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
Disney Magic of the RMS "Queen Mary", the Disney Line "Disney Magic" set sail on its maiden voyage on July 30, 1998, out of Port Canaveral, Florida, as the cruise line's launch ship. The ships initial cruises were to Nassau, Bahamas, with a stop at Castaway Cay, over three to four nights. However, as of 2011, "Disney Dream" has taken over doing these cruises. Originally, from 2000, "Disney Magic" had been offering weekly cruises to Castaway Cay and multiple Caribbean islands out of its home port in Port Canaveral. In June 2005, "Disney Magic" was dispatched to the West Coast in honor