The Walt Disney World Explorer

The Walt Disney World Explorer
Box art of the 1998 released Second Edition, with Windows CD-ROM label
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Disney Interactive
Platform(s)
Release
  • Original version:
    • US: September 24, 1996
    [1]
  • Second Edition:
    • US: April 23, 1998
    [2]

The Walt Disney World Explorer is a point and click Windows and Macintosh application developed by Mindsai Productions and Disney Interactive, and published by the latter. The application focuses on the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. It consists of narrated virtual tours, trivia, and slideshows of the resort's parks, attractions, hotels, and other related topics. Various minigames are also built into the application, such as a quiz that allows users to test their knowledge of the resort, and a game that involves finding Hidden Mickeys.

Two editions of this program were released; the first edition was released on September 24, 1996,[1] in time for the resort's 25th anniversary a week later. An updated release, The Walt Disney World Explorer – Second Edition, was released on April 23, 1998,[2] with updated information on new attractions such as Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, new resorts such as Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, and Disney's Animal Kingdom, which first opened the day before the Second Edition's release.