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DeSantis’ Reedy Creek Power Grab Investigation Comes Up Empty

DeSantis Reedy Creek Investigation

Florida’s Attorney General, Ashley Moody, has completed her investigation, requested by Governor Ron DeSantis, into Reedy Creek’s eleventh-hour deal to keep developmental control in Disney’s hands for decades to come. According to her, “no records exist.” First reported back in February and then touted in the media as a personal victory over the Governor several weeks later, the now-abolished Reedy ...

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DeSantis Considers Imposing New Tolls, Taxes on Disney World

DeSantis Disney Toll Roads

As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continues to lead Tallahassee’s efforts to put Disney in its place, his latest consideration could ironically fall back on many of the very Floridians whose interests he is trying to put first. Last night we at Disney Fanatic shared that Gov DeSantis reaffirmed his battle with The Walt Disney Corporation over actual control over the ...

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“That Story’s Not Over Yet”: DeSantis Renews Fight with Disney During Speech Out of State

Florida teacher being investigated for allegedly showing students a Disney film

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis reassured his growing out-of-state fan base that he is not giving up the fight between his State Government and The Walt Disney Company. On Monday, April 3, Disney CEO Bob Iger addressed investors at The Walt Disney Company’s Annual Meeting of the Shareholders and finally gave serious comment on the “culture war” that resulted in the ...

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The War is Over, and Disney has Beaten DeSantis

Disney/DeSantis fight will break new legal ground

It seemed like an odd thing to do at the time, but now, in retrospect, we were all being rope-a-doped by the Walt Disney Company. For those of you unfamiliar with the reference, it comes from the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle. “The Greatest” Muhammad Ali was taking on the big, lumbering George Foreman. Ali just let Foreman punch away ...

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Could State Takeover Destroy Disney Dreams of Fifth Theme Park?

New Disney World Park

A fifth Theme Park could be underway at the Walt Disney World Resort, and it appears the powers that be took measures to ensure that the fast track for Imagineers will still exist despite the new government. In the last hours of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the now-disbanded board of directors snuck in some development security covenants that gave ...

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Disney World’s New Government Promises “Broader Representation”

New Disney District Government

When Florida state lawmakers terminated The Walt Disney Company’s special autonomy, they changed the name of The Reedy Creek Improvement District to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District for a very specific reason. From now on, the new Board of Supervisors will be tasked by the Governor–in this case, Governor Ron DeSantis–to make all decisions that appropriately fall to them ...

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Governor DeSantis Recounts Disney Takedown on California Visit

DeSantis Disney Takeover

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visited California, the home of The Walt Disney Company, on his book tour and echoed his government’s decision to reign in the corporate autonomy found at the Reedy Creek Improvement District. “I can tell you this,” he said. “Disney may have gotten everything they wanted in Florida for the last 60 years, but there’s a new ...

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Florida Leader Hints At Splash Mountain’s Return

princess tiana glares at governor ron desantis

Walt Disney World Resort fans, Florida residents, or Walt Disney Company stockholders may all be familiar with Floridian leader Governor Ron DeSantis. DeSantis has been at odds with Walt Disney World Resort often in the past year, particularly when it comes to the Reedy Creek Improvement District where Disney operated with significant autonomy. Now that DeSantis has done away with ...

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It’s Official: DeSantis Signs Disney District Takeover into Law

Disney World District

After almost a full year of drama, The Walt Disney Company’s Reedy Creek Improvement District is officially no more. On Monday, February 27, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill immediately terminating the special Disney World District and rebranding it the state-controled Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. The governor made it a point to sign the bill on Walt ...

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Flying Taxis to Disney World? Takeover Bill Specifically Allows Development of Helipads

Transportation to Disney World

The past few years have not been easy for out-of-state Guests trying to visit the Walt Disney World Resort, but a closer look at the State Takeover legislation suggests that a mutually-desired innovative solution could be in the works. Read More: Flying Into Orlando? Here’s How to Get to Walt Disney World Without Disney’s Magical Express While the Sunshine Flyer ...

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