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Way to Plan A Disney Vacation
Destination Disney, full speed ahead, Mickey
awaits. Whether you are planning a trip to the original Disneyland
in California or the Walt Disney World of Orlando, Florida,
you are in for a very special treat at the house of the mouse.
Walt Disney and his brother Roy Disney founded Disney studios
in 1923. Walt began to realize when traveling with his own
children that there was a need for a fun family oriented
park with the positive aspects of carnivals but minus the
negative. People who visited his studio wrote letters expressing
their enjoyment, and he became committed to creating the
park, eventually buying 160 acres of land in Orange County,
California. Needing outside financing Walt created a TV show
called Disneyland for the ABC television network, a show
which lasted many years and is still in reruns today under
the various names it held: Walt Disney’s Wonderful World
of Color, Walt Disney’s Wonderful World, and World of Disney.
The show always opened with a scene from Disneyland and the
fairy, Tinkerbell, spreading fairy dust.
Opening day in 1955 included Walt’s guests; Ronald Regan,
Bob Cummings and Art Linkletter, and a massive crowd, with
Disneyland quickly becoming the most popular theme park in
the world. Disneyworld in Florida opened in 1971. It includes
the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios and Disney’s
Animal Kingdom, as well as two water parks, six golf courses,
a sports complex, an auto race track, over 20 hotels and
many other sources of entertaining, shopping and dining suited
for the entire family. Disneyworld in Florida is the world’s
largest theme park.
Disney originally envisioned his Florida property to be
just a larger Disneyland that could expand without the land
limits or the California Park. He also wanted to include
EPCOT, the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.
A true man of vision, Disney created the place to be a land
of fun for the family, but Disney died in 1966 and wasn’t
able to see it completed. His bother Roy renamed it Walt
Disney World in his honor.
When planning a mouse vacation in Florida, try
to stay in one of the onsite properties to save time. They cost about
the same as other hotels further away, but can save a tremendous
amount of time for the family and are available for all budges.
These include several themed hotels, rental condominiums,
cottages and even family friendly camping grounds. An advantage
to being on Disney property is the availability of free transportation
to and from each of the theme parks within the complex. The
Walt Disney World resort features four theme parks; Magic
Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney-MGM Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Each park has definite must see attractions.
At the Magic Kingdom a visitor immediately sees a bronze
statue of the partners, Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse. When
entering Main Street a visitor will see a barbershop offering
free haircuts, an Emporium with a variety of souvenirs, and
Cinderella Castle. This is followed by Adventureland which
includes the Swiss family Treehouse, the Enchanted Tiki Room
(a musical show which includes characters from Aladdin and
The Lion King, the Jungle Cruse, the Magic Carpets of Aladdin,
and the Pirates of the Caribbean boat ride. Then Frontierland
which features Splash Mountain log flue, Big Thunder Mountain
Railroad roller coaster, Tom Sawyer Island, and the Country
Bear Jamboree anamatronic show with singing bears.
Always popular Fantasyland features “it’s a small world”,
Peter Pan’s Flight, Mickey’s Philhar Magic, Cinderella’s
golden Carrousel, and a Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride. Fantasyland
is capped off with tributes to Winnie the Poo, Snow White
and the Mad Tea Party from Alice in Wonderland. This is followed
by Mickey’s Toontown Fair, a tribute to the mouse and his
friends, and then Tomorrowland. Tomorrowland includes a simulated
racetrack, Space Mountain roller coaster, the Astro Orbiter,
the Carousel of Progress which debuted at the 1964 New York
World’s Fair, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin ride, The
Timekeeper, and Stitch’s Great Escape.
When planning a Disney vacation, whether in California or
Florida, the whole family will have a good time. And while
there, be sure to get some Mickey Mouse ears as the best
souvenir of all, from the mouse’s house to your house.
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