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Florida's most popular theme park provides entertainment for all ages. Children as well as adults can find plenty of sights to hold their interest. Magic Kingdom is one of the favorites of young people. It includes Main Street, Frontierland, Tomorrowland, Cinderella's Castle and others. Each area features its own theme, landscape, music, costumes, shops, restaurants, and of course, rides.
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Return to top One of the most interesting resort lodges in the park is the Wilderness Lodge. You can take a free tour of this lodge that was completed in 1994.
It was constructed of 85 loads of lodge pole pine from Oregon and Montana. The soaring 7-story atrium features two 55-ft. totem poles carved by artist Duane H. Pasco. You'll also find fossil rock, Native Indian artifacts and a rock geyser.
"The Extra-Terrorestrial Alien Encounter". | |
Return to top Splash Mountain ride is found in Frontierland, the home of two of Disney's famous mountains.
The beginning of the ride seems innocent when suddenly you are speeding down an almost vertical five-story drop. You get soaked!! | |
Futureworld - The Living Seas is found in Epcot Center. There are many fish, sharks, dolphins and the Florda Manitee. The Living Seas is about our relationship with the ocean. Guests take a trip down to the depths in an elevator. | |
Return to top Haunted Mansion is found in the Magic Kingdom's Liberty Square. This is a ride where you enter beside a grave yard. You enter the mansion in a buggy for two people and taken on a tour through the mansion. The most amazing site is the ghost in the ballroom.
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Return to top![]() The Swiss Family Treehouse is a 60-ft. replica of the treehouse from the 1960 Disney film entitled "The Swiss Family Robinson". The shipwrecked family of five save as many materials as they can from their downed ship, using them to create a home amongst the branches of a giant tree of a South Seas island. Bedrooms, a kitchen, living room, and library are all furnished like any other 19th-century home, despite the fact that they are situated 60 feet up in the air! As you climb the 116 steps of the treehouse, you pass through a variety of rooms which tell the story of the Robinson's. A lantern, logbook, ornate ship railings, and the salvaged ship's wheel are scattered throughout the rooms and a working water-wheel carries buckets of water to the top of the tree. | |
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The Jungle Cruise is a boat ride through replicas of the Asian Jungle, the Nile Valley and the Amazon Rainforest. Along the way, you see a variety of the animals living in those places (also replicas). | |
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Main Street USA depicts America at the turn of the century and is the first thing you see as you enter the Magic Kingdom. There are shops where you can buy everything from clothing and jewelry to kitchenware. | |
| Main Street USA shows the crossroads of a era - the gas lamps and the electric lamps, the horse drawn car and the auto car. You can even take Horse Drawn Carriage Rides or trips in old fashioned vehicles. Your visit to the Magic Kingdom begins and ends on Main Street USA, a nostalgic look back at what America once was. | |
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Main Street USA is covered with shops and restaurants.
The small-town charm, friendly street performers and classic Disney nostalgia are apparent everywhere. You'll find the ice cream parlor, souvenir shops, fountains, and trolley cars.
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Cinderella's Castle is at the top of Main Street USA and is the most photographed site in the park. This famous view makes you feel as though you are in a fairytale.
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