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Essay / Walt Disney Achievements - 1832
Epcot opened about ten years later and attracted even more interest given that its theme was the creativity of American industry (About Walt Disney). By the early 1990s, the Disney name had even spread to Paris, France, where a new Disneyland theme park opened on April 12, 1992 (Walt Disney Biography). The Disney company continues to produce films and television shows today and has grown into a multi-billion dollar corporation named after it. In total, the Disney name owns five resorts, eleven theme parks, two water parks, thirty-nine hotels, eight movie studios, six record labels, and eleven cable television networks. It has also produced 280 television shows, 78 half-hour Zorro television adventures, 330 hours of Mickey Mouse television programming, seven True-Life Adventure feature films, forty-seven live-action films, 493 short films and twenty-one animated feature films. giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual in history and the numbers will continue to rise for generations to come (World