5. Germany's Miniature Train Village, Epcot

At Walt Disney World you can enjoy riding the rails in either large or small scale. If small scale is more your thing, it's the miniature railroad at the Germany pavilion in Epcot's World Showcase that you want to visit. Here you'll find an elaborate miniature German town, complete with its own topiaries and, of course, a railroad. It's not a ride and, really, it's hardly an attraction, but it's well worth a detour to check out.

6. Electrical Water Pageant, Walt Disney World

This nighttime water parade is hard to miss — but since it takes place outside the parks and can only be seen by certain Disney hotel guests and visitors who happen to be waterside when it passes, not everyone realizes it's there. A Disney World original, the pageant dates back to 1971 where it debuted shortly after the park opened. Today, the pageant's 14 floats make a slow tour of the Seven Seas Lagoon almost every evening.

7. Sleeping Beauty Castle (Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant), Disneyland Paris

While the castle itself would be impossible to miss, many visitors simply walk through it or snap their photos in front of it and walk away without bothering to peek inside. However, the castle contains two walk-through attractions that are worth a visit: La Galerie de la Belle au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty Gallery) and La Tanière du Dragon (Lair of the Dragon).

The upstairs gallery walks visitors through scenes from Sleeping Beauty with tapestries and stained glass windows. But once you head downstairs, the fairy-tale tone changes as you enter the Lair of the Dragon which is occupied by a 27-meter long animatronic dragon. The dragon is often found sleeping — but when woken by passing tourists, it will glare out with its red-eyed gaze, breathe smoke, and roar until it's scared them off. It's a massive beast — the largest animatronic built at the time it debuted — that's more than a little intimidating.

8. The Mysteries of the Nautilus (Les Mystères du Nautilus), Disneyland Paris

The Nautilus from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea sits prominently in a lagoon in front of Space Mountain and though you might pass by assuming it's mere decoration (a similar version of the Nautilus at Tokyo DisneySea is just that) that would cause you to miss out on a great walkthrough attraction. Inside the you can explore six rooms of the ship’s interior, which are elaborateely themed and decorated to match their movie counterparts. But it goes beyond a simple walkthrough, featuring scenes and voiceover that tell the story of the Nautilus and Captain Nemo. Just watch out for the squid!