The Walt Disney World Resort's magical holiday season begins as early as November 9!

Disney's Grand Floridian offers a 24-hour counter-service restaurant, Gasparilla Grill. Indoor and outdoor seating available. No extra charge for the view of Cinderella's Castle!

In this edition of Foto Face-off Friday, the weekly blog that features photographs from our TouringPlans Flickr Group that are an extension of the Disney Debates we’ve been holding on our Twitter Account, @TouringPlans, we will attempt to resolve one of Walt Disney World’s “biggest controversies,” which is the better icon: SpaceShip Earth or Cinderella Castle.

Walt Disney’s first business was ‘the pictures’. One of his ideas for a movie was a picture that could take hold of all 5 of the audiences senses and bring them to a far-off place. While technology was not ready for Walt’s vision (but later seen at attractions such as It’s Tough to be a Bug at Animal Kingdom), his 5 senses movie idea was instead created for the entrance to the first park at WDW, the Magic Kingdom.

Standing at the Partners statue, the crossroads of the Magic Kingdom, guests are at the heart of Walt Disney’s ingenious design element, the Hub. The Hub and Spoke allowed for guest to move between lands, back and forth, from a central point. What most guests don’t realize is that the Hub is completely surrounded by water, so, in order to move from one land to another they must cross a bridge.