Parks Timeline

July 1955   -The original Disneyland Park (DL) opens in Anaheim, CA
October 1971   -Magic Kingdom park opens as the flagship park of Walt Disney World Resort (WDW) in Orlando, FL
June 1976   -River Country water park Opens (WDW)
October 1982   -EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens (WDW)
April 1983   -DisneyLand Park opens at Tokyo Disney Resort (TDR) in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture Japan
May 1989   -MGM Studios Park Opens (WDW)
June 1989   -Typhoon Lagoon water park Opens (WDW)
April 1992   -Eurodisney opens (DLP) in Marne-la-Vallée, France
October 1994   -Eurodisney changes its name to Disneyland Paris
April 1995   -Blizzard Beach water park Opens (WDW)
April 1998   -Animal Kingdom Opens (WDW)
February 2001   -Disney's California Adventure Opens (DL)
September 2001   -DisneySea opens (TDR)
November 2001   -River Country closes (WDW)
March 2002   -Walt Disney Studios Park opens (DLP)
September 2005   -Hong Kong Disneyland Resort opens on Lantau Island, Hong Kong
January 2008   -MGM Studios Park becomes Disney's Hollywood Studios (WDW)
June 2016   -Shanghai Disneyland Resort opens in Pudong, Shanghai, China
June 2024   -Fantasy Springs opens in DisneySea - not technically a separate park but definitely a world unto itself... (TDR)