Walt Disney Parks and Resorts January 2, 2001, Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel on December 15, 2000, and Downtown Disney on January 12, 2001. Disneyland was rebranded Disneyland Park to distinguish it from the larger resort complex. The resort focuses on Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters and occupies . The Walt Disney World Resort opened October 1, 1971, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, with the Magic Kingdom theme park and three resort hotels. It expanded with the opening of Epcot in 1982, Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios) and Disney's Typhoon Lagoon in 1989, Disney's Blizzard Beach in 1995, Disney's Animal Kingdom in 1998, Disney
Sports in Orlando, Florida 1994, as well as WWE's 2008 Hall of Fame ceremony, headlined by the induction of Ric Flair. The Amway Center has hosted the 2016 Royal Rumble and WWE's 2017 Hall of Fame ceremony. Orlando also hosted television tapings for WCW at varying times in the 1990s, both at Disney-MGM Studios and Universal Studios Florida. Impact Wrestling has also held a majority of its shows at Universal Studios. WWE's NXT brand is currently based out of Full Sail University in the nearby Winter Park suburb. The WWE Performance Center, the official pro wrestling school of WWE, is also located in Orlando.