Episode 2

Overviewing the Parks of Walt Disney World

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August 9th, 2024

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Are you planning your first trip to Walt Disney World? Wondering about how Orlando, Florida's Walt Disney World compares to Disneyland in Anaheim, California? Robert and Emily are dishing the basics of each park – family style!

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Walt Disney World is comprised of six water parks: four theme parks (Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom) and two water parks (Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon). Today we're focusing on the four theme parks, giving you an overview of each one. We'll give you a family-sized scoop of each park, dishing out the sections (or neighborhoods if you're in EPCOT) of each park, which characters you can meet and where, the general park hours, and the nighttime spectacular at each park!

We go into more detail in the episode, but here are a few high-level facts about each park.

Magic Kingdom

Icon: Cinderella Castle

Sections: Main Street USA, Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Liberty Square, Frontierland, Adventureland

Rides: around 19 (plus shows!) [Note: Disney calls both rides and shows "attractions," but we're splitting them out]

Characters: Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Donald, and Daisy at the Pete’s Silly Sideshow, Cinderella, Tiana, Rapunzel, Elena at Princess Fairytale Hall + Country Bears, Peter Pan, Cinderella’s Step Sisters, Aladdin and Jasmine near The Magic Carpets of Aladdin (this is likely NOT an exhaustive list)

Nighttime Spectacular: Happily Ever After

EPCOT

Icon: Spaceship Earth

Neighborhoods: World Celebration, World Discovery, World Nature, World Showcase

Rides: 11 (at the time this episode is releasing, Test Track is under refurbishment)

Characters: Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy + Moanna around The Journey of Water Inspired by Moana + random others in the World Showcase (we’ve seen Donald around Mexico, Mary Poppins and Alice in UK, Belle in France, Mulan in China, Anna and Elsa in Norway, Aladdin and Jasmine in Morocco).

Nighttime Spectacular: Luminous: The Symphony of Us

Hollywood Studios

Icon: Hollywood Tower Hotel

Sections: Hollywood Boulevard (at the park's main entrance), Commissary Lane, Pixar Plaza, Toy Story Land, Animation Courtyard, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Grand Avenue, Echo Lake, Sunset Boulevard

Rides: 9 (plus lots of great shows!)

Characters: Mickey, Minnie, Joy, Edna Mode, Olaf, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Rey, Disney Jr pals, Live-Action Ariel + lots of roaming characters!

Nighttime Spectacular: Fantasmic!

Animal Kingdom

*Icon: * Tree of Life

Lands: The Oasis, Discovery Island, Pandora: World of Avatar, Africa, Rafiki’s Planet Watch, Asia, DinoLand U.S.A. (soon to be closed and reimagined)

*Rides: * 7 (plus some great shows!)

Characters: Mickey and Minnie, Kevin, Donald in DinoLand, Moana at Character Landing on Discovery Island

Nighttime Spectacular: None

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