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Florida's Islands Of Adventure Universal Research Paper

"We don't need to beat Disney to be successful," said Cathy Nichols, Chairman and CEO of Universal Recreation Group (cited in Beddingfield & Silver). Universal Studies acquired an additional 1900 acres of land a decade ago and could open, in the next five or ten years, two more theme parks, 13,000 more hotel rooms, and perhaps two golf courses (Beddingfield & Silver). The state of Florida is hoping that expansion plans at Universal will continue to bolster its currently sagging economy. Population growth is at a thirty-year low (Grunwald) and the real estate crisis hit the state particularly hard, leading the nation in mortgage fraud. Yet, in 2010, there were still seventy-one million visitors to the state. Port Canaveral is the busiest cruise port in the world, serving 3.5 million travelers a year (Petersen). There is hope that the state's economy will rebound; Islands of Adventure will, Universal hopes, help lead the way to recovery. Works Cited

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