Walt Disney Studios

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The Walt Disney Studios refers to several different entities and locations associated with the Walt Disney Company:

• The Walt Disney Studios is one of the media empire's four main operating units. It includes Disney's motion picture studios, music labels, theatrical production company, and distribution companies.
• Walt Disney Pictures, the company's flagship motion picture studio and producer of its animated features and some live-action features, is often referred to informally as the Disney Studios.
• The Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California was built in 1939 and serves as the corporate headquarters for the Walt Disney Company. It is also a functioning film studio and hosts production facilities for Disney's various entertainment businesses.
• The Walt Disney Studios theme park in Marne-la-Vallée, France opened in 2001 and is one part of the Disneyland Resort Paris.
• The Disney-MGM Studios is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The park's name will be changed to the Walt Disney Studios Florida, a sister park to Walt Disney Studios Paris, in June 2005 when the contract between Disney and MGM finishes.