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Disney Parks refers to The Walt Disney Company's theme park resorts and other leisure enterprises. It used to be a single subsidiary called Walt Disney Parks and Resorts (officially Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, Inc.) until March 14, 2018, when the company merged it with Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media to form Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products (renamed to Disney Parks, Experiences and Products in 2019, and then Disney Experiences in 2023).
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The resorts and their parks
- Disneyland Resort – The resort with the original park in Anaheim, California that opened in 1955, which is the only one that Walt Disney himself created and visited in his lifetime. It expanded to a resort in 2001 with the opening of its second theme park.
- Disneyland Park
- Disney California Adventure Park
- Walt Disney World Resort – The flagship resort of the company that opened in 1971, located near Orlando, Florida. It has four theme parks, two water parks (formerly three), a sports complex, and so much more. Simply put, it's huge. (See its wiki page for the list of parks.)
- Tokyo Disney Resort – The only licensed resort, owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan since its opening in 1983; Disney does have a degree of creative control and the company's "Imagineers" built it.
- Disneyland Paris – Opened in Marne-la-Vallée, Île-de-France, France (near Paris) as Euro Disney Resort in 1992, this is the only non-American resort fully owned and operated by Disney.
- Disneyland Park – To avoid confusion with the American original, use the resort's name to refer to this park.
- Walt Disney Studios Park (tag unused)
- Hong Kong Disneyland Resort – Located in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong and co-owned by Disney and the Government of Hong Kong. It opened in 2005 along with the park of the same name, its only theme park so far.
- Hong Kong Disneyland (tag unused)
- Shanghai Disney Resort – The newest resort as of 2016. Located in Pudong, Shanghai, China, Disney owns 43% of it and the remaining 57% is owned by Shanghai Shendi Group, which is a joint venture of three companies owned by the Shanghai government.
- Shanghai Disneyland Park (tag unused)
(Tagged) Attractions found in Disney Parks
- Astro Orbiter – A Red Baron attraction found in the Tomorrowland areas of the "Magic Kingdom"-style parks (except Tokyo Disneyland) themed after rockets. Formerly known as the Space Shuttle-themed Star Jets (although Tokyo Disneyland's version was Star Jets throughout its existence).
- Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin – Also known as Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters among other names depending on the version/park. (Space Ranger Spin is the original over at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.) Toy Story and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command-themed attraction found in the Tomorrowland areas of the "Magic Kingdom"-style parks that's a cross between a dark ride and an infrared laser shooting gallery.
- Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress – Rotating theater currently located in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom about the advent of electricity and the advancement of technology throughout the 20th Century from the point of view of a "typical" American family.
- Cinderella Castle – The iconic landmark of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland.
- The Enchanted Tiki Room – A theater-in-the-round attraction found in Disneyland, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo Disneyland that features singing birds and tiki gods. Iago and Zazu were previously featured in an infamous version of the show that was made for the Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo's version currently features Stitch.
- Expedition Everest — Legend of the Forbidden Mountain – A steel roller coaster in an artificial mountain at the Asia land of Disney's Animal Kingdom, where a yeti appears to attack visitors to a forbidden mountain next to Mount Everest.
- Fantasmic! – A nighttime show shown at several Disney Parks where the audience watches Mickey Mouse's imagination come to life, leading to a climatic battle against the Disney Villains.
- The Haunted Mansion – An iconic horror-themed dark ride found in most of the "Magic Kingdom"-style parks where grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize.
- Horizons – An extinct Epcot Omnimover dark ride formerly located in the Future World East area (soon to become the World Discovery area) that was housed in trapezoidal-looking spaceship-styled building and was thematically a culmination of everything Future World focused on during its run. It permanently closed on January 9, 1999. Today, Mission: SPACE stands in its place.
- Journey into Imagination – A dark ride in the Future World West area (soon to rezoned to the new World Celebration area) of Epcot housed in the pyramid-roofed Imagination! pavilion that teaches guests about the wonders of using one's imagination. Stars a purple dragon named Figment who is considered to be Epcot's unofficial mascot.
- Jungle Cruise – A boat ride though "the jungles of the world" found in the Adventureland areas of "Magic Kingdom"-style parks known for its deliberately cheap-looking Audio-Animatronics and punny skippers.
- Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (French for "The Castle of the Beauty in the Sleeping Wood", but known in English as Sleeping Beauty Castle) – The iconic landmark of Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris.
- Mad Tea Party – A spinning teacups attraction based on Disney's Alice in Wonderland found in various Fantasyland areas of "Magic Kingdom"-style parks.
- Mickey's PhilharMagic – A CGI 4-D film first shown at Magic Kingdom and since been ported to several other Disney resorts. Despite Mickey Mouse's name in the title, Donald Duck is the actual star of the show, as he ends up on a journey through many iconic Disney animated films in order to retrieve Mickey's sorcerer's hat.
- Stitch Encounter – A digital puppetry attraction at all non-American Disney Parks resorts (originated at Hong Kong, whose version is now removed) where guests can talk to Lilo & Stitch's Stitch in real time via screen. Known as Stitch Live! in Disneyland Paris. A better-received attraction than...
- Stitch's Great Escape! – A theater-in-the-round attraction at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom with a very polarizing reception that served as a (non-canonical) prequel to Lilo & Stitch. It last operated on January 6, 2018, and was declared permanently closed on July 16, 2020.
- Spaceship Earth – Epcot's iconic geodesic sphere that houses an Omnimover dark ride about communication throughout human history. It will be refocused on the history of storytelling after Epcot's massive transformation project is complete.
- Splash Mountain – A log flume attraction themed after the animated segments of Song of the South that is found in the Critter Country areas of Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland, and the Frontierland area of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. The American versions are to be rethemed to The Princess and the Frog in the future.
External links
- Disney Theme Parks on TV Tropes
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