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The Magic Kingdom is a theme park at Walt Disney World in Florida. Opened on October 1, 1971, it is the most famous of the Florida theme parks. It covers 107 acres. Its layout and attractions are generally similar to those of Disneyland in California.

In addition to the bronze "Partners Statue" of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse in front of Cinderella Castle, there is also a bronze statue of Roy O. Disney sitting with Minnie Mouse near the park's entrance.

The Magic Kingdom park is constructed above a series of tunnels called utilidors, short for "utility corridors," used by park employees ("cast members") to reach areas inside and outside the park without being seen by park guests. This means that cast members in Tomorrowland outfits never have to be seen in Frontierland, for example. The utilidors were built at ground level (due to Florida's high water table) and the area around them was filled in with dirt from the "Seven Seas Lagoon" which was being dug in front of the park, and the Magic Kingdom itself was built on top. This means that, technically, ground level inside the Magic Kingdom is actually on the second story.

1 Attractions

The park contained twenty-three attractions on the day it opened, twenty of them copies of attractions at Disneyland. Today the park map lists forty-eight attractions (though several of these, like the Guest Information Board, probably shouldn't be included in the number) in seven themed "lands." Major attractions are listed below.

The Walt Disney World Railroad runs along the perimeter of the park and makes stops at Main Street, Frontierland, and Mickey's Toontown Fair.

1.1 Main Street, U.S.A.

Main Street is lined with shops selling Disney merchandise and park food.

1.2 Adventureland

• Swiss Family Treehouse, a large tree with steps and walkways leading high up around it
• The Enchanted Tiki Room Under New Management, with Audio-Animatronic birds that sing (the old attraction has been updated to include The Lion King's Zazu and AladdinAladdin (first released on November 11, 1992) is an animated Disney movie telling a version of the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp from The Arabian Nights. As is usual with Disney film adaptations, many aspects of the traditional story were changed fo's Iago)
• Jungle Cruise, a boat ride with a skipper who tells bad jokes
• Pirates of the CaribbeanPirates of the Caribbean is one of the best-known attractions at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disney, and Disneyland Paris. It opened at Disneyland in 1967, and was the last attraction of which Walt Disney was involved in the design. During the co, a dark rideA dark ride is an indoor amusement ride consisting of a vehicle traveling past animated scenes. Leon Cassidy of the Pretzel Amusement Ride Company invented and patented the single-rail dark ride in 1928. Notable dark rides include the Futurama at the 1939 through pirate scenes
• The Magic Carpets of Aladdin, a Dumbo ride on flying carpets

1.3 Frontierland

• Splash Mountain, a log flumeA log flume is a horizontal structure that has a cavity for flowing water to carry lumber and logs and generally spans many miles. The longest log flume is the Kings River Flume in Sanger, California. Today, the name describes an amusement ride consisting
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, a fairly tame steel roller coasterSteel roller coasters have earned immense popularity in the past 50 years throughout the world. Incorporating tubular steel track and polyurethane-coated wheels, steel roller coasters can provide a taller, smoother, and faster ride with more inversions th
• Tom Sawyer Island, reachable by raft, on which are caves and a fort for kids to explore
• Country Bear Jamboree, a show with Audio-Animatronic singing bears