Walt's Magic Kingdom

A History of Attractions, Shows, Restaurants and Shops in the original Magic Kingdom,

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Acorn Ball Crawl (Toontown) January 1, 1993

Adventure Thru Inner Space (Tomorrowland) August 5, 1967 to September 2, 1985 Photos

Aladdin's Oasis (Adventureland) July 2, 1993

Aladdin's Royal Caravan (parade) April 2, 1993 to June 1994

Alice in Wonderland (Fantasyland) June 14, 1958 to September 6, 1982 (closed for Fantasyland rehab), Reopened April 13, 1985

Aluminum Hall of Fame (Tomorrowland) July 17, 1955 to July 1960

Alpine Gardens (Tomorrowland/Fantasyland) 1959 to February 1996

America on Parade (parade) June 14, 1975 to September 6, 1976

America Sings (Tomorrowland) June 29, 1974 to April 10, 1988

America the Beautiful (Tomorrowland) 1960 to 1967 then Revised, June 25, 1967 to 1975 then Revised again and played until 1984

American Journey's (Tomorrowland) July 4, 1984 to July 7, 1996

American Egg House, The (Main Street) July 14, 1978 to September 30, 1983

American Space EXPERIENCE (Tomorrowland) May 22, 1998 to October 2003

Animazement, The Musical (Fantasyland Theater) June 19, 1998 to 2003

Art Corner, The (Tomorrowland) 1955 to 1968?

Astro-Jets aka Tomorrowland Jets (Tomorrowland) March 24, 1956 to September 5, 1966

Astro Orbiter (Tomorrowland) May 22, 1998

Aunt Jemima Pancake House (Frontierland) August 9, 1955 to January 1962

Aunt Jemima's Kitchen (Frontierland) July 17, 1962 to 1970

Autopia (Tomorrowland) 1955, redesigned 1959, 1964, 1968, 2000


Babes in Toyland Exhibit (Main Street, Disneyland Opera House) December 7, 1961 to September 30, 1963

Baby Center (Main Street) July 1957

Bank of America (Main Street) July 17, 1955 to July 28, 1993

Bathroom of Tomorrow (Tomorrowland) 1956 to 1960

Bear Country 1972 to 1988

Bear Country Jamboree (Bear Country) 1972, Christmas show added November 1984, Vacation Hoedown 1988 to September 9, 2001

Beauty and the Beast (Videopolis Stage) April 11, 1992 to April 30, 1995

Believe...There's Magic in the Stars (Fireworks show) February 18, 2000 to 2004

Big Game Shooting Gallery (Adventureland) 1962 to 1982

Big Thunder Barbecue (Big Thunder Trail) December 14, 1986 - 2001

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (Frontierland) September 2, 1979

Big Thunder Ranch (Big Thunder Trail) June 27, 1986 to February 1996

Blue Bayou Restaurant (New Orleans Square) March 18, 1967

Bonanza Outfitters (Frontierland) June 29, 1990

Brer Bar (Critter Country) June 17, 1989 - 2002

Briar Patch, The (Critter Country) December 1988

Briar Rose Cottage (Fantasyland) May 29, 1987 to July 15, 1991

Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (Tomorrowland) March 17, 2005


Café Orleans (New Orleans Square) 1972

Camera Center (Main Street) July 17, 1955

Canal Boats of the World (Fantasyland) July 17, 1955 to September 16, 1956

Candy Palace (Main Street) July 22, 1955

Captain Eo (Tomorrowland) September 18, 1986 to April 6, 1997

Captain Hook's Galley (Fantasyland) 1969 to August 29, 1982

Card Corner (Main Street) June 14, 1985 to October 1988

Carefree Corner (Main Street) August 22, 1956 to 1994

Carnation Ice Cream Parlor (Main Street) July 17, 1955 to 1997

Carnation Plaza Gardens (Main Street) August 18, 1956 to 1999

Carousel of Progress (Tomorrowland) July 2, 1967 to September 9, 1973

Casa de Fritos (Frontierland) August 11, 1955 to 1982

Casa Méxicana (Frontierland) October 1, 1982 to November 29, 1999

Casey Jr. Circus Train (Fantasyland) July 31, 1955

Celebration U.S.A. (parade) June 21 to November 24, 1991

Character Shop (Tomorrowland) 1967

Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship and Restaurant (Fantasyland) August 29, 1955 to 1969

Chicken Plantation Restaurant (Frontierland) July 17, 1955 to January 8, 1962

Christmas in Many Lands (parade) 1957 to 1964

Circarama, USA (Tomorrowland) July 17, 1955 to 1967

Circus Fantasy (park wide) Spring 1986, 1987, and 1988

Clock of the World (Tomorrowland) July 17, 1955 to 1967

City Hall (Main Street) July 17, 1955

Coca Cola Refreshment Corner aka Coke Corner (Main Street) July 17, 1955

Club 33 (New Orleans Square) June 15, 1967

Club Buzz (Tomorrowland) May 2001 to 2006

Columbia Sailing Ship (Frontierland) June 14, 1956 - below decks museum added February 22, 1964

Company D (Backstage) December 2, 1988

Conestoga Wagons (Frontierland) August 1955 to September 1959

Country Bear Jamboree (Bear/Critter Country) March 24, 1972 to 1988

Country Bear Christmas Special (Bear/Critter Country) November 1984 - January 2001 (holiday season)

Country Bear Vacation Hoedown (Bear/Critter Country) 1988 to September 9, 2001

Creole Café (New Orleans Square) 1966 to 1972

Cristal d' Orleans (New Orleans Square) July 24, 1966

Crocodile Mercantile (Critter Country) November 23, 1988 - 1999


Dairy Bar (Tomorrowland) January 21, 1956 to September 1, 1958

Date Night (park wide) Friday and Saturdays 1957 to 1960's

Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes (Critter Country) May 19, 1971

Davy Crockett Museum (Frontierland) 1955 - later moved to Fort Wilderness

Davy Crockett's Pioneer Mercantile (Frontierland) 1987

Dick Tracy Starring in Diamond Double Cross (Videopolis Stage) June 15 to December 21, 1990

Disney Afternoon Avenue (Fantasyland) March 15 to November 10, 1991

Disney Clothiers (Main Street) March 23, 1985

Disney Villains (Fantasyland) July 16, 1991 to 2004?

Disneyana Shop (Main Street) January 9, 1976, moved May 30, 1986, major renovation 1998

Disneyland Hotel 1955, purchased by The Walt Disney Company 1988

Disneyland is Your Land (Tomorrowland Stage) March 23, 1985

Disneyland Pacific Hotel December 1995, constructed 1984

Disneyland Presents a Preview of Coming Attractions (Main Street) 1975 to July 22, 1989

Disneyland Railroad (name changed) October 1, 1974

Engines:

  • E.P. Ripley 1955
  • C.K Holliday 1955
  • Fred G. Gurley 1958
  • Ernest S. Marsh 1959
  • Stations:

  • Main Street and Frontierland 1955
  • Fantasyland 1956 (Changed to Mickey's Toontown Station 1993)
  • Tomorrowland 1958
  • Disneyland Showcase (Main Street) October 27, 1989

    Disneyana (Main Street) Remodeled May 2, 1998

    Dixieland at Disneyland (Carnation Gardens) October 1, 1960

    Don Defore's Silver Banjo (Frontierland) June 15, 1957 to September 1961

    Dumbo's Flying Elephants (Fantasyland) August 16, 1955, (new Fantasyland)1983, Renovated 1990

    Dutch Boy Paint Color Gallery (Tomorrowland) July 17, 1955 to 1963


    E-Ticket added 1959 until ticket books were eliminated June 1982

    Emporium (Main Street) July 17, 1955

    Enchanted Tiki Room (Adventureland) June 23, 1963, major renovation 2005

    Explorer Canoes (Critter Country)


    Fantasia Gardens (Fantasyland) January 1993

    Fantasmic! (Frontierland) May 13, 1992

    Fantasy in the Sky (Fireworks show) 1957-2000, Tinkerbell added 1961

    Fantasy on Parade (parade) 1965 to 1976 and 1980 to 1985

    Fantasyland (renovated) May 25,1983

    Fantasyland Autopia (Fantasyland) January 1, 1959 to Fall 1999 Did you know?

    - Rescue Rangers Raceway (Autopia overlay) (Fantasyland) March to November 1991

    Fantasyland Theater (Fantasyland) 1955 to December 12, 1981 

    Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage (Tomorrowland) June 11, 2007

    Fine Tobacco (Main Street) 1955 to June 3, 1990

    Festival of Fools (Big Thunder Trail) June 21, 1996 to April 18, 1998

    Flight Circle (Tomorrowland) 1955 to 1966

    Flight to the Moon (Tomorrowland) 1967 to 1975

    Flights of Fancy (parade) June 18 to September 10, 1983

    Flying Saucers (Tomorrowland) August 6, 1961 to September 5, 1966

    French Market (New Orleans Square) 1966

    Frontierland Shootin' Arcade (Frontierland) March 29, 1985


    Gadget's Go Coaster (Toontown) January 24, 1993

    GE Carousel of Progress (Tomorrowland) July 2, 1967 to September 9, 1973

    Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor (Main Street) 1997

    Golden Horseshoe Revue (Frontierland) July 17, 1955 to October 12, 1986

    Golden Horseshoe Jamboree (Frontierland) November 1, 1986 to December 19, 1994

    Goofy's Bounce House (Toontown) January 23, 1993 to 2006

    Grand Canyon Diorama (Steam train line) 1958

    Great American Pastime (Main Street) March 22, 1991 to April 1999

    Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln (Main Street) 1965, Revised 1984 and 2001


    Haunted Mansion (New Orleans Square) August 9, 1969

    Haunted Mansion Holiday (fall overlay) October 3, 2001 to present

    Hercules Victory Parade (parade) June 27, 1997 to September 7, 1998

    Hills Bros. Coffee House and Garden (Main Street) 

    Holidayland 1957 to 1961

    Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (Tomorrowland) May 22, 1998

    Horse-drawn Street Cars (Main Street) July 17, 1955 to ?

    Horse-drawn Fire Wagon (Main Street) July 17, 1955 to ?

    Horse-drawn Surreys (Main Street) July 17, 1955 to ?

    House of the Future (Tomorrowland) 1957 to 1967


    Indian War Canoes (Frontierland) 1956 (later became Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes in Critter Country)

    Indiana Jones Temple of the Forbidden Eye (Adventureland) March 1995

    Innoventions (Tomorrowland) July 3, 1998

    it's a small world (Fantasyland) 1966

    it's a small world Holiday (winter overlay) November 2000 to present


    Jungle Cruise (Adventureland) July 17, 1955

    Junior Autopia (Fantasyland) 1956 to 1958


    Kaiser's Hall of Aluminum Fame (Tomorrowland) July 17, 1955 to 1960

    King Arthur's Carousel (Fantasyland) July 17,  1955


    Legacy of Walt Disney (Main Street) January 15, 1970 to February 11, 1973

    Le Bat en Rouge (New Orleans Square) September 2002, relocated 2006

    La Mascarade d'Orleans (New Orleans Square) Remodeled July 10, 1999 to 2003

    Lion King Celebration (parade) July 1, 1994 to June 1, 1997


    Mad Hatter Shop (Main Street) June 1958 to 1963

    Mad Hatter Shop (Fantasyland) 1956

    Mad Hatter's Tea Party (Fantasyland) July 17, 1955

    Magic Eye Theater (Tomorrowland) 1986 to present (currently showing Honey, I Shrunk the Audience)

    Magic Journey's (Tomorrowland) 1984 to 1986

    Magical (Fireworks show) June 12, 2009

    Main Street Cinema (Main Street) July 17, 1955

    Main Street Electrical Parade (parade) June 17, 1972 to November 25, 1996

    Main Street Magic Shop (Main Street) 1957

    Main Street Shooting Gallery (Main Street) July 17, 1955 to 1962

    Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The (Critter Country) April 2003

    Mark Twain Riverboat (Frontierland) July 17, 1955

    Market House (Main Street) July 17, 1955

    Matterhorn Bobsleds (Fantasyland) June 14, 1959, enhancements 1978 Check this out!

    Maxwell House Coffee House (Main Street) December 1, 1955 to October 8, 1957

    Merlin's Magic Shop (Fantasyland) July 17, 1955 to January 16, 1983

    Mickey Mouse Club Circus (Main Street) November 24, 1955 to January 8, 1956

    Mickey Mouse Club Headquarters (Main Street) 1963 to 1964

    Mickey Mouse Club Theater (Fantasyland) August 27, 1955 to 1964

    Mickey's Christmas Chalet (Fantasyland) May 23, 1983 to May 17, 1987

    Mickey's House (Toontown) January 23, 1993


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    Mickey's Toontown (Toontown) January 23, 1993

    Mickey's Mouseworks (Main Street) September 29, 2000

    Midget Autopia (Tomorrowland) April 23, 1957 to April 3, 1966

    Mike Fink Keel Boats (Frontierland) December 25, 1955 to 1994 and 1996 to 1997

    Mile Long Bar (Critter Country) 1972 to 1989

    Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland (Frontierland) May 28, 1960 to January 2, 1997

    Mineral Hall (Tomorrowland) July 30, 1956 to 1963

    Minnie's House (Toontown) January 23, 1993

    Miss Daisy (Toontown) January 23, 1993

    Mission to Mars (Tomorrowland) March 21, 1975 to November 2, 1992

    Mr. Toads Wild Ride (Fantasyland) July 17, 1955, renovated 1983

    Monorail (Tomorrowland) June 14, 1959, 1961, (Mark III) 1968, (Mark V) 1986

    Monsanto Hall of Chemistry (Tomorrowland) July 17, 1955 to September 1966

    Monsanto House of the Future (Tomorrowland) June 12, 1957 to December 1967

    Motor Boat Cruise (Fantasyland) June 1957 to June 11, 1993

    Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (Fantasyland) July 17, 1955, renovated 1983 

    Mulan Parade (parade) June 19 to November 22, 1999

    Mule Pack (Frontierland) July 17, 1955 to February 1, 1956


    NASA Space Experience (Tomorrowland) May 22, 1998 - 2004

    New Century Clock Shop (Main Street) January 1972

    New Orleans Square July 24, 1966


    Omnibus (Main Street) 1956

    One Man's Dream (Videopolis Stage) December 16 1989 to April 29, 1990

    One of a Kind Shop (New Orleans Square) 1967 to 1996


    Pack Mules Through Nature's Wonderland (Frontierland) June 10, 1960 to 1973

    Pancake Races (event) March 1957

    Party Gras Parade (parade) January 11 to November 18, 1990

    Patented Pastimes (Main Street) June 15, 1990 to March 1991

    Pendleton Woolen Mills Dry Goods Store (Frontierland) July 18, 1955 to April 29, 1990

    People Mover (Tomorrowland) July 2, 1967, extended 1968, SuperSpeed Tunnel added 1977, Tron feature added 1982 to August 21, 1995

    Peter Pan's Flight (Fantasyland) July 17, 1955, renovated 1983

    Phantom Boats (Tomorrowland) July 30, 1955 to January 15, 1956

    Pinocchio's Daring Journey (Fantasyland) May 25, 1983

    Pirates of the Caribbean (New Orleans Square) March 18, 1967. Sparrow and Barbosa added 2006.

    Plane Crazy (Videopolis Stage) March 15 to October 31, 1991

    Plaza Inn (Main Street) July 18, 1965

    Plaza Pavilion (Main Street) July 17, 1955 to ?

    Pooh Corner (Critter Country) 1999, expanded 2003

    Primeval Worley Diorama (Tomorrowland) July 1, 1966

    Princess Fantasy Faire (Fantasyland) October 2006

    Puffin Bakery (Main Street) July 18, 1955 to June 3, 1960


    Rafts to Tom Sawyer's Island (Frontierland) June 16, 1956

    Rainbow Caverns Mine Train (Frontierland) July 2, 1956 to October 11, 1959

    Rainbow Mountain Stage Coaches (Frontierland) June 29, 1956 to September 13, 1959

    Rainbow Ridge Pack Mules (Frontierland) June 26, 1956 to October 2, 1959

    Red Wagon Inn (Main Street) July 17, 1955 to 1965

    Remember...Dreams Come True (Fireworks show) May 5, 2005 to 2009

    Rescue Rangers Raceway (Fantasyland) May 15 to November 10, 1991

    River Belle Terrace (Frontierland) 1971

    Rocket Jets (Tomorrowland) July 2, 1967 to 1997

    Rocket Rods (Tomorrowland) May 22, 1998 to 2000

    Rocket to the Moon (Tomorrowland) July 22, 1955 to September 5, 1966

    Roger Rabbit's Car-Toon Spin (Toontown) January 26, 1994


    Safari Outpost (Adventureland) March 2, 1986

    Safari Shooting Gallery (Adventureland) 1962 to 1982

    Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad July 17, 1955

    Satellite View of America (Tomorrowland) 1957 to February 17, 1960

    Shooting Gallery (Frontierland) July 12, 1957

    Show Me America (Tomorrowland) 1970

    Skyway to Fantasyland/Tomorrowland June 25, 1956 to November 10, 1994

    Sleeping Beauty's Castle July 17, 1955 dioramas added April 29, 1957, 1968, November 1977, Closed 2001

    Snow White's Adventures (Fantasyland) July 17, 1955 to 1982

    Snow White's Scary Adventures (Fantasyland) May 25, 1983

    Snow White - The Musical (Fantasyland) February 9, 2004 to 2006

    South Seas Traders (Adventureland) June 20, 1984

    Space Bar (Tomorrowland) July 17, 1955 to 1956

    Space Mountain (Tomorrowland) May 4, 1977 to April 10, 2003. New track - July 15, 2005

    Space Place, The (Tomorrowland) 1977 to 1997

    Space Stage (Tomorrowland) 1977 to 1986

    Space Station X-1 (Tomorrowland) July 17, 1955 (changed to Satellite View of America 1957)

    Spirit of Pocahontas, The (Fantasyland Theater) June 23, 1995 to September 4, 1997

    Splash Mountain (Critter Country) July 17, 1989

    Stage Door Café (Frontierland) September 1978

    Star Tours (Tomorrowland) January 9, 1987

    Star Traders (Tomorrowland) November 21, 1986

    State Fair (event) Fall 1987, 1988

    Story Book Shop (Fantasyland) July 17, 1955 to April 1995

    Storybook Land Canal Boats (Fantasyland) June 16, 1956, enhancements July 1994

    Submarine Voyage (Tomorrowland) June 5, 1959 to September 8, 1998 

    reopened June 11, 2007 as Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage

    Sunkist Citrus House (Main Street) July 31, 1960 to June 3, 1989

    Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse (Adventureland) November 18, 1962 to April 1999


    Tahitian Terrace (Adventureland) June 1962 to April 17, 1993

    Tarzan's Treehouse (Adventureland) June 23, 1999

    Teddi Barra's Swingin' Arcade (Critter Country) 1972 to 2003

    3D Jamboree (Fantasyland) June 16, 1956

    Ticket Books A-C October 11, 1955, D added 1956, E added 1959, used until 1982

    Tinker Bell Toy Shop (Fantasyland) 1957

    Tom Sawyer's Island (Frontierland) June 16, 1956 - Pirates Lair overlay opened May 25, 2007

    Tomorrowland July 17, 1955, renovated 1959, 1967, May 1998

    Tomorrowland Boats July 30, 1955 to January 15, 1956

    Tomorrowland Terrace July 2, 1967

    Toontown Railroad Station (Toontown) November 25, 1992

    Totally Minnie Parade (parade) Summer 1986

    20th Century Music Company (Main Street) June 20, 1999

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Exhibit (Tomorrowland) August 2, 1955 to August 28, 1966


    Upjohn Pharmacy (Main Street) July 1955 to September 1970

    Ursus H. Bear's Wilderness Outpost 1972 to 1988


    Very Merry Christmas Parade (parade) 1977 to 1979, 1987 to present

    Videopolis (Fantasyland) June 22, 1985 to June 1995 renamed Fantasyland Theater

    Videopolis Railroad Station June 20, 1988 to 1992

    Viewliner (Tomorrowland) June 26, 1957 to September 15, 1958

    Village Haus Restaurant (Fantasyland) May 25, 1983

    Villain's Lair (Fantasyland) October 3, 1998


    Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams (parade) May 5, 2005

    Walt Disney Story (Main Street) April 8, 1973 to February 12, 1975

    Westward Ho Trading Company (Frontierland) September 2, 1987

    World Beneath Us, presented by Richfield Oil, The (Tomorrowland) July 17, 1955 to 1960

    World Premiere Circle-Vision (Tomorrowland) July 4, 1984 to September 7, 1987


    Yumz (Fantasyland) June 19, 1985 to June 1995


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