Welcome to this month’s Blogorail Orange Loop. Today we are sharing vintage Disney attractions and entertainment and a little Disney history.
Original Magic Kingdom Attractions
Hello everyone, and thank you for joining us today as we explore some vintage Disney on the Magical Blogorail Orange Loop! In my post today, I’m writing about my favorite Original Magic Kingdom Attractions. Have a look at my list, and let me know how my list compares with your list!
1) Peter Pan’s Flight
Our family loves Peter Pan’s Flight! It’s such a fun journey; as I said in a different post, when you enter the Magic Kingdom, it’s like you leave Florida, but when you enter Peter Pan’s Flight, it’s like you have totally left the Magic Kingdom behind. It’s that immersive. With Disney’s incredible use of forced perspective, you really do feel like you are traveling above the streets of London, and that you have left Wendy’s bedroom behind.
2) Haunted Mansion
Another of my favorite Magic Kingdom Original Attractions is the Haunted Mansion. Like Peter Pan’s Flight, this attraction makes use of an Omnimover system for loading and unloading Guests into the attraction. There are some subtle (and also not so subtle) differences between the version in Liberty Square and the one located in Disneyland at New Orlean’s Square, but the premise is the same; who wants to be that 1,000th Happy Haunt? On a former post, we talked about where we would like to spend the night at the Magic Kingdom; for my wife, it was in the Haunted Mansion.
3) it’s a small world
As many of you already know, I’m sure, part of what makes “it’s a small world” special is the fact that it was originally on display at the 1964 World Fair in New York City. In addition, this attraction is just one of those attractions that I love because it automatically makes me happy. I sing the song, over and over again, I look at the decorations, I take pictures of hundreds of things, and I wave at the Cast Member who starts us on our journey. When I was a kid, I remember my Grandpa and I sitting in Pinocchio Village Haus by the windows that overlook the attraction, waving at boat after boat, and having them wave back at us. That’s a memory that I will never forget.
4) The Walt Disney World Railroad
Perhaps as a surprise to some of you (or perhaps not to my long term readers), the Walt Disney World Railroad is number 4 in our list of favorite Original Magic Kingdom Attractions. I’ve had a fascination with trains my entire life, starting with my first train layout I was given for Christmas as a child, and continuing on to now with the trains I have here at the house. What makes the Walt Disney World Railroad so special to me, though, is the nostalgia of it all; the ability to just travel through time to when railroad travel was much more common, and to be able to see a side of Disney that one doesn’t often see.
5) The Jungle Cruise
Rounding out our top five is The Jungle Cruise, that one of a kind attraction that has a cult following. What I love about the Jungle Cruise is how corny the jokes are! Also, I love the history of the attraction, more so from the Disneyland perspective than the Walt Disney World perspective, but I like the history at the Magic Kingdom nonetheless.
So there you have it, my top five Magic Kingdom original attractions! Where does my list stack up against your list? Let me know in the comments, please, and thanks for stopping by today! Now, go check out the rest of the great posts my friends on the Blogorail have written for you!
check out the other great posts from the Blogorail!
Here is the map of our Magical Blogorail Orange | Vintage Disney Loop:
- 1st Stop – My Dreams of Disney | Vintage Disney: The Magic Kingdom’s Original Attractions
- 2nd Stop – What’s the Point? | The Mickey Mouse Club
- 3rd Stop – Frontierland Station | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage
- 4th Stop – The Delightful Life | Disney Ticket Books
- 5th Stop – Disney Mamas | The origins of Disneyland
The vintage rides are the best, aren’t they? A visit without these attractions isn’t quite complete.
They sure are Rosanne! Thanks for commenting! When we went for the 40th Birthday, the goal that day was to make sure we rode on all of the original attractions; it was a goal we met and celebrated, and that was a wonderful memory I’ll not soon forget!
This is a fun list! I am partial to “it’s a small world” and the Railroad! The only one you left off that may have made my list is Mad Tea Party. It’s so quintessentially Disney to me (even though the actual ride isn’t all that unique)… but I’ll admit, as I get older I can’t always handle it without feeling a little queasy! :)
I hear you, Jennifer! When we want to ride Mad Tea Party, we make sure that Sophie and her friends ride in their own tea cup and my wife and I ride in ours — which only has a nice, gentle spin to it. :) Great fun for a beautiful evening at the Magic Kingdom!
Thanks for commenting!
For me, it has to be the Tomorrowland Speedway. Gas burning and smelly and oh-so cool!
Nice lost Mike!
Thanks Lee, but I’ve got to say that you can have your Tomorrowland Speedway! The things you listed are exactly why I don’t like it, that and the fact that it is so slow!
I meant ‘nice LIST’ of course!
The Haunted Mansion will always be my favorite. :)
Sounds good, Melissa! Thanks for commenting!
Mike
Haunted Mansion is definitely my favorite of the original attractions. I love the music and the comedy of the happy haunts!
Thanks for commenting, Kimberly! This was a fun loop to write, I’m glad that you enjoyed it!
Mike
I miss this classic style of attraction! Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the new stuff, but there is just nothing like the original attractions! Peter Pan and Haunted Mansion are top of my list!
I loved seeing all of the rides in the lineup. I would be so bummed if they ever got rid of anyone. There are like the backbone of it all.