrance of the attraction.

Fantasyland: “Fantasyland Forest” and “New Fantasyland 2012” project

Le  12   septembre   2009 , lors du premier  D23 , Disney annonce l'agrandissement du_cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Fantasyland   of the Magic Kingdom with the addition of several attractions based on the product lines  Disney Princesses _cc781905-94-cde-3 -136bad5cf58d_et  Disney Fairies   in two phases, the first in 2012 and the second in 2013 . In return, Mickey's Toontown will be destroyed. The project is slightly modified with the addition of a small 93 - bb1958 -136bad5cf58d_ mine train   Vekoma   themed Seven Dwarfs from Snow White and the transfer of the Pixie Hollow section to the park_cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Disney's Hollywood Studios 34. This should consist of an attraction similar to  Cars Quatre Roues Rallye , a fairies' meeting point, all while shrunk to fairies' size . On  7   August   2012 , Disney announces the opening of New Fantasyland 2016 for the Magic Kingdom on December 2 , 2016 Le  12   août   2012Bob Iger _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_ reveals that the budget allocated to these renovations is 425 million USD .

The extension includes:

Fantasyland: Disappearing Attractions

  • Mr. Toad's Wild Ride . A special attraction of the Magic Kingdom, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride told in the form of a "dark ride" the adventures of Mr. Crapeau. It closed to be replaced en  2001  par  Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh .

  • The  Skyway . Until  1999 , nacelles made it possible to reach Tomorrowland by air. The Skyway departed from the Fantasyland Swiss Pavilion located at the West Entrance leading to  Frontierland   and dropped off visitors at the feet of_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3cfb- 586d_Space Mountain  in  Tomorrowland . Since then, only the old Skyway access building in fantasyland has been preserved and transformed into a parking area for strollers.

 

  • The Fantasyland Theater. At the opening, the attraction  Mickey Mouse Revue   allowed you to see and hear a concert given by Disney characters under the direction of Mickey, all in audio- animatronics. In  September   1980 , the Disney Company decided to move the attraction to  Tokyobb Disneyland 359541935cc71819 136bad5cf58d_qui rouvrit en  1983 30. En  1986 , l'ouverture de  Captain Eo  à_cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_ Epcot allows to occupy the vacant theater by les  Magic Journeys . L'attraction perdura jusqu'en  décembre   1993  quand l'emplacement fut consacré à la  Legend of the Lion King . Cette dernière, un spectacle avec marionnettes, personnages costumés et danseurs, ouvrit en juillet  1994  et ferma en  2001 _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_to be replaced by  Mickey's PhilharMagic .

 

With the future “Fantasyland Forest” project, the dry space will be used again to house part of the new Fantasyland. The space freed up only by the attraction made it possible to double the area of Fantasyland. If we push to the railway line (towards the north) and to the banks of the Rivers of America (towards the west) the area would have made it possible to build several countries including the mythical_cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_Discovery Bay . The area roughly corresponds to that of the Rivers of America right-of-way, ie about ten hectares.

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