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Walt Disney World is an entertainment resort located in Orlando, Florida. The whole resort covers 40 square miles, 25000 acres (Walt/Florida).The resort is so large, It’s approximately the same size as San Francisco, in California. Walt Disney is the largest on site employer in America, with about 62000 people employees working there. 16 million people visit the resort annually.
Walt Disney had already built Disneyland in California in 1955, and it was a very big success, having its one millionth guest within 7 weeks of its opening. Because of the parks success, many other hotels and attractions started to pop up right next to the resort. He wanted a park where he could build new attractions whenever he wanted and own enough land to keep other companies away. (History). In 1964 he payed other people to purchase the 25000 acres so the prices would not go up and people would not know about his plan to build a new park. Disney died on December 15 1966, five years before the parks opening. After his death Walt Disney’s brother Roy Disney carried out the construction of the resort.
The resort was opened on 1 October 1971, with the Palm and Magnolia Golf Courses, Magic Kingdom, Contemporary Resort Hotel, Polynesian Village and Fort Wilderness. The first visitors to the resort that day was William Windsor and his family. October 23-25 the World Symphony Orchestra led the first parade. During the opening Roy Disney announced that the park would be named Walt Disney World in memory of his brother. The record attendance that year was 69,468 people on December 29 (Walt/History).
In December of the opening year Roy Disney also passed away. The park was taken over by a team that had already been mentored by the Disney brothers. The team ad...

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