Walt Disney World opened to the public on October 1, 1971, and has been wildly popular ever since. Disney World is a resort that people travel across the world to visit. This park currently contains multiple different theme parks, water parks, and many hotel resorts. Even to this day, the park continues to add new features that are bigger and better than the last. Disney World attracts over 50 million visitors per year and is labeled the most visited vacation destination in the world. This resort is located in Orlando, Florida and is about 43 square miles.
Many people have heard about Disney World, but don’t know the history of it. It all started because of Disneyland. Walt Disney came up with the idea of Disneyland after visiting another amusement park in Los Angeles. He wanted a place that children and their parents could go and enjoy their time together. Disneyland opened on July 5,1955. After seeing the success that Disneyland had, Walt Disney wanted to expand beyond that. They started the construction of this new theme park on May 30,1967. Unfortunately, Walt Disney became ill and died from lung cancer in 1966, so he wasn’t able to see any of the construction for this park.
Disney World started with just one theme park, Magic Kingdom. This quickly led to the company wanting to expand the park further. The next theme park was called the EPCOT Center, and was opened in 1982. This part of the resort featured several of Walt’s ideas that he wasn’t able to introduce when he was alive. Later that decade, in 1989, the third theme park was opened as Hollywood Studios. This park was inspired by show business, like television and music. Currently, the most recent addition to the parks is the fourth theme park, being Animal Kingdom, which opened in 1998. There are many other additions to the park, but these have been the main 4 so far.
Personally, I’ve never been to Disney World or Disneyland, but I would like to visit someday. The history of these resorts is very interesting and isn’t one that most people would think is as deep as it is. Although Walt Disney wasn’t able to see the creation of this park, I think he would be proud of how it came out, and how successful it turned out to be.
https://disneyconnect.com/disney-history/
https://www.frommers.com/destinations/walt-disney-world/in-depth/history
https://www.floridadaily.com/why-walt-disney-chose-orlando-the-history-of-walt-disney-world/
Have you ever been to Disney World? or Disneyland?
Did you enjoy going if you did?
What is your favorite part about Disney World?
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I have not been to Disney World or Disneyland but i thinik i am going this summer when i go to florida. From what i have heard though Disney World is very busy and it takes forever to get onto rides so personly i think i would rather just go to the beach instead.
That sounds fun, I wish I could go this summer too. It sounds like a fun place to be.
I have been to Disney land once in my life but it was when I was really young. I remember I enjoyed it but dont really remember what we did. My favorite part when I went was the people walking around in costumes but I am not sure what would be my favorite now.
People walking around in costume would be a really fun part of the park. That would be especially fun for small kids.
I have been to disny world when i was 12 yeaers old and i really enjoys it. there were alot of fun rids and was a really cool experiance. i think that my favorite part in disny world was probably avitar in animal kingdom, the ride was very realistic and was a cool expericance.
That sounds fun, there are a lot of things to do there for every age group.
I have never been to Disney World or Disneyland. If I ever went to Florida, I think that I would rather be at the beach then a park. However, I do think that it would be very fun if I ever did decide to go. I think that the food is cool and also the fact they have princesses and characters around the park.
I agree, when my family goes on vacation we usually go hiking or something, not amusement parks.
I have not ever been to Disney World or Disneyland. I am not sure if I would enjoy either of the two because I usually would not want to go on a vacation to a place like this. I think that if I were to go I would find a way to enjoy it!
I agree, I'm sure there would be a way to have fun there, as they have so many things to do for all age groups.
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