This has to be one of my favourite mistakes that has stayed in the parks for ever. At the Main Street Station there are several nods to the previous name of the park. You will see EDRR (Euro Disneyland Rail Road) in several locations. The best alternative name though is the Magic Kingdom. This of course is the name of the park in Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando. Both Magic Kingdom and Disneyland Park are based upon the same theme concepts.
Although Disneyland Park was never called Magic Kingdom at the exit of the Main Street Station is a sign which reads “We hope you enjoy your day in the Magic Kingdom”. I’m sure you would have enjoyed your day at the Magic Kingdom, but HiddenDLRP.com would like to hope you enjoy your day at Disneyland Park.
Thanks to Rich Oswald for the photographs.
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This is not exactly what I would call a Mistake. Walt Disney himself often used the “Magic Kingdom” term when he talked about Disneyland. When Walt Disney World Resort was open in Florida, the official name of the park was Walt Disney World, but since the begining everyone called it The Magic Kingdom. When Epcot was open, they started to use the term “Magic Kingdom” in publicity and brochures because now Walt Disney World had two parks and they had to avoid confusion for people who may think that Epcot was not a Disney park, but it wasn’t until the beginning of the nineties that the park officially and legally received the name of “The Magic Kingdom”. So it’s not a mistake, it’s just the term that Walt used when he talked about Disneyland.
Aladar’s comment is correct. But also, I’d to point out another way in which it is not a mistake. Because very early on, before the park was opened and complete, the park was to be known as the Magic Kingdom Park and the resort just known as Euro Disneyland. Imagineers and and executives referred to the main park as the Magic Kingdom Park during planning and partly during construction.
Two very valid points. I just find it strange that this sign is installed on the train station that is / was labeled up as EDRR (Euro Disneyland Rail Road).
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It’s true, up until recently even Disneyland Park in California still officially went by the moniker “the Magic Kingdom”.
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