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Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Visit the Magic Kingdom After Dark
9. Frontierland Views The two attractions in Frontierland – Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain offer fantastic nighttime views. Thunder Mountain at night rides as a totally different attraction – we feel that the trains run a little bit faster and the light shimmering off of the Rivers of America and the rock formations give the attract
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Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Visit the Magic Kingdom After Dark
10. Lights of Main Street Upon entering the park at night, guests will see Main Street, USA awash in light. Walking down the sidewalks of Main Street at night adds to the nostalgia of the land and not a characteristic that guests are able to experience during the day. We love that we get to experience this nighttime perk twice – once when
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Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Visit the Magic Kingdom After Dark
Guests have a lot of options when it comes to touring the various parks at Walt Disney World. Extra Magic Hours at certain parks make it possible to start the day early or end the night late. Between the restaurants and entertainment at Disney Springs, the various nighttime shows and spectaculars at all of the parks, there is a lot to con
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
1. Cast Members can get their hair cut here. Kingdom Kutters, a Cast Member salon, is located in the Utilidors. Disney has certain policies about Cast Member appearance and grooming, and Kingdom Kutters helps assure that Cast members are looking their best.
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
2. Walt Disney wanted them built to keep cowboys out of Tomorrowland According to legend, Walt Disney was bothered by the site of a cowboy Cast Member walking from Disneyland’s Tomorrowland to his post in Frontierland. He felt this was not appropriate in terms of theming and wanted this to be addressed in the creation of his new park, Wa
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
3. They’re large enough to allow vehicles to pass through. Cast members may make their ways through the Utilidors on golf cart style vehicles with electric motors. Another very important vehicle type that enters the Utilidors? Armored cars, which are used to take cash safely out of the park. Photo Credit: Themeparktourist.com
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
4. The Command Center helps keep things moving- literally. Also located under the Magic Kingdom is the Command Center, where a variety of fascinating things happen. Here, Disney controls all of its lighting, effects, computer, and security systems. Additionally, all of the animatronic figures in the park are controlled by the center. C
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
5. The Utilidors are truly massive! The tunnels run under nearly every area of the park, with the exception of the New Fantasyland area (formerly Toon Town). The tunnels span over 390,000 square feet. Photo Credit: Orlandoinsidervacations.com
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
6. The Utilidor concept was borrowed from Walt Disney’s plans for EPCOT. Epcot was conceived by Walt Disney as EPCOT: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. It was to be an actual city where residents would work, live, and play. One of Walt’s ideas was to create underground tunnels, allowing residents to pass through the city in
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
7. Cast Members replenish their pins here. Have you tried Pin Trading yet? If not- I highly recommend trying this enjoyable hobby. The caveat here is that many people purchase pin lots on eBay and some of these pins, though tradable in the parks, are called “scrappers”- they are of lesser quality. Cast members often find their lanyards
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