Walt Disney World

The Walt Disney World Resort, known as Walt Disney

World or Disney World, is an entertainment complex in
Bay Lake, Florida (mailing address is Lake Buena Vista,
Florida), near Kissimmee and Orlando, and is the flagship
resort of Disney’s worldwide corporate enterprise. The
resort opened on October 1, 1971, and is the most visited
vacation resort in the world, with an attendance of over
52 million annually.[1]
Walt Disney World is owned and operated by Walt Disney
Parks and Resorts, a division of The Walt Disney Com-
pany. The property covers 27,258 acres (11,031 ha; 43
sq mi), housing twenty-seven themed resort hotels, nine
non–Disney hotels, four theme parks, two water parks,
four golf courses, one nine-hole walking golf course for
young golfers (no electric carts allowed), two themed Cinderella Castle, the icon of the Magic Kingdom.
miniature golf courses, one camping resort, a downtown-
like shopping district, and other entertainment venues.
Magic Kingdom was the first and original theme park to
open in the complex followed by Epcot, Disney’s Hol-
lywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which
opened later throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Designed to supplement Disneyland in Anaheim, Califor-
nia, which had opened in 1955, the complex was devel-
oped by Walt Disney in the 1960s. “The Florida Project”,
as he called it, was intended to present a distinct vision,
with its own diverse set of rides. Walt Disney’s original
plans also called for the inclusion of an "Experimental
Prototype Community of Tomorrow", a planned commu-
nity that would serve as a test bed for new innovations for Spaceship Earth, the icon of Epcot.
city living. 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. Disney died on December 15, 1966,
before construction began. Without the creative mind
of Disney spearheading the construction of Walt Disney
World, the company instead created a resort very similar
to Disneyland, albeit on a much larger scale, abandoning
Walt’s concept of an experimental planned community.

1 History The Great Movie Ride, the visual centerpiece of Disney’s Holly-
wood Studios.[2]

1.1 Planning and construction

Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which had opened in
1.1.1 Conception 1955. Market surveys revealed that only 5% of Disney-
land’s visitors came from east of the Mississippi River,
In 1959, Walt Disney Productions began looking for where 75% of the population of the United States lived.
land for a second theme park/resort to supplement the Additionally, Walt Disney disliked the businesses that had

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The Tree of Life, the icon of Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
sprung up around Disneyland and wanted control of a
much larger area of land for the new project.[3]
Walt Disney flew over the Orlando-area site (one of
many) in November 1963. Seeing the well-developed
network of roads, including the planned Interstate 4 and
Florida’s Turnpike, with McCoy Air Force Base (later
Orlando International Airport) to the east, Disney se-
lected a centrally located site near Bay Lake.[4] To avoid
a burst of land speculation, Walt Disney World Company
used various dummy corporations to acquire 30,500 acres
(12,343 ha; 48 sq mi) of land.[4] In May 1965, some of
these major land transactions were recorded a few miles
southwest of Orlando in Osceola County. Also, two large
tracts totaling $1.5 million were sold, and smaller tracts
of flatlands and cattle pastures were purchased by exotic-
sounding companies such as the "Ayefour Corporation”,
“Latin-American Development and Management Corpo-
ration” and the “Reedy Creek Ranch Corporation"; some
of these names are now memorialized on a window above
Main Street, U.S.A. in the Magic Kingdom. In addition
to three huge parcels of land were many smaller parcels,
called “outs”. Much of the land acquired had been platted
into 5 acres (2 ha) lots in 1912 by the Munger Land Com-
pany and sold to investors. Most owners were happy
to get rid of the land, which was mostly swamp. An-
other issue was the mineral rights to the land, which were
owned by Tufts University. Without the transfer of these
rights, Tufts could come in at any time and demand the
removal of buildings to obtain minerals. Eventually, Dis-
ney’s team negotiated a deal with Tufts to buy the mineral
rights for $15,000.[5]
Working under a strict cloak of secrecy, real estate agents
who did not know the identity of their client began mak-
ing offers to landowners in southwest Orange and north-
west Osceola counties in April 1964, shortly after Walt
Disney chose the site for his new theme park. Care-
ful not to let property owners know the extent of their
land-buying appetites, the agents quietly negotiated one
deal after another, sometimes lining up contracts to buy
huge tracts for little more than $100 an acre.[6] Because
they knew that recording the first deeds would trigger in-
HISTORY
tense public questioning about what was going on, Dis-
ney’s representatives waited until they had a large number
of parcels locked up through options before filing their
paperwork.
Rumors as to the purpose of the land purchases at first
pointed towards development in support of the nearby
Kennedy Space Center as well as a second Disney amuse-
ment park.[7] An Orlando Sentinel news article in May
1965 believed Disney was behind the land purchases, but
added that Walt Disney himself, when interviewed dur-
ing a Kennedy Space Center visit, denied any connec-
tion, saying he was more concerned with expanding Dis-
neyland than with building a second park.[7] In October
1965, Emily Bavar, an editor from the Sentinel, visited
Disneyland as the park was celebrating its 10th anniver-
sary and asked Disney again if he was buying up the land
for a second Disneyland park; Bavar later described that
Disney “looked like I had thrown a bucket of water in
his face” before denying the story.[7] Disney’s evasiveness,
combined with other research during her California visit,
prompted Bavar to author a story that the Sentinel ran in
its October 21, 1965 edition where she predicted that Dis-
ney was purchasing the land in preparation for a second
theme park.[7] Three days later, the Sunday edition of the
Sentinel proclaimed that Disney was indeed the mystery
buyer.[7]
Walt Disney had planned on revealing the Disney World
project on November 15, 1965, but in light of the Sen-
tinel story, Disney asked Florida Governor Haydon Burns
to confirm to the press the following Monday that he
planned to build “the greatest attraction in the history of
Florida”.[7] Disney joined Burns in Orlando for the of-
ficial reveal of Disney World on the previously-planned
November 15 date.[7]
1.1.2 Roy Disney’s oversight of construction
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 retire-
ment to oversee construction of the resort’s first phase.
On February 2, 1967, Roy O. Disney held a press con-
ference 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 stan-
dard powers of an incorporated city, which include the
issuance of tax-free bonds, the district would have immu-
nity 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.[3] The legislation forming the district and the
two cities was signed into law by Florida Governor Claude
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R. Kirk, Jr. on May 12, 1967.[8] 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.
The district soon began construction of drainage canals,
and Disney built the first roads and the Magic Kingdom.
The Contemporary Resort Hotel, the Polynesian Village,
and Fort Wilderness were also completed in time for the
park’s opening on October 1, 1971. The Palm and Mag-
nolia golf courses near Magic Kingdom had opened a few
weeks before. At the park’s opening, Roy O. Disney ded-
icated the property and declared that it would be known
as “Walt Disney World” in his brother’s honor. In his own
words: “Everyone has heard of Ford cars. But have they
all heard of Henry Ford, who started it all? Walt Dis- Walt Disney (left) with his brother Roy O. Disney (right) and
ney World is in memory of the man who started it all, so then-governor of Florida W. Haydon Burns (center) on Novem-
people will know his name as long as Walt Disney World ber 15, 1965, publicly announcing the creation of Disney World.
is here.” After the dedication, Roy Disney asked Walt’s
widow, Lillian, what she thought of Walt Disney World.
According to biographer Bob Thomas, she responded, “I
think Walt would have approved.” Roy O. Disney died
on December 20, 1971, less than three months after the
property opened.

1.2 Recent history

Much of Walt Disney’s plans for his Progress City were

abandoned after his death, after the company board de-
cided that it did not want to be in the business of run-
ning a city. The concept evolved into the resort’s second
theme park, EPCOT Center (renamed Epcot in 1996),
which opened in 1982. While still emulating Walt Dis-
ney’s original idea of showcasing new technology, it is
closer to a world’s fair than a “community of tomor-
row”. Some of the urban planning concepts from the
original idea of EPCOT would instead be integrated into
the community of Celebration much later. The resort’s
third theme park, Disney-MGM Studios (renamed Dis-
ney’s Hollywood Studios in 2008), opened in 1989, and
is inspired by show business. The resort’s fourth theme
park, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, opened in 1998.
George Kalogridis was named president of the resort in
December 2012, replacing Meg Crofton, who had over-
seen the site since 2006.

1.3 Timeline

2 Location Popular Disney characters, such as (L-R) Goofy, Donald Duck,

Mickey Mouse, and Minnie Mouse can be found throughout the
resort.
The Florida resort is not within Orlando city limits, but
is about 21 miles (34 km) southwest of downtown Or-
lando. Much of the resort is in southwestern Orange Bay Lake which are governed by the Reedy Creek Im-
County, with the remainder in adjacent Osceola County. provement District. The 27,258 acres (11,031 ha; 43 sq
The property includes the cities of Lake Buena Vista and mi)[9] site is accessible from Central Florida’s Interstate
4 3 ATTRACTIONS

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2. Epcot 13
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5. Blizzard Beach 14
6. Typhoon Lagoon
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7. Downtown Disney 20
8. ESPN Wide World of Sports
9. Lake Buena Vista Golf Course Transportation &
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10. Magnolia Golf Course
11. Palm Golf Course 10
12. Oak Trail Golf Course 12 31
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The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, at Disney’s Hollywood Stu-
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Map of the resort as of May 2015

One of four arches welcoming guests to the resort. Typhoon Lagoon, one of two waterparks at the resort

4 via Exits 62B (World Drive), 64B (US 192 West), 65B
(Osceola Parkway West), 67B (SR 536 West), and 68
(SR 535 North), and Exit 8 on SR 429, the Western
Expressway. At its founding the park occupied approx-
imately 30,500 acres (12,343 ha; 48 sq mi). Portions
of the property have since been sold or de-annexed, in-
cluding land now occupied by the Disney-built commu-
nity of Celebration. Now the park occupies 27,258 acres
(11,031 ha; 43 sq mi),[9] about the size of San Francisco,
or twice the size of Manhattan.

3 Attractions View of Disney Springs and Characters in Flight

Further information: List of Walt Disney World Resort 3.2 Water parks
attractions
• Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, opened June 1, 1989
• Disney’s Blizzard Beach, opened April 1, 1995
3.1 Theme parks
• Magic Kingdom, opened October 1, 1971 3.3 Other attractions
• Epcot, opened October 1, 1982 • Disney Springs, opened March 22, 1975 (This was
• Disney’s Hollywood Studios, opened May 1, 1989 originally Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village and
also, before September 23, 2015 it was called
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom, opened April 22, 1998 Downtown Disney.)
4.1 On-site Disney resorts 5

• Disney’s Wedding Pavilion, opened July 15, 1995 Of the thirty-four resorts and hotels on the Walt Disney
World property, twenty-eight are owned and operated by
• Disney’s BoardWalk, opened July 1, 1996 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. These are classified into
four categories — Deluxe, Moderate, Value, and Disney
• ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, opened Vacation Club Villas — and are located in one of five
March 28, 1997 resort areas: the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Wide World of
Sports, Animal Kingdom, or Disney Springs resort areas.
• DisneyQuest, opened June 19, 1998, and closing in
[10] While all of the Deluxe resort hotels have achieved a
2016. Being replaced by NBA Experience.
AAA Four Diamond rating, Disney’s Grand Floridian
• La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil, opened December Resort & Spa is considered the highest tier flagship luxury
23, 1998 resort on the Walt Disney World Resort complex.[12]

3.4 Golf and recreation 4.1 On-site Disney resorts

Disney’s property includes five golf courses. The four 18- • The Grand Floridian Resort and Spa, Walt Disney
hole golf courses are the Palm (4.5 Stars), the Magnolia (4 World’s flagship resort
Stars), Lake Buena Vista (4 Stars) and Osprey Ridge (4.5
• Disney’s Polynesian Resort, a deluxe level resort
Stars). There is also a nine-hole walking course (no elec-
tric carts allowed) called Oak Trail, designed for young • Caribbean Beach Resort, the first moderate resort at
golfers. The Magnolia and Palm courses played home Walt Disney World
to the PGA Tour’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospi-
tals Classic. Arnold Palmer Golf Management manages • Fort Wilderness, Disney’s campground and cabin re-
the Disney golf courses.[11] Additionally, there are two sort
themed miniature golf complexes, each with two courses,
• Disney’s All Star Movies Resort, one of five value
Fantasia Gardens and Winter Summerland.
resorts
Catch-and-release fishing excursions are offered daily on
the resort’s lakes. A Florida fishing license is not required,
because it occurs on private property. Cane-pole fishing is 4.2 On-site non-Disney hotels
offered from the docks at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort
and Campground and Disney’s Port Orleans Resort. • Shades of Green Resort, owned and operated by the
United States Military
Additional recreational activities include watercraft
rentals, surrey pedal car rentals, and firework cruises that • The Walt Disney World Dolphin
launch from several resort marinas.
• The Walt Disney World Swan

• The Hilton at Walt Disney World, located at Hotel

3.5 Former attractions
• Discovery Island — an island in Bay Lake that was
home to many species of animals and birds. It 4.3 Former resorts
opened on April 8, 1974 and closed on April 8,
1999.
• Disney’s River Country — the first water park at the
Walt Disney World Resort. It opened on June 20,
1976 and closed on November 2, 2001.
• Walt Disney World Speedway — a racetrack at Walt
Disney World and included the Richard Petty Driv-
ing Experience. It opened November 28, 1995 and
closed on August 9, 2015.
4 Resorts
Plaza Boulevard
• The Golf Resort — Became The Disney Inn, and
later became Shades of Green.
• Disney’s Village Resort — Became the Villas at Dis-
ney Institute and then Disney’s Saratoga Springs Re-
sort & Spa. The “Tree House” Villas were decom-
missioned for a time because they were not accessi-
ble to disabled guests. Until early 2008, they were
used for International Program Cast Member hous-
ing. In February 2008, Disney submitted plans to
the South Florida Water Management District to re-
place the 60 existing villas with 60 new villas.[13]
The Treehouse Villas opened during the summer of
2009.

See also: Category:Hotels in Walt Disney World Resort • Celebration (A town designed and built by Disney,
now managed by a resident-run association.)
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• 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)
4.4 Proposed resorts
• Disney’s Asian Resort
• Disney’s Persian Resort
• Disney’s Venetian Resort
• Disney’s Mediterranean Resort
• Fort Wilderness Junction
4.5 Disney’s Magical Express
Main article: Disney’s Magical Express
Guests with a Disney Resort reservation (excluding the
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin) that arrive at
Orlando International Airport can be transported to their
resort from the airport using the complimentary Disney
Magical Express service, which is operated by Mears
Destination Services, as Disney Transport is not allowed
to transport guests off resort property. Guests can also
have their bags picked up and transported to their resort
for them through a contract with BAGS Incorporated on
participating airlines.
5 Executive management
• President, Walt Disney World Resort (2013) —
George Kalogridis [14]
• Senior Vice President, Walt Disney World
Parks (2009) — Jim MacPhee [15]
• Vice President, Magic Kingdom (2015)
— Dan Cockerell [16]
• Vice President, Epcot (2015) — Melissa
Valiquette [17]
• Vice President, Disney’s Hollywood Stu-
dios (2015) — Phil Holmes [16]
• Vice President, Disney’s Animal King-
dom (2014) — Djuan L. River[18]
• Senior Vice President, Disney’s ESPN Wide
World of Sports Complex, Water Parks, and
Disney Springs (2014) — Maribeth Bisienere
[19]
• Vice President, Disney Springs (2009) —
Keith Bradford [20]
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
• Senior Vice President, Resort Hotel & Trans-
portation Operations (2014) — Josh D'Amaro
[18]
5.1 Former executive management
• Former President, Walt Disney World Resort
• 1994–2006 — Al Weiss
• 2006–2013 — Meg Crofton
• Former Executive Vice President, Walt Disney
World Resort and Disneyland Resort
• 1971–1980 — Richard A. “Dick” Nunis[21]
• 2000–2001 — Erin Wallace [22]
• Former Vice Presidents of Disney’s Magic King-
dom:
• 1987–1994 — Bill Sullivan
• 1993-2000 — Greg Emmer [22][23]
• 2000–2001 — Erin Wallace [24]
• 2001–2015 — Phil Holmes
• Former Vice Presidents of Disney’s Epcot:
• 1984–1990 — Norm Doerges [25]
• 1993–1995 — Linda Warren [26]
• 1995-2000 — George Kalogridis [27]
• 2000-2001 — Karl Holz [28]
• 2001–2007 — Brad Rex [29]
• 2007–2009 — Jim MacPhee
• 2009–2011 — Dan Cockerell [30]
• 2011 - Rilous Carter [31]
• 2011-2014 — Erin Youngs [32]
• 2014-2015 — Samuel Lau [33]
• Former Vice Presidents of Disney’s Hollywood Stu-
dios (previously Disney-MGM Studios):
• 1989-1994 — Bruce Laval [34]
• 1995-2001 — Malcolm Ross [35]
• 2000-2004 — Tom Wolber [22]
• −2008 — Michael O'Grattan
• 2008-2011 — Rilous Carter [36]
• 2011-2015 — Dan Cockerell[37]
• Former Vice Presidents of Disney’s Animal King-
dom:
• 1999-2001 — Phil Holmes [38]
• 2001-2007 — Dr. Beth Stevens [29]
• 2007-2009 — Val Bunting [39]
• 2009-2010 — Kevin Lansberry [40]
7.2 Corporate culture
• 2010-2013 — Michael Colglazier [41]
• 2013-2014 — Josh D'Amaro [42]
• Former Vice Presidents of Downtown Disney (now
known as Disney Springs): 7.2
• 1996-2000 — Karl Holz [43]
• 2000-2003 — Mark Mrozinski [44]
• 2002-2005 — Ed Baklor [45]
• 2005-2007 — Djuan Rivers
• 2007-2009 — Kevin Lansberry [46]
6 Attendance
Magic Kingdom, the world’s most visited theme park
In 2014, the resort’s four theme parks all ranked in the
top 8 on the list of the 25 most visited theme parks in the
world; (1st) Magic Kingdom - 19,332,000 visitors, (6th)
Epcot - 11,454,000 visitors, (7th) Disney’s Animal King-
dom - 10,402,000 visitors, and (8th) Disney’s Hollywood
Studios - 10,312,000 visitors.[47]
7 Operations
7.1 Employment
When the Magic Kingdom opened in 1971, the site em-
ployed about 5,500 “cast members”. Today, Walt Disney
World employs more than 70,000 cast members, spend-
ing more than $1.2 billion on payroll and $474 million on
benefits each year. The largest single-site employer in the
United States,[55] Walt Disney World has more than 3,700
job classifications. The resort also sponsors and operates
the Walt Disney World College Program, an internship
program that offers American college students (CP’s) the
opportunity to live about 15 miles (24 km) off-site in four
Disney-owned apartment complexes and work at the re-
sort, and thereby provides much of the theme park and re-
sort “front line” cast members. There is also the Walt Dis-
ney World International College Program, an internship
7
program that offers international college students (ICP’s)
from all over the world the same opportunity.
Corporate culture
Walt Disney World’s corporate culture is based in some
respects on that of its older sibling Disneyland, of which
the most interesting is the use of a unique jargon based
on theatrical terminology. This phenomenon is so well
known that travel guidebooks have to include lists of com-
mon terms and abbreviations.[56][57] For example, park
visitors are always “guests”, employees are “cast mem-
bers,” rides are “attractions” or “adventures”, cast mem-
bers costumed as famous Disney characters in a way that
does not cover their faces are known as “face characters”,
jobs are “roles”, and public and nonpublic areas are re-
spectively labeled “onstage” and “backstage”.[56][57]
7.3 Maintenance
In a March 30, 2004 article in the Orlando Sentinel, then-
Walt Disney World president Al Weiss gave some insight
into how the parks are maintained:
• More than 5,000 cast members are dedicated to
maintenance and engineering, including 750 horti-
culturists and 600 painters.
• Disney spends more than $100 million every year
on maintenance at the Magic Kingdom. In 2003, $6
million was spent on renovating its Crystal Palace
restaurant. 90 percent of guests say that the upkeep
and cleanliness of the Magic Kingdom are excellent
or very good.
• The streets in the parks are steam cleaned every
night.
• There are cast members permanently assigned to
painting the antique carousel horses; they use gen-
uine gold leaf.
• There is a tree farm on site so that when a mature
tree needs to be replaced, a thirty-year-old tree will
be available to replace it.
7.4 Transportation
A fleet of Disney-operated buses on property, branded
Disney Transport, is complimentary for guests. In 2007,
Disney Transport started a guest services upgrade to the
buses. SatellGPS systems controlling new public address
systems on the buses give safety information, park tips
and other general announcements, with music. They
are not to be confused with the Disney Cruise Line and
Disney’s Magical Express buses, which are operated by
8 11 REFERENCES

death, Roy O. Disney added the name Walt to Disney

World as a permanent tribute to his brother.
The original Walt Disney World logo featured an over-
sized “D” with a Mickey Mouse-shaped globe containing
latitude and longitude lines, with the property’s name pre-
sented in a blocky, modern, sans-serif font. The original
logo was retired during the resort’s 25th anniversary cel-
ebration in 1996 and was replaced with the current logo,
which features the “Walt Disney” portion of the logo in
the typical Disney corporate signature font and “World”
in a serif font. Remnants of the original logo can still be
found in many places throughout the resort, including the
A Disney Transport bus, one of the transportation modes within SpectroMagic title float, on the front car of each mono-
Walt Disney World rail, manhole covers, survey markers, and flags flown at
several sites across the property. During the resort’s 40th
anniversary celebration in 2011, the original logo began
Mears Transportation. The Walt Disney World Mono- to reappear on merchandise sold at the resort and can still
rail System, also provides transportation at Walt Disney be found on select items sold at various gift shops and
World. They operate on three routes that interconnect at stores at Walt Disney World.
the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC), adjacent to
the Magic Kingdom’s parking lot. One line provides an
express non-stop link from the TTC to the Magic King- 9 Twin town
dom, while a second line provides a link from the TTC to
Epcot. The third line links the TTC and the Magic King-
dom to the Contemporary, Polynesian, and Grand Florid- As part of a competition run by Disney for 2010, Walt
ian resorts. Disney Transport also operates a fleet of wa- Disney World has an unofficial twinning [58][59]
(sister city) with
tercraft, ranging in size from water taxis, up to the fer- Swindon, England, since 2009. Rebecca Warren’s
ries that connect the Magic Kingdom to the Transporta- submission to the competition granted Swindon to be the
tion and Ticket Center. Additionally, Disney Transport twin town of Walt Disney World, which is famous for its
is also responsible for maintaining the fleet of parking lot intersection with six roundabouts. Warren and the mayor
trams that are used for shuttling visitors between the var- of Swindon were invited to a “twinning” ceremony, where
[60]
ious theme park parking lots and their respective main a plaque revealing the connection will be placed.
entrances.
The major roads within the resort (World Drive, Osceola
Parkway and Epcot Center Drive) have segments that are
10 See also
built as freeways with full grade-separated interchanges.
World Drive enters Walt Disney World from U.S. Route • Disney College Program
192 and heads north to the Magic Kingdom Resort Area.
• Incidents at Walt Disney World
Osceola Parkway heads east from the Animal Kingdom
Resort Area to Interstate 4. Epcot Center Drive is a • Rail transport in Disney Parks
freeway for most of its route, running east from World
Drive, past the Epcot parking lot to Interstate 4. Buena • Walt Disney Travel Company
Vista Drive is a major surface street, running east from
• Walt Disney World Casting Center
the Animal Kingdom Resort Area to Disney’s Hollywood
Studios, the Epcot Resort Area, and Disney Springs. • Walt Disney World Company

• Walt Disney World Explorer

8 Name and logo
During the resort’s early planning stages, Walt Disney re-
ferred to the project as Project X, The Florida Project, Dis-
ney World, and The Disney World. Early visual references
used the same medieval font as Disneyland. Walt Disney
was very involved in the site selection and project plan-
ning in the years before his death. The secretive names
were chosen because of the high confidentiality of the
project during the initial planning. After Walt Disney’s
• Walt Disney World Hospitality and Recreation Cor-
poration
• Walt Disney World International Program
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