From: ssquier@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Sean Alan Squier)
Subject: WDW fact list!!
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:46:30 GMT

This is an old file I found lurking in my directory and I thought it
was time to brush off some dust and repost it.  Unfortunately, I'm
sure some of this information is out of date, since new attractions
and resorts have been built or are in the works.  But it's a pretty
comprehensive start.  Enjoy!!

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Okay, here it is, What you've all been waiting for.....
(transcribed from the EYES & EARS EXTRA SUMMER '91)
(I'm done with finals and have way too much time on my hands..:-))

THE OFFICIAL WALT DISNEY WORLD FACT LIST 
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o Disney property covers 29,070 acres (approximately twice the size of the 
  island of Manhattan).  The Walt Disney World Resort includes:

  Magic Kingdom Park . . . . . . . . . . . . .  107 acres
  Magic Kingdom Parking Lot. . . . . . . . . .   93 acres
    Accomodates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,156 cars
  EPCOT Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  260 acres
  EPCOT Center Parking Lot . . . . . . . . . .  290 acres
    Accomodates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11,391 cars
  Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park. . . . . . . .  135 acres
  Disney-MGM Studios Parking Lot . . . . . . .   42 acres
    Accomodates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,534 cars
  Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground  750 acres
  Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort. . . . . . .  200 acres

o Disney Village Marketplace/Pleasure Island .  155 acres
  Pleasure Island Parking Lot. . . . . . . . .    6 acres
    Accomodates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800 cars

o Support Facilities
    (Waste Water Treatment, Tree Farm, etc.) .  295 acres

o Total currently developed area . . . . . . .6,700 acres

o Permanent Wildlife conservation area . . . .7,500 acres

o There are 125 miles of paved roads - 123 buses - 13.7 miles of monorail
  beamway - 14 monorails.

o The Reedy Creek Improvement District is a state-created governmental entity
  that oversees governmental functions for the Walt Disney World Resort.

    - Maintains 70 lane-miles of public roads
    - Fire protection
    - Water Control
    - Environmental protection, planning and permit
    - Building and safety regulation

o Within the Walt Disney World Resort there are:
   
    - 67 Theme Park attractions
    - 146 Food & Beverage locations
    - 214 Merchandise locations

RESORT FACTS
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 * Has facilities for Handicapped Guests

o Average Length of Stay - 3 days
  Average Number of Guests Per Room - 3.1 <-------????????!!

o Disney's Polynesian Resort
  Opened Oct. 1, 1971  *
  855 Rooms
  Rates effective 4/28 - 6/7/91
  $180-$240

o Disney's Contemporary Resort
  Opened Oct. 1, 1971
  1,056 Rooms
  Rates " " " " " " " " " " " "
  $170-$365
  Disney's Contemporary Resort Meeting Facility
  Opened October 1991
  83,709 Square Feet of Convention Space
  (with new ballroom opening 10/91)

o Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
  Opened 1971
  785 Sites
  407 Trailer Homes
  Rates " " " " " " " " " " " " 
  Campsites $30,$37,$44
  Fleetwood Trailer Rental $160

o The Disney Inn
  Opened 1973  *
  288 Rooms
  Rates " " " " " " " " " " " "
  $165-$175

o Disney's Village Resort
  Opened 1974  *
  576 Rooms
  Rates " " " " " " " " " " " "
  1 - Bedroom Club Suites $155
  Deluxe Club Suites $240
  1 - Bedroom Vacation Villas $220, $240
  2 - Bedroom Vacation Villas $270
  2 - Bedroom Fairway Villas $315
  2 - Bedroom Treehouse Villas $295
  Grande Vista Suites $725, $800
  14,300 Square Feet of Convention Space

o Disney's Grand Floridian Beach Resort
  Opened 1988  *
  901 Rooms
  Rates " " " " " " " " " " " " 
  $225-$395
  Disney's Grand Floridian Beach Resort Meeting Facility - August 1991
  27,037 Square Feet of Convention Space

o Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
  Opened 1988  *
  2,112 Rooms
  Rates effective through 8/17/91
  $84,$85, and $99

o Disney's Yacht Club Resort
  Opened Nov. 5, 1990
  635 Rooms
  Rates effective 4/28-6/7/91
  $190-$325

  Disney's Beach Club Resort
  Opened Nov. 19, 1990  *
  584 Rooms
  Rates " " " " " " " " " " " 
  $190-$325

o Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Meeting Facility
  54,000 Square Feet of Convention Space

o Disney's Port Orleans Resort
  Opened May 17, 1991  *
  1,008 Rooms
  First Phase: 432 Rooms
  The remaining 576 rooms will be phased in during the following three months.
  Rates effective through 8/17/91
  $84,$95, and $99

o Disney's Dixie Landings Resort  
  Due to open Feb. 1992  *
  2,048 Rooms
  First Phase: 320 Rooms
  The remaining 1,728 rroms will be phased on line through July 1992.

o Walt Disney World Swan
  Westin Hotels and Resorts  *
  758 Rooms
  Rates effective through 12/31/91
  $220-$245
  50,000 Square Feet of Convention Space

o Walt Disney World Dolphin
  Sheraton Corporation  *
  758 Rooms
  Rates effective 4/28-6/7/91
  $159-$325
  202,000 Square Feet of Convention Space

o Disney Village Marketplace
  Opened 1975
  Features 18 shops and 11 restaurants

o As of July, 1991, there are 15,539 rooms/sites on property.  Of these, 
  9,213 are Walt Disney Resort rooms.

o As of February 1991, there are 76,700 rooms in the Central Florida area.

o 18% of all Central Florida rooms are on Disney property.

o 11% of all Central Florida rooms are Disney owned and operated.


THEME PARK FACTS 
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o The Magic Kingdom Park opened on October 1, 1971.  There are 36 attractions,
  36 food locations and 56 merchandise locations.

o EPCOT Center opened on October 1, 1982.  It features 21 attractions, 33 food
  locations and 66 merchandise locations.

o While the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park opened to the public on May 1, 1989,
  filming began at the Studios in June of 1988.  The Park has 10 attractions,
  11 food locations and 20 merchandise locations.

o Walt Disney World Ticket Prices
  Day Guest                     Ages 3-9  Ages 10+
  1-Day 1-Park Ticket             $26       $33
  4-Day All Three Parks Passport  $88       $111
  Annual Pass - New               $155      $180
  Annual Pass - Renewal           $135      $160

Note: Prices do not include tax.


BACKSTAGE FACTS
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o On the environmental front, The Walt Disney World Resort recycles over one
  million pounds of scrap metal, one million pounds of wooden pallets, and
  two million pounds of corrugated cardboard each year.

o The Walt Disney World Resort currently collects over 94,000 pounds of office
  paper and over 200,000 pounds of cardboard each month for recycling.

o There are 16 executive chefs on Walt Disney World property.  We have 8,000 
  recipes on file.

o The combined space available under all our warehouses is equal to 34
  football fields.

o We prepare:
  100,000 pounds of meat in a peak week
  80,000 pieces of bread in a peak week
  25,000 cookies on a peak day
  1,000,000 pounds of laundry a week

o Vista United Telecommunications is a fully operating local exchange telephone
  company.  It provides:

 - Telecommunications equipment and systems for the Walt Disney World Resort
   Complex.
 - Telephone sets, PBX systems, public telephones, cabling, paging/cellular,
   central office and long distance switching systems.
 - All hotel, administration and long distance operator services for the 
   Company.

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I hope everyone can find this useful in some way or another.  If not, just
look at all useless facts with which you can now stump your friends !!!!



Sean Squier
(Future CEO - The Walt Disney Company)
ssquier@silver.ucs.indiana.edu



Sean Squier
(Future CEO - The Walt Disney Company)
ssquier@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney