The Best Photo Spot At Walt Disney World Is Not for the Faint of Heart

We all want the best photos when we go on our Walt Disney World vacation.

Across Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme parks, Disney has numerous magical photo spots, ranging from wild animal safaris to Star Wars galactic adventures.

Pictures are our free souvenirs from a trip to Disney World that enable us to share the magic with our friends and family back home.

But what is the best picture spot at the Walt Disney World Resort? Well, we think we may have found it – but it’s not for the faint of heart!

We share thousands upon thousands of Disney snaps on social media, with Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter full of photos of Disney’s parades, fireworks shows, and Guests’ selfies with Mickey Mouse.

Around the Lake Buena Vista Resort, there are multiple Nikon Photo Spots – previously Kodak Photo Points – found in areas popular with Guests in the theme parks, Disney Resort Hotels, and Disney Springs. At Magic Kingdom, you’ll find a Nikon Photo Spot at Big Thunder Mountain, near the Enchanted Tiki Room, near Splash Mountain, and near the Sword in the Stone at Prince Charming’s Regal Carrousel. At EPCOT, look for these photo spots in Germany, Japan, Morocco, the United Kingdom, and at EPCOT’s Main Entrance. At Hollywood Studios, look for photo spots at the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster attraction and at the Hollywood Studios Arch.

And, of course, there is also Disney PhotoPass, the photography service offered at Disney theme parks, water parks, and Resorts, as well as at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Disney Springs in Walt Disney World or inside Disneyland Resort. PhotoPass links your photos to your Disney account using your MagicBand, theme park ticket, or Annual Pass, and you can purchase all photos from your trip with Memory Maker.

But one photographer got a bird’s eye view of the Magic Kingdom Resort area in what we would consider one of the best photos taken at Walt Disney World:

The photo is taken from up high above the Cinderella Castle – from either a helicopter or approved drone – with views of Tomorrowland, Space Mountain, and Disney’s Contemporary Resort.

The amazing picture gives a unique perspective of the Disney Park and is taken by legendary photographer Kent Phillips. Even if you don’t know his name, you’ve probably seen some of Kent Phillips’ photos.

Phillips works in global advertising and commercial photography for The Walt Disney Company and currently takes photos for Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, Adventures by Disney, and Disney Publishing.

The shot itself looks like Phillips was hanging around with Tinker Bell, flying high above the Magic Kingdom theme park. 

With pixie dust and some Disney magic, Tinker Bell has been soaring over both Cinderella Castle (at 189 feet up) and Disneyland’s Matterhorn for years, surprising Guests as they watch Disney’s nighttime spectaculars.

The very first Tinker Bell “flew” in Disneyland Park back in 1961. Tiny Kline was Tink’s first friend flying high over Sleeping Beauty Castle on a cable. Kline was a pixie-sized 4’10”, 98 pounds, and nearly 70 years old at the time!

The Peter Pan (1953) fairy didn’t arrive in Walt Disney World Resort until the mid-1980s, when she went on to become a permanent star of the classic nighttime spectacular “Wishes” in Magic Kingdom for the next twenty years before starring in the popular Happily Ever After and Disney Enchantment firework shows.

It’s interesting to see what Tinker Bell’s view is as she soars above Walt Disney World!