Disney Springs Heritage: Part I--Marketplace

We welcome you to what we believe to be a 7 part series on Disney Springs. We bring to you the first in the series, a focus on The Marketplace. Here we look at its history since opening in 1975 as the Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village. We compare the Walt Disney World Village of the 1980's with the Marketplace of today. And we share historic insights going back to California harbor shopping all the way to the present, and we bring you memories of the Marketplace over the decades. You may be surprised how much this little shopping village is so foundational to the entire Walt Disney World experience.