Must Sees

Love Magic Kingdom, where you're to escape reality and enter fantasy. It's always the first place we go. The favorite of the kiddos, close followed by Animal Kingdom. Here are the first 5 of a list of Must Sees in the Kingdom.

1. Walt grew up in Marceline, MO in the early 1900's and modeled Main Street USA after Marceline. Some day I'll post just on details of Main Street that you probably never noticed. Make sure you look around and up when you walk down Main Street. Notice the smells too. They pipe out the candy smell from the candy shop. Did you know that in Disneyland, they actually had a shop that sold bras? No lie.

2. It's a Small World - had to include this. It's Heather's favorite. Was conceived and built in one year for the 1964 World's Fair in New York. The song was thrown together by the Sherman Brothers. Mary Blair did the colors. She also did the coloring and background art for the Cinderella movie. Note the similarities.

3. Jungle Cruise - An original attraction, the skippers on this ride are considered to have the best job in the park. It's coveted. Did you know Walt wanted to use live animals, until they convinced him that animals would sleep during the day.

4. Pirates of the Caribbean - The movie was inspired by the ride, which was then re-inspired by the movie. Look for Jack Sparrow. The similarity is eerie. And, they now have the ladies chasing the men in one scene after our politically correct world found offense that pirates would actually chase women. Walt's shaking his head at that one.

5. The Fire Station in Town Square - At Disneyland, there is a candle that always burns in the window, signifying Walt's presence at the park. This is where his apartment was. Walt had an affinity for the fire department and had a fire pole installed so he could slide down in the morning...until a patron climbed up it one morning and surprised Walt in his pajamas. It's in the same place geographically at Walt Disney World.

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