What is Walt Disney World?
{{Infobox company | name = Walt Disney World | logo = Walt Disney World Logo 2018.svg | image = File:Cinderella castle 2008.JPG | image_caption = [[Cinderella Castle]], the icon of the [[Magic Kingdom]] | industry = [[Amusement park|Theme parks]] and resorts | founders = [[Walt Disney|Walt]] and Roy O. Disney | key_people = George Kalogridis (President), Bob Iger (CEO), John Nallen COO, Viet Dinh CLO, Steve Tomsic CFO, previously 20th Century Fox (now part of Disney) Stacey Snider CEO, John Gelke VP Global Operations, J Young SVP Growth, Gerard Devan Group Executive APAC, Stephanie Gruber Group Executive Television, Christopher Greavu Vice President of Sales. | num_employees = 62,000<ref>{{cite web|last1=Telling|first1=Gillian|title=10 crazy things you never knew about Walt Disney World|url=http://www.today.com/parents/10-crazy-things-you-never-knew-about-walt-disney-world-t73881|website=Today|publisher=NBC|accessdate=8 June 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327183512/http://www.today.com/parents/10-crazy-things-you-never-knew-about-walt-disney-world-t73881|archivedate=March 27, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | parent = [[Walt Disney Parks and Resorts]]<br />[[The Walt Disney Company]] | foundation = {{Start date and age|1971|10|01}} | location = [[Lake Buena Vista, Florida]], U.S. | homepage = {{Official website}} }} {{Walt Disney World sidebar}} The '''Walt Disney World Resort''', also called '''Walt Disney World''' or '''Disney World''', is an entertainment complex near [[Orlando, Florida]]. It opened on October 1, 1971 with only the [[Magic Kingdom]] theme park. It has since added [[Epcot]] (October 1, 1982), [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] (May 1, 1989) and [[Disney's Animal Kingdom]] (April 22, 1998). It also has 2 water parks, 23 hotels, a campground, and Disney Springs, which is a shopping area with souvenir shops, restaurants, and sports activities. It covers an area of {{convert|50|sqmi}} and is the largest [[Amusement park|theme park]] in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www