Disney Magic Kingdoms

Disney Magic Kingdom is a tycoon/city builder, where the player builds and run a Disney Theme Park, while following multiple story lines driven by the main Disney characters.

The tutorial for Disney Magic Kingdoms quickly introduces a bunch of them, from the obvious (Mickey Mouse) to the slightly more obscure (Merlin, as seen in The Sword in the Stone). They need your help because a magical kingdom has been overrun by dark magic, with Maleficent looking like the prime suspect. The kingdom in question looks like an amalgam of various Disney Parks, though it owes the most to the Magic Kingdom from Walt Disney World, right down to Main Street USA and the statue of Mickey and Walt Disney that serves as its hub. After you unlock one of the adjoining “lands,” you’ll get to work laying down Disney attractions, including rides, character houses and restaurants.

That part of the Disney Magic Kingdoms gameplay serves as a (very) light theme park simulator, as the idea is to make as many of the guests’ wishes come true as possible. Simply tapping on them and sending them to their desired destination gets it done, and collecting Happiness from them allows you to help your park advance.

The bulk of your time will be spent getting the Disney and Pixar characters you unlock to perform various tasks in order to produce in-game currency (Magic), earn experience points and produce items that help you add more characters to the park or level up the ones you already have. Actions can range from a minute to hours to complete, meaning this is a time management act of the highest order. And since characters can only perform one action at a time, you’ll often have them tell you — politely, since they are from Disney — that they have to finish what they’re doing before tackling something else.