Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Layout of Parks





All classes are cancelled again this week because of the peak spring break season. College program participants are all working 50 plus hours this week therefore they cancel classes for us because of the crazy hours we will be working. I am working 52 hours this week and 48 hours next week. Once the spring break peak season dies down classes will go back to normal along with our regular hours.

The layout of all the Walt Disney World theme parks are planned and purposeful. Three of the four theme parks are in the shape of a hub. A hub has a central point and then the rest of the locations branch out from that central hub making it very easy for guests to navigate through the park. The Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and the Animal Kingdom are the three parks that have hubs at Walt Disney World. They each have a central point.

Magic Kingdom's central hub is Cinderellas Castle. Main Street U.S.A., Frontierland, Adventureland, Tomorrowland, Mickey's Toontown Fair, and Fantasyland are the six different parts of the park that branch out from Cinderella's Castle.

EPCOT's main central point is Innoventions, a walk-though tour of inventions of the future. This park is set up a little bit differently because all the attractions branch out from Innoventions as opposed to different lands. The World Showcase part of EPCOT is an "O" shaped layout around the World Showcase Lagoon.

Animal Kingdom's main hub is Discovery Island. Africa, Asia, Dinoland U.S.A., the Oasis, and Camp Minnie Mickey are the different lands that branch out from this central point.

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