Walt Disney World the district was allowed to issue tax-exempt bonds for public projects within the district, despite the sole beneficiary being Walt Disney Productions. The district soon began construction of drainage canals, and Disney built the first roads and the Magic Kingdom. The Contemporary Resort Hotel and Polynesian Village were also completed in time for the park's opening on October 1, 1971. The Palm and Magnolia golf courses near Magic Kingdom had opened a few weeks before, while Fort Wilderness opened a month later. 24 days after the park opened, Roy O. Disney dedicated the property and declared that it would be
Marriott's Orlando World Center Marriott's Orlando World Center The Marriott's Orlando World Center Resort is a hotel and convention center near Orlando, Florida. The resort, which is close by to Walt Disney World, is located off of World Center Drive, which was renamed from International Drive to the resort's namesake after the southern extension of I-Drive was built. Marriott's Orlando World Center opened on March 24, 1986, which at the time was the largest hotel in Florida, and is now the largest Marriott in the World. The 2,008-room, 28-story building contains a nine-story lobby atrium, and also has the largest pillar free ballroom in