Compared to what was painted and sketched for Disneyland, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World had relatively little concept art done for the park. What you can find is actually quite charming (particularly the art done for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea).
This piece showing the main entrance to the park, the train station, and a bit of good old Main Street U.S.A. is done in the very rich, saturated, 1960's type color scheme that was all the rage. With the monorail track dissecting the piece and a bit of a lighthouse below, the Imagineers highlighted that this was just not a copy of the park that made Anaheim famous. In California, the parking lot lead to the ticket booths at the front of Disneyland. The Seven Seas Lagoon sets a very classy and inviting the stage for what was to come in Florida.
Disney park lovers will argue back and forth with resort is best, west coast or east coast, but they reality is each holds its own unique aspects and very different environments. More on that in posts to come.
(Art copyright The Walt Disney Company.)
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