Disney World Timeline

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    • Walt Plans for EPCOT

    Walt Disney knew he wanted to have a new kind of community and started work planning for it.

    Land Acquisition Begins!

    An airport on the property acquired

    The architects

    The first resident of WDW

    Before there was Disney World in Orlando, there was a plan for....Palm Beach

    Summer comes, and the jig is up.

    November: Walt Disney visits Florida

    Meeting with the state to get the politics out of the way

    Late 1968, construction begins in earnest

    A local hangout

    Opening hotels

    Opening of the preview center

    Preparing for opening

    A way to get the park

    Windows on Main Street

    The Skyway

    The House of Magic

    Hotel development

    November: Nixon visits

    December: John Lennon visits

    New features

    New features

    Southern Governor's meeting

    The Carousel of Progress moves to Disney World

    New features

    A complete history of how we got to 1977

    October: Jimmy Carter and the ICC

    Our Spaceship Earth

    Streetmosphere is born!

    The Land Pavilion

    Communicore

    The World Showcase players

    January 1985: Reagan visits

    Another airfield opens

    Disney MGM Studios

    Pleasure Island

    1990: Bush visits

    1990: Road Signs

    1996: The Disney Institute

    1996: A new place to shop

    1997: The plans for Animal Kingdom

    1997: Sue is prepared for display

    1998

    More stories to come!


    These videos don't specifically fit into any time period. But they tell the story of Disney World's history.

    Near Walt Disney World

    Game Rooms

    Conservancy

    More Dragons!

    Walt Disney's Trains