Disneyland Texas Resort

The Disneyland Texas Resort is an entertainment resort located in Northlake and Argyle, Texas, near the cities of Fort Worth and Dallas. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences and Products division and is home to 3 theme parks (Disneyland Texas, Westcot, Discovery-Land), 4 hotels, and an entertainment and shopping district (Disney City).

The resort was founded in 2027, as part of Disney's Project Entertainment, a project where Disney refurbishes and creates new theme parks all across the world, especially in the United States. When it opened, the resort contained Disneyland Texas, a 29.43 acre parking lot, and 1 hotel. In the following years, the resort will expanded, adding Westcot in 2035, Discovery-Land in 2047, and Disney City in 2031, with expansion to the main theme park in 2030 and 2039.

The resort has garnered massively positive reviews across the theme park industry, giving it praise for its innovative technology, modern version of classic Disney attractions, and unique themed lands. Even though for its praise, the park still garnered massive controversy, especially due to it being knew a massive suburb in Argyle, resulting in Disney buying and destroying the suburb to make way for Discovery-Land. On 2050, Disney filed a request to Denton County to make the Disneyland Texas Resort and other surrounding lands to an unincorporated community in Denton County similar that of Universal City in Los Angeles County, named Disney Kingdom, the request is still waiting approval form the county government.

Location
The Disneyland Texas Resort is located in the small cities of Northlake and Argyle, Texas, its about 1.56 miles (2.51 km) near the city of Fort Worth. It borders the Monarch Freeway to its west, the Farm to Market Road 407 to its north, and most of the resort, besides the Disneyland Texas Parking Lot and the 2039 Disneyland Texas Expansion, lay above Cross Timber Road. A new road, named Disney Road, is to be built throughout the eastern section of the resort, when finish construction, it will connect Cross Timber Road and Farm to Market Road 407 throughout the east of the park. The official address of the resort is 1955 Cross Timbers Road, although its to be changed to Disney Road when the road opens.

Parks

 * Disneyland Texas, the original park that opened with the park in March 16, 2027.
 * Westcot, a theme park based on Epcot in the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando and the planned second park for the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim of the same name, opened in August 27, 2035.
 * Discovery-Land, a theme park based on the concepts of mystery, discovery, and adventure, partially based on Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World and Tokyo DisneySea in Tokyo Disney Resort, opened in June 4, 2047.

Shopping, Dining, and Entertainment

 * Disney City, an outdoor retail, dining, and entertainment district located below Discovery-Land and right of Disneyland Texas.

Hotels

 * Disney Texas Hotel, the hotel built for the resort in its opening, the hotel for Disneyland Texas, located in the parking lot of Disneyland Texas.
 * The Roundabout Hotel, a hotel themed on Texan history and Disney City, the area its located at and opened with, originally called the Disney City Hotel.
 * Future Hotel, a hotel themed on the future, the main hotel for Westcot, opened with Westcot's parking lot in February 28, 2041.
 * The Hidden Hotel and Spa, a hotel themed on the temples of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Mexico, the main hotel for Discovery-Land, where it opened with the land, located in the Discovery-Land side of the Westcot - Discovery-Land parking lot, originally called the Discovery Hotel.

Attendance
On its first year being opened, the park attracted 12,826,183 visitors. Since then, the average amount of visitors to the park has been around 35 million. Since 2049, the 3 theme parks are all in the top 20 most visited parks in the world, with 2 being in the top 10 and one in the top 5: (4th) Disneyland Texas - 15,172,000 visitors; (9th) Westcot - 11,593,000 visitors; (14th) Discovery-Land - 9,991,000 visitors. Even though of its extensive damage during the Jefferies Tornado in 2043, the limited capacity of the resort due to the recent outbreak of Measles throughout the world since 2051, and the constant snow storms that hit Texas during winter, the resort is still a tourist hotspot, albeit, generating less revenue due to the restrictions.

Transport
The Disneyland Texas Resort is a service by Disney Texas Transport, a complimentary mass transportation system allowing guest access across the property. The fare-free system utilizes buses, monorails, and parking lot trams.

The Disneyland Texas Monorail System provides free transportation at the Disneyland Texas Resort; guests can board the monorail and travel between Disneyland Texas, Disney City, and Westcot, the monorail going to Discovery-Land is to be opened in 2052. The system operates on two routes that interconnect at the Disney Monorail Station, at the Disneyland Texas Parking Lot. Disney Texas Transport owns a fleet of Disney-operated buses on the property, that is also complimentary for guests.

Disneyland Texas Transport is responsible for maintaining the fleet of parking lot trams that are used for shuttling visitors between the various theme park parking lots and their respective main entrances.

In addition to its free transportation methods, Disneyland Texas Transport, in conjunction with the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, offers several for a direct route to the Disneyland Texas Resort from the airport. The Disney Airport Bus Services are a group of several buses manufactured by MCI and Prevost, the buses are usually themed to several Disney and Pixar character, although some will be themed to Marvel and Star Wars in special events. The Disney themed buses drop you off in the Disneyland Texas Parking Lot, while the Pixar themed buses drop you off in the Westcot - Discovery-Land parking lot.

Parking
When going to the park, there are only 2 main areas for a person to at, The Disneyland Texas Parking Lot, and the Westcot - Discovery-Land Parking Lot, although, there are multiple parking structures one can use to park at the resort for both lots. When done parking, guests are able to enter the 3 them parks. Guests have the choice for either standard parking or preferred parking, preferred parking is much more expensive than standard parking, but it does give the guest the ability to park closer to the entrance of the nearest theme park. The parking lot trams are free to use for any guest. The trams provide transportation to the main entrance from the parking lot structures. There are also parking options for people with disabilities which is closer to the entrance to minimize any traveling that is necessary. Guest are also given the option for valet parking for an extra cost.

Employment
When the resort first opened, it first employed about 2,500 cast members, in 2051, the resort employs over 25,000 cast members, about ten times as much as its opening. The resort has around 1000 job classification with a payroll of around $1.5 billion. The resort sponsors the Disney College Program and the Disney International Programs, internships that offers college students to work at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando (DCP & DIP), the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim (DCP), the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu (DIP), Disneyland Paris in Chessy (DIP), Disney Arabia in Jeddah (DIP), Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in Hong Kong (DIP), Brasil Disney Resort in Rio de Janeiro (DIP), and at the Disneyland Texas Resort in Northlake/Argyle (DCP). There were serval instances where the resort had massive layoffs, more notably in 2035 (6,500 people fired), 2043 (20,000 people fired), and 2051 (8,000 people fired).

Energy use
The resort uses about 1 billion megajoules of energy annually, costing the company around $40 million in energy consumption. The resort mostly relies on solar power, using 2 solar facilities outside of the property near Fort Worth and 1 solar facility at property in Westcot, which is shaped like Mickey Mouse, similar to the one is Epcot. all 3 solar facilities are run by Walt Disney Imagineering and Green Mountain Energy. The resort also relies in fossil fuels and wind energy nearby the resort. All vehicles owned by the resort are either electrical or run on diesel fuel.

Corporate Culture
The corporate culture of the resort uses jargon based on theatrical terminology. Such as visitors being called "guests", employees being called "cast members", public areas being called "on-stage", jobs being called "roles", housekeeping being called "mousekeeping", and an opening of any new theme park being called "rope drop".

Security
Disney's security personnel are generally dressed in typical security guard uniforms, but some personnel are dressed as tourists, with civilian clothes.

Executives
The president of Disneyland Texas Resort is Brian Gilligan. Gilligan reports to Jacob Ellis, Chairman of Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products. Current management

Current Management

 * President, Disneyland Texas Resort - Brian Gilligan
 * Senior Vice President, Operations – Sarah Ferrone
 * Vice President, Disneyland Texas Park – Julian Organ
 * Vice President, Disneyland Texas Resort Hotels & Spa - Elizabeth Chavez

Past Management

 * President, Disneyland Texas Resort - George Harold (2043-2047)
 * President, Disneyland Texas Resort - Lawrence Connor (2041-2043)
 * President, Disneyland Texas Resort - Kevin Francis (2039-2041)
 * President, Disneyland Texas Resort - Henry James (2036-2039)
 * President, Disneyland Texas Resort - Sarah Ferrone (2035-2036) (Acting President)
 * President, Disneyland Texas Resort - Jacob Ellis (2027-2035)