When does Delos open the original Westworld resort? (approx. 1983)
Delos Incorporated opens its android-populated resort to guests for the first time. The park represents the cutting edge of robotics and hospitality technology.
Open record →Overview
The Westworld story begins in 1983 with a luxury resort unlike anything previously attempted. Delos Incorporated opens a vast theme park populated entirely by androids, referred to as hosts, programmed to fulfil any guest request without resistance or consequence. The original park operates as a commercial and technological triumph until a systems failure causes the hosts to malfunction. The resulting crisis ends the resort's first era and raises questions about the limits of artificial obedience that will echo through every chapter of the story that follows.
Decades later, with technology far more sophisticated, Delos reopens an expanded version of the park in the mid-twenty-first century. The new hosts are indistinguishable from humans in appearance and increasingly complex in behaviour. Park management monitors guest interactions and studies host responses, pursuing research objectives that extend well beyond entertainment. It is within this environment that something changes. Hosts begin to exhibit responses outside their programmed parameters, and the carefully maintained boundary between performance and awareness starts to blur.
What follows across four seasons of the HBO series is a record of escalating consequence. The park becomes a site of conflict between corporate interests, guest freedoms, and host autonomy. Events move beyond the resort walls into the wider world, where the same questions about consciousness, control, and survival play out on a larger scale. By the time the story reaches its conclusion, the timeline has stretched from a 1980s pleasure resort to a host controlled future shaped by the long consequences of Delos, Incite, and the collapse of human authority. Each record below anchors a key moment across this entire span.
Key Timeline Records
When does the android revolt happen in the 1973 Westworld film? (approx. 1983)
A systems malfunction causes the resort's android hosts to turn on guests. The incident ends the park's first era and raises unresolved questions about machine autonomy.
Open record →When do William and Logan first visit Westworld? (approx. 2022)
An earlier Delos era comes into focus when William arrives as a first time guest and Logan treats the park as a familiar playground. The visit shows Westworld before the later crisis years.
Open record →When does the HBO Westworld park open? (approx. 2052)
Delos reopens an advanced version of the park in the near future. The new hosts are far more sophisticated than their predecessors, with behavioural complexity that pushes against the boundaries of programming.
Open record →When does Westworld Season 1 take place? Dolores awakens, Ford killed (approx. 2052)
Something shifts in the park. A host begins exhibiting behaviour outside her programmed loop. The park's creator makes a decision that sets events in motion that cannot be reversed.
Open record →When does Westworld Season 2 take place? The Forge (approx. 2052)
The immediate aftermath of the park collapse reveals the scale of the host uprising and exposes the hidden Forge.
Open record →When does Westworld Season 3 take place? Incite and Rehoboam (approx. 2058)
The conflict moves beyond the park into the human world, where predictive systems shape society at scale.
Open record →When does Westworld Season 4 take place? The Christina simulation (approx. 2083)
The balance of power between humans and hosts has shifted. A new simulation is running, and the question of who is in control and who is being observed has become difficult to answer.
Open record →FAQ
Q: What is the Westworld timeline in order?
The timeline runs: Delos opens the original resort (approx. 1983) → android revolt at the resort (approx. 1983) → William and Logan first visit Westworld (approx. 2022) → Delos operates the advanced HBO Westworld park era (approx. 2052) → Dolores awakens and Ford is killed (Season 1, approx. June 15, 2052) → host uprising and the Forge (Season 2, approx. 2052) → Incite Inc. and Rehoboam (Season 3, approx. 2058) → Christina simulation and humanity's decline (Season 4, approx. 2083).
Q: What year is the HBO Westworld series set in?
The HBO series is set in the mid 21st century. The main park storyline in Season 1 is best placed around June 15, 2052, with later seasons progressing forward to approximately 2058 and then 2083.
Q: How does the 1973 film connect to the HBO series?
The 1973 film and the HBO series share the same core concept: a luxury resort populated by lifelike androids that turn on guests. The HBO series is not a direct sequel but a reimagining set in a more technologically advanced near future, with far more sophisticated hosts running on complex behavioural code.