Location | Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 28°22′13″N 81°31′16″W / 28.3702539°N 81.5209851°W |
Opening date | March 22, 1975 |
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Management | Walt Disney World Key People - Matt Simon (VP)[1] |
Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
Public transit access | 50 & 300-306[2][3] Disney Transport |
Website | Official website |
Walt Disney World |
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Theme parks |
Water parks |
Other attractions and areas |
Resorts |
Affiliated services |
Transport |
Disney Springs is an outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment complex at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, near Orlando.
First opened in 1975 as Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village, it has been expanded and rebranded over the years as Walt Disney World Village (1977), Disney Village Marketplace (1989), and Downtown Disney (1997), becoming Disney Springs in 2015. A similar complex is being developed on the opposite side of Walt Disney World called Flamingo Crossings.[4]
The 120-acre (49 ha) complex includes four distinct areas: Marketplace, The Landing, Town Center, and West Side. Buses and water taxis operated by Disney Transport provide transportation between Disney Springs and other areas of Walt Disney World.