This signature ride has been with the park since its open in 1971. Guests take a spin on Dumbo, the Flying Elephant at Magic Kingdom Park.
Lewison noted some of the major amusement parks that followed soon after: Kings Island in Ohio in 1972, Carowinds on the North Carolina-South Carolina border in 1973, Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey in 1974 and Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens in Virginia in 1975. “Just as the 1955 opening of Disneyland in California convinced other entrepreneurs that theme parks were a good investment … the opening of Walt Disney World in 1971 led to another spurt of theme park building in the USA,” he said. Known in theme park circles as “Professor Roller Coaster,” he said Walt Disney World is a dominating force in the global attractions industry. “Obviously, WDW has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world in its short 50-year history,” said Martin Lewison, an associate professor of business management at Farmingdale State College on Long Island, New York, in an email interview. Guests board Runnamuck Railroad as part of Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, which opened in 2020. It came 16 years after Southern California’s Disneyland, which opened on July 17, 1955.īut sibling No. The Florida park was actually the second baby in the Disney bunch. In addition, the water parks Typhoon Lagoon (1989 and temporarily closed) and Blizzard Beach (1995) were added to the resort.Īnd Disney now has 12 parks in six different resorts on three different continents. Since then, three more major parks have been added: Epcot in 1982, Hollywood Studios in 1989 and Animal Kingdom in 1998. And on its 50th anniversary, it continues to be a major driver in the travel world, weathering big shifts in tourism trends, notorious Florida hurricanes and a pandemic.īack in ’71, there was just the one theme park, Magic Kingdom, along with a couple of adjacent golf courses and resorts. Walt Disney World Resort opened on October 1, 1971.
And it changed the entire theme park industry. It changed acres and acres of orange groves.
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