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Disney Parks, Experiences and Products

September 01, 2023

Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Inc., formerly Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and informally known as Disney Parks, is one of The Walt Disney Company's three major business segments and a division of that company.[2] It was founded on April 1, 1971, exactly six months before the opening of Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, just outside of Orlando.

Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Inc.
Corporate logo for the subsidiary
Disney Parks brand logo
Formerly
  • Walt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division (1980–1989)
  • Walt Disney Attractions (1989–2008)
  • Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (2008–2018)
  • Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products (2018)[1]
TypeDivision[2]
Predecessors
FoundedApril 1, 1971; 52 years ago (1971-04-01)
Headquarters
Lake Buena Vista, Florida[3]
Glendale, California
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Josh D'Amaro (Chairman)
ProductsBooks, Games, Clothing
ServicesTheme parks, hotel lodging, cruises, timeshares, guided tours, travel packages, attraction design, licensing
ParentThe Walt Disney Company
Divisions
Subsidiaries
Websitedpep.disney.com

Originally, the company was known as Walt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division and later as Walt Disney Attractions. The most recent chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts was Bob Chapek, formerly president of Disney Consumer Products. Chapek was promoted to CEO of The Walt Disney Company on February 25, 2020.[4][5] On May 18, 2020, Josh D'Amaro was appointed as chairman of the division, succeeding Chapek. In 2018, the company's theme parks hosted over 157.3 million guests, making Disney Parks the world's most visited theme park company worldwide,[6] with United Kingdom-based Merlin Entertainments coming in second at 67 million guests. It is by far Disney's largest business segment according to employee headcount, with approximately 130,000[7] of the company's 180,000 employees as of 2015.[8] In March 2018, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media was merged into Parks and Resorts and renamed Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. In September 2020, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products laid off 28,000 employees in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

Background Edit

Main article: Disneyland, Inc.

Originally, entry into the theme park and travel business was a side project of Walt Disney himself. As the Disneylandia project started to become a reality, Walt Disney Productions at Walt's request set up Disneyland, Inc. (DLI) in 1951 and agreed to a design deal in March 1953 with WED Enterprises (WED), Walt's personal corporation, which then included what would now be called Walt Disney Imagineering.[10][CDL 1] With the WED concept designs and prospectus for Disneylandia, Roy Disney in September 1953 met with TV networks in a deal for Disney-produced TV show and Disneyland investment. American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres (AB-PT) agreed to the Disneyland, Inc. investment.[10] Joining AB-PT as Disneyland investors were Walt Disney Productions (WDP), Western Publishing and Walt Disney.[CDL 2] Walt Disney Productions had the option to repurchase the Walt Disney, WED and Western Publishing shares (31%) by May 1, 1959, for $562,500.[11]

With a need for the Disneyland Hotel nearby and no funding available for Disney to build it, Walt Disney approached Jack Wrather to build the hotel who agreed.[12]

Disneyland, changed from Disneylandia, was announced in April 1954 by Walt to be opened in July 1955.[CDL 3][CDL 4] On July 17, 1955, the Disneyland park opened with five themed "lands" containing eighteen attractions with double the expected guests.[CDL 5] WED owned Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad opened, too.[13]

On June 29, 1957, Disney Production exercised its options to purchase all but AB-PT's common stock outstanding. This allowed WDP to consolidate DLI into its 1957 annual accounting statements adding four months' worth of net profits, $511K.[14] In June 1960, Walt Disney Productions completed the purchase of AB-PT's share of the company for nearly $7.5 million and its TV contract, and the theme park became a fully owned subsidiary of Walt Disney Productions.[CDL 6]

History Edit

Beginning in 1958 with the contracting of Economics Research Associates (ERA) to find a location for another Disney resort, Disney Productions moved beyond a single park. ERA recommended Florida; another study in 1961 named Ocala or Orlando in Florida as possible locations. In November 1963, Walt Disney made a trip to Florida for final site selection.[CDW 1]:333, 334 In 1962, Disney Productions purchased Celebrity Sports Center (opened on September 17, 1960, in Denver, Colorado) from its owners, including Walt Disney, Art Linkletter, and John Payne, to use as a staff training center for its second resort.[15] In 1963, Roy made plans to buy from 5,000 to 10,000 acres (2,000 to 4,000 ha), which was carried out in 1964, amassing 27,443 acres (11,106 ha) by October 1965.[CDW 2][CDW 3] Plans for the Florida project that would eventually become Walt Disney World were announced to the public in November 1965.[CDW 3] Legislation forming the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the Reedy Creek Improvement Act, was signed into law by Florida Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr. on May 12, 1967, allowing Disney to build the infrastructure for the second park.[CDW 4] Ground breaking followed for the future Reedy Creek park on May 30.[CDW 5] In Roy O. Disney's last act as CEO in 1968, he officially named the second park Walt Disney World.[CDW 1]:357

Disneyland International was incorporated on November 20, 1961.[16] The next year, The Oriental Land Company contacted Disney about building a theme park.[17]

In 1959, the WED-owned Disneyland-Alweg Monorail System was installed at Disneyland.[13][18]

The first Audio-Animatronic attraction, Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, opened at Disneyland in 1963.[19] Disneyland's first new themed land, New Orleans Square, opened in 1966. Tomorrowland was revamped in 1967 with seven new attractions.[18] The design and architectural group and the WED Enterprise name was purchased from Walt's corporation, renamed as Retlaw Enterprise.[13]

Disney expanded into attractions at the 1964 New York World's Fair with It's a Small World[20] and costumed character appearances. When the characters proved a hit at the 1964 World's Fair, Walt wanted another outlet for "live" characters; thus, Disneyland put on Disney on Parade, a self-produced live arena show starting in 1969.[21][22] Small World and its famous song lasted two years at the fair; it was then moved to Disneyland as an expanded major attraction in 1966 and later duplicated in the other Disney theme parks.[20]

In 1965, Walt Disney won a bid with the US Forest Service to develop Mineral King as a ski resort. The Sierra Club sued in June 1969 to stop the development, which was granted by the federal district judge. The Forest Service appealed and won at the appeal and the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruling left open to the club the possibility of refiling. In the next round of lawsuits, the same district judge blocked the redevelopment. The injunction and the passage of the National Environmental Policy Act led to Disney backing out.[23]

$40 million worth of Walt Disney Productions Convertible Debentures were sold in January 1968 to fund Disney World (WDW). The next year in February, an agreement was made with multiple labor unions, in which the unions exchanged the right to strike for regular pay increases during the first building phase.[CDW 6] By 1971, chairman of the Park Operations Committee and vice president of park operations Dick Nunis was appointed executive vice president of Disneyland and Walt Disney World.[24]

Walt Disney World began operation on October 1, 1971, with the Magic Kingdom park at a cost of $400 million. The Magic Kingdom had six themed lands: Main Street, Adventureland, Fantasyland, Frontierland, Liberty Square, and Tomorrowland.[CDW 7] Additionally, Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort campground and two hotels, Disney's Contemporary Resort and Disney's Polynesian Village Resort, also opened.[CDW 8]

Disneyland expanded in 1972 with a seventh themed land, Bear Country, replacing the Indian Village of Frontierland, and later renamed Critter Country. In 1979, the Disneyland crafts and maintenance union workers went on strike for 15 days, at first, rejecting and then accepting the park's contract.[18] Space Mountain opens at Disneyland in 1977.[18]

Two more hotels opened in 1973 at Walt Disney World: the Golf Resort[25] and the Gold Resort;[CDW 9] Disney opened the Buena Vista Club golf club in Lake Buena Vista on November 22, 1974.[CDW0 1]:71 Lake Buena Vista Village, the shopping area, opened on March 22, 1975[CDW0 1] and was renamed Walt Disney World Village in 1977.[26]:280 Celebrity Sports Center, Disney World's training center, was sold on March 29, 1979.[15]

At Walt Disney World, the Treasure Island nature preserve pens opened on April 8, 1974,[CDW0 2]:569 renamed Discovery Island in 1977.[CDW0 1]:126 On July 1, 1975, the WEDway PeopleMover opened in the Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland.[CDW0 3] The first water park, River Country, opened on June 20, 1976 at Disney World.[CDW0 4]:22 EPCOT Center's groundbreaking occurred at Walt Disney World in May 1979.[CDW0 5]

In 1979, Oriental Land and Disney agreed to build a Japanese theme park.[17] Tokyo Disneyland opened on April 15, 1983 on 200 acres (80 ha) in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.[27]

Walt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division Edit

With the retirement of Donn Tatum as Walt Disney Productions' Chairman and CEO on June 3, 1980, three divisions were formed, including the Walt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division, of which Disney Legend, Dick Nunis was named division president.[CDW0 6] Disneyland started using Disney Dollars on May 5, 1987,[CDL4 1] while Walt Disney World parks started with Epcot on October 2.[CDW1 1] A renegotiated Disneyland Japan royalty agreement in April 1988 by Chief Financial Officer Gary L. Wilson netted Disney US$723 million in cash in exchange for lower royalty payments.[CDW0 7]

The steam railroad and monorail at Disneyland were purchased from Retlaw Enterprises, formerly WED Enterprises, in 1982.[18] Bear Country was renamed Critter Country on November 23, 1988.[CDL4 2]

Tishman Company's plans for two Walt Disney World hotels were rejected by the new CEO Michael Eisner on September 30, 1984, marking a change in Disney architecture. New plans for the Dolphin and Swan hotels were submitted by Michael Graves in July 1986;[CDW1 2] ground breaking took place on January 28, 1988.[CDW1 3] The first non-Disney owned hotel, Pickett Suite Resort, opened in Disney World Village on March 15, 1987.[CDW1 4]

On June 1, 1982, the Walt Disney World monorail line was extended to EPCOT Center from the Transportation and Ticket Center.[CDW0 1]:338 The EPCOT Center theme park opened on October 1, 1982, at a building cost of US$1.2 billion, with two areas, Future World and World Showcase.[CDW0 8]:272

Plans for a Hollywood-style theme park were announced in April 1985 for the Walt Disney World resort at a project cost of US$300 million.[CDW1 5] In April 1985, Disney signed a licensing agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), giving Disney the right to use the MGM name, logo and movie library for this third park.[28] Construction of the Disney-MGM Studios theme park began in 1986.[CDW1 6] Disney-MGM Studios opened on May 1, 1989,[CDW1 7] along with a Pleasure Island entertainment area;[CDW1 8] its second water park, Disney's Typhoon Lagoon, opened on June 1.[CDW1 9] In 1983, Walt Disney World Village's name was changed to the Disney Village Marketplace.[CDW1 10] A new themed area, Mickey's Birthdayland, opened in the Magic Kingdom near Fantasyland on June 18, 1988.[CDW1 11]

In 1987, Disney and Ron Brierley's Industrial Equity (Pacific) Ltd., already a 28% owner of the Wrather Corporation, agreed to purchase the remaining Wrather Corporation stock with a 50% share each.[29][30] Wrather Corporation owned the Disneyland Hotel and operated the Queen Mary and Spruce Goose tourist attractions.[29] In March 1988, Disney purchased Industrial Equity's half of Wrather Corporation.[30]

In 1985, Premier Cruise Line became the licensed partner cruise line with Disney. This allowed Disney characters on their ships and combined cruise, hotel, and theme park packages.[31]

Walt Disney Attractions Edit

The Walt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division was incorporated as Walt Disney Attractions, Inc. on August 10, 1989.[32] In January 1990, Disney CEO Eisner announced plans to expand both Disneyland (by 20% in 10 years)[CDC 1] and Walt Disney World (WDW). The plan would have WDW add another theme park and 16 new attractions in Disney-MGM Studios.[CDW2 1] Disney and The Coca-Cola Company agreed to a 15-year marketing contract on January 25: Coca-Cola products would be exclusive in Disney theme parks, and Coca-Cola would use some Disney characters in their ads.[CDC 2] On March 16, 1990, Attractions president Nunis announced a 25-year plan for a 4,400-acre (1,800 ha) development in Osceola, Florida, with homes, shopping malls and industrial buildings.[CDC 3]

In 1990, the possibility of a West Coast version of Epcot Center was placed in development.[CDC 4] This was announced as WestCOT in 1991, to be placed at the Disneyland Resort.[18] On July 31, 1990, a new 350-acre (140 ha) ocean-themed park and resort, Port Disney, was announced for Long Beach. Port was to have a cruise-ship terminal, five hotels, restaurants, and shopping areas, costing $2 billion to build.[CDC 5] On December 12, 1991, Disney selected only one California project to go forward with, Disneyland Resort, which was to include the WestCOT Center, hotels, a shopping mall, and a lake.[CDL5 1] Port Disney was abandoned in March 1992, and Disney canceled its leases on the Queen Mary and Spruce Goose attractions picked up from the Wrather Corporation.[CDC 6] Mickey's Toontown, a new themed land at Disneyland, opened on January 24, 1993.[CDL5 2] Disney canceled its plans for WestCOT in mid-1995 due to financial issues at Disneyland Paris and the park's projected high cost. That park was then replaced by plans for the California Adventure park, hotels, and a retail district.[33]

At Walt Disney World, Mickey's Birthdayland closed on April 22, 1991, then reopened on May 26 as Mickey's Starland.[CDW2 2]324, 329, 333 In order to expand Disney World on wetland, on April 23, 1993, the company agreed to form an 8,500-acre (3,400 ha) wilderness preserve in Florida, known as the Disney Wilderness Preserve.[CDW2 3] The Disney Inn hotel was leased starting February 1, 1994, by the US Army, then purchased on January 12, 1996, and later renamed Shades of Green.[CDW2 2]130 Planet Hollywood opened a location in Pleasure Island on December 17, 1994.[CDW1 12] The third water park at Walt Disney World, Disney's Blizzard Beach, opened on April 1, 1995.[CDW3 1] The Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland was completely refurbished and reopened in June 1995.[CDW3 2] Taking up a corner of the Magic Kingdom parking lot, the Walt Disney World Speedway opened on November 28, 1995.[CDW3 3] In 1996, the Disney Institute opened on February 9,[CDW3 4] and Disney's BoardWalk opened on July 1.[CDW3 5] The first of the World of Disney stores opened in the Disney Village Marketplace on October 3.[CDW3 6] The Downtown Disney district opened in November 1997, combining Disney Village Marketplace and Pleasure Island.[CDW3 7] A fourth theme park, Disney's Animal Kingdom, opened at Disney World the week of April 20, 1998.[34]

The first Disney Vacation Club Resorts, Vacation Club Resort, opened on October 1, 1991, and was renamed Disney's Old Key West Resort in January 1996. These vacation club hotels were operated by Disney Vacation Developments, Inc. as vacation timeshares.[CDW2 4] The first off-resort vacation club hotel was Vacation Club Resort, which opened on October 1, 1995, in Vero Beach, Florida.[CDC 7]

In 1993, Premier Cruises discontinued its partnership with Disney for one with Warner Bros. After failing to reach agreements with Carnival or Royal Caribbean, Disney announced in 1994 the formation of its cruise line. The Disney Cruise Line launched with the Disney Magic ship in 1998 along with its exclusive resort island port of Castaway Cay.[31]

Disney reportedly had plans to build a park named Disney's America. The park was to have been located in Haymarket, Virginia; 2,300 acres (930 ha) of property were purchased from Exxon in 1993.[CDC 8] The history-themed park was announced on November 11, 1993. The plans for the 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) called for a 150-acre (61 ha) amusement park, a campground, a golf course, 2 million square feet (190,000 m2) of office/commercial space, and 2500 homes.[CDC 9] With projections indicating that the park would operate at a loss and with opposition in the press, Disney canceled the project on September 15, 1994.[CDC 10]

Walt Disney Imagineering created Disney Fair, a U.S. traveling attraction, which premiered in September 1996. The fair was poorly attended and was pulled after a few stops. Disney Entertainment Projects (Asia Pacific) Inc., a new Disney Asian Pacific subsidiary, selected a renamed fair called DisneyFest as its first project, taking it to Singapore to open there on October 30, 1997.[35]

In November 1995, Disney announced the building of Tokyo DisneySea, to be owned by Oriental along with Tokyo Disneyland.[27] Oriental and Disney signed the DisneySea licensing agreement in November 1997; the theme park was scheduled to open in 2001 at a cost of $2.6 billion.[36]

In December 1998, Walt Disney Attractions added Disneyland Paris, Disney Regional Entertainment and Walt Disney Imagineering to its portfolio, which already held Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland, and Tokyo Disneyland. Chairman Dick Nunis retired at the same time.[37] On October 31, 1999, Walt Disney Attractions, Inc. was merged into Walt Disney Attractions, LLC.[38]

On June 19, 1998, Disney Regional Entertainment opened its first DisneyQuest, a location-based entertainment venue, at Downtown Disney West Side in Walt Disney World.[39] The first DisneyQuest outside of a resort was opened in Chicago on June 16, 1999, with plans for more locations worldwide.[40]

In 1999, plans were announced for a new resort in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Disneyland, as a joint venture, Hong Kong International Theme Parks Ltd., between the Hong Kong Government and Disney Resorts.[41] The Disney Wonder cruise ship began operation on August 15.[42] Disney World's Discovery Island was closed on April 8, 1999.[43]

Disney Destinations Edit

Walt Disney Attractions, LLC changed its name to Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, LLC on April 14, 2000, then to Disney Destinations, LLC on April 25, 2006.[44] Tokyo DisneySea at Tokyo Disney Resort opened on September 4, 2001.[45] The Walt Disney Company in selling its Japanese and US chains decided to keep the Disney Stores in Europe, along with the store in Manhattan, which was converted into a World of Disney store run by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts in 2004.[46]

Downtown Disney opened at the Disneyland Resort on January 12, 2001, between Disneyland and the future California Adventure.[CDC 11] Disney California Adventure Park opened at the Disneyland Resort on February 8, 2001, with three major areas: Paradise Pier, Hollywood Pictures Backlot, and the Golden State.[33] In California Adventure on October 6, 2002, A Bug's Land area opened.[CDC 12] Parks and Resorts chairman Jay Rasulo announced at Disney's D23 Expo in Anaheim, California on September 12, 2009, that Walt Disney World's Fantasyland would be overhauled and increased in size by 2013.[CDC 13] A $1 billion expansion/renovation of Disney California Adventure Park was announced in 2007 to be completed by 2012.[47]

River Country water park closed on November 2, 2001.[CDC 14][48] Disney-MGM Studios is renamed Disney's Hollywood Studios in January 2008.[49] Pleasure Island's core remaining six nightclubs were closed down in late 2008 to change the area to match the family friendly make-up of the other two sections of Downtown Disney at Disney World.[50]

Walt Disney Studios Park opened March 16, 2002, as the second theme park at the renamed Disneyland Resort Paris. The first park was renamed Disneyland Park (DLP).[CDC 15] DLP Paris opened in August 2000 Toy Story Playland with three attractions.[51]

Construction on Hong Kong Disneyland began on January 12, 2003,[52] then opened September 12, 2005.[CDC 16] Groundbreaking occurred at Hong Kong Disneyland in December 2009 for a three land expansion: Mystic Point, Grizzly Gulch, and Toy Story Land.[CDC 17]

In June 2005, Disney Magic made the first cruise outside of the Caribbean, by moving its port for the summer to Los Angeles with a Mexican Riviera schedule.[42] Disney Cruise Line ordered a new 2 ships class from Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany by February 22, 2007.[42][CDC 18] The Magic in May 2007 transferred its homeport to Barcelona, Spain, for the lines' first summer Mediterranean itinerary then returned to its permanent port in September.[42]

The Chicago DisneyQuest location was closed in September 2001.[53] Disney Parks started the Adventures by Disney tour vacation business in 2005.[54] Disney entered a float, "The Most Magical Celebration on Earth", into the 2006 Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade.[CDC 19]

In October 2007, Disney announced plans to build a resort at Ko Olina Resort & Marina in Kapolei, Hawaii, featuring both a hotel and Disney Vacation Club timeshare units. The 800-unit property, named Aulani, opened in 2011 and joined the other resorts not associated with a theme park, such as Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort in South Carolina.[55]

With the Walt Disney World Millennium Celebration starting on October 1, 2000, sanctioned Disney pin trading was started.[CDC 20][CDC 21] In 2001, the Themed Entertainment Association gave Disney Parks and Resorts the Thea Award for Breakthrough Innovation for the park's FastPass system.[CDC 22]

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide Edit

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. was incorporated on September 29, 2008,[2] and took over the parks and resorts business segment. Disney Parks and Resorts reorganized in early 2009 which included layoffs in all units due to recession-induced falling attendance. 600 U.S. managers in January were buyout packages. Worldwide Operations was formed under President Al Weiss in 2009. Worldwide Operations would take over various back-office functions previously performed by both Disney World and Disneyland including training, procurement, menu planning, and merchandise development. While its Walt Disney Imagineering subsidiary combined its three development units.[56]

In November 2009, Disney received approval from the Chinese government to build a Disneyland resort in Shanghai's Pudong district.[57] The resort opened on June 16, 2016.[58]

California Adventure completed its overhaul in 2012 adding two new lands: Cars Land and Buena Vista Street. The overhaul also included a re-themed of several attractions plus a pair of classic dark rides.[47] In July 2017, it was announced that Paradise Pier land would be replaced by Pixar Pier,[59] with four neighborhoods, and the remainder not in Pixar Pier would be replaced by Paradise Park. Pixar Pier opened on June 23, 2018.[60]

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, a 14-acre (5.7 ha) themed land for both Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios announced at the D23 Expo on August 15, 2015.[61] Construction began at both locations on April 14, 2016.[62] The lands at both parks opened in 2019.[63]

The New Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom opened on December 6, 2012. It is the biggest upgrade to the theme park since its opening in 1971.[64] Announced along with its new Star Wars Land expansion at the D23 Expo on August 15, 2015, Hollywood Studios was slated to have a version of Toy Story Land.[65]

Holz became president of New Vacation Operations of Parks & Resorts[66] reporting to Al Weiss, president of worldwide operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.[67] by April 2008.[68] In February 2009, Holz returned to the presidency of Disney Cruise Line in addition to his continuing as head of New Vacation Operations,[66] which was primarily Adventures by Disney. As an extension of the "One Disney" initiative and the resignation of Weiss, Disney Vacation Club was added to New Vacation Operations. While Holz and Meg Crofton joined Disney Parks and Resorts executive committee in July 2011. At that time, Crofton was transferred from Disney World president to president of operations in the U.S. and France, a new positions.[67]

The Disney Dream ship began service in January 2011 and Disney Cruise Line (DCL) announced the maiden voyage of the Disney Fantasy to be March 31, 2012. The Dream deployment allowed Disney Wonder to be stationed at Port of Los Angeles for Mexican Riviera cruises,[69] but initial served in the short Alaska cruise season.[31] Magic moved to New York for Canadian or Bahama cruises starting May 25, 2012.[CDC 23] DCL's Magic was refitted in late 2013.[70]

The first of three expansion theme lands at Hong Kong Disneyland, Toy Story Land, opened on November 18, 2011.[71] Grizzly Gulch opened at Hong Kong Disneyland on July 13, 2012.[72] The final land of this expansion, Mystic Point, opened at Hong Kong Disneyland on May 17, 2013.[73]

On February 5, 2015, it was announced that Tom Staggs had been promoted to Disney Company Chief operating officer but would continue as chairman of Parks and Resorts until his successor was named.[74] On February 23, 2015, Robert Chapek was named chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts effective that day.[75]

On April 29, 2015, The Walt Disney Company, through the subsidiary, Carousel Holdings Eat LLC, has purchased Carousel Inn & Suites hotel in Anaheim, from Good Hope International for $32 million. The purchase was considered a strategic purchase; the hotel would not be considered a part of the Disneyland hotel portfolio and would operate independently.[76] Disney indicated in August 2016, that the company would be closing the Carousel Inn in October 2016 in preparation for razing it as part of plans to construct a new parking structure, transit plaza and pedestrian bridge over Harbor Boulevard.[77]

On February 10, 2017, Disney revealed a deal to purchase Kingdom Holding Co.'s shares of Euro Disney S.C.A. as the first step in purchasing the remaining shares held by others. Disney has offered about $2.12 a share, a 67% premium over the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange value as of February 9. The company expects the buyout and delisting to be finished by June. Plans are for the company to invest another $1.4 billion into Disneyland Paris after the buyout to counteract the recent Paris terrorist attack, which hurt a previous 2014 park hotel investment. If this buyout is successful, it would make the resort the only resort 100% owned and operated by Disney outside of the United States of America.[78] On June 13, 2017, The Walt Disney Company reached the 95% threshold required for a mandatory takeover according to French law, owning 97.08% of Euro Disney S.C.A., paving the way for The Walt Disney Company to become the sole owner and operator of Disneyland Paris.[79]

Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Edit

See also: Disney Consumer Products § Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media

As part of The Walt Disney Company's March 2018 strategic reorganization, Disney Consumer Products, and Interactive Media was merged into the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts segment and renamed Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek was named chairman of this new segment, who also previously served as head of Disney Consumer Products.[1] At the time, the Consumer Products chairman position was vacant, as its former holder, James Pitaro, had been recently appointed as the new head of ESPN and co-chair of Disney Media Networks.[80]

In March 2018, a Disney Parks West regional division was formed with Disneyland Resort in California, Walt Disney World in Florida, and Disneyland Paris under Catherine Powell, outgoing Disneyland Paris president. This mirrors the Disney Parks East regional division consisting of Shanghai Disney Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland and Walt Disney Attractions Japan and headed by Michael Colglazier. Imagineering was expected to take on the development of merchandise, games, publishing, and apps. Paul Gainer moved up from Disney Retail head to head up the new Global Product Management and Distribution unit, which includes Disney Retail, Global Licensing, and digital guest experience.[81][82][83]

New Vacation Operations and Disney Cruise Line division was renamed Disney Signature Experiences along with a new president, Jeff Vahle, for the division in April 2018.[84] On January 1, 2019, Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products changed its name to Disney Parks, Experiences and Products.[85] Disney Cruise Line purchase in early March 2019 another Bahamas destination, Lighthouse Point property on the island of Eleuthera.[86] In July 2019, Disney denied reports of plans to launch its own airline with the purchase of small regional airlines in the United States.[87][88]

With the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by August 2019, National Geographic Partners' non-TV operations were transferred into its Disney counterpart with NG Media and National Geographic Expeditions moving to the segment's units, Disney Publishing Worldwide and Disney Signature Experiences, respectively.[89]

Powell supervised the two Star Wars-themed land, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, openings in May at Disneyland and August 2019 in Disney's Hollywood Studios. However, initial numbers showed an attendance dropped instead of the boost such an opening should have generated. In late September, Powell left the company with the Parks West regional division being dissolved, thus having those resorts' executives directly report to chairman Chapek.[90] He denied that Powell was let go because of the low attendance issue from Galaxy's Edge, but instead, Powell's position was a temporary one to allow Chapek to focus on the acquisition of 21st Century Fox.[91]

Powell's departure from Disney was soon followed by a domino of executive appointments, as announced on September 26, 2019.[91] George Kalogridis, then-president of the Walt Disney World Resort, was promoted as the president of segment development and enrichment. Kalogridis is replaced by Josh D'Amaro, then-president of the Disneyland Resort, as president of the Walt Disney World Resort. In turn, D'Amaro was replaced by Rebecca Campbell as president of the Disneyland Resort. Campbell transferred from the Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International segment where she served as the president of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Both D'Amaro and Campbell assumed these roles in November 2019. In addition, Michael Colglazier is also promoted as the president and managing director of Disney Parks International and will oversee Disneyland Paris as well as those under the Parks East regional division.[92] In February 2020, Chapek was promoted from chairman of this segment to chief executive officer of the Walt Disney Company under executive chairman Bob Iger.[93]

With the closure of all Disney parks in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic, Disney donated 150,000 rain ponchos usually sold at the parks to MedShare, to be distributed in hospitals.[94]

In May 2020, CEO Chapek named new appointees under the Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products segment. Succeeding Chapek as chairman of this segment is Josh D'Amaro, then-president of the Walt Disney World Resort. Jeff Vahle, then-president of Disney Signature Experiences, replaced D'Amaro as president of the Walt Disney World Resort. Thomas Mazloum, senior vice president for transportation and resort operations at the Walt Disney World Resort, succeeded Vahle as president of Disney Signature Experiences. In addition, Kareem Daniel, former president of operations/product creation/publishing/games at Walt Disney Imagineering, was named president of consumer products, games and publishing.[95] Ken Potrock replaced Rebecca Campbell as president of the Disneyland Resort;[95] Campbell returned to the Director-to-Consumer & International segment as its chairman, replacing Kevin Mayer.[96]

On July 15, 2020, it was announced that Jill Estorino, then-executive vice president, global marketing and sales, replaced Michael Colglazier as president and managing director of Disney Parks International, supervising Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Shanghai Disney Resort.[97]

On September 28, 2020, D'Amaro announced the difficult decision to lay off over 28,000 employees in the parks division, many of them being part-time workers. D'Amaro cited the uncertainty of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as well as California's continued reluctance to reopen Disneyland as factors.[98] Nearly 6,700 Central Florida employees, including almost 6,500 Disney World workers, were also among those laid off.[99] On October 13, 2020, Disney CEO and former Disney Park, Experiences and Products head Bob Chapek agreed to keep Disney World at only 25% capacity until the Center For Disease Control (CDC) issued new guidance and also stated that with regards to reopening Disneyland, "It's not much of a negotiation. It's pretty much a mandate that we stay closed."[100] Disneyland Resort was finally allowed to reopen on April 30, 2021, after a 412-day closure.[101]

Historically, Imagineering and certain other Disney units merged into DPEP were physically headquartered in the Los Angeles metropolitan area (near the Walt Disney Company's film and television divisions)—even as the rapid growth of Walt Disney World meant that by the start of the 21st century, most Disney U.S. domestic theme park jobs were based in Florida, not California. In July 2021, it was reported that approximately 2,000 DPEP positions would be transferred over the next couple of years to a new 60-acre corporate campus in the Lake Nona area of Orlando, Florida, and it was later reported that fall that as many as 90% of the transferred positions would be Imagineering positions.[102][103] The relocation was reportedly motivated in part by $570 million in tax breaks from the state of Florida, as well as Florida's business-friendly climate, lower cost of living, and lack of a state income tax.[102][103]

Leadership Edit

Disney resorts Edit

See also: List of Disney theme park attractions

The New York Times has noted that "the sun never sets on a Disney theme park".[104]

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Locations of Disney resorts —   International   US direct reports   Owned by The Oriental Land Company, licensed under International division

Disneyland Resort Edit

Main article: Disneyland Resort

Disneyland was founded as a single park by Walt Disney and opened on July 17, 1955, in Anaheim, California. Disneyland Hotel opened to the public on October 5, 1955. In 2001, the site expanded significantly and was renamed the Disneyland Resort with the opening of Disney California Adventure Park on February 8, 2001, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa on January 2, 2001, Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel on December 15, 2000, and Downtown Disney on January 12, 2001. Disneyland was re-branded Disneyland Park to distinguish it from the larger resort complex. The resort focuses on Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters and occupies 500 acres (2.0 km2).

Walt Disney World Edit

Main article: Walt Disney World

The Walt Disney World resort opened October 1, 1971, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, with the Magic Kingdom theme park and three resort hotels. It expanded with the opening of the theme parks Epcot in 1982, Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios) in 1989 and Disney's Animal Kingdom in 1998, in addition to the water parks Disney's Typhoon Lagoon in 1989 and Disney's Blizzard Beach in 1995. In addition the resort includes the Disney Springs retail, dining, and entertainment complex. The resort occupies 27,258 acres overall, the largest (by area) and most-visited vacation resort in the world, with four theme parks, two water parks, 21 resort hotels, eight golf courses, and additional recreational activities.

Other venues:

Tokyo Disney Resort Edit

Main article: Tokyo Disney Resort

Tokyo Disney Resort, in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, opened April 15, 1983, as Tokyo Disneyland. On September 4, 2001, the resort expanded with Tokyo DisneySea. There are several resort hotels on-site, but only three are owned by the resort, which boasts the largest parking structure in the world. Designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, the resort is fully owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. The Walt Disney Attractions Japan team at The Walt Disney Company communicates with the Oriental Land Company over all aspects of the resort and assigns Imagineers to it. Its properties, below, are divided into parks, shopping centers, and lodging.

  • Shopping, dining, and entertainment complex: Ikspiari

Disneyland Paris Edit

Main article: Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Paris, Disney's second international resort complex, and the largest Disney resort outside the United States, opened on April 12, 1992, as Euro Disney Resort. Located in Marne-la-Vallée in the suburbs of Paris, France, it features two theme parks, Disneyland Park & Walt Disney Studios Park, a golf course, an entertainment complex, and seven Disney resort hotels. It is the only resort outside the United States fully owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company.[78] Its properties, listed below, occupy 4,940 acres (20.0 km2) and are divided into parks and shopping centers.

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Edit

Main article: Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, 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. The resort consists of Hong Kong Disneyland theme park, Inspiration Lake Recreation Centre, and three hotels, with land reserved for future expansion. It is owned and operated by Hong Kong International Theme Parks, an incorporated company jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and the Government of Hong Kong. The first phase of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort occupies 320 acres (1.3 km2).

Shanghai Disney Resort Edit

Main article: Shanghai Disney Resort

In November 2009, Disney received approval from the central government of China to build a Disney theme park, Shanghai Disneyland Park, in Shanghai's Pudong district. "China is one of the most dynamic, exciting and important countries in the world and this approval marks a very significant milestone for Walt Disney Co in mainland China," said Robert Iger, president and CEO of Disney.[105] The resort opened on June 16, 2016.[58] A groundbreaking ceremony took place on April 7, 2011.[106]

  • Shopping, dining, and entertainment complex: Disneytown

Training Edit

Each new employee ("cast member") at a Disney theme park is trained at a Disney University, founded by Walt Disney in 1955. Before training specific to the work they will perform, each employee attends the "Disney Traditions" course where they learn about the philosophies and history of Disney's guest services.[107][108]

Abandoned and misreported concepts Edit

Main article: List of Disney attractions that were never built

Disney had plans to build Walt Disney's Riverfront Square in St. Louis, but canceled the project in July 1965.

In the 1960s, Disney initiated a plan for a ski resort at Mineral King in California. Opposition from environmental groups led by the Sierra Club led to a temporary court injunction in 1969 and legal battles through the 1970s. The project's planning and scale changed multiple times, and in 1978, Mineral King was annexed into Sequoia National Park, ending any possibility of developing a resort there.[109]

Disney had plans to build a park named Disney's America in Haymarket, Virginia, but abandoned the idea in 1994. On September 28, 1994, Michael Eisner announced Disney was canceling its plans after a bruising national media fight with Protect Historic America, and aggressive local opposition in Virginia from Protect Prince William and other citizen groups.

Disney had plans to build a smaller Disneyland-style theme park in Sydney, Australia, between 2007 and 2008, with the proposed name "Disney Wharf at Sydney Harbour", but the concept was abandoned due to mixed responses in the New South Wales Government.[110]

In early January 2011, conflicting reports emerged regarding Disney's involvement in a proposed entertainment complex in Haifa, Israel, whose plans include a small (30,000 square meter) amusement park scheduled to open in 2013. The project was set to be partially funded by Shamrock Holdings, a Disney-affiliated investment firm. In the wake of reports from Israeli business newspaper, Globes and industry newswire Amusement Management that Disney itself would be involved in the project's development, a spokesperson for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts clarified to Fast Company that Disney did not have any plans to be involved in the building of the park.[111]

Disney intellectual properties outside Disney parks Edit

Due to its acquisitions of Marvel Entertainment in 2009, Lucasfilm in 2012 and 21st Century Fox in 2019, some Disney-owned franchises are represented in its competitors' parks.

Marvel Entertainment Edit

Marvel Super Hero Island, a themed land featuring characters and settings from Marvel Comics, has operated at Universal Orlando Resort's Islands of Adventure park since 1999, as well as the Islands of Adventure, cloned ride The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man at Universal Studios Japan since 2004. Under Marvel's 1994 agreement with Universal Destinations & Experiences in regional terms, none of the Marvel characters and other persons related to such characters (e.g., side characters, team members, and the villains associated with the Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Spider-Man, etc.) connected with Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Japan can be used at Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disney Resort.[112] The Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, and Tokyo Disney Resort also cannot use the Marvel brand name as part of an attraction or marketing and the Marvel-themed simulator ride.[113] This clause has allowed Walt Disney World to have meet-and-greets with Marvel characters not associated with the ones present at Islands of Adventure, such as Star-Lord and Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy,[114][115] and Doctor Strange.[116] Hong Kong Disneyland, Shanghai Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris either have or planned to incorporate meet and greets as well as attractions relating to the Marvel characters, as well as using the Marvel name and the Marvel simulator ride.

IMG Worlds of Adventure in Dubai has a Marvel-themed section.[117]

Star Wars Edit

A Star Wars-themed section of Legoland California's Miniland USA opened in 2011, with a similar version opening at Legoland Florida[118] in November 2012, just weeks before Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise. However, the Star Wars-themed sections at Miniland USA, Legoland Florida, and other Legoland areas closed at the start of 2020 before the 2020 theme park season due to the expiration of their contract with Lucasfilm.[119]

20th Century Studios Edit

Following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox in March 2019, The Simpsons became the intellectual property of Disney. Like Marvel before it, The Simpsons is represented in Universal parks, with The Simpsons Ride having operated at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Florida since 2008, with accompanying themed areas based on the show's setting of Springfield.

The Fox acquisition also made Disney responsible for the future of Malaysia's under-construction 20th Century Fox World theme park. The park's owner, Genting Group, filed a $1.75 billion lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company and 21st Century Fox in November 2018, accusing Fox of trying to back out of the deal for licensing the theme park. In the suit, Genting Malaysia alleges that Fox has taken steps to cancel the contract. The suit also names Disney as a defendant, contending that Disney executives, following the company's then-pending acquisition of Fox, were "calling the shots" on the project and that they were opposed to the park because they would have "no control" over its operations and that it would be adjacent to a casino, which would go against Disney's "family-friendly" image.[120] Fox, in turn, referred to the suit as "without merit", stating that their reasons for withdrawing from the deal were due to Genting consistently not meeting "agreed-upon deadlines for several years" and that Genting's attempts to blame Disney for Fox's default were "made up".[121] In July 2019, it was announced that Fox and Genting had settled their respective lawsuits. As part of the deal, Genting would be given "a license to use certain Fox intellectual properties" and that non-Fox intellectual property would make up the rest of the attractions in the park. The outdoor park would also no longer be referred to as 20th Century Fox World, but instead would be named Genting SkyWorlds.[122][123]

Adaptations Edit

Main article: List of film adaptations of Disney attractions

While Disney Parks generally adapt movies into rides, some Disney theme park attractions have been adapted into or have served inspiration for films,[124] books,[125] comic books,[126] television series, television specials and television pilots. Disney entered the television field with a network TV show named after Disneyland (which was then its only park, and was being built at the time), in order to fund the park. In this series, some episodes featured the park or a park attraction.[127] The Walt Disney Company pioneered and is the only film company and theme park company to have converted theme park attractions to film productions. However, lackluster results were achieved for most of these films except for the Pirates of the Caribbean series.[128] Walt Disney Pictures produced two Pirates of the Caribbean sequels in 2006 and 2011 that made approximately a billion dollars each at the box office.[129]

At first, Disney had merely dabbled with this type of film. Disney Telefilms made the first movie-based-on-ride, Tower of Terror, for the Wonderful World of Disney anthology television series in 1997.[130] In 2000, Touchstone Pictures made Mission to Mars based on the closed ride of the same name.[128][131]

Walt Disney Pictures took the Country Bear Jamboree attraction and made it into The Country Bears in 2002. In 2003, Walt Disney Pictures issued two ride-based films in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and The Haunted Mansion. Pirates of the Caribbean launched a film series and a franchise.[128] After four Pirates sequels, the franchise took in more than $5.4 billion worldwide.[132]

Disney Publishing Worldwide started mining Disney Parks with its The Kingdom Keepers series. The first novel of the series, Disney After Dark, was released in 2005.[125] A five-book series was laid out by Pearson, but was extended to seven with the first book's success.[133]

With the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise as Disney Pictures' top franchise,[129] the company had been looking for additional projects in this category for a decade.[134] Disney Pictures took another push at additional adaptations in the 2010s.[134] By November 2010, Jon Favreau had been tapped to develop the Magic Kingdom park into a "Night at the Museum" like film, with Strike Entertainment signed on to produce it[135] after a script by Ronald D. Moore was turned down.[136] Another Haunted Mansion film was in the works with Guillermo del Toro as of August 2012.[134] Mr. Toad's Wild Ride ride film was in the works at Disney Pictures by January 2013.[137] Tomorrowland, first to be loosely based on a theme park area,[138] was announced in January 2013 for a December 2014 release.[134] Also in 2013, American Broadcasting Company had ordered a pilot based on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.[139] It's A Small World was added to the list of known two projects in November 26, 2013[140][141][142][143][144] and April 22, 2014.[145] Tower of Terror was given a theatrical treatment by John August under producer Jim Whitaker in October 2015, while the long-in-production Jungle Cruise gained an actor.[139]

Marvel Worldwide with Disney announced in October 2013 that in January 2014 it would release its first comic book title under their joint Disney Kingdoms imprint.[126] Running for six miniseries, Disney Kingdoms would feature adaptations of the unbuilt Museum of the Weird, two serials about Figment and Dreamfinder from Epcot's Journey into Imagination, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the Haunted Mansion, and Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. Disney Publishing Worldwide's revived Disney Comics imprint[146] first publication was the Space Mountain graphic novel released on May 7, 2014 and based on the same name park attraction.[147]

On March 31, 2015, the first novel in The Kingdom Keepers sequel trilogy series was released.[148]

In May 2017, Freeform cable channel aired a special documentary, Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings, based on the services provided by Disney Parks and Resorts unit, Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons. With success of the May special, the show was picked up as a series with seven episodes in October 2017.[149] However, another special, Holiday Magic, was aired on December 11, 2017 with the now six episode regular series starting on June 11, 2018.[150][151]

Other ventures Edit

Disney Signature Experiences Edit

The Disney Signature Experiences division, which was formerly known as the Disney Cruise Line & New Vacation Operations, holds newer non-theme park travel units under president Thomas Mazloum.[95]

In February 2009, Tom McAlpin left the Disney Cruise Line presidency and was replaced by Karl Holz as president of both Disney Cruise Line and New Vacation Operations. New Vacation Operations included the Adventures by Disney.[152] The cruise line ordered three ships of a new class of ship, Triton, in 2016 and 2017.[153] In April 2017, it was announced that Karl Holz would retire as president of Disney Cruise Line on February 15, 2018 and Anthony Connelly would assumed the role of president on October 1, 2017.[154]

Soon after a March 2018 conglomerate wide reorganization that formed Disney Parks, Experiences and Products segment division, Disney Cruise Line and New Vacation Operations was renamed Disney Signature Experiences along with a new president, Jeff Vahle.[84] Ken Potrock was promoted from Senior Vice President and General Manager of Disney Vacation Club to President of Consumer Products in May 2018.[155][156] Disney Cruise Line purchased in early March 2019 another Bahamas destination, Lighthouse Point property on the island of Eleuthera from the Bahamas Government.[86]

With the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by August 2019, National Geographic Partners' National Geographic Expeditions moved into Disney Signature Experiences.[89]

Disney Sports Enterprises Edit

Disney Sports Enterprises
 
FormerlyDisney Sports Attractions
IndustrySports
FounderReggie Williams.[158]
Key people
Rosalyn Durant (SVP, operations for Disney Springs, ESPN Wide World of Sports and Waterparks)
Faron Kelley (vice president, sports)
Servicesroad race
sports events
ParentDisney Parks, Experiences and Products
DivisionsESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
runDisney
Websitedisneysportsnews.com

Disney Sports Enterprises, formerly called Disney Sports Attractions,[159] is the unit of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products for Disney's sports functions and is made up of the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and the runDisney program.[160]

DSE background Edit

Disney Golf facilities date back to the opening of Disney World with two golf courses, the Palm and Magnolia courses. At the time, those courses started hosting the Walt Disney World Open Invitational, an annual PGA Tour event.[161]

In 1994, Disney held the Walt Disney World Marathon, its first road race added additional races later.[162] Disneyland Marathon and 5K were run in 1995 three weeks after the LA Marathon on March 26, 1995.[163]

In 1995, Disney World had IMS Events, Inc. build the Walt Disney World Speedway.[164] Disney's Wide World of Sports opened in 1997 under executive Reggie Williams.[158]

DSE history Edit

By 1998, Williams was named vice president of Disney Sports Attractions, overseeing a newly created sports & recreation division.[165] The first 10K Disney Classic race on October 3, 1999, kicked off Disney World's 15-month Millennium Celebration.[166] On March 30, 2003, Sports Attractions held the first Disney Inline Marathon.[167]

On November 21, 2007, Reggie Williams retired as vice president of Disney Sports Attractions.[158] His replacement was named on January 3, 2008, when Ken Potrock was promoted to Senior Vice President, Disney Sports Enterprises.[159] On February 25, 2010, Disney's Wide World of Sports was renamed ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex with some upgrades and new facilities.[168]

On September 25, 2011, Disney started the lease of its five Disney World golf courses (Palm, Magnolia, Lake Buena Vista, Osprey Ridge, and Oak Trail) to Arnold Palmer Golf Management to operate for 20 years while splitting the revenue. As part of the deal, Arnold Palmer would redesign the Palm course. The Orlando market for golf had a glut of course from the building boom then bust making profitability a challenge for any golf course. Disney hoped that Palmer's involvement and "Palmer Advantage" membership club would draw more attention to Disney's course. With the Osprey Ridge course sold to Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts to build a hotel, which was delayed until 2014, the golf management company would run the course until hotel construction begins. While another golf course, the Eagle Pines, was closed several years ago to make way for a residential housing subdivision development called Golden Oak being built in 2011.[161]

In January 2013, Ken Petrock was promoted to Disney Vacation Club and Adventures by Disney senior vice president & general manager while Tom Wolber, Disney Cruise Line senior vice president of operations, was promoted to replace Petrock at Disney Sports.[160] In late June 2015, the Walt Disney World Speedway was shut down.[164]

Sports marketing director Faron Kelley was promoted to vice president of sports in January 2016 and has responsibility for the water parks too.[169] Senior vice president of Disney Springs and the ESPN Wide World of Sports Maribeth Bisienere was promoted to Senior Vice President of Parks in early March 2018.[170] Rosalyn Durant moved over from ESPN to be appointed in February 2020 as senior vice president of operations for Disney Springs, ESPN Wide World of Sports and Waterparks.[171]

runDisney races[172][173]
Race weekend month location Inaugurated
Disney World Marathon January Disney World 1994[162]
Princess Half-Marathon February 2009[174]
Star Wars Half Marathon
— The Dark Side		 April 2016[174]
Wine & Dine Half-Marathon November
Tinker Bell Half-Marathon May Disneyland
Disneyland Half-Marathon September
(Labor Day weekend)
Avengers Super Heroes Half Marathon November 2014[162]
Star Wars Half Marathon
— The Light Side		 January 2015[162]
Disneyland Paris Half Marathon September Disneyland Paris 2016[162]

Halfway to Halloween Edit

An advertisement campaign exclusively from Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, selling Halloween-themed merchandising and food all throughout the Disney parks and resort, occurring during spring from April to May.

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Disney Parks Experiences and Products Inc formerly Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide Inc and informally known as Disney Parks is one of The Walt Disney Company s three major business segments and a division of that company 2 It was founded on April 1 1971 exactly six months before the opening of Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake Florida just outside of Orlando Disney Parks Experiences and Products Inc Corporate logo for the subsidiaryDisney Parks brand logoFormerlyWalt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division 1980 1989 Walt Disney Attractions 1989 2008 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide Inc 2008 2018 Walt Disney Parks Experiences and Consumer Products 2018 1 TypeDivision 2 PredecessorsWalt Disney Parks and Resorts WorldwideDisney Consumer Products and Interactive Media20th Century Fox Consumer ProductsFoundedApril 1 1971 52 years ago 1971 04 01 HeadquartersLake Buena Vista Florida 3 Glendale California U S Area servedWorldwideKey peopleJosh D Amaro Chairman ProductsBooks Games ClothingServicesTheme parks hotel lodging cruises timeshares guided tours travel packages attraction design licensingParentThe Walt Disney CompanyDivisionsDisney Parks InternationalDisney Signature ExperiencesSubsidiariesDisneyland ResortWalt Disney WorldTokyo Disney ResortDisneyland ParisHong Kong Disneyland ResortShanghai Disney ResortWalt Disney Imagineering Research amp Development Inc Disney Consumer ProductsDisney Vacation Development Inc Disneyland InternationalDisney Cruise LineDisney Live EntertainmentDisney Publishing WorldwideThe Muppets StudioDisney InteractiveWebsitedpep wbr disney wbr comOriginally the company was known as Walt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division and later as Walt Disney Attractions The most recent chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts was Bob Chapek formerly president of Disney Consumer Products Chapek was promoted to CEO of The Walt Disney Company on February 25 2020 4 5 On May 18 2020 Josh D Amaro was appointed as chairman of the division succeeding Chapek In 2018 the company s theme parks hosted over 157 3 million guests making Disney Parks the world s most visited theme park company worldwide 6 with United Kingdom based Merlin Entertainments coming in second at 67 million guests It is by far Disney s largest business segment according to employee headcount with approximately 130 000 7 of the company s 180 000 employees as of 2015 8 In March 2018 Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media was merged into Parks and Resorts and renamed Disney Parks Experiences and Products In September 2020 Disney Parks Experiences and Products laid off 28 000 employees in wake of the COVID 19 pandemic 9 Contents 1 Background 2 History 2 1 Walt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division 2 2 Walt Disney Attractions 2 3 Disney Destinations 2 4 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide 2 5 Disney Parks Experiences and Products 3 Leadership 4 Disney resorts 4 1 Disneyland Resort 4 2 Walt Disney World 4 3 Tokyo Disney Resort 4 4 Disneyland Paris 4 5 Hong Kong Disneyland Resort 4 6 Shanghai Disney Resort 5 Training 6 Abandoned and misreported concepts 7 Disney intellectual properties outside Disney parks 7 1 Marvel Entertainment 7 2 Star Wars 7 3 20th Century Studios 8 Adaptations 9 Other ventures 9 1 Disney Signature Experiences 9 2 Disney Sports Enterprises 9 2 1 DSE background 9 2 2 DSE history 9 3 Halfway to Halloween 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksBackground EditMain article Disneyland Inc Originally entry into the theme park and travel business was a side project of Walt Disney himself As the Disneylandia project started to become a reality Walt Disney Productions at Walt s request set up Disneyland Inc DLI in 1951 and agreed to a design deal in March 1953 with WED Enterprises WED Walt s personal corporation which then included what would now be called Walt Disney Imagineering 10 CDL 1 With the WED concept designs and prospectus for Disneylandia Roy Disney in September 1953 met with TV networks in a deal for Disney produced TV show and Disneyland investment American Broadcasting Paramount Theatres AB PT agreed to the Disneyland Inc investment 10 Joining AB PT as Disneyland investors were Walt Disney Productions WDP Western Publishing and Walt Disney CDL 2 Walt Disney Productions had the option to repurchase the Walt Disney WED and Western Publishing shares 31 by May 1 1959 for 562 500 11 With a need for the Disneyland Hotel nearby and no funding available for Disney to build it Walt Disney approached Jack Wrather to build the hotel who agreed 12 Disneyland changed from Disneylandia was announced in April 1954 by Walt to be opened in July 1955 CDL 3 CDL 4 On July 17 1955 the Disneyland park opened with five themed lands containing eighteen attractions with double the expected guests CDL 5 WED owned Santa Fe amp Disneyland Railroad opened too 13 On June 29 1957 Disney Production exercised its options to purchase all but AB PT s common stock outstanding This allowed WDP to consolidate DLI into its 1957 annual accounting statements adding four months worth of net profits 511K 14 In June 1960 Walt Disney Productions completed the purchase of AB PT s share of the company for nearly 7 5 million and its TV contract and the theme park became a fully owned subsidiary of Walt Disney Productions CDL 6 History EditBeginning in 1958 with the contracting of Economics Research Associates ERA to find a location for another Disney resort Disney Productions moved beyond a single park ERA recommended Florida another study in 1961 named Ocala or Orlando in Florida as possible locations In November 1963 Walt Disney made a trip to Florida for final site selection CDW 1 333 334 In 1962 Disney Productions purchased Celebrity Sports Center opened on September 17 1960 in Denver Colorado from its owners including Walt Disney Art Linkletter and John Payne to use as a staff training center for its second resort 15 In 1963 Roy made plans to buy from 5 000 to 10 000 acres 2 000 to 4 000 ha which was carried out in 1964 amassing 27 443 acres 11 106 ha by October 1965 CDW 2 CDW 3 Plans for the Florida project that would eventually become Walt Disney World were announced to the public in November 1965 CDW 3 Legislation forming the Reedy Creek Improvement District the Reedy Creek Improvement Act was signed into law by Florida Governor Claude R Kirk Jr on May 12 1967 allowing Disney to build the infrastructure for the second park CDW 4 Ground breaking followed for the future Reedy Creek park on May 30 CDW 5 In Roy O Disney s last act as CEO in 1968 he officially named the second park Walt Disney World CDW 1 357Disneyland International was incorporated on November 20 1961 16 The next year The Oriental Land Company contacted Disney about building a theme park 17 In 1959 the WED owned Disneyland Alweg Monorail System was installed at Disneyland 13 18 The first Audio Animatronic attraction Walt Disney s Enchanted Tiki Room opened at Disneyland in 1963 19 Disneyland s first new themed land New Orleans Square opened in 1966 Tomorrowland was revamped in 1967 with seven new attractions 18 The design and architectural group and the WED Enterprise name was purchased from Walt s corporation renamed as Retlaw Enterprise 13 Disney expanded into attractions at the 1964 New York World s Fair with It s a Small World 20 and costumed character appearances When the characters proved a hit at the 1964 World s Fair Walt wanted another outlet for live characters thus Disneyland put on Disney on Parade a self produced live arena show starting in 1969 21 22 Small World and its famous song lasted two years at the fair it was then moved to Disneyland as an expanded major attraction in 1966 and later duplicated in the other Disney theme parks 20 In 1965 Walt Disney won a bid with the US Forest Service to develop Mineral King as a ski resort The Sierra Club sued in June 1969 to stop the development which was granted by the federal district judge The Forest Service appealed and won at the appeal and the Supreme Court The Supreme Court ruling left open to the club the possibility of refiling In the next round of lawsuits the same district judge blocked the redevelopment The injunction and the passage of the National Environmental Policy Act led to Disney backing out 23 40 million worth of Walt Disney Productions Convertible Debentures were sold in January 1968 to fund Disney World WDW The next year in February an agreement was made with multiple labor unions in which the unions exchanged the right to strike for regular pay increases during the first building phase CDW 6 By 1971 chairman of the Park Operations Committee and vice president of park operations Dick Nunis was appointed executive vice president of Disneyland and Walt Disney World 24 Walt Disney World began operation on October 1 1971 with the Magic Kingdom park at a cost of 400 million The Magic Kingdom had six themed lands Main Street Adventureland Fantasyland Frontierland Liberty Square and Tomorrowland CDW 7 Additionally Disney s Fort Wilderness Resort campground and two hotels Disney s Contemporary Resort and Disney s Polynesian Village Resort also opened CDW 8 Disneyland expanded in 1972 with a seventh themed land Bear Country replacing the Indian Village of Frontierland and later renamed Critter Country In 1979 the Disneyland crafts and maintenance union workers went on strike for 15 days at first rejecting and then accepting the park s contract 18 Space Mountain opens at Disneyland in 1977 18 Two more hotels opened in 1973 at Walt Disney World the Golf Resort 25 and the Gold Resort CDW 9 Disney opened the Buena Vista Club golf club in Lake Buena Vista on November 22 1974 CDW0 1 71 Lake Buena Vista Village the shopping area opened on March 22 1975 CDW0 1 and was renamed Walt Disney World Village in 1977 26 280 Celebrity Sports Center Disney World s training center was sold on March 29 1979 15 At Walt Disney World the Treasure Island nature preserve pens opened on April 8 1974 CDW0 2 569 renamed Discovery Island in 1977 CDW0 1 126 On July 1 1975 the WEDway PeopleMover opened in the Magic Kingdom s Tomorrowland CDW0 3 The first water park River Country opened on June 20 1976 at Disney World CDW0 4 22 EPCOT Center s groundbreaking occurred at Walt Disney World in May 1979 CDW0 5 In 1979 Oriental Land and Disney agreed to build a Japanese theme park 17 Tokyo Disneyland opened on April 15 1983 on 200 acres 80 ha in Urayasu Chiba Japan 27 Walt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division Edit With the retirement of Donn Tatum as Walt Disney Productions Chairman and CEO on June 3 1980 three divisions were formed including the Walt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division of which Disney Legend Dick Nunis was named division president CDW0 6 Disneyland started using Disney Dollars on May 5 1987 CDL4 1 while Walt Disney World parks started with Epcot on October 2 CDW1 1 A renegotiated Disneyland Japan royalty agreement in April 1988 by Chief Financial Officer Gary L Wilson netted Disney US 723 million in cash in exchange for lower royalty payments CDW0 7 The steam railroad and monorail at Disneyland were purchased from Retlaw Enterprises formerly WED Enterprises in 1982 18 Bear Country was renamed Critter Country on November 23 1988 CDL4 2 Tishman Company s plans for two Walt Disney World hotels were rejected by the new CEO Michael Eisner on September 30 1984 marking a change in Disney architecture New plans for the Dolphin and Swan hotels were submitted by Michael Graves in July 1986 CDW1 2 ground breaking took place on January 28 1988 CDW1 3 The first non Disney owned hotel Pickett Suite Resort opened in Disney World Village on March 15 1987 CDW1 4 On June 1 1982 the Walt Disney World monorail line was extended to EPCOT Center from the Transportation and Ticket Center CDW0 1 338 The EPCOT Center theme park opened on October 1 1982 at a building cost of US 1 2 billion with two areas Future World and World Showcase CDW0 8 272Plans for a Hollywood style theme park were announced in April 1985 for the Walt Disney World resort at a project cost of US 300 million CDW1 5 In April 1985 Disney signed a licensing agreement with Metro Goldwyn Mayer MGM giving Disney the right to use the MGM name logo and movie library for this third park 28 Construction of the Disney MGM Studios theme park began in 1986 CDW1 6 Disney MGM Studios opened on May 1 1989 CDW1 7 along with a Pleasure Island entertainment area CDW1 8 its second water park Disney s Typhoon Lagoon opened on June 1 CDW1 9 In 1983 Walt Disney World Village s name was changed to the Disney Village Marketplace CDW1 10 A new themed area Mickey s Birthdayland opened in the Magic Kingdom near Fantasyland on June 18 1988 CDW1 11 In 1987 Disney and Ron Brierley s Industrial Equity Pacific Ltd already a 28 owner of the Wrather Corporation agreed to purchase the remaining Wrather Corporation stock with a 50 share each 29 30 Wrather Corporation owned the Disneyland Hotel and operated the Queen Mary and Spruce Goose tourist attractions 29 In March 1988 Disney purchased Industrial Equity s half of Wrather Corporation 30 In 1985 Premier Cruise Line became the licensed partner cruise line with Disney This allowed Disney characters on their ships and combined cruise hotel and theme park packages 31 Walt Disney Attractions Edit The Walt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division was incorporated as Walt Disney Attractions Inc on August 10 1989 32 In January 1990 Disney CEO Eisner announced plans to expand both Disneyland by 20 in 10 years CDC 1 and Walt Disney World WDW The plan would have WDW add another theme park and 16 new attractions in Disney MGM Studios CDW2 1 Disney and The Coca Cola Company agreed to a 15 year marketing contract on January 25 Coca Cola products would be exclusive in Disney theme parks and Coca Cola would use some Disney characters in their ads CDC 2 On March 16 1990 Attractions president Nunis announced a 25 year plan for a 4 400 acre 1 800 ha development in Osceola Florida with homes shopping malls and industrial buildings CDC 3 In 1990 the possibility of a West Coast version of Epcot Center was placed in development CDC 4 This was announced as WestCOT in 1991 to be placed at the Disneyland Resort 18 On July 31 1990 a new 350 acre 140 ha ocean themed park and resort Port Disney was announced for Long Beach Port was to have a cruise ship terminal five hotels restaurants and shopping areas costing 2 billion to build CDC 5 On December 12 1991 Disney selected only one California project to go forward with Disneyland Resort which was to include the WestCOT Center hotels a shopping mall and a lake CDL5 1 Port Disney was abandoned in March 1992 and Disney canceled its leases on the Queen Mary and Spruce Goose attractions picked up from the Wrather Corporation CDC 6 Mickey s Toontown a new themed land at Disneyland opened on January 24 1993 CDL5 2 Disney canceled its plans for WestCOT in mid 1995 due to financial issues at Disneyland Paris and the park s projected high cost That park was then replaced by plans for the California Adventure park hotels and a retail district 33 At Walt Disney World Mickey s Birthdayland closed on April 22 1991 then reopened on May 26 as Mickey s Starland CDW2 2 324 329 333 In order to expand Disney World on wetland on April 23 1993 the company agreed to form an 8 500 acre 3 400 ha wilderness preserve in Florida known as the Disney Wilderness Preserve CDW2 3 The Disney Inn hotel was leased starting February 1 1994 by the US Army then purchased on January 12 1996 and later renamed Shades of Green CDW2 2 130 Planet Hollywood opened a location in Pleasure Island on December 17 1994 CDW1 12 The third water park at Walt Disney World Disney s Blizzard Beach opened on April 1 1995 CDW3 1 The Magic Kingdom s Tomorrowland was completely refurbished and reopened in June 1995 CDW3 2 Taking up a corner of the Magic Kingdom parking lot the Walt Disney World Speedway opened on November 28 1995 CDW3 3 In 1996 the Disney Institute opened on February 9 CDW3 4 and Disney s BoardWalk opened on July 1 CDW3 5 The first of the World of Disney stores opened in the Disney Village Marketplace on October 3 CDW3 6 The Downtown Disney district opened in November 1997 combining Disney Village Marketplace and Pleasure Island CDW3 7 A fourth theme park Disney s Animal Kingdom opened at Disney World the week of April 20 1998 34 The first Disney Vacation Club Resorts Vacation Club Resort opened on October 1 1991 and was renamed Disney s Old Key West Resort in January 1996 These vacation club hotels were operated by Disney Vacation Developments Inc as vacation timeshares CDW2 4 The first off resort vacation club hotel was Vacation Club Resort which opened on October 1 1995 in Vero Beach Florida CDC 7 In 1993 Premier Cruises discontinued its partnership with Disney for one with Warner Bros After failing to reach agreements with Carnival or Royal Caribbean Disney announced in 1994 the formation of its cruise line The Disney Cruise Line launched with the Disney Magic ship in 1998 along with its exclusive resort island port of Castaway Cay 31 Disney reportedly had plans to build a park named Disney s America The park was to have been located in Haymarket Virginia 2 300 acres 930 ha of property were purchased from Exxon in 1993 CDC 8 The history themed park was announced on November 11 1993 The plans for the 3 000 acres 1 200 ha called for a 150 acre 61 ha amusement park a campground a golf course 2 million square feet 190 000 m2 of office commercial space and 2500 homes CDC 9 With projections indicating that the park would operate at a loss and with opposition in the press Disney canceled the project on September 15 1994 CDC 10 Walt Disney Imagineering created Disney Fair a U S traveling attraction which premiered in September 1996 The fair was poorly attended and was pulled after a few stops Disney Entertainment Projects Asia Pacific Inc a new Disney Asian Pacific subsidiary selected a renamed fair called DisneyFest as its first project taking it to Singapore to open there on October 30 1997 35 In November 1995 Disney announced the building of Tokyo DisneySea to be owned by Oriental along with Tokyo Disneyland 27 Oriental and Disney signed the DisneySea licensing agreement in November 1997 the theme park was scheduled to open in 2001 at a cost of 2 6 billion 36 In December 1998 Walt Disney Attractions added Disneyland Paris Disney Regional Entertainment and Walt Disney Imagineering to its portfolio which already held Disney World Disney Cruise Line Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland Chairman Dick Nunis retired at the same time 37 On October 31 1999 Walt Disney Attractions Inc was merged into Walt Disney Attractions LLC 38 On June 19 1998 Disney Regional Entertainment opened its first DisneyQuest a location based entertainment venue at Downtown Disney West Side in Walt Disney World 39 The first DisneyQuest outside of a resort was opened in Chicago on June 16 1999 with plans for more locations worldwide 40 In 1999 plans were announced for a new resort in Hong Kong Hong Kong Disneyland as a joint venture Hong Kong International Theme Parks Ltd between the Hong Kong Government and Disney Resorts 41 The Disney Wonder cruise ship began operation on August 15 42 Disney World s Discovery Island was closed on April 8 1999 43 Disney Destinations Edit Walt Disney Attractions LLC changed its name to Walt Disney Parks and Resorts LLC on April 14 2000 then to Disney Destinations LLC on April 25 2006 44 Tokyo DisneySea at Tokyo Disney Resort opened on September 4 2001 45 The Walt Disney Company in selling its Japanese and US chains decided to keep the Disney Stores in Europe along with the store in Manhattan which was converted into a World of Disney store run by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts in 2004 46 Downtown Disney opened at the Disneyland Resort on January 12 2001 between Disneyland and the future California Adventure CDC 11 Disney California Adventure Park opened at the Disneyland Resort on February 8 2001 with three major areas Paradise Pier Hollywood Pictures Backlot and the Golden State 33 In California Adventure on October 6 2002 A Bug s Land area opened CDC 12 Parks and Resorts chairman Jay Rasulo announced at Disney s D23 Expo in Anaheim California on September 12 2009 that Walt Disney World s Fantasyland would be overhauled and increased in size by 2013 CDC 13 A 1 billion expansion renovation of Disney California Adventure Park was announced in 2007 to be completed by 2012 47 River Country water park closed on November 2 2001 CDC 14 48 Disney MGM Studios is renamed Disney s Hollywood Studios in January 2008 49 Pleasure Island s core remaining six nightclubs were closed down in late 2008 to change the area to match the family friendly make up of the other two sections of Downtown Disney at Disney World 50 Walt Disney Studios Park opened March 16 2002 as the second theme park at the renamed Disneyland Resort Paris The first park was renamed Disneyland Park DLP CDC 15 DLP Paris opened in August 2000 Toy Story Playland with three attractions 51 Construction on Hong Kong Disneyland began on January 12 2003 52 then opened September 12 2005 CDC 16 Groundbreaking occurred at Hong Kong Disneyland in December 2009 for a three land expansion Mystic Point Grizzly Gulch and Toy Story Land CDC 17 In June 2005 Disney Magic made the first cruise outside of the Caribbean by moving its port for the summer to Los Angeles with a Mexican Riviera schedule 42 Disney Cruise Line ordered a new 2 ships class from Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany by February 22 2007 42 CDC 18 The Magic in May 2007 transferred its homeport to Barcelona Spain for the lines first summer Mediterranean itinerary then returned to its permanent port in September 42 The Chicago DisneyQuest location was closed in September 2001 53 Disney Parks started the Adventures by Disney tour vacation business in 2005 54 Disney entered a float The Most Magical Celebration on Earth into the 2006 Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade CDC 19 In October 2007 Disney announced plans to build a resort at Ko Olina Resort amp Marina in Kapolei Hawaii featuring both a hotel and Disney Vacation Club timeshare units The 800 unit property named Aulani opened in 2011 and joined the other resorts not associated with a theme park such as Disney s Hilton Head Island Resort in South Carolina 55 With the Walt Disney World Millennium Celebration starting on October 1 2000 sanctioned Disney pin trading was started CDC 20 CDC 21 In 2001 the Themed Entertainment Association gave Disney Parks and Resorts the Thea Award for Breakthrough Innovation for the park s FastPass system CDC 22 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide Edit Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide Inc was incorporated on September 29 2008 2 and took over the parks and resorts business segment Disney Parks and Resorts reorganized in early 2009 which included layoffs in all units due to recession induced falling attendance 600 U S managers in January were buyout packages Worldwide Operations was formed under President Al Weiss in 2009 Worldwide Operations would take over various back office functions previously performed by both Disney World and Disneyland including training procurement menu planning and merchandise development While its Walt Disney Imagineering subsidiary combined its three development units 56 In November 2009 Disney received approval from the Chinese government to build a Disneyland resort in Shanghai s Pudong district 57 The resort opened on June 16 2016 58 California Adventure completed its overhaul in 2012 adding two new lands Cars Land and Buena Vista Street The overhaul also included a re themed of several attractions plus a pair of classic dark rides 47 In July 2017 it was announced that Paradise Pier land would be replaced by Pixar Pier 59 with four neighborhoods and the remainder not in Pixar Pier would be replaced by Paradise Park Pixar Pier opened on June 23 2018 60 Star Wars Galaxy s Edge a 14 acre 5 7 ha themed land for both Disneyland and Disney s Hollywood Studios announced at the D23 Expo on August 15 2015 61 Construction began at both locations on April 14 2016 62 The lands at both parks opened in 2019 63 The New Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom opened on December 6 2012 It is the biggest upgrade to the theme park since its opening in 1971 64 Announced along with its new Star Wars Land expansion at the D23 Expo on August 15 2015 Hollywood Studios was slated to have a version of Toy Story Land 65 Holz became president of New Vacation Operations of Parks amp Resorts 66 reporting to Al Weiss president of worldwide operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts 67 by April 2008 68 In February 2009 Holz returned to the presidency of Disney Cruise Line in addition to his continuing as head of New Vacation Operations 66 which was primarily Adventures by Disney As an extension of the One Disney initiative and the resignation of Weiss Disney Vacation Club was added to New Vacation Operations While Holz and Meg Crofton joined Disney Parks and Resorts executive committee in July 2011 At that time Crofton was transferred from Disney World president to president of operations in the U S and France a new positions 67 The Disney Dream ship began service in January 2011 and Disney Cruise Line DCL announced the maiden voyage of the Disney Fantasy to be March 31 2012 The Dream deployment allowed Disney Wonder to be stationed at Port of Los Angeles for Mexican Riviera cruises 69 but initial served in the short Alaska cruise season 31 Magic moved to New York for Canadian or Bahama cruises starting May 25 2012 CDC 23 DCL s Magic was refitted in late 2013 70 The first of three expansion theme lands at Hong Kong Disneyland Toy Story Land opened on November 18 2011 71 Grizzly Gulch opened at Hong Kong Disneyland on July 13 2012 72 The final land of this expansion Mystic Point opened at Hong Kong Disneyland on May 17 2013 73 On February 5 2015 it was announced that Tom Staggs had been promoted to Disney Company Chief operating officer but would continue as chairman of Parks and Resorts until his successor was named 74 On February 23 2015 Robert Chapek was named chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts effective that day 75 On April 29 2015 The Walt Disney Company through the subsidiary Carousel Holdings Eat LLC has purchased Carousel Inn amp Suites hotel in Anaheim from Good Hope International for 32 million The purchase was considered a strategic purchase the hotel would not be considered a part of the Disneyland hotel portfolio and would operate independently 76 Disney indicated in August 2016 that the company would be closing the Carousel Inn in October 2016 in preparation for razing it as part of plans to construct a new parking structure transit plaza and pedestrian bridge over Harbor Boulevard 77 On February 10 2017 Disney revealed a deal to purchase Kingdom Holding Co s shares of Euro Disney S C A as the first step in purchasing the remaining shares held by others Disney has offered about 2 12 a share a 67 premium over the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange value as of February 9 The company expects the buyout and delisting to be finished by June Plans are for the company to invest another 1 4 billion into Disneyland Paris after the buyout to counteract the recent Paris terrorist attack which hurt a previous 2014 park hotel investment If this buyout is successful it would make the resort the only resort 100 owned and operated by Disney outside of the United States of America 78 On June 13 2017 The Walt Disney Company reached the 95 threshold required for a mandatory takeover according to French law owning 97 08 of Euro Disney S C A paving the way for The Walt Disney Company to become the sole owner and operator of Disneyland Paris 79 Disney Parks Experiences and Products Edit See also Disney Consumer Products Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media As part of The Walt Disney Company s March 2018 strategic reorganization Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media was merged into the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts segment and renamed Walt Disney Parks Experiences and Products Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek was named chairman of this new segment who also previously served as head of Disney Consumer Products 1 At the time the Consumer Products chairman position was vacant as its former holder James Pitaro had been recently appointed as the new head of ESPN and co chair of Disney Media Networks 80 In March 2018 a Disney Parks West regional division was formed with Disneyland Resort in California Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland Paris under Catherine Powell outgoing Disneyland Paris president This mirrors the Disney Parks East regional division consisting of Shanghai Disney Resort Hong Kong Disneyland and Walt Disney Attractions Japan and headed by Michael Colglazier Imagineering was expected to take on the development of merchandise games publishing and apps Paul Gainer moved up from Disney Retail head to head up the new Global Product Management and Distribution unit which includes Disney Retail Global Licensing and digital guest experience 81 82 83 New Vacation Operations and Disney Cruise Line division was renamed Disney Signature Experiences along with a new president Jeff Vahle for the division in April 2018 84 On January 1 2019 Walt Disney Parks Experiences and Consumer Products changed its name to Disney Parks Experiences and Products 85 Disney Cruise Line purchase in early March 2019 another Bahamas destination Lighthouse Point property on the island of Eleuthera 86 In July 2019 Disney denied reports of plans to launch its own airline with the purchase of small regional airlines in the United States 87 88 With the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by August 2019 National Geographic Partners non TV operations were transferred into its Disney counterpart with NG Media and National Geographic Expeditions moving to the segment s units Disney Publishing Worldwide and Disney Signature Experiences respectively 89 Powell supervised the two Star Wars themed land Star Wars Galaxy s Edge openings in May at Disneyland and August 2019 in Disney s Hollywood Studios However initial numbers showed an attendance dropped instead of the boost such an opening should have generated In late September Powell left the company with the Parks West regional division being dissolved thus having those resorts executives directly report to chairman Chapek 90 He denied that Powell was let go because of the low attendance issue from Galaxy s Edge but instead Powell s position was a temporary one to allow Chapek to focus on the acquisition of 21st Century Fox 91 Powell s departure from Disney was soon followed by a domino of executive appointments as announced on September 26 2019 91 George Kalogridis then president of the Walt Disney World Resort was promoted as the president of segment development and enrichment Kalogridis is replaced by Josh D Amaro then president of the Disneyland Resort as president of the Walt Disney World Resort In turn D Amaro was replaced by Rebecca Campbell as president of the Disneyland Resort Campbell transferred from the Walt Disney Direct to Consumer amp International segment where she served as the president of Europe the Middle East and Africa Both D Amaro and Campbell assumed these roles in November 2019 In addition Michael Colglazier is also promoted as the president and managing director of Disney Parks International and will oversee Disneyland Paris as well as those under the Parks East regional division 92 In February 2020 Chapek was promoted from chairman of this segment to chief executive officer of the Walt Disney Company under executive chairman Bob Iger 93 With the closure of all Disney parks in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic Disney donated 150 000 rain ponchos usually sold at the parks to MedShare to be distributed in hospitals 94 In May 2020 CEO Chapek named new appointees under the Disney Parks Experiences and Products segment Succeeding Chapek as chairman of this segment is Josh D Amaro then president of the Walt Disney World Resort Jeff Vahle then president of Disney Signature Experiences replaced D Amaro as president of the Walt Disney World Resort Thomas Mazloum senior vice president for transportation and resort operations at the Walt Disney World Resort succeeded Vahle as president of Disney Signature Experiences In addition Kareem Daniel former president of operations product creation publishing games at Walt Disney Imagineering was named president of consumer products games and publishing 95 Ken Potrock replaced Rebecca Campbell as president of the Disneyland Resort 95 Campbell returned to the Director to Consumer amp International segment as its chairman replacing Kevin Mayer 96 On July 15 2020 it was announced that Jill Estorino then executive vice president global marketing and sales replaced Michael Colglazier as president and managing director of Disney Parks International supervising Tokyo Disney Resort Disneyland Paris Hong Kong Disneyland and Shanghai Disney Resort 97 On September 28 2020 D Amaro announced the difficult decision to lay off over 28 000 employees in the parks division many of them being part time workers D Amaro cited the uncertainty of the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic as well as California s continued reluctance to reopen Disneyland as factors 98 Nearly 6 700 Central Florida employees including almost 6 500 Disney World workers were also among those laid off 99 On October 13 2020 Disney CEO and former Disney Park Experiences and Products head Bob Chapek agreed to keep Disney World at only 25 capacity until the Center For Disease Control CDC issued new guidance and also stated that with regards to reopening Disneyland It s not much of a negotiation It s pretty much a mandate that we stay closed 100 Disneyland Resort was finally allowed to reopen on April 30 2021 after a 412 day closure 101 Historically Imagineering and certain other Disney units merged into DPEP were physically headquartered in the Los Angeles metropolitan area near the Walt Disney Company s film and television divisions even as the rapid growth of Walt Disney World meant that by the start of the 21st century most Disney U S domestic theme park jobs were based in Florida not California In July 2021 it was reported that approximately 2 000 DPEP positions would be transferred over the next couple of years to a new 60 acre corporate campus in the Lake Nona area of Orlando Florida and it was later reported that fall that as many as 90 of the transferred positions would be Imagineering positions 102 103 The relocation was reportedly motivated in part by 570 million in tax breaks from the state of Florida as well as Florida s business friendly climate lower cost of living and lack of a state income tax 102 103 Leadership EditJosh D Amaro Chairman Lisa Becket Executive Vice President Global Marketing Barbara Bouza President Walt Disney Imagineering Jill Estorino President and Managing Director Disney Parks International George Gross Senior Vice President and Managing Director Walt Disney Attractions Japan Michael Moriarty Managing Director Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Natacha Rafalski Presidente Disneyland Paris Joe Schott President and General Manager Shanghai Disney Resort Gail Evans Executive Vice President Chief Digital and Technology Officer Tasia Filippatos President Consumer Products Games and Publishing Tami Garcia Senior Vice President Human Resources and Diversity and Inclusion Margaret Giacalone Chief Counsel Alannah Hall Smith Senior Vice President Communications and Public Affairs Andy Hopkins Interim Chief Financial Officer Thomas Mazloum President New Experiences Portfolio and Disney Signature Experiences Stephanie Young President Disney Vacation Club Adventures amp Expeditions and Enrichment Programs Ken Potrock President Disneyland Resort Jeff Vahle President Walt Disney World Bruce Vaughn Chief Creative Officer Walt Disney ImagineeringDisney resorts EditSee also List of Disney theme park attractions The New York Times has noted that the sun never sets on a Disney theme park 104 nbsp nbsp Shanghai Disney Resort nbsp Hong Kong Disneyland Resort nbsp Disneyland Paris nbsp Tokyo Disney Resort nbsp Walt Disney World nbsp Disneyland Resortclass notpageimage Locations of Disney resorts nbsp International nbsp US direct reports nbsp Owned by The Oriental Land Company licensed under International division Disneyland Resort Edit Main article Disneyland Resort Disneyland was founded as a single park by Walt Disney and opened on July 17 1955 in Anaheim California Disneyland Hotel opened to the public on October 5 1955 In 2001 the site expanded significantly and was renamed the Disneyland Resort with the opening of Disney California Adventure Park on February 8 2001 Disney s Grand Californian Hotel amp Spa on January 2 2001 Disney s Paradise Pier Hotel on December 15 2000 and Downtown Disney on January 12 2001 Disneyland was re branded Disneyland Park to distinguish it from the larger resort complex The resort focuses on Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters and occupies 500 acres 2 0 km2 Walt Disney World Edit Main article Walt Disney World The Walt Disney World resort opened October 1 1971 in Lake Buena Vista Florida with the Magic Kingdom theme park and three resort hotels It expanded with the opening of the theme parks Epcot in 1982 Disney MGM Studios now Disney s Hollywood Studios in 1989 and Disney s Animal Kingdom in 1998 in addition to the water parks Disney s Typhoon Lagoon in 1989 and Disney s Blizzard Beach in 1995 In addition the resort includes the Disney Springs retail dining and entertainment complex The resort occupies 27 258 acres overall the largest by area and most visited vacation resort in the world with four theme parks two water parks 21 resort hotels eight golf courses and additional recreational activities Other venues ESPN Wide World of Sports ComplexTokyo Disney Resort Edit Main article Tokyo Disney Resort Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu Chiba Japan opened April 15 1983 as Tokyo Disneyland On September 4 2001 the resort expanded with Tokyo DisneySea There are several resort hotels on site but only three are owned by the resort which boasts the largest parking structure in the world Designed by Walt Disney Imagineering the resort is fully owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company and licensed by The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Attractions Japan team at The Walt Disney Company communicates with the Oriental Land Company over all aspects of the resort and assigns Imagineers to it Its properties below are divided into parks shopping centers and lodging Shopping dining and entertainment complex Ikspiari Disneyland Paris Edit Main article Disneyland Paris Disneyland Paris Disney s second international resort complex and the largest Disney resort outside the United States opened on April 12 1992 as Euro Disney Resort Located in Marne la Vallee in the suburbs of Paris France it features two theme parks Disneyland Park amp Walt Disney Studios Park a golf course an entertainment complex and seven Disney resort hotels It is the only resort outside the United States fully owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company 78 Its properties listed below occupy 4 940 acres 20 0 km2 and are divided into parks and shopping centers Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Edit Main article Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Hong Kong Disneyland Resort 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 The resort consists of Hong Kong Disneyland theme park Inspiration Lake Recreation Centre and three hotels with land reserved for future expansion It is owned and operated by Hong Kong International Theme Parks an incorporated company jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and the Government of Hong Kong The first phase of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort occupies 320 acres 1 3 km2 Shanghai Disney Resort Edit Main article Shanghai Disney Resort In November 2009 Disney received approval from the central government of China to build a Disney theme park Shanghai Disneyland Park in Shanghai s Pudong district China is one of the most dynamic exciting and important countries in the world and this approval marks a very significant milestone for Walt Disney Co in mainland China said Robert Iger president and CEO of Disney 105 The resort opened on June 16 2016 58 A groundbreaking ceremony took place on April 7 2011 106 Shopping dining and entertainment complex DisneytownTraining EditEach new employee cast member at a Disney theme park is trained at a Disney University founded by Walt Disney in 1955 Before training specific to the work they will perform each employee attends the Disney Traditions course where they learn about the philosophies and history of Disney s guest services 107 108 Abandoned and misreported concepts EditMain article List of Disney attractions that were never built Disney had plans to build Walt Disney s Riverfront Square in St Louis but canceled the project in July 1965 In the 1960s Disney initiated a plan for a ski resort at Mineral King in California Opposition from environmental groups led by the Sierra Club led to a temporary court injunction in 1969 and legal battles through the 1970s The project s planning and scale changed multiple times and in 1978 Mineral King was annexed into Sequoia National Park ending any possibility of developing a resort there 109 Disney had plans to build a park named Disney s America in Haymarket Virginia but abandoned the idea in 1994 On September 28 1994 Michael Eisner announced Disney was canceling its plans after a bruising national media fight with Protect Historic America and aggressive local opposition in Virginia from Protect Prince William and other citizen groups Disney had plans to build a smaller Disneyland style theme park in Sydney Australia between 2007 and 2008 with the proposed name Disney Wharf at Sydney Harbour but the concept was abandoned due to mixed responses in the New South Wales Government 110 In early January 2011 conflicting reports emerged regarding Disney s involvement in a proposed entertainment complex in Haifa Israel whose plans include a small 30 000 square meter amusement park scheduled to open in 2013 The project was set to be partially funded by Shamrock Holdings a Disney affiliated investment firm In the wake of reports from Israeli business newspaper Globes and industry newswire Amusement Management that Disney itself would be involved in the project s development a spokesperson for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts clarified to Fast Company that Disney did not have any plans to be involved in the building of the park 111 Disney intellectual properties outside Disney parks EditDue to its acquisitions of Marvel Entertainment in 2009 Lucasfilm in 2012 and 21st Century Fox in 2019 some Disney owned franchises are represented in its competitors parks Marvel Entertainment Edit Marvel Super Hero Island a themed land featuring characters and settings from Marvel Comics has operated at Universal Orlando Resort s Islands of Adventure park since 1999 as well as the Islands of Adventure cloned ride The Amazing Adventures of Spider Man at Universal Studios Japan since 2004 Under Marvel s 1994 agreement with Universal Destinations amp Experiences in regional terms none of the Marvel characters and other persons related to such characters e g side characters team members and the villains associated with the Avengers Fantastic Four X Men Spider Man etc connected with Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Japan can be used at Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disney Resort 112 The Disneyland Resort Walt Disney World Resort and Tokyo Disney Resort also cannot use the Marvel brand name as part of an attraction or marketing and the Marvel themed simulator ride 113 This clause has allowed Walt Disney World to have meet and greets with Marvel characters not associated with the ones present at Islands of Adventure such as Star Lord and Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy 114 115 and Doctor Strange 116 Hong Kong Disneyland Shanghai Disneyland and Disneyland Paris either have or planned to incorporate meet and greets as well as attractions relating to the Marvel characters as well as using the Marvel name and the Marvel simulator ride IMG Worlds of Adventure in Dubai has a Marvel themed section 117 Star Wars Edit A Star Wars themed section of Legoland California s Miniland USA opened in 2011 with a similar version opening at Legoland Florida 118 in November 2012 just weeks before Disney s acquisition of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise However the Star Wars themed sections at Miniland USA Legoland Florida and other Legoland areas closed at the start of 2020 before the 2020 theme park season due to the expiration of their contract with Lucasfilm 119 20th Century Studios Edit Following Disney s acquisition of 21st Century Fox in March 2019 The Simpsons became the intellectual property of Disney Like Marvel before it The Simpsons is represented in Universal parks with The Simpsons Ride having operated at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Florida since 2008 with accompanying themed areas based on the show s setting of Springfield The Fox acquisition also made Disney responsible for the future of Malaysia s under construction 20th Century Fox World theme park The park s owner Genting Group filed a 1 75 billion lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company and 21st Century Fox in November 2018 accusing Fox of trying to back out of the deal for licensing the theme park In the suit Genting Malaysia alleges that Fox has taken steps to cancel the contract The suit also names Disney as a defendant contending that Disney executives following the company s then pending acquisition of Fox were calling the shots on the project and that they were opposed to the park because they would have no control over its operations and that it would be adjacent to a casino which would go against Disney s family friendly image 120 Fox in turn referred to the suit as without merit stating that their reasons for withdrawing from the deal were due to Genting consistently not meeting agreed upon deadlines for several years and that Genting s attempts to blame Disney for Fox s default were made up 121 In July 2019 it was announced that Fox and Genting had settled their respective lawsuits As part of the deal Genting would be given a license to use certain Fox intellectual properties and that non Fox intellectual property would make up the rest of the attractions in the park The outdoor park would also no longer be referred to as 20th Century Fox World but instead would be named Genting SkyWorlds 122 123 Adaptations EditMain article List of film adaptations of Disney attractions While Disney Parks generally adapt movies into rides some Disney theme park attractions have been adapted into or have served inspiration for films 124 books 125 comic books 126 television series television specials and television pilots Disney entered the television field with a network TV show named after Disneyland which was then its only park and was being built at the time in order to fund the park In this series some episodes featured the park or a park attraction 127 The Walt Disney Company pioneered and is the only film company and theme park company to have converted theme park attractions to film productions However lackluster results were achieved for most of these films except for the Pirates of the Caribbean series 128 Walt Disney Pictures produced two Pirates of the Caribbean sequels in 2006 and 2011 that made approximately a billion dollars each at the box office 129 At first Disney had merely dabbled with this type of film Disney Telefilms made the first movie based on ride Tower of Terror for the Wonderful World of Disney anthology television series in 1997 130 In 2000 Touchstone Pictures made Mission to Mars based on the closed ride of the same name 128 131 Walt Disney Pictures took the Country Bear Jamboree attraction and made it into The Country Bears in 2002 In 2003 Walt Disney Pictures issued two ride based films in Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl and The Haunted Mansion Pirates of the Caribbean launched a film series and a franchise 128 After four Pirates sequels the franchise took in more than 5 4 billion worldwide 132 Disney Publishing Worldwide started mining Disney Parks with its The Kingdom Keepers series The first novel of the series Disney After Dark was released in 2005 125 A five book series was laid out by Pearson but was extended to seven with the first book s success 133 With the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise as Disney Pictures top franchise 129 the company had been looking for additional projects in this category for a decade 134 Disney Pictures took another push at additional adaptations in the 2010s 134 By November 2010 Jon Favreau had been tapped to develop the Magic Kingdom park into a Night at the Museum like film with Strike Entertainment signed on to produce it 135 after a script by Ronald D Moore was turned down 136 Another Haunted Mansion film was in the works with Guillermo del Toro as of August 2012 134 Mr Toad s Wild Ride ride film was in the works at Disney Pictures by January 2013 137 Tomorrowland first to be loosely based on a theme park area 138 was announced in January 2013 for a December 2014 release 134 Also in 2013 American Broadcasting Company had ordered a pilot based on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 139 It s A Small World was added to the list of known two projects in November 26 2013 140 141 142 143 144 and April 22 2014 145 Tower of Terror was given a theatrical treatment by John August under producer Jim Whitaker in October 2015 while the long in production Jungle Cruise gained an actor 139 Marvel Worldwide with Disney announced in October 2013 that in January 2014 it would release its first comic book title under their joint Disney Kingdoms imprint 126 Running for six miniseries Disney Kingdoms would feature adaptations of the unbuilt Museum of the Weird two serials about Figment and Dreamfinder from Epcot s Journey into Imagination Big Thunder Mountain Railroad the Haunted Mansion and Walt Disney s Enchanted Tiki Room Disney Publishing Worldwide s revived Disney Comics imprint 146 first publication was the Space Mountain graphic novel released on May 7 2014 and based on the same name park attraction 147 On March 31 2015 the first novel in The Kingdom Keepers sequel trilogy series was released 148 In May 2017 Freeform cable channel aired a special documentary Disney s Fairy Tale Weddings based on the services provided by Disney Parks and Resorts unit Disney s Fairy Tale Weddings amp Honeymoons With success of the May special the show was picked up as a series with seven episodes in October 2017 149 However another special Holiday Magic was aired on December 11 2017 with the now six episode regular series starting on June 11 2018 150 151 Other ventures EditDisney Signature Experiences Edit The Disney Signature Experiences division which was formerly known as the Disney Cruise Line amp New Vacation Operations holds newer non theme park travel units under president Thomas Mazloum 95 In February 2009 Tom McAlpin left the Disney Cruise Line presidency and was replaced by Karl Holz as president of both Disney Cruise Line and New Vacation Operations New Vacation Operations included the Adventures by Disney 152 The cruise line ordered three ships of a new class of ship Triton in 2016 and 2017 153 In April 2017 it was announced that Karl Holz would retire as president of Disney Cruise Line on February 15 2018 and Anthony Connelly would assumed the role of president on October 1 2017 154 Soon after a March 2018 conglomerate wide reorganization that formed Disney Parks Experiences and Products segment division Disney Cruise Line and New Vacation Operations was renamed Disney Signature Experiences along with a new president Jeff Vahle 84 Ken Potrock was promoted from Senior Vice President and General Manager of Disney Vacation Club to President of Consumer Products in May 2018 155 156 Disney Cruise Line purchased in early March 2019 another Bahamas destination Lighthouse Point property on the island of Eleuthera from the Bahamas Government 86 With the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by August 2019 National Geographic Partners National Geographic Expeditions moved into Disney Signature Experiences 89 Disney Cruise Line was formed in 1995 Its fleet comprises five ships Disney Magic launched 1998 Disney Wonder 1999 Disney Dream 2011 Disney Fantasy 2012 and Disney Wish 2022 42 Disney Cruise Line has ordered two new ships that will be completed in 2024 and 2025 84 Each ship was designed and built in collaboration with Walt Disney Imagineering Disney Cruise Line serves the Caribbean Mexican Riviera European and Alaskan cruises market Disney Vacation Club a timeshare program that includes 14 themed hotels resorts within Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort plus Disney s Aulani Resort Disney s Hilton Head Island Resort and Disney s Vero Beach Resort In December 2019 the 15th property Disney s Riviera Resort opened next to the Caribbean Beach Resort at Walt Disney World A 16th resort Reflections A Disney Lakeside Lodge was planned to open in 2022 just east of Disney s Wilderness Lodge on the former site of Disney s River Country water park As of 2022 all references to the resort had been removed from Disney websites and digital press releases suggesting that development of the resort had been either cancelled or postponed for a later date likely due to the COVID 19 pandemic Adventures by Disney a program of all inclusive guided vacation tour packages offered at predominantly non Disney sites around the world 84 National Geographic Expeditions Golden Oak Realty Golden Oak at Walt Disney World Resort sales 84 Storyliving by Disney 157 develop master planned communities that utilize Disney Imagineering and are staffed by Disney cast members Cotino in Rancho Mirage California is the first Storyliving by Disney community under development with other locations being explored Disney Sports Enterprises Edit Disney Sports Enterprises nbsp FormerlyDisney Sports AttractionsIndustrySportsFounderReggie Williams 158 Key peopleRosalyn Durant SVP operations for Disney Springs ESPN Wide World of Sports and Waterparks Faron Kelley vice president sports Servicesroad racesports eventsParentDisney Parks Experiences and ProductsDivisionsESPN Wide World of Sports ComplexrunDisneyWebsitedisneysportsnews wbr comDisney Sports Enterprises formerly called Disney Sports Attractions 159 is the unit of Disney Parks Experiences and Products for Disney s sports functions and is made up of the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and the runDisney program 160 DSE background Edit Disney Golf facilities date back to the opening of Disney World with two golf courses the Palm and Magnolia courses At the time those courses started hosting the Walt Disney World Open Invitational an annual PGA Tour event 161 In 1994 Disney held the Walt Disney World Marathon its first road race added additional races later 162 Disneyland Marathon and 5K were run in 1995 three weeks after the LA Marathon on March 26 1995 163 In 1995 Disney World had IMS Events Inc build the Walt Disney World Speedway 164 Disney s Wide World of Sports opened in 1997 under executive Reggie Williams 158 DSE history Edit By 1998 Williams was named vice president of Disney Sports Attractions overseeing a newly created sports amp recreation division 165 The first 10K Disney Classic race on October 3 1999 kicked off Disney World s 15 month Millennium Celebration 166 On March 30 2003 Sports Attractions held the first Disney Inline Marathon 167 On November 21 2007 Reggie Williams retired as vice president of Disney Sports Attractions 158 His replacement was named on January 3 2008 when Ken Potrock was promoted to Senior Vice President Disney Sports Enterprises 159 On February 25 2010 Disney s Wide World of Sports was renamed ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex with some upgrades and new facilities 168 On September 25 2011 Disney started the lease of its five Disney World golf courses Palm Magnolia Lake Buena Vista Osprey Ridge and Oak Trail to Arnold Palmer Golf Management to operate for 20 years while splitting the revenue As part of the deal Arnold Palmer would redesign the Palm course The Orlando market for golf had a glut of course from the building boom then bust making profitability a challenge for any golf course Disney hoped that Palmer s involvement and Palmer Advantage membership club would draw more attention to Disney s course With the Osprey Ridge course sold to Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts to build a hotel which was delayed until 2014 the golf management company would run the course until hotel construction begins While another golf course the Eagle Pines was closed several years ago to make way for a residential housing subdivision development called Golden Oak being built in 2011 161 In January 2013 Ken Petrock was promoted to Disney Vacation Club and Adventures by Disney senior vice president amp general manager while Tom Wolber Disney Cruise Line senior vice president of operations was promoted to replace Petrock at Disney Sports 160 In late June 2015 the Walt Disney World Speedway was shut down 164 Sports marketing director Faron Kelley was promoted to vice president of sports in January 2016 and has responsibility for the water parks too 169 Senior vice president of Disney Springs and the ESPN Wide World of Sports Maribeth Bisienere was promoted to Senior Vice President of Parks in early March 2018 170 Rosalyn Durant moved over from ESPN to be appointed in February 2020 as senior vice president of operations for Disney Springs 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