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'''Walt Disney Parks and Resorts''' is the division of The_Walt_Disney_Company which manages and builds the theme parks and vacation resorts for which Disney is famous. It is one of the four major units of the company, the other three being Walt Disney Consumer Products, Walt Disney Media Networks, and Walt Disney Studio Entertainment.
The Parks and Resorts division was founded in 1971 as '''Walt Disney Attractions''' when the second Disney park, the Magic_Kingdom at Walt_Disney_World_Resort in Florida, opened and Disney founded a team specifically charged with running this park along with the sixteen year old Disneyland in California.
The chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is James A. "Jay" Rasulo, formerly the chairman of Disneyland Resort Paris.
==Administration==
* Chairman - Walt Disney Parks and Resorts ''Jay_Rasulo''
** President - Disneyland Resort ''Matt_Ouimet''
** President - Walt Disney World Resort ''Al_Weiss''
** President - Tokyo Disney Resort ''Toshio_Kagami''
** President - Disneyland Resort Paris ''Karl_Holz''
** Executive Vice President - Hong Kong Disneyland Resort ''Don_Robinson''
** President - Disney Cruise Line ''Tom_McAlpin''
On Nov. 14, 2005, Rasulo announced a sweeping reorganization of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts leadership: "A new Executive Committee will be established for our business, reporting directly to me, with the responsibility for acting as a leadership body for the Parks and Resorts segment worldwide, providing strategic direction and growth objectives for the entire segment."
The following executives comprise the Parks and Resorts executive committee, as outlined in Rasulo's announcement:
* Meg Crofton will continue her segment-wide responsibility for Human Resources, with added responsibility for Diversity and Inclusion
* Nick Franklin will continue in his responsibility for International Development and Walt Disney Attractions Japan
* Don Goodman will continue to lead Walt_Disney_Imagineering, Walt_Disney_Creative_Entertainment, Disney Regional Entertainment, and Adventures by Disney
* Leslie Goodman will lead Public Affairs teams worldwide
* Jim Hunt continues his segment-wide responsibility for Finance, with added responsibility for Information Technology and Research worldwide
* Michael Mendenhall will lead a newly-formed organization, Global Marketing
* Al_Weiss will have expanded responsibility for operations at our parks and resorts around the world
==Disneyland Resort==
''Main article: Disneyland_Resort.''
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The resort was founded by Walt_Disney in 1955 in Anaheim, California. Disneyland soon became famous all over the world as a place that parents could enjoy with their children. Disneyland_Hotel adjoins the park.
In 2001, the area was officially named "Disneyland Resort" with the opening of Disney's California Adventure, a new resort hotel, and Downtown Disney. Disneyland celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on July_17, 2005.
Properties:
* Disneyland
* Disney's_California_Adventure
* Downtown Disney
* Disneyland_Hotel, Disney's_Grand_Californian_Hotel, Disney's_Paradise_Pier_Hotel (previously Disneyland Pacific Hotel, renamed 2001)
==Walt Disney World Resort==
''Main article: Walt_Disney_World_Resort.''
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The resort opened in 1971 with the Magic Kingdom (similar in layout to Disneyland) and three resort hotels in Lake_Buena_Vista, Florida. The property is twice the size of Manhattan, with only about a quarter of it having been developed to date. It has become the largest tourist destination on Earth, with four theme parks, two water parks, a shopping and entertainment complex, dozens of resort hotels, and eight golf courses.
Properties:
* The Magic_Kingdom
* Epcot
* Disney-MGM_Studios
* Disney's_Animal_Kingdom
* Disney's_Blizzard_Beach water park
* Disney's_Typhoon_Lagoon water park
* Downtown Disney
* Twenty-three resort hotels
==Tokyo Disney Resort==
''Main article: Tokyo_Disney_Resort.''
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Tokyo Disney Resort, located in Urayasu,_Chiba, Japan, opened in 1982. Tokyo Disneyland is designed to resemble Disneyland. In 2001 the resort expanded with Tokyo DisneySea. There are several resort hotels on site, but only two are actually owned by the resort, which boasts the largest parking structure in the world. Tokyo Disney Resort is fully owned and operated by The_Oriental_Land_Company and is licensed by the Walt Disney Company. The resort was built by Walt_Disney_Imagineering, and Disney has a major say in what goes on at the parks - Nick Franklin leads the Walt Disney Attractions Japan team at the Walt Disney Company, which communicates with the Oriental Land Company over all aspects of the Resort, and assigns Imagineers to the Resort.
Properties:
* Tokyo_Disneyland
* Tokyo_DisneySea
* Disney's Ambassador Hotel and Hotel MiraCosta
* Ikspiari
==Disneyland Resort Paris==
''Main article: Disneyland_Resort_Paris.''
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Disney's fourth resort, Disneyland Resort Paris opened in 1992 as Euro Disney Resort. The name was changed in 1994 to fit the romantic image associated with Paris. Despite the name, the resort is not in Paris proper, but in a suburb about 30 km to the east of Paris. The resort has two theme parks, a shopping complex, two camping grounds, and five resort hotels. It is maintained and managed by Euro_Disney_SCA, a company partially owned by the Walt Disney Company and whose stock is traded on Euronext.
Properties:
* Disneyland Park
* Walt_Disney_Studios_Park
* Disney_Village
* Golf_Disneyland
* Disneyland_Hotel, Disney's Hotel New York, Disney's New Port Bay Club Hotel, Disney's_Sequoia_Lodge Hotel, Disney's Hotel Cheyenne, Disney's Hotel Santa Fe, Disney's Davy Crockett Ranch
==Hong Kong Disneyland Resort==
''Main article: Hong_Kong_Disneyland_Resort.''
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Disney's fifth resort (the second in Asia) opened on September_12, 2005. Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is partly owned by Disney and partly owned by the government of Hong_Kong. Current plans are for one theme park and two hotels, with land reserved for future expansion.
Properties:
* Hong_Kong_Disneyland
* Disneyland_Hotel and Disney's Hollywood Hotel
==Disney Cruise Line==
''Main article: Disney_Cruise_Line.''
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Though it is part of the Walt Disney World Resort venture, Disney Cruise Line is an altogether separate branch of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. The Disney Cruise Line was formed in 1995 with the launch of two ships, the "Magic" and the "Wonder". Both ships stop at Disney's private Bahamas island, Castaway_Cay, and were fully designed by Walt_Disney_Imagineering.
Properties:
* Disney_Wonder
* Disney_Magic
* Castaway_Cay
==Abandoned concept==
Disney reportedly had plans to build a park named Disney's_America. The park was to have been located in Virginia, but local opposition to the idea appears to have persuaded Disney not to go forward with it in 1994. http://chotank.com/disneyrom.html
==Future properties==
Disney has made no announcements regarding plans for another theme park at the Florida resort and CEO Robert_Iger has cited international expansion as one of the company's three strategic priorities. It is possible that a fifth park may someday be built at Walt Disney World Resort, due to the enormous expanse of land that Disney owns in Florida. On November_1, 2005, Kevin Yee of MiceAge reported theories and rumours of a fifth Walt Disney World Resort park connected to the $50,000,000 development of a new highway directly into the heart of the resort.
Disney sent scouts to Australia in January 2005 to survey a new site. A likely site is just outside of Sydney (Rumored to be located on the site of the failed Wonderland Park). Scouts are also looking for a suitable site for a Disney resort on mainland China, possibly near Shanghai. Disney announced in July that there would be no new resort on the Chinese mainland before 2010, but a site has been allocated and is three times the size of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, or roughly the size of Disneyland Resort Paris. There is land in Hong Kong Disneyland Resort for a second park. Disney also have plenty of land to use in Disneyland Resort Paris. The only resort that is extremely short on land is Disneyland Resort in California, although Disneyland has enough land to build a third theme park on a former strawberry farm located near the resort, and the remainder of the original parking lot, now behind Disney's California Adventure, will more than likely be demolished to add on to the park.
==Timeline==
===1954-1971===
* '''1954''' - ''Plans for the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, are released to the public
* '''1955''' - ''The Disneyland theme park is dedicated by Walt_Disney''
* '''1965''' - ''Plans for the Florida Project are released to the public''
* '''1966''' - ''A site is found in Lake_Buena_Vista and land is purchased, and Walt_Disney dies''
* '''1971''' - ''The Magic_Kingdom theme park is opened by Roy_O._Disney to the public, and a week later the Walt_Disney_World_Resort officially opens with three hotels''
===1972-1993===
* '''1973''' - ''Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is formed, and plans for EPCOT Center are prepared by Walt_Disney_Imagineering
* '''1982''' - ''Walt Disney World's second theme park, EPCOT Center, opens on the 1st of October 1982''
* '''1983''' - ''The first international Disney theme park, Tokyo_Disneyland, opens in Urayasu, Japan''
* '''1989''' - ''The third theme park at Walt Disney World Resort, Disney-MGM_Studios, opens''
* '''1992''' - ''The second international Disney theme park, Euro Disneyland (now known as Disneyland Park Paris), opens in Marne-la-Vallée, France''
===1994-2005===
* '''1994''' - ''The Walt Disney Company renames Euro Disneyland to Disneyland_Paris, and EPCOT Center to Epcot
* '''1995''' - ''The Walt Disney Company announces plans for Disney's_Animal_Kingdom, the fourth Walt Disney World theme park
* '''1997''' - ''The Walt Disney Company announces Disney's_California_Adventure and Downtown Disney at the Disneyland_Resort''
* '''1998''' - ''The Walt Disney Company announces a five-year plan to open a new theme park at each of their resorts across the globe, beginning with the opening of Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney_Magic is christened''
* '''1999''' - ''Plans are announced for a theme park in the SAR of Hong_Kong and Disney_Wonder is christened''
* '''2001''' - ''Disney's_California_Adventure and Downtown Disney open on reclaimed land at Disneyland_Resort, and Tokyo_DisneySea opens as the second theme park in the Tokyo_Disney_Resort''
* '''2002''' - ''Walt_Disney_Studios_Paris opens as the second theme park near the Disneyland Park Paris, renaming the entire area Disneyland_Resort_Paris''
* '''2005''' - ''Hong_Kong_Disneyland_Resort opens in Hong Kong, and Disneyland celebrates its 50th birthday
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