Disney World is a Florida icon.
Cinderella Castle
When Disney started buying land in Florida in 1964, the population of the nearest city — Orlando — was about 240,000 people. Today, Orlando’s population is more than 2 million, and with the hundreds of hotels, theme parks, shopping destinations, restaurants, and other tourist destinations that have sprung up in the 5+ decades since Disney World opened, it’s not hard to see that “one man’s dream” was responsible for much of that growth.
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