This time, we’ll start at the park entrance and head to Adventureland, revisiting the same spots where Chris Bales took photos in 1996.

Welcome to the conclusion of this series. (Did you see Part 1 and Part 2 ?)

The big trees in the 1996 photo are gone in its 2016 counterpart.

The 1996 photo shows that a second planter used to be in front of the floral Mickey planter, with a walkway between the two. Do you see the people on the walkway?

On the 2016 photo, the most obvious difference is that there’s no banner. But look more closely. The iron fence along the railroad track is taller and has a simpler design.

Does anyone remember the Hometown Celebration on Main Street, U.S.A.? The event featured character greetings at Town Square, Alice in Wonderland’s Tea Party at the landing across from the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor (not the teacup ride, but an actual tea party), sidewalk chalk art, a checkers contest, face painting at Main Street Station, and the Custodial Drill Team March prior to the Mickey Mania Parade .

In the 1996 photo, a red sign marks the load area for horse cars to Cinderella Castle. There’s now a speaker on the same street light—part of the proliferation of speakers throughout the Magic Kingdom.

The photos make it seem that Cinderella Castle grew taller between 1996 and 2016. But the height of the tallest castle spire is unchanged. There’s just a crane behind the castle for routine maintenance.

The big trees that were in Town Square in 1996 are gone. Apparently, this provides better views of the nighttime sky for fireworks.

The bridge from the Hub to Adventureland is one of those things that seems to be unchanged since opening day. But, in reality, the sign and decorations are quite different.

With long lines at Dumbo The Flying Elephant , enough room for another spinner ride, and the enduring popularity of Disney’s Aladdin (1992), it made sense to add The Magic Carpets of Aladdin to Adventureland. Some buildings in the area already had exotic, vaguely Middle Eastern architecture that could pass for Agrabah, while others took their architectural inspiration from Polynesia. The ride opened in May 2001, complete with spitting camels.

Compared to the tight spaces of Adventureland at Disneyland, the East Coast version had plenty of open space—including a big plaza in the middle.

At some point between when the two photos above were taken, someone decided that the sign and banners for Pirates of the Caribbean needed to be changed.

At Disneyland, Pirates of the Caribbean is part of New Orleans Square, but at the Magic Kingdom, it’s in Caribbean Plaza, a subland of Adventureland.