Resort development timeline
A popular misconception is that the resort exists in Orlando. In fact, the entire Walt Disney World property is outside Orlando city limits; the majority sits within southwestern Orange County with the remainder in adjacent Osceola County to the south.
Most of Walt Disney World's Central Florida land and all of the public areas are located in the cities of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, located southwest of Orlando and a few miles northwest of Kissimmee. The creation of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which is separate from any other municipality, has allowed the Disney Corporation and the Walt Disney World Resort to influence governmental powers over the area and not be impeded by local governments. For example, Disney rides cannot be closed down by the state's Bureau of Fair Rides Inspection
Properties
Walt Disney World Resort features four theme parks, each represented by an iconic structure:
Other Attractions include:
Downtown Disney consists of three sections (Marketplace, Pleasure Island, and West Side), contains many shopping, dining, and entertainment venues. This includes DisneyQuest, the House of Blues, a Planet Hollywood and a permanent Cirque du Soleil show (La Nouba).
A third water park (River Country) was operated from 1976 to 2001.
Walt Disney World Resort once covered a total of 47 square miles (120 km²), about the size of San Francisco or Manchester. or twice the size of Manhattan.
The Magic Kingdom (Cinderella Castle)
Epcot (Spaceship Earth, the geodesic sphere.)
Disney-MGM Studios (will be renamed Disney's Hollywood Studios in January 2008) (The Sorcerer's Hat; formerly the Earful Tower)
Disney's Animal Kingdom (The Tree of Life)
Typhoon Lagoon
Blizzard Beach
Disney Boardwalk
Disney's Wide World of Sports
Disney Western Way Development (Planned)
Downtown Disney
- DisneyQuest Features
The Walt Disney World resort also includes six world-class golf courses. The five 18-hole golf courses are the Magnolia, the Palm, Lake Buena Vista, Eagle Pines, and Osprey Ridge. There is also a nine-hole walking course called Oak Trail, designed for young golfers. Together, they are known as Disney's "99 holes of golf." In March, 2007 it was announced that the Four Seasons hotel chain would operate and manage a new hotel to be built overlooking the Osprey Ridge Golf Course, expected to open in 2010. The Eagle Pines course will also be closed and the land redeveloped with single and multifamily vacation homes.
There are two miniature golf courses, Fantasia Gardens and Winter Summerland.
Walt Disney World paved the way for many other theme parks and attractions in the area and helped make Orlando a popular tourist destination for people from all over the world.
Other local attractions
When the Magic Kingdom opened in 1971, the Walt Disney World Resort employed about 5,500 "cast members". Today it employs more than 58,000, spending more than $1.1 billion on payroll and $478 million on benefits each year. The largest single-site employer in the United States There are warnings on the ride regarding people with certain pre-existing health conditions. There is also a section of the ride that subjects the riders to less motion.
More than 5,000 cast members are dedicated to maintenance and engineering, including 750 horticulturists 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% 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 genuine 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. Employment, maintenance, and statistics
Hotels
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