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The first theme park created by the Disney Company was Disneyland, which opened in 1955 in Anaheim, California. The next project was the Walt Disney World Resort in central Florida, which opened in 1971. In 1982 the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, known as Epcot, opened. There are also Disney theme parks in Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.

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