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Magic Kingdom Park, previously known as Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom and The Magic Kingdom, is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, Florida.





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Magic Kingdom Park, previously known as Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom and The Magic Kingdom, is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, Florida.



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The largest Disney World park is Disney's Animal Kingdom. It covers an area of covering 580 acres (230 ha), making it the largest theme park in the world. The smallest Disney World park is Disney's Magic Kingdom and spans an area of only 107 acres (43 ha).

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Making a total trip around the park, if you just walked along the perimeter that is, would be about a 1.5 miles walk. Since the different lands connect to each other, you can walk from land to land and not have to go back to the hub, but you may backtrack quite a lot at Magic Kingdom.

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You probably don't need to plan a walking route before you go, but it wouldn't hurt. Magic Kingdom may be the smallest park in terms of acreage, but it's also Disney's most crowded park. That makes it a bit of a hectic experience, especially since the walking paths go in every direction.

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There's too much in the park to easily do in a single day. It's probably more of a one-and-a-half or two-day park. That said, this is a one day itinerary post, and there are a few approaches you can take to have one very good nearly perfect day at Magic Kingdom.

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About This Post and Our Recommendations Putting together a single, perfect, do-everything day at Magic Kingdom is… probably impossible. It's at least very challenging. There's too much in the park to easily do in a single day.

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EPCOT. EPCOT is Disney World's theme park at which you will do the most walking! For example, it is roughly 0.85 miles from the front entrance of EPCOT to the rear of the park.

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Between the rides, stage shows and other entertainment, there is a ton to see and do at Magic Kingdom and the pressure to experience everything can be anxiety-inducing, to say the least. Admittedly, to truly see and do it all at Magic Kingdom, you do need to spend at least two days.

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Sometimes, we'll take a resort break and then head back to Magic Kingdom if we want to cross a few more must-do attractions off our list. If I had to assign a length of time to this approach, I'd say that planning on a solid twelve hours should allow you to experience most of the attractions.

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As a general matter, Animal Kingdom is the park that requires the least strategy and is the easiest place to beat the crowds in all of Walt Disney World. It doesn't require Genie+ or Individual Lightning Lanes, and is pretty easy to knock out everything–and then some–if you stay for a full day.

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If you arrive a half hour before park opening on a quiet day and just walk through the lands without doing anything or stopping to look at anything, it would probably take about 90 minutes to see all the areas.

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There are 41 rides at Magic Kingdom, 42 at Epcot, 17 at Disney's Hollywood Studios, and 46 at Animal Kingdom.

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There are only a few weeks when crowds at the Magic Kingdom are totally outrageous (Christmas to New Years and the 4th of July Week.) Basically, if you avoid the major holidays, you'll miss most of the crowds. Dad's Crowd Calendars will help.

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Magic Kingdom: 57,424 guests. Animal Kingdom: 38,054 guests.

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However, most people can also go and take a nap and then come back and enjoy the extra magic hours at night. So you're more likely to have more people during the nighttime extended hours than daytime. However, it is still less crowded at night, and the weather is better once the sun goes down.

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How much spending money will you need? Around $50 per day per person is a good start. A bit of extra cash is great for buying snacks, souvenirs, and alcohol. Disney prices are higher than regular stores, but they offer unique items and services you can't find anywhere else.

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A: The busiest day at The Magic Kingdom tends to always be Monday. This is because many families plan a week long vacation to Disney World, and typically receive the best deals by traveling Sunday or Monday.

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A Magic Kingdom itinerary is simply a must if your family only has one day at Disney World. The main reason being the Magic Kingdom Park is by far the most-visited theme park in the world.

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#1 – The Best Disney Park – Magic Kingdom Coming in at number one is the original 1971 Walt Disney World park, Magic Kingdom! Home to the most magical castle on Earth and some of the most classic attractions in theme parks.

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Magic Kingdom has fireworks every night of the year. Most of the time they are free with your park admission. However, there are a few nights in the fall and winter where you'll need a special ticket.

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If you have Early Entry, you'll probably want to start with Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Peter Pan's Flight, or Space Mountain. We discuss the details of these rope drops in more detail in our dedicated Magic Kingdom Early Entry and Rope Drop post.

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The Magic Kingdom park at Walt Disney World is the most visiting theme park in the world so one of the other most popular questions we receive is, which day of the week is the slowest at Magic Kingdom? And as a general rule of thumb Tuesdays tend to be the slowest day at Magic Kingdom park.

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