Fantasyland opened along with the rest of the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971. The land took its inspiration from the Disney movies themselves. The opening day attractions for Fantasyland were: [[Dumbo the Flying Elephant]], the [[Mad Tea Party]], Snow White’s Adventure, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, [[Cinderella’s Golden Carousel]], the Mickey Mouse Revue, [["it's a small world"]] and the Skyway to Tommorowland. Within the next month, [[Peter Pan's Flight]] and the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage would also open, giving Fantasyland an astounding ten attractions by late 1971. Unlike Disneyland’s Fantasyland, which had more of a whimsical theme, the Magic Kingdom’s Fantasyland took a lot of inspiration from European villages, where many of the Disney stories were originally written.
[[Image:Snowpalace.jpg|thumb| A character drawing by Marc Davis for from the unused unbuilt Enchanted Snow Palaceattraction. Drawn by Marc Davis.]]
Fantasyland remained largely unchanged until 1980 when the Mickey Mouse Revue was closed and eventually moved to the new Tokyo Disneyland. The Fantasyland Theater which had housed the revue remained unused until 1987 when the attraction, Magic Journeys moved in. Magic Journeys was a 3D show which allowed guests to see “the world through the eyes of a child”. The film had previously been shown in Epcot, Disneyland, and Tokyo Disneyland before finally making its way to The Magic Kingdom.