Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the segment of
The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds, and manages the company's
theme parks and
holiday resorts, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises. It is one of four major business segments of the company, the other three being Consumer Products, Media Networks, and Studio Entertainment. The
Parks and Resorts division was founded in 1971 as Walt Disney Attractions when Disney's second theme park, the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, opened, joining the original Disneyland in California. There are 5 Disney Parks around the world:
1) The
Disneyland Resort was
founded as a single park by Walt Disney on July 17, 1955, in Anaheim, California.
In 2001, the area was
officially named the Disneyland Resort with the opening of Disney's California
Adventure Park, two new resort hotels and the Downtown Disney retail, dining
and entertainment district. The resort occupies 500 acres which are divided
into parks, shopping centers, and resorts.
2) The Walt Disney World
Resort opened Oct. 1, 1971, with
the Magic Kingdom (similar in layout to Disneyland) and three resort hotels
a few miles southwest of Orlando. The property is twice the size of Manhattan,
with about a quarter of it having been developed to date. It has become the
most popular tourist destination on Earth, with four theme parks, two water
parks, a shopping and entertainment complex, 20 resort hotels and eight golf
courses.Walt
Disney World Resort is the largest and most visited recreational resort
in the world, containing four theme parks; two water parks; twenty-three
themed hotels; and numerous shopping, dining, entertainment and recreation
venues.
3) Tokyo Disney Resort, located in Urayasu, Chiba,
Japan, opened April 15, 1983. On Sept. 4, 2001, the resort expanded with
Tokyo DisneySea.
There are several resort hotels on site, but only three are actually owned
by the resort, which boasts the largest parking structure in the world.
4). Disneyland
Paris, Disney's second resort complex outside
the United States, opened April 12, 1992, as Euro Disney Resort. Located
in Marne-la-Vallée in the suburbs of Paris, France, it features two
theme parks, a golf course, an entertainment complex and six Disney resort
hotels.
5). Hong Kong Disneyland, Disney's fifth resort and
its second in Asia, opened September 12, 2005. The resort is located in Penny's
Bay,
Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Currently, the resort consists of one theme park
and two
hotels, with land reserved for future expansion.
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