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know the Magic Kingdom as one of the
four theme parks in Walt Disney World in
Florida but Disneyland in California is
the original Magic Kingdom from 1957
until the early 90s Disneyland used to
be heavily referred to as the Magic
Kingdom they stopped using it as much to
make a clear distinction between
Disneyland in California and the Magic
Kingdom theme park in Florida but that's
not to say that this nickname for
Disneyland is no longer used while
walking around Disneyland's Main Street
you still hear the conductor refer to
the park as Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom
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all the disneyland style parks around
the world follow Walt's Magic Kingdom's
hub-and-spoke design and when creating
the Magic Kingdom theme park in Walt
Disney World
Disneyland was the model many of the
rides and attractions from Disneyland
were found at Magic Kingdom on opening
day in 1971 any time I visit Magic
Kingdom
I always head to Adventureland and
frontier land first those two lands have
some of my favorite rides and a lot of
these rides can also be found at
Disneyland so I thought it would be fun
to look at these rides history while
analyzing and comparing the rides on
both coasts to see which park does that
ride the best although I talk a lot
about Walt Disney World on this channel
you'll probably be surprised with some
of my opinions in the video so sit back
and get ready to count down the top
Disney World verse Disneyland rides the
Adventureland in Frontierland Edition
number five the first ride we'll start
with is the world-famous Jungle Cruise
the ride was an opening day
Adventureland attraction at both Disney
Land and Magic Kingdom the Jungle Cruise
is known for its humor and puns and each
ride shares similar scenes like the
elephant bathing pool headhunter
territory and the hippo pool just in a
different order for example at
Disneyland the Indian elephant pool is
the second scene whereas at Magic
Kingdom it happens way after you pass
behind Switzer Falls and through the
Cambodian temple one major difference
between the two rides is that Magic
Kingdom's Jungle Cruise has that indoor
Cambodian temple scene with the Bengal
tiger it really makes this version of
the ride stand out and acts as a nice
contrast between the outdoor elements at
Disneyland they have the Cambodian ruins
at the beginning of the ride and that's
where their Bengal tiger can be found
the current version of the Jungle Cruise
at Disneyland isn't even the original
incarnation of the ride that opened in
1955 from 1957 until 1976 the rights saw
many major additions that added more
humor to the ride some of the additions
included the Indian elephant pool and
the Cambodian ruins and
1962 the trap safari scene in 1964 and
the gorilla camp the Bengal tiger and
the Python in 1976 a lot of the later
editions were influenced by mark Davis's
designs and ideas from Magic Kingdom's
Jungle Cruise which opened in 1971 your
ride experience really depends on who
your skipper is and both Disneyland and
Magic Kingdom have some really great
skippers this one's a close call but the
indoor Cambodian temple scene really
brings the ride to the next level so in
the case of the Jungle Cruise Magic
Kingdom does it the best number for
another classic Disney attraction that's
become a Disney park staple is Pirates
of the Caribbean the right at Disneyland
opened in 1967 and can be found in New
Orleans square whereas Magic Kingdom's
didn't open until 1973 and can be found
in Adventureland now right away I'm just
going to come out and say that
Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean is
far superior to Magic Kingdom's the ride
at Magic Kingdom feels rushed and in a
sense it actually was rushed since it
wasn't intended to be part of the park
we've mentioned this briefly in a past
video but when Magic ingdom opened in
1971 guests were outraged that the
iconic Pirates of the Caribbean
attraction from Disneyland didn't have a
home in Walt Disney World so in order to
please the guests and increase park
capacity Disney rush to get Pirates of
the Caribbean open in Florida now
California's ride is almost twice as
long has two sizeable drops and many
scenes that Florida doesn't have at
Magic Kingdom the ride uses mainly the
core of the show scenes from Disneyland
but the parts that were left out in
Florida are what make Disneyland ride
far superior
nothing beats starting your journey in
this beautiful indoor Louisiana bayou
then after the two drops that were
initially designed to pass under the
Disneyland train tracks you find
yourself in the underground grotto of
dead man's Cove Disneyland's dead man
Kove has multiple scenes that were left
out in Florida like the treasure room
both parks now have the new auction
scene but once you pass the small jail
cell in Florida the right pretty much
ends right away with Jack Sparrow as
your light into the unload station after
the jail scene at Disneyland there's an
additional scene through the storage
room then you see Jack Sparrow as your
boat climbs up the lift hill there's
also this mini scene just before you
return to the unload platform Disneyland
has a complete beginning with a nice
intro to the story that builds to the
climax of the action followed by a
full-fledged ending that brings you back
into the environment you first started
in Magic Kingdom's ride just feels like
it starts and ends way too quickly which
is why Disneyland does Pirates of the
Caribbean the best number three Walt
Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room opened at
Disneyland in 1963 then eight years
later it was one of the opening day
attractions at Magic Kingdom in 1971 the
Enchanted Tiki Room was the first
attraction at Disneyland to ever feature
audio animatronics and when it opened at
Magic Kingdom it was actually called the
tropical serenade it was pretty much the
exact same show that was at Disneyland
but the pre-show areas are different in
their respective parks today neither of
the attractions are the exact same show
that originally opened in 1963
Disneyland's was condensed by a couple
minutes in the mid-90s and Magic Kingdom
cut about six minutes off the original
show when it officially became the
Enchanted Tiki Room in 2011 from 1998
until 2011 the original tropical
serenade became the Enchanted Tiki Room
under new management
featuring Iago and Zazu and January of
2011 there was a small fire in the
building and when the sprinklers went
off it caused damage to the animatronics
including Iago's animatronic the
attraction had to close and since
audiences were less than thrilled with a
new management show Disney decided to
head back to the attractions roots and
now it's the show we all know today
overall the attraction is very very
similar in
both parks but there's just something
about Disneyland's Tiki room that has
this charm and is actually pretty
enchanting I mean these were some of the
first animatronics that Walt Disney
himself was able to oversee although the
animatronics were replaced in the
mid-2000s
they still kept the integrity of the
figures and there's still so much
history in this attraction you don't get
this same feeling when you're in Florida
not to mention that the Florida
attraction is a shorter show also the
waiting area in California has a dole up
stand right there and who doesn't love a
good Dole Whip right
not to mention Disneyland also has
Maynard he's a very well-known
Disneyland cast member who spends a lot
of time working this attraction and he
puts on a show himself although it's a
close call I'm gonna say that Disneyland
does the Enchanted Tiki Room the best
number to Splash Mountain is one of the
popular thrill rides at both Disneyland
and Magic Kingdom and are perfect for
cooling off on that hot day Disneyland
Splash Mountain was the first to open in
July of 1989 and can be found in critter
country whereas at Magic Kingdom Splash
Mountain opened in 1992 and can be found
in Frontierland the ride at Disneyland
was the results of Imagineers being
tasked with building a new ride to get
people over to what was then bear
country while trying to find a way to
cut some costs and reuse the old
animatronics from the old America sings
attraction the ride was such a hit that
Michael Eisner decided that the Magic
Kingdom also needed its very own Splash
Mountain Magic Kingdom's version is
about a minute and a half longer than
Disneyland coming in with a ride time of
10 minutes and 40 seconds
both rides feature the iconic fifty two
and a half foot plunge down chickaphant
hill in addition to other smaller drops
Magic Kingdom has a total of five drops
as opposed to Disneyland's three drops
one major difference you'll notice just
by looking at the ride is the seating
arrangement of the ride vehicles
Disneyland has a single-seater log
whereas Florida uses a larger double
cedar logs
Splash Mountain is filled with
animatronics and I think it's
fascinating that the old animatronics
from America sings were repurposed into
the ride at Disneyland but the
animatronics at Magic Kingdom are much
better figures in my opinion just as an
example this is Brer Fox in Florida and
this is Brer Fox in California the story
at Magic Kingdom is also easier to
follow and makes more sense compared to
the way the animatronics tell the story
at Disneyland in many scenes it's
apparent that it was an attempt to use
as many old animatronics as possible and
don't get me wrong I love animatronics
obviously but for the sake of this
comparison this is where it loses some
points also if you've ever listened
closely to both soundtracks
Splash Mountain that Disneyland follows
more of a big-band jazz feel to match
New Orleans Square
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at Magic Kingdom Splash Mountain score
has more of a country bluegrass feel
with banjos and harmonicas that match
the Old West vibe of frontier land
I personally think the soundtrack at
Magic Kingdom matches the Brer
characters and atmosphere a lot better
now I'm not saying that Disneyland
Splash Mountain is a bad ride by any
means but this is one of those cases
where Disney's first attempt at a ride
wasn't the best version they've
constructed using what they learned at
Disneyland they were better able to
refine the ride for Florida
so the Magic Kingdom in Florida does
Splash Mountain the best number one at
both parks frontier land is home to Big
Thunder Mountain Railroad the coaster at
Disneyland opened in September of 1979
and Magic Kingdom's opened shortly after
in November of 1980 they're both the
wildest ride in the wilderness and the
track layout of Magic Kingdom is pretty
much a mirror image of the layout in
Disneyland the ride in Florida does take
up 25% more space with its theming and
cue but both have three lift hills and
reach top speeds of about 35 miles per
hour the queue at Magic Kingdom does
offer some pretty spectacular views of
the Monument Valley and the entire
landscape of the ride compared to what
you see at Disneyland up until 2013 I'd
say both rides were pretty equal but
would probably declare Magic Kingdom as
the winner since it has a superior queue
January 7th 2013 marked the day that Big
Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland
closed for the most extensive refurb the
ride had ever seen it was closed for
over a year and once it reopened on
March 17 2014 it became the superior
version of the two in my opinion Thunder
Mountain at Disneyland is now much
smoother since Disney replaced about
two-thirds of the track during that
refurb and there is new trains added the
third lift Hill also saw some new
effects which included projection
mapping for the ignition of the dynamite
as well as blasts of smoke for the
explosion
the third lift Hill in Florida currently
has no effects but when the ride first
opened at both Magic Kingdom and
Disneyland this lift Hill used to have a
falling rock effect you can see it here
where many of the rocks had the ability
to move and shake after an incident in
2011 at Disneyland Paris the effect was
shut off at all parks but the difference
between Disneyland and Disney World is
that Disneyland actually replace the
effect and Magic Kingdom has not and
that's with many multi-month refurbs
since 2011 I'll still give Magic Kingdom
a point for the queue but in terms of
the ride experience which is what I'm
primarily focusing on Disneyland thus
Thunder Mountain the best so do you
agree with these choices and if you
don't which versions of the rides would
you choose I'd love to know so leave a
comment down below to start a
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