Disney Development Company
The Disney Development Company was a fully owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, incorporated in Florida. Beginning in 1984, its primary role was in the master planning, design and construction of resort, commercial and business areas within the Walt Disney World Resort, and the development of the planned community, Celebration, Florida.
Completed Disney Development Company projects included but were not limited to: Disney's Grand Floridan Resort & Convention Center, The Crossroads of Lake Buena Vista, Disney's AMC-10 Theaters, Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort, Disney's Pleasure Island, Disney's Casting Center, the WDW Swan Resort, the WDW Dolphin Resort, Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resorts, Team Disney office building, Disney's Contemporary Resort Convention Center, Disney's Boardwalk Resort, Master Signage program, Disney Vacation Club, Disney's Port Orleans Resort, Disney's Dixie Landings Resort, Disney's Wilderness Lodge Resort, Disney's Wide World of Sports, Reedy Creek Improvement District Fire Station, Eagle Pines & Osprey Ridge golf courses & clubhouse, Disney's Cruise Line and Cruise Line Terminal, Disney's All-Star Resorts, Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf, Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf Course, Disney's Fairytale Weddings pavilion, Celebration, FL, Disney's Animal Kingdom Resort, and EuroDisney Resorts located east of Paris in Chessy, France.
In May 1996, the Disney Development Company merged with Walt Disney Imagineering to form a single entity.