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The purchasing of land for the new park (now called the Florida Project) began in 1964. To avoid an increase in land prices, Disney used various Dummy corporations to purchase the land. All in all Disney bought 27,443 acres in land from more then 100 property owners. The total coast of the land was nearly 5.5 million (about 200 dollars and acre). Walt Disney announced his plans for The Florida Project November 16, 1965.

On year after Walt Disney's death on December 15, 1966, the Walt Disney Company began construction on the Florida Project. Walt's brother Roy took charge of the project and carried on his brothers dream Although Walt had died before construction started his influence on the park is apparent. A major problem that Walt had with Disneyland is that guests were exposed to the day to day operations of the parks. Walt told the story that one day in Tommorowland he saw a cowboy from Frontierland walking by heading to the costume room. Walt felt that this ruined the magic of the futuristic Tommorowland and wanted to do better in the Florida Project. Another problem Walt saw in Disneyland was that guests were exposed to the day to day operations of the park. Walt said he once saw a family leave because they could see that traffic was getting congested while riding the Skyway.