Wender·Vista
Magic Kingdom
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileFlorida · United States
on Bay Lake, west of Orlando

Magic Kingdom

— — the castle on the other side of the ferry.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The park that opened on October 1, 1971, the one Walt Disney drew and Roy finished after him. Six themed lands fan out from a hub, with Cinderella Castle holding the centre at 189 feet. The Seven Seas Lagoon sits in front of the gate, so guests arrive by ferry or monorail across the water. The crowds thin after the afternoon parade.

from the studio
Magic Kingdom
— bring it home

Magic Kingdom, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Magic Kingdom

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Magic Kingdom is the original park at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, west of Orlando off Interstate 4. It opened on October 1, 1971, on land Walt Disney acquired through shell companies in the mid-1960s. The hub-and-spoke layout fans six lands around Cinderella Castle: Main Street U.S.A., Adventureland, Frontierland, Liberty Square, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland. The castle stands 189 feet from moat to spire. The Seven Seas Lagoon separates the park from its parking lot, so visitors cross by ferry or monorail.

— informed by Wikipedia, Walt Disney World
— the season

Florida's central plateau gives the park a long warm season. January and February run cool and dry, with daytime highs near 70°F and the smallest crowds of the year outside the holiday week. Summer days push 92°F with a near-daily three o'clock thunderstorm rolling in off the Gulf. The fall festival overlay returns the Headless Horseman to Liberty Square each evening through October. From early November through New Year's the park trades its standard nighttime fireworks show for a holiday version, and Main Street wears garland after the second week.

— the visit

The park opens most mornings at 9 a.m. and stays open past 10 p.m. on busier nights, with hours posted on the official Walt Disney World calendar. A one-day base ticket runs from roughly $119 to $189 depending on date, after date-based pricing was introduced in 2018. Genie+ adds Lightning Lane access for an extra daily fee. The Magic Kingdom regularly tops the annual TEA/AECOM Theme Index as the most-visited theme park in the world, with attendance near 17 million in pre-pandemic years and a steady return toward that figure since.

— informed by TEA/AECOM Theme Index
— where
United States · Bay Lake, Orange County, Florida
— within
Walt Disney World Resort
— position
28.4177° N · 81.5812° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
4 km SW
EPCOT
Disney park
6 km S
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Disney park
10 km SW
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Disney park
10 km SE
Disney Springs
shopping district
N
Magic Kingdom
EPCOT
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Disney Springs
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Magic Kingdom — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The park opened to the public on October 1, 1971, as the first of four theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort in central Florida. Roy O. Disney led the dedication eighteen days later.

Cinderella Castle stands 189 feet from moat to spire, with forced-perspective bricks that shrink toward the top to exaggerate its height. It is the tallest castle at any Disney park outside Shanghai.

The Transportation and Ticket Center sits across the Seven Seas Lagoon from the park entrance. Guests cross by ferryboat or monorail; no cars reach the front gate. The ride takes about ten minutes.

Main Street U.S.A., Adventureland, Frontierland, Liberty Square, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland radiate from the castle hub. Each holds its own architecture, music loop, and food. Fantasyland is the largest after a 2014 expansion.

The TEA/AECOM Theme Index has placed Magic Kingdom first in worldwide attendance every year it has published, with peak years near 21 million visitors and a steady return toward that figure after 2020.

WED Enterprises, Walt Disney's in-house design studio (now Walt Disney Imagineering), led the build under Roy O. Disney after Walt's death in 1966. The hub-and-spoke plan came from Walt's earlier work at Disneyland.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for that customer. The castle and the lagoon are the images people hold from childhood trips, and a Medium or Large in a family room invites the memory without performing it.

The deep blues and warm golds in the artwork settle into Transitional, Coastal-modern, and Modern Traditional rooms. It also reads well in a child's room finished with painted wainscoting and warm trim.

A single Large covers most sofas comfortably. For a wider wall, a four-tile Mural carries the castle across the visual field; a nine-tile Mural suits a long console or a stair landing.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The colour lives in the ceramic surface, so steam and splashes do not affect it. Reserve Glossy for dry walls away from direct water.

A soft microfibre cloth with plain water handles everyday dust and fingerprints. No abrasive sponges, no ammonia. For deeper marks, a drop of mild dish soap on the cloth is enough.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is Reid Wender's interpretation of the place, drawn in the studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. We are an independent family studio with no third-party licensing.

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