Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products

Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products, Inc.File:Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products.svg

Type| Corporation
Predecessors|

* Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
* Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media

Founded| March 14, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-03-14)

Key people

| Bob Chapek (Chairman)
Products| Books

Production output

* Digital content
* Video games

Services|

* Theme parks
* Hotel lodging
* Cruises
* Timeshares
* Guided tours
* Travel packages
* Attraction design
* Licensing

Parent| The Walt Disney Company
Divisions|

* Disney Licensing
* Disney Retail
* DCPI Games & Apps
* DCPI Publishing and Digital Media
* Disney Parks East
* Disney Parks West
* Disney Signature Experiences

Subsidiaries|

* Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc.
* Disneyland Resort
* Walt Disney World
* Disney Cruise Line
* Disney Vacation Club
* Euro Disney Investments, Inc.
* Disneyland International
* Disney Publishing Worldwide
* Disney Store
* The Muppets Studio
* Disney Interactive

Website| disneyparks.disney.go.com
dcpi.disney.com

Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products, Inc.[1] is a business segment and subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company consisting of its theme parks and resorts, cruise line, vacation club, hotels, stores, merchandising, publishing and digital media, games and interactive experiences and The Muppets Studio.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Disney resorts
* 3 Other ventures
* 3.1 Disney Signature Experiences
* 3.2 Disney Sports Enterprises
* 3.2.1 DSE background
* 3.2.2 DSE history
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History

Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products was formed as part of The Walt Disney Company’s March 2018 strategic reorganization with the merging of the former Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media segments. Parks and Resorts chairman Bob Chapek was named chairman of this new segment, who also previously served as head of Disney Consumer Products.[2] At the time, the Consumer Products chairman position was vacant, as its former holder, James Pitaro, had been recently appointed as the new head of ESPN and co-chair of Disney Media Networks.[3] New Vacation Operations and Disney Cruise Line division was renamed Disney Signature Experiences along with a new president for the division.[4] In March 2018, a Disney Parks West regional division was formed with Disneyland Resort in California, Walt Disney World in Florida, and Disneyland Paris under Catherine Powell, outgoing Disneyland Paris president. This mirrors the Disney Parks East regional division consisting of Shanghai Disney Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland and Walt Disney Attractions Japan and headed by Michael Colglazier.[5][6]

## Disney resorts

Shanghai Disney Resort

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

Disneyland Paris

Tokyo Disney Resort

Walt Disney World

Disneyland Resort

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Locations of Disney resorts

## Other ventures

### Disney Signature Experiences

Disney Signature Experiences division, formerly called Disney Cruise Line & New Vacation Operations, holds newer non-theme park travel units under president Jeff Vahle.[4]

* Disney Cruise Line was formed in 1995. Its fleet comprises four ships: Disney Magic (launched 1998), Disney Wonder (1999), Disney Dream (2011), and Disney Fantasy (2012).[7] Disney Cruise Line has order three new ships that will be completed in 2021, 2022 and 2023.[4] Each ship was designed and built in collaboration with Walt Disney Imagineering. Disney Cruise Line serves the Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, and Alaskan cruises market.
* Disney Vacation Club, a timeshare program that includes 14 themed hotels-resorts within Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort plus Disney's Aulani Resort, Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort, and Disney's Vero Beach Resort. In the fall 2019, a 15th planned property Disney’s Riviera Resort is expected to open next to the Caribbean Beach Resort at Walt Disney World.[4]
* Adventures by Disney, a program of all-inclusive, guided vacation tour packages offered at predominantly non-Disney sites around the world.[4]
* Golden Oak Realty, Golden Oak at Walt Disney World Resort sales[4]

### Disney Sports Enterprises

Disney Sports EnterprisesFormerly| Disney Sports Attractions

|

Industry| Sports
Founder| Reggie Williams.[8]

Key people

| Faron Kelley (vice president)
Services| road race
sports events
Divisions| ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
runDisney
Website| disneysportsnews.com

Disney Sports Enterprises, formerly called Disney Sports Attractions,[9] is the unit of Disney Parks and Resorts for Disney's sports functions and is made up of the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and the runDisney program.[10]

#### DSE background

Disney Golf facilities date back to the opening of Disney World with two golf courses, the Palm and Magnolia courses. At the time, those courses started hosting the Walt Disney World Open Invitational, an annual PGA tour event.[11]

In 1994, Disney held the Walt Disney World Marathon, its first road race added addition races later.[12] Disneyland Marathon and 5K were run in 1995 three weeks after the LA Marathon on March 26, 1995.[13]

In 1995, Disney World had IMS Events, Inc. build the Walt Disney World Speedway.[14] Disney's Wide World of Sports opened in 1997 under executive Reggie Williams.[8]

#### DSE history

By 1998, Williams was named Vice President of Disney Sports Attractions, overseeing a newly created sports & recreation division.[15] The first 10K Disney Classic race on October 3, 1999, kicked off Disney World's 15-month Millennium Celebration.[16] On March 30, 2003, Sports Attractions held the first Disney Inline Marathon.[17]

runDisney races[18][19]

Race weekend | month | location | Inaugurated
Disney World Marathon | January  | Disney World  | 1994[12]
Princess Half-Marathon | February | 2009[20]
Star Wars Half Marathon
— The Dark Side | April | 2016[20]
Wine & Dine Half-Marathon | November |
Tinker Bell Half-Marathon | May  | Disneyland  |
Disneyland Half-Marathon | September
(Labor Day weekend) |
Avengers Super Heroes Half Marathon | November | 2014[12]
Star Wars Half Marathon
— The Light Side | January | 2015[12]
Disneyland Paris Half Marathon | September | Disneyland Paris | 2016[12]

On November 21, 2007, Reggie Williams retired as vice president of Disney Sports Attractions.[8] His replacement was named on January 3, 2008, when Ken Potrock was promoted to Senior Vice President, Disney Sports Enterprises.[9] On February 25, 2010, Disney's Wide World of Sports was renamed ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex with some upgrades and new facilities.[21]

On September 25, 2011, Disney started its lease of its five Disney World golf courses (Palm, Magnolia, Lake Buena Vista, Osprey Ridge, and Oak Trail) to Arnold Palmer Golf Management to operate for 20 years while splitting the revenue. As part of the deal, Arnold Palmer would redesign the Palm course. The Orlando market for golf had a glut of course from the building boom then bust making profitability a challenge for any golf course. Disney hoped that Palmer's involvement and "Palmer Advantage" membership club would draw more attention to Disney's course. With the Osprey Ridge course sold to Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts to build a hotel, which was delayed until 2014, the golf management company would run the course until hotel construction begins. While another golf course, the Eagle Pines, was closed several years ago to make way for a residential housing subdivision development called Golden Oak being built in 2011.[11]

In January 2013, Ken Petrock was promoted to Disney Vacation Club and Adventures by Disney Senior VP & GM while Tom Wolber, Disney Cruise Line Senior VP/Operations, was promoted to replace Petrock at Disney Sports.[10] In late June 2015, the Walt Disney World Speedway was shut down.[14] Senior Vice President of Disney Springs and the ESPN Wide World of Sports Maribeth Bisienere was promoted to Senior Vice President of Parks in early March 2018.[22]

## See also

* Universal Parks & Resorts, Disney's major competitor in the theme park industry
* Park movie adaptations
* Consumer Products franchises
* Anaheim Sports, formerly Disney Sports Enterprises

## References

1. ↑ "Detail by Entity Name" (in en). State of Florida. http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?InquiryType=EntityName&aggregateId=forp-f09000001204-dfbb7cc6-7dee-4d8b-bbef-3244c551d808&searchTerm=Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products&currentPage=0&ListNameOrder=DISNEYPARKSEXPERIENCESCONSUMER F090000012041&SearchNameOrder=DISNEYPARKSEXPERIENCESCONSUMER F090000012041&directionType=Initial. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
2. ↑ Wang, Christine (March 14, 2018). "Disney announces strategic reorganization, effective immediately". CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/14/disney-announces-strategic-reorganization-effective-immediately.html. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
3. ↑ Barnes, Brooks (March 14, 2018). "Disney Reorganization Anticipates 21st Century Fox Assets". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/business/media/walt-disney-21st-century-fox.html. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Tribou, Richard (April 20, 2018). "New president named for Disney Cruise Line, Vacation Club and more". Orlando Sentinel. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/the-daily-disney/os-disney-cruise-line-president-jeff-vahle-20180420-story.html. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
5. ↑ "Imagineering Sees Big Growth as "Parks, Experiences, and Consumer Products" Announces Structure". LaughingPlace.com. March 21, 2018. https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2018/03/21/imagineering-sees-big-growth-parks-experiences-consumer-products-announces-structure/. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
6. ↑ "Catherine Powell steps into new Disney role". Park World. March 29, 2018. http://www.parkworld-online.com/catherine-powell-steps-into-new-disney-role/. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
7. ↑ Nefer, Barb. "Disney Cruise Line History". USA Today. Demand Media. http://traveltips.usatoday.com/disney-cruise-line-history-20748.html. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Robbins, Josh (November 14, 2007). "Reggie Williams to step down as Disney vice president of sports attractions". Orlando Sentinel. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2007-11-14/sports/williams14_1_legs-reggie-williams-atlanta-braves. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Disney Moves Marketing Exec Potrock To Sports Enterprises". Sports Business Daily (American City Business Journals). January 3, 2008. http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2008/01/Issue-72/Sports-Industrialists/Disney-Moves-Marketing-Exec-Potrock-To-Sports-Enterprises.aspx. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Executive Transactions". Sports Business Daily (American City Business Journals). January 10, 2013. http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2013/01/10/People-and-Pop-Culture/Execs.aspx. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Garcia, Jason (August 24, 2011). "Disney World to turn golf courses over to Arnold Palmer group". Orlando Sentinel. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-08-24/the-daily-disney/os-disney-golf-arnold-palmer-20110824_1_walt-disney-world-golf-courses-golf-datatech. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Sylt, Christian (January 7, 2016). "Disney's Runaway Success". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/csylt/2016/01/07/disneys-runaway-success/. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
13. ↑ VanderKnyff, Rick (March 23, 1995). "Disneyland's Magical Marathon". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1995-03-23/news/ol-45988_1_disneyland-marathon. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Larson, Mike (February 12, 2015). "Walt Disney World Speedway shutting down for good". Autoweek (Crain Communications). http://autoweek.com/article/indycar/walt-disney-world-speedway-shutting-down-good. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
15. ↑ Solano, Javier (March 27, 1998). "Directing Sports Of Disney". Orlando Sentinel. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1998-03-27/sports/9803270617_1_disney-wide-disney-sports-complex-world-of-sports. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
16. ↑ Carroll, Frank (September 24, 1999). "Disney Classic 10k Is Oct. 3". Orlando Sentinel. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1999-09-24/news/9909240052_1_10k-classic-three-aces-male-and-female. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
17. ↑ "Putting together skate event was a marathon itself". SportsBusiness Journal (American City Business Journals) (October 14–20, 2002). October 14, 2002. http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2002/10/20021014/Marketingsponsorship/Putting-Together-Skate-Event-Was-A-Marathon-Itself.aspx. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
18. ↑ "Event Preview – RunDisney". Endurance Magazine. November 21, 2011. http://www.endurancemag.com/2011/11/event-preview-rundisney/. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
19. ↑ "runDisney". Disney Sports Enterprises. http://www.rundisney.com. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Ruiz, Stephen (April 17, 2016). "Runners from Wisconsin, New York conquer Star Wars Half Marathon at Disney". Orlando Sentinel. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-star-wars-half-marathon-disney-world-20160417-story.html. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
21. ↑ "Disney's Wide World Of Sports Complex To Receive ESPN Rebranding". Sports Business Daily (American City Business Journals) (40). http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2009/11/Issue-40/Facilities-Venues/Disneys-Wide-World-Of-Sports-Complex-To-Receive-ESPN-Rebranding.aspx?hl=Disney Sports Enterprises&sc=1. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
22. ↑ Storey, Ken (March 12, 2018). "A heavily rumored Mary Poppins attraction is starting to look more real at Epcot" (in en). Orlando Weekly. https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/03/12/a-heavily-rumored-mary-poppins-attraction-is-starting-to-look-more-real-at-epcot. Retrieved July 11, 2018.

## External links

| Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Disney.

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* for Disney Parks
* for Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media
* Disney Parks Corporate Website

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