Despite the late 1970s being a fairly stagnant period for Walt Disney World as EPCOT was being developed, the resort continued to boom. Attendance rose 7.8% to over 14,000,000 for the fiscal year. In 1979, the Magic Kingdom park itself did not change much, with the majority of the active changes happening at the resorts. Magic Kingdom and Resorts The changes to the existing resort were few and far between. The Camera Center began to be called the Main Street […]

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