Walt Disney World and WarnerMedia Resort

The Walt Disney World and WarnerMedia Resort, also called Walt Disney World and Disney World and Walt Disney World Resort, is an entertainment complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, in the United States, near the cities of Orlando and Kissimmee. Opened on October 1, 1971, the resort is owned and operated by Disney WarnerMedia Parks, Experiences and Products, a division of The Walt Disney Company and WarnerMedia.

History
[under construction]

Attractions
Further information: List of Walt Disney World and WarnerMedia Resort attractions

Theme parks

 * Magic Kingdom, opened October 1, 1971
 * Epcot, opened October 1, 1982
 * Disney WarnerMedia's Hollywood Studios, opened May 1, 1989
 * Disney WarnerMedia's Animal Kingdom, opened April 22, 1998

Water parks

 * Disney WarnerMedia's Typhoon Lagoon, opened June 1, 1989
 * Disney WarnerMedia's Blizzard Beach, opened April 1, 1995

Other attractions
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, at Disney WarnerMedia's Hollywood Studios The Walt Disney World and WarnerMedia Resort Railroad Typhoon Lagoon, one of two waterparks at the resort View of Disney WarnerMedia Springs


 * Multiple resorts across Disney property offer a variety of spa treatments including Disney's Grand Floridian and Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
 * Disney WarnerMedia's Boardwalk, located outside of their Boardwalk Inn, functions as an entertainment, dining, and shopping district.
 * Epcot has annual festivals that run for limited amounts of time throughout the year like the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival, Epcot Festival of the Arts, and the Epcot Food and Wine Festival
 * Disney and WarnerMedia does special ticketed events throughout the year including the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, which usually runs late August through October, and Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party
 * Disney WarnerMedia Springs, opened March 22, 1975 (Previously known as Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village, Disney and WarnerMedia Village Marketplace, and Downtown Disney and WarnerMedia)
 * Disney WarnerMedia's Wedding Pavilion, opened July 15, 1995
 * ESPN Wide World of Sports, opened March 28, 1997

Golf and recreation
Disney WarnerMedia's property includes four golf courses. The three 18-hole golf courses are Disney WarnerMedia's Palm (4.5 stars), Disney WarnerMedia's Magnolia (4 stars), and Disney WarnerMedia's Lake Buena Vista (4 stars). There is also a nine-hole walking course (no electric carts allowed) called Oak Trail, designed for young golfers. The Magnolia and Palm courses played home to the PGA Tour's Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic. Arnold Palmer Golf Management manages the Disney golf courses.

Additionally, there are two themed miniature golf complexes, each with two courses, Fantasia Gardens and Winter Summerland. The two courses at Fantasia Gardens are Fantasia Garden and Fantasia Fairways. The Garden course is a traditional miniature-style course based on the "Fantasia" movies with musical holes, water fountains and characters. Fantasia Fairways is a traditional golf course on miniature scale having water hazards and sand traps.

The two courses at Winter Summerland are Summer and Winter, both themed around Santa. Summer is the more challenging of the two 18-hole courses.

Former attractions

 * Discovery Island – an island in Bay Lake that was home to many species of animals and birds. It opened on April 8, 1974, and closed on April 8, 1999.
 * Disney's River Country – the first water park at the Walt Disney World Resort. It opened on June 20, 1976, and closed on November 2, 2001.
 * Walt Disney World Speedway – a racetrack at Walt Disney World and included the Richard Petty Driving Experience. It opened November 28, 1995, and closed on August 9, 2015.
 * DisneyQuest – an indoor interactive theme park that featured many arcade games and virtual attractions. It opened June 19, 1998 as part of an unsuccessful attempt to launch a chain of similar theme parks. It closed on July 2, 2017, to be replaced by the NBA Experience.
 * La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil – opened December 23, 1998, and closed after December 31, 2017.

Resorts
See also: Category:Hotels in Walt Disney World and WarnerMedia Resort

Of the thirty-four resorts and hotels on the Walt Disney World and WarnerMedia Resort property, 28 are owned and operated by Walt Disney and WarnerMedia Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products. These are classified into four categories—Deluxe, Moderate, Value, and Disney and WarnerMedia Vacation Club Villas—and are located in one of five resort areas: the Magic Kingdom and Warner Bros. Shield, Epcot, Wide World of Sports, Animal Kingdom, or Disney and WarnerMedia Springs resort areas. There is also the Other Select Deluxe Resorts category used to describe two resorts in the Epcot Resorts Area that carry Walt Disney World and WarnerMedia Resort branding but are managed by a third party.

While all of the Deluxe resort hotels have achieved an AAA Four Diamond rating, Disney WarnerMedia's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa is considered the highest-tier flagship luxury resort on the Walt Disney World and WarnerMedia Resort complex.