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                When you go to Disney World, have you ever wondered how Mickey Mouse or any of the other characters would just pop up out of nowhere and seem to magically appear in their meeting spot? Well, that’s definitely how Walt Disney himself wanted it to seem to his guests. Walt wanted it to seem like when you entered Disney World that you really entered a new world. Before it was even built, Walt was walking in his first park Disneyland, and one day saw a “Frontierland cowboy walking through Tomorrowland” (Shaw). It was then that he decided that could never happen again. He then went on to design Disney World so that it would never happen.

           Everything about Disney world is designed so that you won’t notice all the things they don’t want you to. There are underground tunnels beneath the parks where all the workers can get to where they need to be and not be seen by the guests. This way, you will never see a worker in the wrong park. Even though the tunnels are beneath Disney World, they aren’t actually underground. The tunnels were actually built on ground level and the park was built over them, making Disney World itself being the second floor of the park ("themouseconnection.net"). There are many entrances to the tunnels but “the main tunnel entrance is behind Fantasyland, specifically under Pinnochio’s Village Haus” ("themouseconnection.net"). Many other entrances are spread across the parks and are used by all the employees. Mostly, they are used by the characters and their attendants. They use the tunnels so they can get to their meeting spots without being seen. Also, so the characters can switch for their breaks and no one would notice that a new Mickey or Minnie had come.

            It’s possible to have a special tour of these tunnels. The tour is called “Keys to the Kingdom” and can only be done by people sixteen or older ("themouseconnection.net"). The reason for this is because the magic of Disney World would be ruined for children if they were to see that there was more than one Mickey.

            Walt Disney worked very hard on his design of Disney World so it would seem like a place of magic. He made sure that no one would see a worker not in their designated area and that what is supposed to be in its place is. Every specific park is its own park and you won’t see anything out of place. Walt truly made a place where it seems like everything works like magic.

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