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Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary celebration LIVE from Magic Kingdom! WDW Radio will be broadcasting LIVE throughout the day AND live streaming the new Disney Enchantment fireworks show at night!
Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary
Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary is October 1, 2021. That’s the start of the World’s Most Magical Celebration, an 18-month special event featuring new rides, fireworks & entertainment at Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom & resort hotels. This guide covers everything we know about the festivities, plus crowd predictions, rumored additions, and more. (Updated August 22, 2021.)
Walt Disney World’s Most Magical Celebration will include new entertainment activities, attractions, decorations, and enhancements in all four parks. Let’s start with one such thing–the Beacons of Magic…
- Beacons of Magic – Park Icon Projections
- At EPCOT, new lights will shine across the reflective panels of Spaceship Earth, connecting to one another and resembling stars in a nighttime sky.
- Cinderella Castle 50th Anniversary Decor – this will feature 113 pieces of jabots & swag, blue bunting, golden swirls, and a 50th-anniversary crest as part of its Royal Makeover for the World’s Most Magical Celebration.
About Magic Kingdom
Magic Kingdom is located at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks and Resorts division, the park opened on October 1, 1971, as the first of four theme parks at the resort. Initialized by Walt Disney and designed by WED Enterprises, its layout and attractions are based on Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California. Meet your favorite Disney characters.
The park is represented by Cinderella Castle, inspired by the fairy tale castle seen in the 1950 film. In 2016, the park hosted 20.395 million visitors, making it the most visited theme park in the world for the eleventh consecutive year and the most visited theme park in North America for at least the past seventeen years.
