With an average annual attendance of over 52 million visitors, Walt Disney World is the most visited vacation destinations in the world. Covering 43 square miles, it shares the same area as all of San Francisco and two times the size of Manhattan! Disney's daily attendance has hit record numbers, with the average number of visitors in a single day reaching up to 52,946 people! But beyond the beloved attractions, there are so many hidden secrets to behold. Did you know that you can scuba dive with Nemo and friends? Sip Dark 'n' Stormys with the crew from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Take hula lessons with Stitch? Explore 392,040 square feet of "underground" tunnels and earn a set of keys to the Kingdom? Transform yourself into Captain Jack Sparrow for the day? Set off on a late-night African safari with night vision goggles leading the way? Ride into the sunset on Cinderella's real horse?

Travel journalist and Walt Disney World expert and enthusiast Amy Bizzarri first set foot in the Magic Kingdom in 1973, two years after the park opened its gates, and has visited every other year since. When she's not at home in Chicago, you're most likely to find her soaring into the sky aboard Dumbo or sipping a Dole Whip margarita, preferably poolside at Polynesian Village Resort.