In a new series “Exploring the Shows”, I’m taking a look at all of the different shows throughout the Walt Disney World Parks. In today’s episode, I’m going to take a look at all of the Magic Kingdom Shows.
For our purposes, a show is something on screen or on stage, that you watch as you would watch a movie or play.
Mickey’s PhilharMagic
As I have previously written, Mickey’s PhilharMagic is one of our favorite shows. I’m a Disney music junkie, and I absolutely love all of the great music that Mickey’s PhilharMagic brings us each and every time we see the show. I have never gotten sick of hearing music from The Lion King, Fantasia, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, and Aladdin, and I don’t think I ever will! Top it off with the reaction Sophie always gets when Donald get’s in trouble, and you’ve got quite a show!
Country Bear Jamboree
Cindy and Sophie are not much of a fan of the Country Bear Jamboree, but I like to watch it every two or three years or so. I like it because of the Audio-Animatronics bears, I like it because of the music, and the “show” that they put on for us, and I like it for the air conditioning and because we can always walk right in without a line. However, I can also certainly understand why Cindy and Sophie aren’t big fans of it, since they don’t like country music.
Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress
The Carousel of Progress is one of my favorite shows/attractions at any of the Walt Disney World parks. I am continually fascinated by the telling of how technology has advanced throughout the years, and Disney does such a great job of telling that story! Couple that with one of my favorite Disney songs “It’s a Great big Beautiful Tomorrow”, and I’m hooked! The show hasn’t changed much over the years, but to me that is part of it’s timeless charm. Also, when I think about how this attraction was featured at the 1964 Worlds Fair, and that just provides the icing on the cake to me.
Monsters, Inc. Laugh Factory
Monsters, Inc. is a cute, funny show for us, and something that we see at least once per trip to Disney World. Located over in Tomorrowland, the show is located in the part of the park which used to house the Timekeeper attraction from years gone by. Timekeeper was a good show, but I only saw it a couple of times, but Sophie really likes Monsters, Inc. I’ll never forget one of the first times we saw it, Sophie had been telling jokes all the time, her favorite at the time was “Why did the chicken cross the road? To get away from KFC!”
Well, part of the charm of Monsters, Inc. is that you can text a joke into a special number, and they might pick one and use during the show! I texted in Sophie’s joke, and they used it! It was so funny because when they had read the joke, Mike (I think Mike had read it) looked at all of us and said, “I don’t get it either.”, at which everyone laughed!
The Hall of Presidents
For me, I like historical subject matter, and Disney does a really great job at the Magic Kingdom particularly, of incorporating a great review of history with having a lot of fun. One way that they do that is at the Hall of Presidents. This show almost never seems to be busy when we go to visit it, yet it is one of our favorite shows. I would say that we see this attraction at least once per visit. It has a lot going for it; it is an indoor attraction to escape from the heat; it has Audio-Animatronics of every president our nation has had, and it has an entertaining way of teaching us about the history of our country.
The Enchanted Tiki Room
The Enchanted Tiki Room originally opened as Tropical Seranade when the Magic Kingdom opened it’s doors over forty years ago. After a run of several years, Tropical Seranade was closed and re-opened as The Enchanted Tiki Room – Under New Management. To be honest, I don’t even remember Tropical Seranade, but I never had any problems with the new management part of the Tiki Room, I thought it was a fun little show. I know a lot of people didn’t like it though. In January, 2011, though, a fire started in the attic of the Enchanted Tiki Room, and the show was closed for several months. It re-opened in August of 2011, and Disney has announced that it will be back to it’s original, non-New Management version. I look forward to seeing it in the future, and deciding for myself which version we like better!
I hope that you have enjoyed exploring around the Magic Kingdom, looking at all of the great shows that Disney has to offer there! Tell me, which is your favorite show at the Magic Kingdom?
