You can see this hand railroad cart in the Wilderness Lodge.
The trains also participate in the show, with a locomotive steaming into the station carrying Mickey Mouse and his friends. This station serves as the stage for the Magic Kingdom opening show that occurs daily before the opening of the park. Main Street Station, visible from the entrance to Magic Kingdom, is the only original station remaining from the railroad’s opening in 1971. The Walt Disney World Railroad currently has three stations around Magic Kingdom. A clanging bell also announces the arrival of engines into a station, calling passengers who are waiting to board. The trains now use diesel fuel to create steam, but retain much of their antique appearance and still produce the unmistakable steam whistles that mark steam engines around the world. These are open-air cars to allow passengers a clear view of the scenery as they circle the park. The Walt Disney World Railroad is a great way to experience history and an overview of the park.Įach locomotive engine pulls five passenger cars with seating for seventy-five passengers each.
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The full tour of the 1.5-mile track takes about 20 minutes, and a little over half of that time to get to the station at the opposite end of the park. Guests at Magic Kingdom can ride the Walt Disney World Railroad as a way of getting to a different part of the park, or simply to enjoy a grand scenic tour of the kingdom. Well over a million passengers a year make the Walt Disney World Railroad one of the busiest steam powered railroads in the world. The railroad is a full sized narrow gauge railroad with four antique steam powered locomotives that each circle the park hundreds of times a day. The Walt Disney World Railroad debuted on the opening day of the Magic Kingdom park. When planning his first theme park in California, and later planning Magic Kingdom in Florida, Walt insisted that both be surrounded by a working railroad. As an adult, Walt built a 1/8 scale model railroad that covered ½ mile in his backyard in Los Angeles.
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