To say Walt Disney overextended himself to build Disneyland is an understatement. He pulled out all the stops to make it happen. So when cheap motels and sleazy knock-off souvenir shops started popping up near the happiest place on earth, there wasn’t much he could do about it. I’ve heard it really bugged him to know that people on the Monorail would decide to cut their holidays short because they could see congestion building on the nearby freeway. He wanted his guests to feel they were in a world apart. This is one of the reasons he created Walt Disney World - the largest and most visited recreational resort on the planet. WDW consists of four theme parks, two water parks, twenty-three resort/hotels and one campground. The first of these, the Magic Kingdom, opened on October 1, 1971. Walt didn’t live to see this dream fulfilled, but I think he would have liked the way it turned out.
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