MAGIC KINGDOM

A huge misconception about this park is that it only meant for small children. Don’t believe the lies!!! Every Disney park is designed for all ages! My husband and I went several times before we had kids..we also took our 12 year old niece one year and have taken my daughter as young as 18 months…it was magical every. single. time!! In fact I would highly recommend going before you have children. You can experience everything for yourself as an adult..and then when you go with your young children, you can just focus on them and not feel like you are missing out on anything.

Magic Kingdom is broken up into 6 different themed lands. As you enter the park, you will walk down Main Street USA. This will mostly be shops and places to grab food, although you might find a few characters waiting to meet you. The Best part of Main Street, is the view..you walk into an iconic view of Cinderellas castle..it just gets more magical the closer you get! Next you will see Tomorrowland. This part of the park allows you to step into “the future”, you will find space themed rides and characters such as Buzz Lightyear and Stitch! Fantasyland is probably my favourite as it is filled with all the classic Disney characters. When you walk through this area, you really feel like you have stepped into a story book..you can eat at the Beasts castle, or have Belle read you a story..I could spend all day just in this part of the park! Liberty Square pays homage to early America. You can see some American History like the Liberty Bell (witch was actually cast from the mold of the actual Liberty Bell in 1989) while enjoying classic rides like “The Haunted Mansion” which has always been my husbands favourite! Frontierland is themed to the American Frontier of the 19th century. You feel as though you have stepped back into the wild west while enjoying some classic rides like Big Thunder Mountain Railways and Splash Mountain..it’s rumoured that Splash mountain will be receiving an update by being reworked into a Princess and The Frog theme vs the current theme that is Song Of The South..although its a classic, its outdated and could use the upgrade. Last but not least, Adventureland is just that..an adventure themed land that contains everything from Pirates to Aladdins Magic Carpet Ride. You can explore the Swiss Family Tree House and even take part in a secret pirate treasure hunt!

What does make this park a great option if you have young kids, is out of the 34 attractions, only 6 of them have height restrictions! 

Height restricted attractions include

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• The Barnstormer (89cm or 35 inches)
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (102cm or 40 inches)
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (97cm or 38 inches)
• Space Mountain (113 cm or 44 inches)
• Splash Mountain (102 cm or 40 inches)
• Tomorrowland Speedway (83 cm or 32 inches)

non restricted attractons include

• Astro Orbiter
• A Pirate’s Adventures-Treasure Of The Seven Seas
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
• Casey Jr. Splash ’N’ Soak Station
• Country Bear Jamboree
• Dumbo The Flying Elephant
• Enchanted Tales With Belle
• Frontierland Shootin’ Arcade
• Haunted Mansion
• It’s A Small World
• Jungle Cruise
• Liberty Square Riverboat
• Mad Tea Party
• Mickey’s Philharmagic
• Monsters Inc Laugh Floor
• The Hall Of Presidents
• The Magic Carpets Of Aladdin
• The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh
• Peter Pan’s Flight
• Pirates Of The Caribbean 
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
• Swiss Family Treehouse
• Tom Sawyer Island
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority People Mover
• Under The Sea-Journey Of The Little Mermaid
• Walt Disney Carousel Of Progress
• Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room
• Walt Disney Railroad

Characters

In addition to these attractions, there are also multiple character experiences. The most popular Characters Like Mickey and Minnie as well as some of the more popular princesses will have a specific spot inside (with air-conditioning) they will even have a pretty backdrop to make the experience that much more magical. For these characters you will have the option of using a lightning lane if you opted to purchase Genie Plus. Several of the restaurants in the park will also have “Character Dining“, characters walk around and greet you while you are eating. A great way to take a break and get something to eat, while still getting to enjoy meeting some fun characters! These are the characters you can find at Magic Kingdom and there location. (some of the characters haven’t made a full time return since the Covid closure)

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• Aladdin & Jasmine – You will find them on a regular basis in adventureland, near the Aladdin ride
• Alice – She’s a regular in fantasyland
• white rabbit- occasionally in fantasyland
• Anastasia, Drizzela- regular in fantasyland
• Arial- regular in fantasy land
• Belle-regular fantasy land
• Beast- occasional fantasy land
• Buzz Lightyear- regular tomorrow land
• Captain Jack Sparrow- regular adventureland
• Chip and Dale – occasional frontierland
• Cinderella-regular fantasy land
• Daisy- fantasy land regular
• Donald duck-fantasy land regular
• Eeyore- crystal palace regular
• Elena of Avalor- regular fantasy land (princess fairytale hall)
• Fairy Godmother- regular in restaurant, occasions in fantasy land
• Gaston- regular fantasy land
• Goofy- regular petes silly sideshow
• Lady Tremaine- occasional fantasy land
• Mary Poppins-regular liberty square
• Merida- fantasy land regular
• Mickey- Mouse- regular town square theatre
• Minnie Mouse -regular petes
• Peter Pan -regular fantasy land
• Piglet- restaurant
• Pluto- regular petes
• Rapunzel -regular
• Snow White-occasional town square theatre 
• Stitch -regular tomorrowland
• Tiana regular
• Tigger- fantasy land and restaurant
• Tinkerbell- regular town square theatre
• Winnie the Pooh-restaurant and fantasy land

For your sanity, I will tell you know, there is no way to do it all in one day..especially with young kids. Pick the must do rides and head to those first. Also, be sure to use the My Disney Experience app to track where the long lines are so you can avoid lines ups when possible. If you are going with young children, be sure to have a stroller so they can give there little legs a break when they need to. Its worth it to have a stroller that reclines, so they will hopefully take a nap throughout the day!