Walt Disney World Resort

Walt Disney World Resort

Walt Disney World Resort includes The Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney Hollywood Studios, Disney's Animal Kingdom and 32 resorts and hotels that are located on the Walt Disney World property.

The Magic Kingdom opened on October 1, 1971.

EPCOT Center was opened in 1982, a theme park adapted from Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow". The park permanently adopted the name Epcot in 1996.

In 1989, the resort added Disney-MGM Studios, a theme park inspired by show business, whose name was changed to Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2008.

The resort's fourth theme park, Disney's Animal Kingdom, opened in 1998.

Location

Lake Buena Vista, Orange County
Florida, USA

Getting There

Walt Disney World Resort is located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. There are several ways to get there depending on your starting location:

From Orlando International Airport: You can take a shuttle bus, taxi, or rental car to get to the resort, which is about 20 miles away from the airport.

From downtown Orlando: You can take a Lynx bus or a taxi to get to the resort.

From other parts of Florida: You can take the Florida Turnpike or Interstate 4 to get to the resort.

Once you arrive at Walt Disney World Resort, there are various transportation options available within the resort, such as buses, monorails, boats, and Disney's new Skyliner gondola system.

Nearby Airports

This is a list of primary airports in Florida that have scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.