Until Obama's victory, Orange County, home to Orlando and Disney World, had developed a well-earned reputation as one of Florida's premier battlegrounds.
My father was a supervisor at Kodak headquarters in downtown Rochester, and later became a liaison between Kodak and Disney in Orlando, for 25 years.
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Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and all Disneyland parks in Anaheim, California, were closed, but resort hotels remain open for its guests.
And President Obama thinks we should do even more to boost that trend, which is why he traveled to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
Shanghai Disney will be large enough to rival its flagship attraction Walt Disney World in Orlando, which brinigs in over 40 million visitors to each year.
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Mr. Allman wryly tells the story of how Disney interests used shadow companies, shrewd legal maneuvering and a compliant state legislature to take absolute control of the 47 square miles of central Florida wasteland that became Disney World and turned the Orlando area into an El Dorado of amusement.
In the early 1960s Disney sought to replicate Disneyland in Orlando, but on a much grander scale, as a regional resort.
The odds of having to duck away from a bolt of lightning in the land of Disney's Magic Kingdom, Orlando, Fla.
Since Universal opened its Harry Potter exhibit earlier this year in Orlando, attendance has picked up at the Disney parks as well even as discounting has been pulled back.
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The acquisition combines two highly compatible family entertainment brands, and strengthens the long-standing beneficial relationship between them that already includes successful integration of Star Wars content into Disney theme parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Paris and Tokyo.
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According to recent reports in Hong Kong newspapers, the SAR's Disney park is likely to be in two parts: a high-tech park similar to one at Orlando, Florida, and next to it, a Magic Kingdom, the traditional style of Disney theme park.
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In addition, ESPN utilizes cutting-edge technology located at the ESPN Innovation Lab in Orlando at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex at Walt Disney World to continue to develop innovative production enhancements.
This president is an audio-animatronic Obama surrounded by the 42 other U.S. presidents at Walt Disney World's newly revamped Hall of Presidents in Orlando, Florida.
Overall, the new additions certainly have Disney fans aflutter, but will this translate to an influx of Orlando visitors?
Given its role transporting families to Disney World and other theme parks, it's no surprise that Orlando International Airport ranked as the best domestic airport for people traveling with kids.
Miami, home to the largest Cuban community outside of the communist island, will be a popular destination, as will Orlando, a favourite vacation spot for many Cubans, thanks to it being the home of Walt Disney World.
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