Magic Kingdom Map 1971

The magic kingdom opened as the first part of walt disney s planned florida project on october 1 1971.

Magic kingdom map 1971. The magic kingdom at walt disney world opened october 1 1971 and even in its early days there was a magic in the air that brought families back year after year. It s the most visited theme park in the world and hosts over 20 million visitors per year. Magic kingdom opened in 1971 as the first of four theme parks at walt disney world. A few decades ago it was incredible to imagine a theme park surpassing the size and scope of california s disneyland but walt disney world which opened on this day oct.

The park has 6 sections called lands including main street u s a fantasyland adventureland. Walt disney world had just opened october 1 1971 so the park was still quite new. According to the walt disney archives the park s first map wasn t a guide map as we know it today but a multi page newspaper called the walt disney world news. Welcome to the magic kingdom at walt disney world as it was in 1973.

The park was initialized by walt disney and designed by wed enterprises. Click here for a list of disney theme park maps. The following map of magic kingdom has been updated for july 2020. Click the image for a larger version of this magic kingdom map pdf.

The maps in this article are from the walt disney world spring summer 1973 information guide a 34 page 3 x 8 guide booklet. Did you ever wonder what magic kingdom park was like on opening day oct. 1 in 1971 did. It was the only theme park on the resort at the time and opened concurrently with two hotels on the property.

18 1971 issue it s. Magic kingdom s opening day. Disney s contemporary resort and disney s polynesian village resort the park opened with 23 attractions three unique to the park and 20 often somewhat. That is the path i am reenacting as my grandparents my mom and my aunts attended the magic kingdom in the summer of 1972.

Magic kingdom park map at walt disney world. 18 1971 issue of time. I sure have so last week i went looking for a copy of the park s very first map to see for myself.