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Magic Kingdom Attraction And Entertainment History
The following list shows the attractions found in the theme park Magic Kingdom. Main Street, USA Attractions * Walt Disney World Railroad (1971–present) Entertainment * Happily Ever After (May 12, 2017 – September 29, 2021, April 3, 2023 –present) * Disney Enchantment (October 1, 2021 – April 2, 2023, January 11, 2024 – present; After-hours events only) Former attractions * Main Street Cinema (1971–1998) * Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom (2012–2021) * Swan Boats (1973–1983) Former entertainment * Main Street Electrical Parade (1977–1991, 1999–2001, 2010–2016) * SpectroMagic (1991–1999, 2001–2010) * Fantasy in the Sky (1971–2003) * Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams (October 9, 2003 – May 11, 2017) Adventureland Rides *The Magic Carpets of Aladdin *Jungle Cruise *Pirates of the Caribbean Attractions *Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room – located inside the Sunshine pavilion. *Swiss Family Treehouse – themed after the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Kingdom
Magic Kingdom Park is a Amusement park, theme park at the Walt Disney World, Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. It opened on October 1, 1971, and is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company through its Disney Experiences, Experiences division. The official park name has changed slightly over the years - from ''Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom'' (1971–1994) to ''The Magic Kingdom'' (1994–2017). The park was initialized by Walt Disney and designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, WED Enterprises. The park layout and attractions were based on Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and are dedicated to fairy tales and Disney characters. The park icon is Cinderella Castle, inspired by the fairy-tale castle featured in the Cinderella (1950 film), 1950 animated film. In 2023, the park hosted 17.72 million visitors, making it the most visited theme park in the world for the seventeenth consecutive year and the most visited theme park in North America for at least the past 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management)
''The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management)'' was an attraction located in the Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World, Walt Disney World Resort. It was an updated version of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, which was previously known in the Florida park as Tropical Serenade, that featured the bird characters Iago (Aladdin), Iago and Zazu (Disney character), Zazu from the respective Walt Disney Animation Studios franchises ''Aladdin (franchise), Aladdin'' and ''The Lion King (franchise), The Lion King''. The attraction ran for almost thirteen years from April 1998 until January 2011, when a small fire damaged it, leading Disney to restore the original Enchanted Tiki Room to Florida. History The Enchanted Tiki Room show from Disneyland opened in the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971, as ''Tropical Serenade''. The show was an exact duplicate of the Disneyland attraction, but instead of the pre-show there was a waterfall in place of the Tiki gods, which opened and tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Fink Keel Boats
Mike Fink Keel Boats (or River Rogue Keel Boats) were small boats that navigated the Rivers of America at Disneyland, the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Park in Disneyland Paris. History The Mike Fink Keel Boats were based on two episodes of the ''Davy Crockett'' miniseries which aired on the ''Disneyland'' TV show in 1955—"Davy Crockett's Keel Boat Race" (November 16) and " Davy Crockett and the River Pirates" (December 14). The ride was named after Mike Fink, the "King of the River" who lost the keel boat race. The two 38-foot boats, the ''Gullywhumper'' and the ''Bertha Mae'', were the actual props that had been used in making the TV shows a few months earlier. The boats were free-floating and traveled around Tom Sawyer Island. Riders would sit on benches either inside the cabin or on the roof of the cabin. The keelboats at Disneyland closed at the end of the summer on September 6, 1994 and remained closed for nearly a year and a half until comin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Belle Riverboat
The ''Liberty Belle'' (formerly ''Richard F. Irvine'') is a steam-powered riverboat ride vehicle at Rivers of America in Magic Kingdom. It was the second boat ride vehicle to be introduced in this attraction and originally named after the late Disney executive Richard F. Irvine. It is a steam-powered sternwheeler replica. History The ''Richard F. Irvine'' Riverboat was the second riverboat to enter into service on May 20, 1973, in the Rivers of America at the Magic Kingdom park. Its other riverboat colleague, the '' Admiral Joe Fowler'', served from October 2, 1971, through fall 1980 when it was destroyed in a dry dock accident. The ''Richard F. Irvine'' was completely refurbished and returned to service in 1996 as the ''Liberty Belle'' Riverboat. The ''Richard F. Irvine'' name would later be reintroduced on one of the ferry boats that travel between the Magic Kingdom and the Transportation and Ticket Center, having been renamed from ''Magic Kingdom II'' in 1997. The ''Liberty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hall Of Presidents
The Hall of Presidents is a theater attraction located in Liberty Square at in Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort. The attraction is a multimedia presentation featuring Audio-Animatronic figures of all 45 individuals who have served as president of the United States. Originally conceived by Walt Disney as an attraction for Disneyland Park in California, the show opened on October 1, 1971, along with the rest of the Magic Kingdom. The attraction is currently under refurbishment to return the figure of Donald Trump to center stage as the new president, and will originally set to reopen later in 2025. However, it was announced that the main lobby for the attraction was open on June 8, 2025, while the actual show was remain closed. History Disneyland and Liberty Street In 1957, as Disneyland in Anaheim, California, became more successful, Walt Disney proposed an expansion of the park's Main Street, U.S.A. area that celebrated America's colonial era. Called Libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haunted Mansion
The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride, dark-ride attraction located at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo Disneyland. The haunted house attraction features a ride-through tour in Omnimover vehicles called “Doom Buggies”, and a walk-through show is displayed to riders waiting in the queue line. Each location differs slightly in design, utilising a range of technology from centuries-old theatrical effects to modern special effects, including Audio-Animatronics. The Haunted Mansion inspired two similarly themed, but distinct attractions, Phantom Manor, and Mystic Manor, which exist at Disneyland Park (Paris) and Hong Kong Disneyland, respectively. The Haunted Mansion attraction launched a small franchise including two feature film adaptations, comic strips, television specials and merchandise. Ride summary Disneyland file:HallOfPortraits.jpg, left, 300px, The hall of portraits that guests see as they exit the stretching room at Disneyland. Photo bMike Johansen Guests enter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontierland Shootin' Arcade
Frontierland Shootin' Arcade was an attraction in Walt Disney World Resort, Walt Disney World which simulates a shootout in Tombstone, AZ, Tombstone, Arizona, over Boot Hill in 1850. The gallery included a jail, hotel, bank, and cemetery with a total of 97 targets which are animated when shot. After over 50 years of operation, it was closed in 2024. There are similar versions at Disneyland in Anaheim, California under the name Frontierland Shootin' Exposition, Tokyo Disneyland under the name Westernland Shootin' Gallery, and Disneyland Park (Paris) under the name Rustler Roundup Shootin' Gallery. History Originally, the guns shot lead pellets, but were replaced with infra-red light rifles during the summer of 1982, due to the maintenance costs of repainting the targets almost every night. This would use 2,000 gallons of paint a year. Before September 2021, it was an upcharge attraction and was only free during the park's Halloween festivities. Guests would previously have to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splash Mountain
Splash Mountain is a log flume ride at Tokyo Disneyland. Other versions, which have since been rethemed, were formerly located at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom. The attraction is based on the animated sequences of Disney's 1946 film ''Song of the South''. The ride experience begins with an outdoor float-through that leads to indoor dark ride segments, with a climactic steep drop followed by an indoor finale. The drop is . The original Splash Mountain opened at Disneyland in July 1989, followed by the Tokyo Disneyland and Magic Kingdom versions in October 1992. In June 2020, it was announced that the U.S. versions of the ride would be receiving a new theme based on Disney Animation's 2009 film ''The Princess and the Frog''. The Magic Kingdom version of Splash Mountain closed on January 23, 2023, while the Disneyland version closed on May 31, 2023. The new ride, which is titled Tiana's Bayou Adventure, opened on June 28, 2024 at Magic Kingdom and on November 15, 2024 at Disneylan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes
Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes is a free-floating canoe experience at several Disney theme parks. The oldest of the rides is located at the Disneyland park in Anaheim, California. Boarding from the park's Bayou Country section, up to twenty visitors paddle a canoe around the Rivers of America, accompanied by two guides. This is the only Disneyland attraction that is powered by park visitors. The attraction originally opened as ''Indian War Canoes'' on July 4, 1956 as part of Frontierland’s Indian Village expansion. It also operates under the name of ''Beaver Brother's Explorer Canoes'' at Tokyo Disneyland and operated at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World and at Disneyland Park in Disneyland Paris. At Shanghai Disneyland, the ride is simply named ''Explorer Canoes''. Ride Description At the original Disneyland version of the attraction, riders embark and disembark from a small boat dock next to the Hungry Bear restaurant in the Bayou Country section of the park. Each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Sawyer Island
Tom Sawyer Island is an artificial island surrounded by the Rivers of America at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland. It contains structures and caves with references to Mark Twain characters from the novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'', and provides interactive, climbing, and scenic opportunities. At Disneyland in 2007, the attraction was rethemed and expanded as Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, adding references to Disney's ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film series. History of Disneyland's Tom Sawyer Island The area opened in 1956, one year after the opening of Disneyland Park. Prior to the debut of '' Fantasmic!'' in 1992, when the south end of the Island was re-built to facilitate the nighttime show, Tom Sawyer Island saw very little change. In January 2001, the mock rifles at Fort Wilderness were removed from Disneyland after a six-year-old girl lost part of a finger while playing with one. The Island received major upgrades, new show elements, and a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of America (Disney)
The Rivers of America is the artificial river found in the Frontierland areas of Disneyland-style Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products, Disney theme parks around the world. The first river was built in Disneyland when the park opened in 1955. It surrounds Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, Tom Sawyer Island, which guests reach by raft from Frontierland. Additionally, there are other water-based vehicles on the river. The various sights along the Rivers include a Native American tribe and Audio-Animatronics, Audio-Animatronic wildlife. As other magic-kingdom-esque parks were built, they often incorporated this man-made river attraction. Such parks include: * At Disneyland Park (Paris), Disneyland Park Paris, the ''Rivers of the Far West'' is home to Big Thunder Mountain * At Hong Kong Disneyland, there is no Frontierland, so the Imagineers merged the Rivers of America with the Adventureland Jungle Cruise attraction. Jungle river rafts travel around the ''Rivers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Bear Jamboree
The Country Bear Jamboree is an attraction in the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World, Walt Disney World Resort and Tokyo Disneyland at Tokyo Disney Resort. It was formerly located at Disneyland, Disneyland Park at Disneyland Resort. The attraction is also known as the Country Bear Musical Jamboree at Magic Kingdom (as of 2025) and the Country Bear Theater in Tokyo Disneyland. The attraction is a stage show featuring Audio-Animatronics, audio-animatronic figures. Most of the characters are bears who perform country music. Characters rise up to the stage on platforms, descend from the ceiling, and appear from behind curtains. The theater includes three audio-animatronic animal heads mounted on the walls who interact with characters on stage. Due to popularity, The Country Bear Jamboree was given a "spin-off" show which appeared during the 1984 winter season at Walt Disney World and Disneyland. It was called The Country Bear Jamboree#Christmas Special, Country Bear Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
