Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the division of The Walt Disney Company which manages and builds the theme parks and vacation resorts for which Disney is famous. It is one of the four major units of the company, the other three being Walt Disney Consumer Products, Walt Disney Media Networks, and Walt Disney Studio Entertainment.

Related Topics:
The Walt Disney Company - Walt Disney Consumer Products - Walt Disney Media Networks - Walt Disney Studio Entertainment

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The Parks and Resorts division was founded in 1971 when the second Disney park, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, opened and Disney found that it needed a team specifically charged with running this park along with Disneyland in California.

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1971 - Magic Kingdom - Walt Disney World Resort - Florida - Disneyland - California

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The president of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is Jay A. Rasulo, formerly the chairman of Disneyland Resort Paris.

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