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The Cinderella Fountain in the courtyard behind the Castle is an Unknown Magic,
The Whole Fountian is wonderful,
But the Effect made by the background and the Fountian is Magical!
Category: Cinderella Fountain
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With Twitpics, Facebook photo albums, and text messages with a picture, it is so easy to share a picture of even a video with a friend or loved one. When you go to Walt Disney World, you could spend all day sending pictures to people. Of course any picture from Walt Disney World can make for a Magical Experience and help you remember your trip months and even years later, But if you are a new visitor to Disney, what picture should you take and where should you take it? There are some places that everyone gets a picture at, in front of Cinderella Castle, with Spaceship Earth behind you while you are looking at the World Showcase, in front of the Tree of Life, and on Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Sorcerer’s Hat. But there are some really great places that many people don’t get pictures at because they don’t know about them or rush by
them. So, today I offer the Unknown Magic of the Other Great Places to get
Pictures.
One of my favorite places to have a picture taken is not in a park. It is in the Polynesian Resort’s Grand Ceremonial House. As you walk into this great building, you are transported into a tropical paradise. The lobby even smells tropical. But the most wonderful object in the building is the waterfall in the middle of the room. This is such a great place to take a picture.
Another great spot to get a picture without going into a park is at the ticket and transportation center. They have topiaries there of the Disney Characters that slowly spin. They are in planting areas that have seats all the way around them. They make for a very neat picture.
Besides the places listed above, there are wonderful Unknown places to take pictures and make Magical Experiences, in the parks. In the Magic Kingdom, some of the best places to get a picture for first time visitors are in front of the attractions. The problem with this is that you probably won’t be able to get a clear picture with only your family in it. So, instead of in front of the attraction, try getting a picture with some part of the attraction that is out of the way; for example, at Splash Mountain, take the picture near the big Splash Mountain Pole or even after the ride at the Brer’ Rabbit Sign, where he is all wet. A picture here will remind you of how wet Dad got on that ride and how you all laughed about it for a few hours.
If you have your little Princess with you, a great place is at the Cinderella Fountain or the Cinderella Wishing well. The Fountain is found behind the castle, and the wishing well is off one of the side paths that leads to the castle and is near where the meet and greet for the Tangled Characters is. Both of these Cinderella themes are great places for a picture with your daughter even if she isn’t wearing her Princess dress. Of course any of the places where you can get the Haunted Mansion or Space Mountain in the Background are great and in the queue for Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, if you can get a picture with Buzz it’s kind of fun.
Over in Disney Hollywood Studios our favorite place to get a picture is in Toy Story Midway Mania! There are quite a few neat places throughout the queue to get a picture of your family or children, but the best of them is in front of Mr. Potato Head. If you haven’t been through this attraction, I’ll share a secret about it with you; there is a rather large Mr. Potato Head Animatronic figure that talks to you as you are in the queue. He actually interacts with the crowd and tells jokes and makes comments. As you pass by him, there is a space where you can stop and get a picture with him.
Following a close second to this is getting a picture of your kids putting their hands in Mickey or Goofy or Donald’s hands in the cement in front of the Great Movie Ride. This is just a fun little thing to do when the kids are younger that can make for a great picture and a Magical Experience and most people just walk right by the castings in the cement without giving them a second thought. Other great places are on the Streets of America, with San Francisco in the Background and anywhere around the Muppet Theatre.
In the Animal Kingdom, there are so many different little paths and wooded areas that you can take great nature pictures of your family, but great places to get pictures are in the Tree of Life, while waiting for it’s tough to be a Bug and with Mount Everest in the background before you get too close to it.
In Epcot, there are many neat spots to get a picture; with the trolls in Norway, on the steps of the pyramid in Mexico, or even in front of the statue outside Mission Space. But some of the ones that get overlooked are my favorites. Outside of the Seas with Nemo and Friends there is a wonderful display, that has Nemo and his friends in it, this is a wonderful place to get a picture.
One of my favorite pictures we have taken in Epcot comes from Great Britain. There are English phone booths off to the side of the main walkway around the World Showcase. These are neat to get a picture in. We recreated this Magical Experience of my son from years ago, this past summer when we were in Epcot.
A place that is often overlooked is in Canada. There are some great Totem Poles that can make a great background for a family picture.
One of my favorite pictures we have of my wife and I in Disney comes from Morocco. As you walk around inside the Moroccan pavilion, there is a place where you can sit and get your picture taken, that has a street scene behind you. The street scene is from the Aladdin movie, it is very neat to have this as a background.
So, now you know, there are some great places to take pictures, which are Unknown Magical places. To create these Magical Experiences that you can treasure forever, you just have to keep your eyes open and your camera handy. You never know, you may even find a great picture just walking through the parking lot.
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One of the Most Magical things in Walt Disney World, Especially for little girls is Magic of Cinderella, Snow White, Jasmine, and the other Princesses. The Fantasy of being a Princess is a $4 billion Dollar industry for Disney, which means they are a huge part of the Magic Kingdom. In the Next few years, they will be an even larger part of it, as Disney is expanding Fantasyland to include areas for all of the Disney Princesses and Pixie Hollow, a place for Tinker Bell and her fairy friends. This will make Fantasyland even more Magical. But right now, there is an Unknown Magic that is here in Disney World that many people pass through, but very few take the time to make it a Magical Experience. This Unknown Magic is the Courtyard behind Cinderella Castle.
Getting to the Courtyard can be a Magical Experience of its own. To get there you should walk through the Castle. When you are walking through the castle, there is a doorway that leads to one of the bibbidi bobbidi boutiques and another that leads to Cinderella’s Royal Table. As you walk through the castle though, take the time to look at the walls. There are huge murals on them. If you take the time to look at them, you will see that they are Mosaics of the story of Cinderella. They were all handmade and are very exquisite pieces of art. After you walk through the Castle, and take a look at the murals and the décor (notice the Doors- there is something special about them), You come to the courtyard which is today’s Unknown Magic. 
The Cinderella Courtyard is home to a very pretty little fountain, The Cinderella Fountain, which has a statue in that portrays Cinderella and her animal friends. It is a peaceful fountain that seems to capture the simple Cinderella, before she became a Princess. If you look at this Statue from in front and slightly upward, the background design which looks like a crown seems to be placed on Cinderella’s head. This Statue is connected to Castle Couture. This is the place that you need to go to, to outfit your little Princess. Across the way is Sir Mickey’s a store more suited for the Knights in your family.For most people this courtyard is just a way to get from here to there. They run through the Castle to get to Fantasyland and get their Peter Pan Fast Pass or maybe they just rush to get to the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, but either way, they miss this area which is a nice little place. If you take your time and look through the castle and then enter this Courtyard, you will find plenty to create a Magical Experience, especially for a little Prince and Princess.
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