Disney World property size???

[LIPeter]

I was looking at WDW on google earth, and I was wondering where the property lines are. Would they have room for another park? Hotels?

 

[adisneyaunt]

It's HUGE and plenty of available space... exciting times ahead for sure...

 

[mesaboy2]

A common size reference to WDW is that it is twice the size of Manhattan. There is room for dozens of additional parks and/or hotels. That said, I don't expect any additional parks anytime in the near future.

 

[kay1864]

I posted a map on this topic a few years back: https://www.disboards.com/threads/h...e-left-aerial-pictures.3150151/#post-49135049

 

[rajak73]

If I remember right a book I read, They own 76,000 acres. On the behind the scene tour we took, The guide said that 1/3 was developed, 1/3 was for conservation and 1/3 could be developed yet.

 

[supersnoop]

If I remember right a book I read, They own 76,000 acres. On the behind the scene tour we took, The guide said that 1/3 was developed, 1/3 was for conservation and 1/3 could be developed yet.

I think it's closer to 25,000-30,000 acres; about 45 square miles. But, yes, only a third has been developed.

 

[wareagle57]

A common size reference to WDW is that it is twice the size of Manhattan. There is room for dozens of additional parks and/or hotels. That said, I don't expect any additional parks anytime in the near future.

The size of San Francisco is another comparison I hear used quite often.

 

[DisBuckMan]

I think it's closer to 25,000-30,000 acres; about 45 square miles. But, yes, only a third has been developed.

Yep...pretty sure it's right at 28,000 acres in size.

 

[LIPeter]

I wonder what other things they could build? I wouldn't mind a Star Wars themed hotel.

 

[SaharanTea]

"The property covers 27,258 acres (43 sq mi; 110 km2)"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_World

 

[Karl66]

"The property covers 27,258 acres (43 sq mi; 110 km2)"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_World

This is correct.

 

[FastPasser.]

"The property covers 27,258 acres (43 sq mi; 110 km2)"

This is correct.

The original acreage of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which is where WDW is situated, was 27,258, however the RCID, or what we think of as WDW, is now just under 25,000 acres or 38.7 sq. mi. https://www.rcid.org/

 

[msb578]

The area that's now Celebration used to be part of RCID, but no longer is. Does anyone know how that factors in to the number? How big of a reduction was that?

 

[rajak73]

I think it's closer to 25,000-30,000 acres; about 45 square miles. But, yes, only a third has been developed.

After I posted that I started to figure and what I had would have been 118 Sq miles, 45 sq miles sounds a lot closer. Still huge if you figure 45 sq miles.

 

[SaharanTea]

This was also on the Wikipedia page:

"At its founding, the park occupied approximately 30,500 acres (48 sq mi; 123 km2). Portions of the property have since been sold or de-annexed, including land now occupied by the Disney-built community of Celebration. Now the park occupies 27,258 acres (43 sq mi; 110 km2),[14] about the size of San Francisco, or twice the size of Manhattan."

I'm doubting this a bit. Even the linked source has different figures. I tried poking around the RCID website, but couldn't find a whole lot in short order. I did find several sources giving the current size as 25,000 acres, but many sources vary on the actual figure. In many cases, it probably depends on what areas they include. With some sell-offs and some different affiliations, the official figure might be hard to nail down for news sources who more frequently rely on other Internet sources. Further complicating matters for web sleuths is the date of publication of these sources since the size has changed a bit over time.

At the end of the day, I'd defer to FastPasser since he likely gets his figures from the source. It's amazing it's not easier to pin down an official number from an official source online.

 

[FastPasser.]

since he likely gets his figures from the source.

It's shown on the first page of the link I posted which is an official RCID website. Here it is. https://www.rcid.org/