Anchoring the entertainment complex, which opened in 1996, are the BoardWalk Inn and Villas resorts. Across Crescent Lake are Disney's Yacht and Beach Club resorts, and a short distance in the other direction are the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resorts.
George Thomas Seaver, nicknamed Tom Terrific and The Franchise, is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched from 1967 to 1986 for four different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the New York Mets and especially for his important role in the team's 1969 World Championship. During a 20-year career, Seaver compiled 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts, 61 shutouts and a 2.86 earned run average. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the highest percentag
As the NCAA player of the year, Laettner was the only collegian selected for the elite Dream Team that dominated the 1992 Olympics; the team is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.