The fate of The Reedy Creek Improvement District–a special self-governing zone housing The Walt Disney World Resort and controlled by the Walt Disney Company–moves to the desk of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. We at Disney Fanatic have just learned that Florida’s House of Representatives voted to terminate the district 70-38 on Thursday, April 21, after passing in the Senate on ...
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OpEd: Disney World Caught in Florida’s Fight Against Hollywood’s Agenda
On April 19, the news broke that Governor Ron DeSantis would extend the special session of Florida’s state congress to discuss terminating all special districts created before 1968, which most notably includes Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID). This is just the latest update in what is being constructed narratively as an all-out feud between DeSantis’ Republican-majority government and the ...
Read More »Could Disney World Really Go Nuclear? Old Law Says Yes!
The recent fight between Bob Chapek and The Walt Disney Company and Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s State Government has brought an interesting fact about Walt Disney World’s Central Florida Property back into the public eye: The Reedy Creek Improvement District. Earning Walt Disney World Resort the nickname “The Theme Park Vatican City,” the Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID) was ...
Read More »‘They Do Not Control This State’ – DeSantis Puts Disney in Its Place
Earlier this week, Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law the Parental Rights in Education Bill that promised to keep all sex and gender identity education–and, according to most parents, indoctrination–of school kids between the ages of Kindergarten and Third Grade. However, a false narrative has spread in which a very vocal contingent claims the new law is a way ...
Read More »FL Gov Signs Parental Rights Bill into Law, Disney Makes Vow to Repeal It
On March 28, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law the Parental Rights in Education Bill, HB 1557. And folks at The Walt Disney Company are not happy about it. Branded by dissenters as the “Don’t Say Gay Bill,” the education reform bill is intended to keep all sexual education and genders identity out of the curriculum for students ...
Read More »Bill Fighting Disney’s ‘Woke’ Cast Member Training Makes Progress
It is officially called the “Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids and Employees Act,” or unofficially by its supporters, the “Stop WOKE Act.” It was recently passed in the Senate by a vote of 25-15, and if it gets passed into law, it could cause problems for The Walt Disney Company in terms of its training programs for Walt Disney World ...
Read More »Disney World to Host Political Conference – Pence, DeSantis to Attend
This upcoming weekend–February 4 – 5–, The Walt Disney World Resort will host The Federalist Society’s Eighth Annual Florida Chapters Conference. The Conservative Libertarian non-profit booked their event at Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Resorts and is set to feature Supreme Court Justice, Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch, Former Vice President, Hon. Mike Pence, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. For those ...
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