Magic Kingdom Gates → Cinderella Castle
3.8 km · 19 postcards · designed for 1 day
A loop of the Magic Kingdom on its own paths: up Main Street, round Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Liberty Square, Frontierland and Adventureland, and in to the castle.
Along the way
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Magic Kingdom Gates
The turnstiles under the Walt Disney World Railroad station, where every visit since 1971 has begun. The tunnels beneath the tracks open onto Town Square.
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Main Street, U.S.A.
A turn-of-the-century small town, built on purpose in forced perspective so the castle looks taller from the far end. The upper-storey windows honour the people who built the resort.
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Carousel of Progress
Walt Disney's own show from the 1964 World's Fair, with a theatre that turns around the stage. It has played longer than any other stage show in American history.
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Space Mountain
The white cone of Tomorrowland, opened in 1975: a roller coaster run almost entirely in the dark. Guests board rockets under a sky of projected stars.
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TRON Lightcycle / Run
A launched coaster under a rippling canopy that glows after dark. Riders lean forward on lightcycles and race out of the building and back in.
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Storybook Circus
Dumbo's corner of Fantasyland, with circus tents, a train station and the Barnstormer. Casey Jr. sprays water at children here on hot afternoons.
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Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
A family coaster through the dwarfs' mine, whose cars rock side to side on the track. The last stretch passes their cottage, where Snow White is dancing.
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Enchanted Tales with Belle
A walk into Maurice's cottage and through a magic mirror to the Beast's castle. Guests act out the story with Belle herself.
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Peter Pan's Flight
Pirate ships hanging from an overhead rail fly over moonlit London to Never Land. It opened with the park in 1971 and its queue is still among the longest.
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"it's a small world"
A boat ride past singing dolls from every corner of the world, first built for the 1964 World's Fair. The Sherman brothers' song has never left anyone's head since.
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The Haunted Mansion
A brick manor in Liberty Square with 999 happy haunts and room for one more. Doom Buggies carry guests past the ballroom of dancing ghosts.
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The Hall of Presidents
Every American president on one stage as audio-animatronic figures. The building copies Philadelphia's Independence Hall.
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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
A runaway mine train through red-rock buttes modelled on Monument Valley. It calls itself the wildest ride in the wilderness.
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Tiana's Bayou Adventure
The log flume once called Splash Mountain, rethemed to The Princess and the Frog in 2024. The ride ends with a five-storey drop into Tiana's party.
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Pirates of the Caribbean
A boat ride through a fort and a burning port town, with Captain Jack Sparrow hiding in the treasure room. The ride inspired the films, not the other way round.
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Jungle Cruise
A skippered boat through the rivers of Asia, Africa and South America, told one bad pun at a time. Trader Sam's 'backside of water' is the highlight.
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Swiss Family Treehouse
A climb through the branches of a concrete banyan tree, home of the shipwrecked Robinsons. The tree wears hundreds of thousands of vinyl leaves.
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Partners Statue
Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse hand in hand at the hub, looking down Main Street. It is the spot where most families take their picture.
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Cinderella Castle
Nearly 190 feet of towers at the heart of the park, finished in 1971. There is a suite inside, and a restaurant in its great hall.
Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma
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