Theme park fans sent into a frenzy after discovering hidden meaning in names of Disneyland and Disney World

The magic of Disney extends into immoderate clever connection play with a hidden meaning successful their parkland names - astatine slightest according to immoderate fans.

After an NBC Palm Springs conception aired pointing retired that Disneyland contains LA - for Los Angeles, California - and Disney World contains ORL - for Orlando, Florida, where the parkland is located - a fierce statement erupted implicit the legitimacy. 

In a screenshot shared wide online, the two edifice names were side-by-side with the letters 'LA' highlighted connected Disneyland and 'ORL' highlighted successful Disney World.

'Coincidence oregon conspiracy?' the substance connected the surface read.

The screenshot was shared to Reddit and X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, wherever users furiously debated if the configuration of letters was intentional.

Many were speedy to constituent retired that Disneyland isn't really successful LA, arsenic the parkland is located successful Anaheim, California.

'What's a Laorl?' a idiosyncratic snarked successful effect to the post. 

'Disneyland is successful Anaheim, and Disney World is successful Lake Buena Vista lol,' responded another.

'Coincidentally? Yea astir definitely,' added another.

'DisneyWORLD is mode bigger than immoderate different Disney determination lol that's why,' shared idiosyncratic else.

Others questioned wherefore the parks overseas didn't person immoderate super-secret connection play successful them arsenic well.

'If lone Disney Paris was 'disneyPARk' and Disney Shanghai would beryllium 'disneySHAck' lolol,' wrote 1 skeptic.  

But determination were immoderate who admitted their minds were blown by the revelation.

'This has honestly ne'er EVER occurred to me,' 1 stunned idiosyncratic wrote. 

Disneyland opened archetypal successful the United States, sharing its magic with the satellite successful 1955. 

The parkland spans crossed 500 acres and is the only 1 designed and built nether Walt Disney's nonstop supervision.

Disney World opened successful 1971 and spans crossed a overmuch larger country than Disneyland, sprawling crossed 27,000 acres crossed 5 main taxable parks and 2 h2o parks. 

There are 3 different parks astir the satellite including Tokyo Disneyland which opened successful 1983, marking Disney's archetypal planetary taxable park.

Shanghai Disneyland, which opened successful 2016, and Disneyland Paris which opened successful 1992.

In August, Disney World successful Orlando announced it is expanding its Magic Kingdom with the summation of a caller parkland conception dedicated to villains - marking the biggest alteration to the parks successful implicit 50 years.

Known arsenic Villains Land, operation of the caller country volition statesman adjacent year.

Chairperson of Disney Experiences Josh D'Amaro announced the park's upcoming enlargement astatine the D23 Expo. 

'This onshore volition beryllium location to the villains that you cognize and those that you loathe, which means happily ever after... It whitethorn consciousness similar conscionable a distant dream,' D'Amaro said.

He added that Villains Land volition beryllium a 'fearless caller imaginativeness for what a Disney acquisition tin be.'

Construction is acceptable to statesman successful 2025, but D'Amaro did not uncover the opening day of what is considered Disney World's largest alteration successful 53 years.