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Walt Disney World is an entertainment complex located near Orlando, Florida that covers 27,258 acres. It is the most visited vacation resort in the world, with over 52 million visitors annually. The complex features 4 theme parks, 2 water parks, over 20 resort hotels, golf courses, and other attractions. Walt Disney began developing the property in the 1960s to create a distinct vision from Disneyland and presented the initial plans in 1967. The first park, Magic Kingdom, opened in 1971 and was followed by the openings of Epcot in 1982, Disney's Hollywood Studios in 1989, and Disney's Animal Kingdom in 1998.

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Walt Disney World is an entertainment complex located near Orlando, Florida that covers 27,258 acres. It is the most visited vacation resort in the world, with over 52 million visitors annually. The complex features 4 theme parks, 2 water parks, over 20 resort hotels, golf courses, and other attractions. Walt Disney began developing the property in the 1960s to create a distinct vision from Disneyland and presented the initial plans in 1967. The first park, Magic Kingdom, opened in 1971 and was followed by the openings of Epcot in 1982, Disney's Hollywood Studios in 1989, and Disney's Animal Kingdom in 1998.

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UNIVERSITATEA “AUREL VLAICU” ARAD

FACULTATEA DE ȘTIINȚE ALE EDUCAȚIEI,


PSIHOLOGIE ȘI ASISTENȚĂ SOCIALĂ

WALT DISNEY'S WORLD

STUDENT: BOTAȘ DENISA


ANUL: II

ARAD
CUPRINS

1.ABOUT WALT DISNEY WORLD..................................3


1.1 HISTORY......................................................................4

2. LOCATION.......................................................................5

3. ATTRACTIONS
3.1. THEME PARKS..........................................................6
3.2. WATER PARKS..........................................................6
3.3. GOLF AND RECREATIONS....................................7

4. RESORTS..........................................................................8

5. CONCLUSION..................................................................9

6 BIBLIOGRAPHY.............................................................10
ABOUT WALT DISNEY WORLD

The Walt Disney World Resort is an entertainment complex in Bay Lake


and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, near Orlando and Kissimmee, Florida. The
resort is the flagship destination of Disney's worldwide corporate enterprise.
Opened on October 1, 1971, Walt Disney World is the most visited vacation
resort in the world, with an average attendance of over 52 million.
The resort is owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a
division of The Walt Disney Company. It was initially operated by Walt
Disney World Company.
The property covers housing twenty-seven themed resort hotels, nine
non–Disney hotels, four theme parks, two water parks, several golf courses, a
camping resort, and other entertainment venues, including the new Disney
Springs. Magic Kingdom was the first theme park to open in the complex, in
1971, followed by Epcot in 1982, Disney's Hollywood Studios in 1989, and
the most recent, Disney's Animal Kingdom in 1998. Designed to supplement
Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which had opened in 1955, the complex
was developed by Walt Disney in the 1960s. "The Florida Project", as it was
known, was intended to present a distinct vision with its own diverse set of
rides.
1.1 HISTORY

In 1959, Walt Disney Productions began looking for land to house a


second resort to supplement Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which had
opened in 1955. Market surveys at the time revealed that only 5% of
Disneyland's visitors came from east of the Mississippi River, where 75% of
the population of the United States lived. Additionally, Walt Disney disliked
the businesses that had sprung up around Disneyland and wanted more
control over a larger area of land in the next project.
Walt Disney died from lung cancer on December 15, 1966, before his
vision was realized. His brother and business partner, Roy O. Disney,
postponed his retirement to oversee construction of the resort's first phase.
On February 2, 1967, Roy O. Disney held a press conference at the Park
Theatres in Winter Park, Florida. The role of EPCOT was emphasized in the
film that was played. After the film, it was explained that for Disney World,
including EPCOT, to succeed, a special district would have to be formed: the
Reedy Creek Improvement District with two cities inside it, Bay Lake and
Reedy Creek, now Lake Buena Vista. In addition to the standard powers of an
incorporated city, which include the issuance of tax-free bonds, the district
would have immunity from any current or future county or state land-use
laws. The only areas where the district had to submit to the county and state
would be property taxes and elevator inspections. The legislation forming the
district and the two cities was signed into law by Florida Governor Claude R.
Kirk, Jr. on May 12, 1967.The Supreme Court of Florida then ruled in 1968
that the district was allowed to issue tax-exempt bonds for public projects
within the district, despite the sole beneficiary being Walt Disney
Productions.
LOCATION

The Florida resort is not within Orlando city limits but is southwest of
Downtown Orlando. Much of the resort is in southwestern Orange County,
with the remainder in adjacent Osceola County. The property includes the
cities of Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake which are governed by the Reedy
Creek Improvement District.
Portions of the property have since been sold or de-annexed, including
land now occupied by the Disney-built community of Celebration. Now the
park occupies 27,258 acres about the size of San Francisco, or twice the size
of Manhattan.
ATTRACTIONS

3.1. THEME PARKS

Theme parks
Magic Kingdom, opened October 1, 1971
Epcot, opened October 1, 1982
Disney's Hollywood Studios, opened May 1, 1989
Disney's Animal Kingdom, opened April 22, 1998

3.2. WATER PARKS


Water parks
Disney's Typhoon Lagoon, opened June 1, 1989
Disney's Blizzard Beach, opened April 1, 1995
3.3. GOLF AND RECREATIONS

Disney's property includes four golf courses. The three 18-hole golf
courses are Disney's Palm (4.5 stars), Disney's Magnolia (4 stars), and
Disney's Lake Buena Vista (4 stars). There is also a nine-hole walking course
(no electric carts allowed) called Oak Trail, designed for young golfers. The
Magnolia and Palm courses played home to the PGA Tour's Children's
Miracle Network Hospitals Classic. Arnold Palmer Golf Management
manages the Disney golf courses.
Additionally, there are two themed miniature golf complexes, each with two
courses, Fantasia Gardens and Winter Summerland. The two course at
Fantasia Gardens are Fantasia Garden and Fantasia Fairways. The Garden
course is a traditional miniature-style course based on the "Fantasia" movies
with musical holes, water fountains and characters. Fantasia Fairways is a
traditional golf course on miniature scale having water hazards and sand
traps.
The two courses at Winter Summerland are Summer and Winter both theme
around Santa. Summer is the more challenging of the two 18-hole courses.
RESORTS

Of the thirty-four resorts and hotels on the Walt Disney World property,
twenty-eight are owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
These are classified into four categories— Deluxe, Moderate, Value, and
Disney Vacation Club Villas— and are located in one of five resort areas: the
Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Wide World of Sports, Animal Kingdom, or Disney
Springs resort areas.
While all of the Deluxe resort hotels have achieved an AAA Four Diamond
rating, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa is considered the highest tier
flagship luxury resort on the Walt Disney World Resort complex
The Golf Resort— Became The Disney Inn, and later became Shades of
Green.
Disney's Village Resort— Became the Villas at Disney Institute and then
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa. The "Tree House" Villas were
decommissioned for a time because they were not accessible to disabled
guests. Until early 2008, they were used for International Program Cast
Member housing. In February 2008, Disney submitted plans to the South
Florida Water Management District to replace the 60 existing villas with 60
new villas. The Treehouse Villas opened during the summer of 2009.
Celebration (A town designed and built by Disney, now managed by a
resident-run association.)
Lake Buena Vista (Disney originally intended this area to become a
complete community with multiple residences, shopping, and offices, but
transformed the original homes into hotel lodging in the 1970s, which were
demolished in the early 2000s to build Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort &
Spa).

CONCLUSION
As part of a competition run by Disney for 2010, Walt Disney World
has an unofficial twinning (sister city) with Swindon, England, since 2009.
Rebecca Warren's submission to the competition granted Swindon to be the
twin town of Walt Disney World, which is famous for its intersection with six
roundabouts. Warren and the mayor of Swindon were invited to a "twinning"
ceremony, where a plaque revealing the connection will be placed.

Covering nearly 47 square-miles, the Walt Disney World Resort features


four theme parks: Epcot, Magic Kingdom Park, Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Park and Disney's Hollywood Studios, two water parks: Disney's Blizzard
Beach and Disney's Typhoon Lagoon and over 20 resort hotels. With
interactive rides, animal adventures, magical attractions, dining, shopping
and nearly 60,000 cast members performing in more than 3,000 different
roles, guests will be sure to feel the magic of Disney during each and every
visit.
If I had the chance, I would visit this place because I think that there you
would feel very good, like in paradise, like that other world doesn't exist.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Walt_Disney_World-Orlando_Florida.html

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_World#Location

https://www.undercovertourist.com/orlando/walt-disney-world-
resort/

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