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
The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life is a non-fiction book by Steven Watts. Steven Watts is a professor at University of Missouri-Columbia. He has published many articles and essays; however one of the most reviewed and major non- fiction books he wrote was "The Magic Kingdom ". Walt Disney was born in Chicago on December 5, 1901 and lived in Marceline, Missouri from 1905 to 1910. When he was young, he had a talent for drawing and he earned money doing illustrations for newspapers