Walt Disney World
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Walt Disney World Resort
, informally known as
Walt Disney World
or simply
Disney World
, is an entertainment complex in Bay Lake, Florida (mailing address is Lake Buena Vista,
Florida), near Orlando, Florida and is the flagship of Disney's worldwide theme park empire. The
resort opened on October 7, 1971 and, according to Forbes, is the most visited vacation resort in
the world, with an attendance of 52.5 million annually. It is owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a division of The Walt Disney Company. The property covers 27,258 acres
(11,031 ha; 43 sq mi), in which it houses 27 themed resort hotels, four theme parks, two water
parks, four golf courses, one camping resort, one residential area and additional recreational and
entertainment venues. Magic Kingdom was the first and original theme park to open in the
complex followed by Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Disney's Animal Kingdom which
opened later throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Designed to supplement Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which had opened in 1955, the
complex was developed by Walt Disney in the 1960s, though he died in 1966 before construction
on "The Florida Project" began. After extensive lobbying, the Government of Florida created the
Reedy Creek Improvement District, a special government district that essentially gave The Walt
Disney Company the standard powers and autonomy of an incorporated city. Original plans
called for the inclusion of an "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow", a planned city
that would serve as a test bed for new innovations for city living.
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History
Cinderella Castle, the icon of Magic Kingdom
Spaceship Earth, the icon of Epcot
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