Frontierland
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Frontierland is one of the "themed lands" at the many Magic Kingdom-style parks run by The Walt Disney Company around the world. At Tokyo Disneyland, this area is named Westernland.
Disneyland
Disneyland's Frontierland is home to the first Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster, which opened in 1979. It is also the location of the Rivers of America, where the nighttime Fantasmic! show is held, and upon which sail the Mark Twain riverboat and Columbia Sailing Ship, a replica of American Robert Gray's 18th century ship that circumnavigated the globe.
Attractions
- Frontierland Shootin' Exposition
- Tom Sawyer Island
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Mark Twain Riverboat
- Sailing Ship Columbia
Entertainment
- Fantasmic!
- Golden Horseshoe Saloon
The Magic Kingdom
See also: List of current Magic Kingdom attractions
Frontierland at the Magic Kingdom is very similar to the one at Disneyland. It borders Adventureland, Liberty Square, and Rivers of America (upon which the Liberty Belle sails).
Attractions
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Country Bear Jamboree
- Frontierland Shootin' Arcade
- Splash Mountain
- Tom Sawyer Island
- Walt Disney World Railroad
- The Diamond Horseshoe
Tokyo Disneyland
Tokyo Disneyland offers a smaller Frontierland known as Westernland, as frontiers and cowboys are not as closely related in Japanese popular culture. The Mark Twain sails this park's Rivers of America.
Attractions
- Big Thunder Mountain
- Country Bear Theater
- Mark Twain Riverboat
- The Diamond Horseshoe
- Tom Sawyer Island Rafts
- Westernland Shootin' Gallery
Disneyland Park, Paris
Located in the area that is traditionally occupied by Adventureland, Frontierland at Disneyland Park (Paris) has an elaborate backstory and is by far the largest Frontierland in any Disney park worldwide. The land is a mining village known as Thunder Mesa, with the mighty Big Thunder Mountain standing at the heart of the land, entirely cut-off from the mainland by the Rivers of the Far West. The Haunted Mansion's cousin, Phantom Manor, sits on the banks of the river, which is frequented by the Mark Twain and Molly Brown riverboats.
Attractions
- Big Thunder Mountain
- Phantom Manor
- Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing (Mark Twain and Molly Brown riverboats)
- Rustler Roundup Shootin' Gallery
- Legends of the Wild West (walk-through fort)
- River Rogue Keelboats (Coyote and Raccoon, closed)
- Pocahontas Indiana Village (children's play area)
- Critter Corral (petting farm)
- Disneyland Railroad Station
Hong Kong Disneyland
Hong Kong Disneyland does not presently have a Frontierland, but it has been rumored as a second-phase area.
Due to the small size of the park, this Frontierland may be the first major land in any Magic Kingdom park to be outside the perimeter railroad track. If the land is ever to be built, it will occupy the area in the park traditionally occupied by the Mickey's Toontown land and its sisters at Disneyland, the Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland.
Links
| The themed lands of a Magic Kingdom-style park: |
| Main Street, U.S.A. | Fantasyland | Tomorrowland | Frontierland | Adventureland |
| New Orleans Square | Liberty Square | Mickey's Toontown | Critter Country |
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