Guide to the Magic was created to celebrate
the magic and fantasy of Walt Disney World. After many,
many visits to Florida (more than I can count), I started
to become interested in the story behind the story. What
inspired this attraction? How did they create those effects?
As I read through every book I could get my hands on,
I found a new appreciation for all things Disney. You
might think that visiting Walt Disney World would get
boring after a while (how many times can you ride Splash
Mountain?), but I found that quite the opposite was happening.
The more I learned the more I became caught up in all
the little things—the hidden secrets, the magical
moments, and the discovery of new places. I realized
that there was so much to explore, so much to experience,
and so much to enjoy!
It was also during this time that my family and I
started keeping our own journals of our trips; recording
everything from where we ate and what attractions we
visited to the weather and what our favorite moments
were. Soon we were giving friends and family advice
on their trips—what they should see, ways to
make their trip more enjoyable and so on. We tried
to explain to everyone (sometimes successfully, sometimes
not), that Walt Disney World is unlike any place you’ve
ever been; certainly much more than a traditional amusement
park. It would discourage us to hear people dismiss
their Disney trip as a non-ending quest to ride every
attraction that they could, or have them think that
it’s only for little kids and that it was a “parental
obligation” to go. We knew that that was clearly
not the case (the fact that many of the existing guide
books reinforce that notion certainly didn’t
help!).
So we decided it was time to share with everyone all
the things that make Walt Disney World a magical place;
the meticulous attention to detail, the all-inclusive
experience, and the utopian vision behind it all. And
that’s how the website and the guide books were
born, as an effort to bring the wonder of Disney to
everyone, and to help make everyone’s Disney
experience just as magical as ours has been.
Enjoy the magic!
Tim Foster
Editor
Guide to the Magic
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