World of Dreams Photo of the Week- Celebrating Magic Kingdom's 42nd Birthday!!!

It's truly amazing to think that the Magic Kingdom- and in turn the whole of Walt Disney World- turned 42 just last week. The park's 42 year history has seen it grow and grow, evolving since its opening in 1971 to become the magical metropolis of dreams we know and love today. I think I speak for all my fellow Disney fans when I say that the park is more than deserving of its status as the most magical place on Earth!
The Magic Kingdom's exciting history has been more than worthy of the wonderful place it represents, and has featured an abundance of pure Disney Classics in terms of attractions and entertainment; some still in operation whilst others are unfortunately not. Whilst it's always sad to see an attraction go (believe it or not, I would miss Stitch's Great Escape!), Disney can always be counted on to replace any closed attractions with an experience which is equally- or even considerably more- impressive than its predecessor. The great thing about Disney is that you can always count on them having something new and exciting in the works for our future enjoyment!
So, for that very reason, I have decided to mark this sensational theme park's 42nd anniversary in a slightly different fashion. Instead of focusing on the park's past, I have elected to focus on something which is looking very bright for the Magic Kingdom right now- its future. Never has the famous quotation “There's a great big beautiful tomorrow...” been more appropriate!
The undisputed biggest element of this intriguing future is undoubtably the Seven Dwarves Mine Train, which will complete the New Fantasyland project when it opens, widely believed to be early next year. This attraction will utilise brand new technology, and will be a more than worthy replacement for Snow White's Scary Adventures, which made way for Princess Fairytale Hall- New Fantasyland's primary meet-and-greet location which opened last month. The Mine Train, which will bring the rollercoaster total in Magic Kingdom up to four, will be the final major piece of New Fantasyland, a project that has dominated Walt Disney World construction over the past few years.
As this much anticipated new addition to the park nears completion, photographs of the Imagineers' progress with construction are everywhere, meaning one can easily see the attraction taking shape by regularly being on the lookout for new pictures. I wanted you, my readers, to be able to compare the attraction in its different stages of development, and so have chosen to show you a picture I captured of it just under a year ago, on my last trip to Walt Disney World, so you can also observe just how far it's come in the space of little less than twelve months.
For the ride in its current state I would highly recommend these awesome pictures on WDW Magic which were shared yesterday and have some great views of the detail going into this new environment. It's easy to see that this attraction has evolved so much since I went in October 2012...




Despite the fact that it pretty much just shows a construction site (hey, it is a DISNEY construction site- automatically awesome!) I do really like this photograph, which I took just outside the entrance to Pooh's Thotful Shop. I've made some pretty significant editorial changes, most notably increasing the saturation quite dramatically, as well as adding a cool tilt shift effect, which I'm becoming quite a fan of! I think the composition turned out pretty good too, especially for an iPod 4th Generation Camera!
Thanks for reading, it's great to FINALLY be back into the rhythm of writing for the blog! If you have the time, please check out the incredibly magical We're Going to Walt Disney World Podcast! I hope you have a magical day, and see you tomorrow for my long-awaited ImageWorks Attraction Review!