Added: 02/24/2006 |
An exciting journey to America?s West at Frontierland ParkRustle up some Disney fun. Prepare the wagons, saddle up and following the strums of the banjo music and the smell of the smoked turkey, you?ll be led to the old-time wild west of Frontierland. See how the West was really won as you head westward to stake your claim within the vast, uncharted territory of fun.
The entrance to Disneyland?s Frontierland is an old log stockade which may be entered directly from the hub. Once through the gates the guests find themselves in a pristine western town circa 1850. On the right are the shooting gallery, a candy shop and an adobe Mexican restaurant. On the left is the log constructed Pioneer Mercantile. Further down the street toward the river a couple of western buildings hold other shops.
Frontierland Park at Disneyland is home to the first Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster, which opened in 1979. It is also the location of other Frontierland attractions such as the Rivers of America, where the nighttime Fantasmic! show is held, and upon which sail the Mark Twain riverboat and Columbia Sailing Ship, a replica of American Robert Gray's 18th century ship that circumnavigated the globe. Get to Thunder Mesa, a bustling 19th century boomtown by the mighty Rivers of the Far West aboard the riverboat Mark Twain. If you follow the river around to the left, passing in front of New Orleans Square, you come to a dock where rafts will take you out to Tom Sawyer Island. Back on dry land, map your own course on a runaway mine cart, twisting and turning into the depths of Big Thunder Mountain ?the wildest ride in the wilderness. Rustler Roundup Shootin? Gallery is where you have a chance to brush up on your shooting skills at. Then at high noon or sunset eat western-style at The Lucky Nugget Saloon.
Frontierland Park at the Magic Kingdom is very similar to the one at Disneyland. It borders Adventureland, Liberty Square, and Rivers of America, where ?the Liberty Belle? sails. The crash of the cascading water of Splash Mountain and the screams of the guests in the runaway trains of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad will entice you to see more of America's pioneer homeland. Explore Tom Sawyer's Island that sits on Rivers of America or relax in the theatre to see the old-fashioned hoe-down fun of the Country Bear Jamboree. Magic Kingdom?s Frontierland Park with the mesquite trees, century plants, evergreens, slack pines and Jerusalem thorns with their fragrant flowers is gorgeous. Dining opportunities include Pecos Bill Café with tables indoors and outdoors. Check out the animal heads on the wall, you never know what you'll see. Aunt Polly's Dockside Inn is found on Tom Sawyer's Island and offers picnic style fare. Further down the street you pass clapboard sided western buildings which house the area?s shops. The shops in Frontierland offer western themed souvenirs such as turquoise jewelry, Native American or cowboy toys, leather goods, woodcarvings, and Song of the South souvenirs. Frontierland Shooting Arcade is where you can fire a gun. The path dead ends at Big Thunder Mountain which marks the farthest reaches of Frontierland at the Magic Kingdom.
Enjoy the visit of the West as you practice your pioneer skills at either of the Frontierland Parks.
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