Walt Disney World → the Tree of Life
33 km · 62 postcards · designed for 4 days
All four Walt Disney World parks in a row: Magic Kingdom, the monorail to EPCOT, the walkway past the BoardWalk to Hollywood Studios, then the roads south to Animal Kingdom and the Tree of Life.
Along the way
km 0
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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km 0
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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km 1
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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km 1
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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km 1
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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km 1
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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km 2
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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km 2
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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km 2
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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km 2
"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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km 2
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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km 2
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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km 3
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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km 3
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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km 3
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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km 3
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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km 4
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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km 4
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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km 4
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.
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km 13
EPCOT Gates
The main entrance, in the shadow of the big geodesic sphere. EPCOT opened here in 1982, Walt Disney's city of tomorrow made into a park.
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km 13
Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana
A walk-through trail where water plays with you, following its journey from rain to sea. It opened in 2023 in the new World Nature neighbourhood.
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km 13
The Seas with Nemo & Friends
Nemo, Dory and Marlin swim through a real aquarium of nearly six million gallons. Upstairs there are manatees, dolphins and Turtle Talk with Crush.
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km 13
The Land Pavilion
Home of Soarin' and of Living with the Land, a boat ride through working greenhouses. Vegetables grown here are served in the park's restaurants.
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km 13
Journey Into Imagination with Figment
The purple dragon Figment leads an anarchic tour of the Imagination Institute. He has been EPCOT's mascot since 1983.
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km 13
Canada Pavilion
A rocky canyon, totem poles and a French château modelled on Ottawa's Château Laurier. The garden copies Victoria's Butchart Gardens.
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km 14
United Kingdom Pavilion
A London high street, a thatched cottage and a hedge maze. Pub music drifts out of the Rose & Crown.
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km 14
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
Shrink to rat size and scurry through Gusteau's kitchen in Paris. It opened in 2021 in an expanded France pavilion.
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km 14
Morocco Pavilion
Tile, plaster and woodwork laid by Moroccan craftsmen, sent by the king himself. The minaret copies the Koutoubia in Marrakesh.
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km 14
Japan Pavilion
A five-storey pagoda and a torii gate standing in the lagoon. The garden pools behind it are full of koi.
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km 15
The American Adventure
Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain narrate the story of the United States in a Georgian hall at the head of the lagoon. The America Gardens Theatre faces it on the shore.
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km 15
Italy Pavilion
St. Mark's Square in miniature, with a campanile and a Doge's Palace. Gondolas tie up at the waterfront.
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km 15
Germany Pavilion
A Bavarian square with a glockenspiel and a model railway village. Biergarten music plays at night.
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km 15
China Pavilion
A half-size copy of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Inside is Reflections of China, a film in the round.
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km 15
Frozen Ever After
A boat through Arendelle in the Norway pavilion, which replaced the old Maelstrom ride in 2016. Elsa sings Let It Go from her ice palace.
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km 15
Mexico Pavilion
A Mesoamerican pyramid holding a market at permanent twilight. The Gran Fiesta Tour boat ride passes the volcano inside.
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km 16
Test Track
A design-your-own-car ride that ends at nearly 65 miles an hour on a banked loop outside the building. It reopened with a new look in 2025.
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km 16
Mission: SPACE
A centrifuge simulator that sends trainees to Mars. There is a gentler green side for those who would rather not spin.
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km 16
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
A coaster whose cars spin to face the action, set to 1970s and 1980s hits. Its show building is one of the largest enclosed coasters in the world.
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km 16
Spaceship Earth
The geodesic sphere that is EPCOT's symbol, 180 feet tall. A slow ride inside spirals up through the history of human communication.
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km 19
Hollywood Studios Gates
An art-deco entrance modelled on the Pan-Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles. The park opened as the Disney-MGM Studios in 1989.
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km 20
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
A live stunt show with a rolling boulder, a burning Cairo street and a flying-wing plane. It has played since opening day.
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km 20
Star Tours
A flight simulator to random Star Wars planets, with a different trip almost every ride. The original opened in 1989 and was rebuilt in 2011.
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km 20
Rise of the Resistance
A ride that is really a whole mission: a transport, a capture aboard a Star Destroyer and an escape. It is among the most ambitious attractions Disney has built.
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km 20
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Pilots, gunners and engineers fly the Falcon together on a smuggling job. The full-size ship sits in Black Spire Outpost on Batuu.
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km 21
Slinky Dog Dash
A family coaster built as if Andy had laid it out from a toy set. Slinky stretches as the train launches.
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km 21
Toy Story Mania!
A 4-D shooting gallery of midway games hosted by the Toy Story characters. Riders throw virtual pies, darts and rings.
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km 21
Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
A ride inside a cartoon, behind the screen of the Chinese Theater. It opened in 2020 in the building that once held the Great Movie Ride.
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km 22
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
A coaster in the dark through a Los Angeles of neon signs. It launches from zero to 57 miles an hour in under three seconds.
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km 22
Fantasmic!
The night-time show in a lagoon amphitheatre, where Mickey fights the villains with water, fire and fireworks. The dragon is the moment everyone remembers.
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km 22
Tower of Terror
The abandoned Hollywood Tower Hotel, struck by lightning in 1939. Its service elevator drops thirteen storeys, again and again.
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km 30
Animal Kingdom Gates
The park opened on Earth Day 1998, as the largest Disney park in the world by area. The entrance plaza is shaded by tropical trees.
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km 30
The Oasis
Winding garden paths with waterfalls and small animals, meant to slow you down before the park opens out. It hides the Tree of Life until the bridge.
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km 30
Na'vi River Journey
A gentle boat ride through bioluminescent rainforest to the Shaman of Songs. She is one of the most advanced figures Disney has made.
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km 30
Avatar Flight of Passage
Riders link with a banshee and fly over Pandora. The floating mountains outside are just as famous.
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km 31
Festival of the Lion King
A stage show in the round with dancers, acrobats and giant floats. It has played since the park opened in 1998.
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km 31
Kilimanjaro Safaris
An open truck across the savanna with giraffes, elephants, lions and rhinos. No two trips are alike.
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km 31
Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail
A walk past okapi, meerkats, hippos and a family of gorillas. The hippo pool has an underwater viewing window.
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km 32
Maharajah Jungle Trek
A walking trail through temple ruins with tigers, Komodo dragons and flying foxes. The ruins are crumbling on purpose.
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km 32
Kali River Rapids
A round raft ride through a rainforest being logged illegally. Expect to be soaked.
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km 32
Expedition Everest
A coaster up a model of Everest that runs backward into the dark when the yeti tears up the track. The mountain is about 200 feet high.
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km 32
Finding Nemo: The Big Blue... and Beyond!
A puppet musical of Finding Nemo in the Theater in the Wild. It replaced the original show in 2024.
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km 33
Tree of Life
The 145-foot tree at the centre of the park, with more than 300 animals carved into its trunk. Inside it is a theatre, now showing Zootopia: Better Zoogether!
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