Moses is credited with tactfully guiding Disney to a dominant position in the area's development arena. Disney has grown from a single theme park to four major parks in 30 years.

On the hotel side alone, Disney owns and operates 18 lodges totaling 20,942 rooms. That is 18% of the total 111,618 rooms at 427 area hotels tracked monthly by Smith Travel Research of Hendersonville, TN.

In March, Disney plans to open Pop Century Resort, a 5,760-room hotel, its largest yet. That will bring Disney's total room count to 26,702 or 24% of the total rooms available in metro Orlando.

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