Part 1 of this series had seven pairs of photos comparing the east side of Magic Kingdom Park in 1996 and 2016. Let’s continue to the west side.

When first-time Walt Disney World visitor Chris Bales took these photos in March 1996, he had no idea that I would match his photos almost exactly 20 years later.

In the 1996 photo, the shop in the stockade was Frontier Wood Carving, Presented by Rubio Artist Co. The same location is now the “Getaway” Disney Vacation Club kiosk.

At Disneyland, the main entrance to Frontierland is a prominent stockade just off the Hub. Magic Kingdom Park has a stockade too—sort of. The path from the Hub leads to Liberty Square. Then at the transition point to Frontierland, there’s a nod to a stockade, but it’s easy to miss.

The major difference between the 1996 and 2016 photos above is not what’s in the distance; it’s what’s in the foreground. In 1997, Disney changed the shore of the Rivers of America. Gone was the natural riverbank. In its place, a new boardwalk along the water improved the ability of this part of the park to keep guests moving, especially during parades.