Disney Experiences
Theme park and travel division of The Walt Disney Company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Disney Experiences,[lower-alpha 1] commonly known as Disney Parks, is one of the three major divisions of The Walt Disney Company.[4][2] It was founded on April 1, 1971, exactly six months before the opening of Walt Disney World.
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Company type | Division |
Founded | April 1, 1971; 53 years ago (1971-04-01) |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Josh D'Amaro (Chair) |
Parent | The Walt Disney Company |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | disneyconnect |
Footnotes / references [1][2][3] |
Led by Josh D'Amaro, the company's theme parks hosted over 157.3 million guests, making Disney Parks the world's most visited theme park company worldwide,[5] with United Kingdom-based Merlin Entertainments coming in second at 67 million guests. It is Disney's largest business segment by employee headcount, with approximately 130,000[6] of the company's 180,000 employees as of 2015.[7][needs update] In March 2018, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media was merged into Parks and Resorts and renamed Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. In September 2020, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products laid off 28,000 employees in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]