Magic Kingdom
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General Magic Kingdom Facts
Magic Kingdom
10/1971 is the opening day for the
Magic Kingdom
1967 is when construction started to build the Magic Kingdom
$400,000,000.00 was the construction costs just to build the Magic
Kingdom
7 lands are in the Magic Kingdom
35 attractions are in the Magic Kingdom
10 Entertainment and shows are in the Magic Kingdom
25 dinning locations are at the Magic Kingdom
23 shopping locations are located at the Magic Kingdom
10 million guests visited the Magic Kingdom in less then 10
years.
10,000 guests visited WDW during the opening year that quickly grew
to 10,000 an hour
16.2 million visitors in the year 2005
12,156 parking spaces are at the Magic Kingdom.
125 acre parking lot is at the Magic Kingdom
5/30/1967 began the groundbreaking on Walt Disney World
Resort.
9,000 workers were needed to prepare Walt Disney World Resort for
opening day.
107 acres of property was used for Magic Kingdom originally.
108 feet is the elevation of the Magic Kingdom, according to the
sign at the Main Street Railroad Station.
65 foot Christmas tree is erected each Christmas season.
189 feet to the top of Cinderella’s castle.
1100 Audio-Animatronics figures are in the Magic Kingdom alone!
These are all controlled using a system called DACS (Digital
Animation Control System) from a central remote location, along
with the more than 700 soundtracks for attractions, parades, stores
and restaurants! In the four theme parks, there are close to 2000
Audio-Animatronics figures in all.
3.37 million gallons of water is in the moat that surrounds the
Castle at WDW.
13 intricately carved, winged gargoyles appear on the outside of
the castle at WDW.
11 attractions in the Magic kingdom that offer FastPass. Big
Thunder Mountain, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, Haunted
Mansion, Jungle Cruise, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh,
Peter Pan’s Flight, Roger Rabbit’s Cartoon Spin, Space Mountain,
Splash Mountain, PhilharMagic, Stitch’s Great Escape
23 attractions were all you received on opening day at the Magic
Kingdom. Compared to the 37 attractions currently available.
$3.50 was the admission price on opening day in 1971.
$4.95 admission you received an adult 7-ride coupon book that
contained a mix of A. B, C, D, E. Additional tickets were $.25 and
.50 for each
100,000 hours and 5,000 yards of fabric were need to by the
costumers to create the 125 costumes for the show
Cinderellabration
15 children on average get lost each day at the Magic Kingdom and
need to be reunited with their parents.
550 miles of wiring were need for the Main Street Electrical
Parade.
530,000 bulbs were required to light the Main Street Electrical
Parade.
3 horse-drawn street cars on Main Street, but only 2 run at a
time.
10 to 12 miles per hours is how fast the steam engine trains can
speed along the Magic Kingdom tracks.
14 restrooms are located thought the Magic Kingdom
1 first aid station is located in the Magic Kingdom at the Crystal
Palace restaurant area.
1 Guest information is located at Town Hall on Main Street
USA.
5 ATM’s are located in the Magic Kingdom.
10 designated smoking areas are located in the Magic Kingdom,
otherwise smoking is prohibited.
7 pay phone locations with TTY are located in the Magic
Kingdom.
1 Baby care center is located at the Crystal Place.
8 Kodak picture spots are located in the Magic Kingdom. These are
great place to take family photos.
4 DVC (Disney Vacation Club) location are in the Magic Kingdom, In
case you feel like buying a little piece of the magic.
5 character-greeting areas are located in the Magic Kingdom
6 restaurants/dining options are located on Main Street U.S.A, they
include: Tony’s Town Square Restaurant, Main Street Bakery, Plaza
Ice Cream Parlor, The Plaza Restaurant, Casey’s Corner, The Crystal
Palace.
3 times has Walt Disney World been shutdown in the entire history.
The first time was after the 9/11 tragedy, and the subsequent
closures were due to Hurricanes Frances and Charlie.
1 million firework shells are fired at the Magic Kingdom each
year.
60 miles per hour is how fast the trash moves though the Automated
Vacuum Assisted Collection System (AVACS)
50 tons a day
of trash is handled by the AVAC system
1 mile away is the distant the castle is designed to be seen
from.
500,000 bits of glass in 500 different colors are used inside
Cinderella’s castle
2 years were need to construct the mosaic panels by the artist
Hanns-Joachim Scharff and his team
3 ferries are used to get from the Ticket and transportation Center
(TTC) to the Magic kingdom. Each Ferry is clad in different trim
colors and is named for past Disney executives: the General Joe
Potter (blue), the Richard F. Irvine (red) and the Admiral Joe
Fowler (green).
5 Disneyland’s can fit in the parking lot of the Magic
Kingdom
44 food carts can be found though out the Magic Kingdom
48 merchandise locations can be found though out the Magic
Kingdom
14 merchandise carts can be found though out the Magic
Kingdom
100+ hanging baskets are located at the bus turnaround at the
entrance to Magic Kingdom
Holidays
65 foot Christmas tree is erected in the center of main street each Christmas season.
Main Street, USA
Main Street, USA
6 dinning locations are on Main Street
9 shopping locations are on Main Street
3:15 minutes to ride down Main Street when you ride the streetcars
2:28 minutes to ride down Main Street when you ride the Fire Engine
16,742 square feet of retail space stocked with just about anything imaginable in Disney gifts, clothes and souvenirs can be found in the Emporium on Main Street.
71 is the number on the Fire House on Main Street, to signify the year the park opened.
4 building really exist on Main Street, but have been designed to look like many shops and stores.
7/8 size is how they make Main Street look larger then it real is, they call this forced perspective.
$17 for adult and $14 for children (under 12) haircut at the Harmony Barber Shop, in case you need to be neat and pretty for Mickey Mouse.
51 facades on main street use Cape Cod-style clapboard and gingerbread trim
850 foot long main street rises about 6 feet from the train station to the castle
2 attractions are on Main Street, The Main Street Vehicles and Walt Disney World Railroad
182 pumpkins are used to decorate Main Street they range from Disney Characters to symbols of the stores they sit upon
1,026,208 songs sung by the Dapper Dans, 4 notes at a time since they started singing in 1971
100 song list is kept by the Dapper Dans, and you can request any song in the list for them to sing.