DS Update: Is Exxon Returning?

When Walt Disney World first opened, Exxon had the contract for the Car Care Center outside the Magic Kingdom parking lot and eventually with the creation of Walt Disney World Village in 1977, for the Exxon station along Buena Vista Drive.

At some point the contract with Exxon ended and Hess took over all three stations in Disney World. (The third station is also along Buena Vista Drive near Disney's Boardwalk Resort.)

That lasted until around 2015 when Hess ended retail sales in the United States and sold their stations to Marathon Petroleum whose company-owned stations operate under the Speedway brand name. But the corporation that owns 7-Eleven purchased Speedway last year from Marathon and as part of the deal, numerous locations had to be spun-off including many in Florida. Many in the area of Orlando where we live have been rebranded as Exxon or Mobil stations with Rebel convenience stores, presumably because they were spin-off stations and the new owners use those brands. We don't know the status of the Disney area Speedway stations. If they were not part of the spin-off, they could remain Speedway but with 7-Eleven stores. We'll keep you updated. Would be cool to see Exxon back on-property though!