History of Florida to use I-75, and settled along the west coast of Florida. Florida's first theme parks were developed in the 1930s and included Cypress Gardens (1936) near Winter Haven, and Marineland (1938) near St. Augustine. Disney selected Orlando over several other sites for an updated and expanded version of their Disneyland Park in California. In 1971, the Magic Kingdom, the first component of the resort, opened and became Florida's best-known attraction, attracting tens of millions of visitors a year. It stimulated the development of other attractions, as well as large tracts of housing and related businesses. The Orlando area became an
Olympia High School (Orlando, Florida) Olympia High School (Orlando, Florida) Olympia High School is an American public high school which was opened in the fall of 2001 in unincorporated Orange County, Florida, near Orlando. The first principal was Janice Pratt, the second was Robert Avossa, the third principal was Jenny Gibson-Linkh, and the current principal is Guy Swenson. Olympia High School is a Silver Medalist on the US News & World Reports national ranking of high schools. Olympia is ranked 589 in the National Rankings and 48th within Florida. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® course work and exams. The AP® participation rate