Enchanted Kingdom is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Torino Resort located just outside of Turin, Italy. The park opened on 01 September 1988. Accompanied by two on-site hotels and featuring a wide collection of classic Disney attractions, the park was an instant hit. The park was the very first Disney park located in Europe and just the second international Disney park ever following Tokyo Disneyland.
The park is comprised of eight themed lands: Mainstreet, Adventureland, Bayou Country, The Hundred Acre Wood, Frontierland, Toontown, Tomorrowland, and Fantasyland.
The park icon is Belle's Enchanted Castle, a representation of the castle from the 1991 film Beauty & the Beast. However, this was not the original icon of the park. Initially, the park's castle was Sleeping Beauty Castle, an upscaled version of the castle at Disneyland. It remained so for a decade until in 1998, the park announced that it was going to be getting a new castle to go along with a large expansion to the park's Fantasyland. The new castle opened in 2000 followed shortly by the Fantasyland expansion.
The park has gained several new additions since it's opening in 1988. As the resort it ultimately became a part of, the park has continued to receive new attractions and features over the years, all the way up to the present day.
Come with me now as we take a trip around the various lands of the park. For now, we're just going to look at the details of each individual land. But, coming soon, we'll be taking a look at individual attractions throughout the park.
Let us begin with an iconic entrance.
The park is comprised of eight themed lands: Mainstreet, Adventureland, Bayou Country, The Hundred Acre Wood, Frontierland, Toontown, Tomorrowland, and Fantasyland.
The park icon is Belle's Enchanted Castle, a representation of the castle from the 1991 film Beauty & the Beast. However, this was not the original icon of the park. Initially, the park's castle was Sleeping Beauty Castle, an upscaled version of the castle at Disneyland. It remained so for a decade until in 1998, the park announced that it was going to be getting a new castle to go along with a large expansion to the park's Fantasyland. The new castle opened in 2000 followed shortly by the Fantasyland expansion.
The park has gained several new additions since it's opening in 1988. As the resort it ultimately became a part of, the park has continued to receive new attractions and features over the years, all the way up to the present day.
Come with me now as we take a trip around the various lands of the park. For now, we're just going to look at the details of each individual land. But, coming soon, we'll be taking a look at individual attractions throughout the park.
Let us begin with an iconic entrance.