10 Things You Didn't Know About Walt Disney World

By Jen Gallie /

5. It's The Size Of A City

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Walt Disney World is big, very big. In fact it is the size of a city.

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In total Walt Disney World is about 43 square miles. That's about the same size as Dublin (44 sq miles), bigger than Paris (41 sq miles) and almost twice the size of Manhattan (23 sq miles).

The resort also employs around 70,000 people, making it the biggest single site employer in the whole of the US.

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