Disney Experiences

Disney Experiences
	Corporate logo for the subsidiary
	Disney Parks brand logo
Formerly	Walt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division (1980–1989); Walt Disney Attractions (1989–2008); Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (2008–2018); Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products (2018); Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (2018–2023);
Company type	Division
Predecessors	Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide; Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media ; 20th Century Fox Consumer Products;
Founded	April 1, 1971
Headquarters	Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Glendale, California, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Josh D'Amaro (Chairman)
Products	Books, Games, Clothing
Services	Theme parks, hotel lodging, cruises, timeshares, guided tours, travel packages, attraction design, licensing
Parent	The Walt Disney Company
Divisions	Disney Parks International; Disney Signature Experiences;
Subsidiaries	Disneyland Resort; Walt Disney World; Tokyo Disney Resort; Disneyland Paris; Hong Kong Disneyland Resort; Shanghai Disney Resort; Walt Disney Imagineering; Disney Consumer Products;
Website	disneyconnect.com
	Footnotes / references;

Disney Experiences, colloquially known as Disney Parks, is one of the Walt Disney Company's three major business segments and a division of that company. It was founded on April 1, 1971, exactly six months before the opening of Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, just outside of Orlando.

The most recent chairman of Disney Experiences was Bob Chapek, formerly president of Disney Consumer Products. Chapek was promoted to CEO of The Walt Disney Company on February 25, 2020. On May 18, 2020, Josh D'Amaro was appointed as chairman of the division, succeeding Chapek. In 2018, the company's theme parks hosted over 157.3 million guests, making Disney Parks the world's most visited theme park company worldwide, with United Kingdom-based Merlin Entertainments coming in second at 67 million guests. It is by far Disney's largest business segment according to employee headcount, with approximately 130,000 of the company's 180,000 employees as of 2015. In March 2018, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media was merged into Parks and Resorts and renamed Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. In September 2020, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products laid off 28,000 employees in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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