At the opening of Walt Disney World in 1971 were there any thoughts on the appropriateness of the title 'World' since it only consisted of Magic Kingdom with the next park EPCOT opening over a decade away.
Not really. Most people back then didn't call the theme park with the castle the "Magic Kingdom". If you said you were going to "Walt Disney World" the castle park was the implied destination. To this day you will still find people who refer to the Magic Kingdom as Walt Disney World because, when they went, that park was basically the only thing that was there.At the opening of Walt Disney World in 1971 were there any thoughts on the appropriateness of the title 'World' since it only consisted of Magic Kingdom with the next park EPCOT opening over a decade away.
Not really. Most people back then didn't call the theme park with the castle the "Magic Kingdom". If you said you were going to "Walt Disney World" the castle park was the implied destination. To this day you will still find people who refer to the Magic Kingdom as Walt Disney World because, when they went, that park was basically the only thing that was there.
I like that Although without ITTBAB there's no Animal.During my trip to DL I heard someone say that they were going to Epcot's Animal Studios...I had to think about that at first...Then figured out they were referring to DCA...Since many of the rides were cloned...
Celebration was about avoiding property taxes. Philosophically it has organizational similarities to EPCOT but was never about 'completing' that project. The land was also sold off immediately to keep residents from voting inside the Reedy Creek Inprovement District. Golden Oak is the complete antithesis of EPCOT.The WDC tried to fulfill Walt's wish with the much smaller scale town of Celebration which was once on WDW property but got sold off a few years back. They tried again recently with Golden Oak near Magic Kingdom
At the opening of Walt Disney World in 1971 were there any thoughts on the appropriateness of the title 'World' since it only consisted of Magic Kingdom with the next park EPCOT opening over a decade away.
Compared to Disneyland both at opening day and modern times, YES. Disneyland is entirely surrounded by the city of Anaheim, and as a result doesn't have much room to expand. Disney World, on the other hand, takes up an area in Florida bigger than the size of Manhattan. It has the most attractions and accommodations of any Disney park around the world BY FAR and there's still plenty of room to spare. It's the only Disney property where a transportation service is required because of how massive it is. Even though there wasn't as much in 1971, it was still much more of a "world" than Anaheim was in 1971.
Whether or not that is true, World is appropriate for WDW and really doesn't have anything to do with the number of attractions. First, it was the name that Walt gave it after he let go of "Florida Project" title (i.e. Disney World, Walt was added later by Roy). It had MK, but it also had hotels, a number of restaurants, Shopping area, water park, Camp ground and land/sea recreational areas plus Golf Courses. It had enough entry road to get to MK to classify it as a World anyway.When you consider anything an attraction sure.....Disneyland has more "real rides" than all four WDW parks I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong somebody on here did the math.
Oh yes.Speaking of Golden Oak, is it on property that was originally part of WDW?
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