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For the past few years, the Walt Disney World Resort had an increasing amount of Guest groups coming to the resort for pre-arranged events. Out of this need to accommodate these large numbers of people and events, a convention department was created specifically to coordinate everything from hotel-room reservations to hall arrangements to catering. Disney’s Grand Floridian Beach Resort and Disney’s Contemporary Resortd their own convention centers to join the already packed convention space across property.
The most popular events requested on property are weddings. The "Fairy Tale Wedding" department evolved out of convention sales, again coordinating each event with the Guests involved. It eventually developed entire packages for Guests so that they didn’t have to plan their own at all. The centerpiece for this department is the Disney Wedding Pavilion, whichd just down the beach from Disney’s Grand Floridian Beach Resort on July 15, 1995. Featuring the same Victorian-style architecture as the nearby beach resort, this pavilion is large enough to host weddings of 250 Guests or more and can be rearranged for smaller, intimate ceremonies.
On January 27, 1996, the Walt Disney World Resort hosted the inaugural Indy 200 race in the new, state-of-the-art Walt Disney World Speedway. The race was put together by the Resort’s new sports department and the Indy Racing League. From design to reality, the racetrack took about ten months to construct next to the Magic Kingdom parking lot. Each curve in the one mile track has its own unique banking, providing a bigger challenge to veteran drivers.
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