Movies To Watch BEFORE Going To Disney Parks Series - Magic Kingdom/Disneyland

 Hello Companions, 

Susan here! Welcome to a new series where Natalie and I are going to talk to you about movies to watch BEFORE going to Disney parks. We are so excited to break down every park for you and couple any parks we think are similar. Today, I get the pleasure of starting you off with Magic Kingdom & Disneyland. The reason why I think you should watch these movies BEFORE going is really because I think you get the most out of the details the imagineers created, and rides make more sense and the overall experience to me is WAY MORE MAGICAL and at the end of the day, aren’t you paying for the magic?


Story time!! My husband and I went to Disney World last year and went into the land of Pandora. It was beautiful and there was so much thought and effort put into everything but since we hadn’t watched Avatar, NONE of it made any sense!  Sure, The Flight of Passage was AMAZING but the details were lost on us. After watching parts of the movie (I will get to watching the whole thing, I promise!), it is now more AMAZING and awe-inspiring.



Just as a happy side note, we verified all of these movies are indeed on the Disney+ platform, but if you don’t have a subscription you can still use this list as a guide to pick a few movies here and there from the other streaming platforms available. 


Without further adieu, the list..

Fantasyland

-Cinderella

-Sleeping Beauty

-Peter Pan

-Mary Poppins

-Snow White

-Beauty and the Beast

-Pinocchio

-Alice in Wonderland 

-Dumbo

-Winnie the Pooh Movie (Specifically for Disney World)


Tomorrowland

-Tomorrow Land

-Toy Story (the franchise but if you had to choose, specifically 1)

-Space Buddies


Adventureland & Frontierland/Liberty Square/Critter Country

-Swiss Family Robinson

-Tarzan

-Pirates of the Caribbean (the franchise but specifically the 1st one)

-Indiana Jones (specifically for Disneyland)

-Aladdin 

-Pooh’s Heffalump Movie

-The Princess and the Frog

-The Haunted Mansion

-The Country Bears

-The Nightmare Before Christmas (ESPECIALLY during Christmastime)


I know I am leaving out Galaxy’s Edge for Disneyland because I will save it for the Hollywood Studios post of this series! 


WHEW!! I know I am missing some but this is DEFINITELY a great start to getting ramped up to go to the Magic Kingdom/Disneyland. Stay tuned for Natalie’s post for next week when she talks about Animal Kingdom! Don’t forget to post below anything you think I missed! Happy Binging Companions!



Your Companion,
Susan 


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I want to know about the strangers like me

Tell me more, please show me

Something's familiar

About the strangers like me” 


-Strangers Like Me by Phil Collins from Tarzan


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