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New Developments in Florida’s Fight Against Disney World Pass Senate

New Developments in Florida’s Fight Against Disney World Pass Senate


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Florida’s fight to dissolve the Reedy Creek improvement District passes another hurdle. See what this may mean for Disney World and your vacation.

Florida vs Disney World

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The state of Florida and Disney World have been in a heated match the last several weeks over House Bill 1557 – also called the Parental Rights in Education. According to flgov.com, “the bill prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through 3rd grade and prohibits instruction that is not age appropriate for students and requires school districts to adopt procedures for notifying parents if there is a change in services from the school regarding a child’s mental, emotional or physical health or well-being.”

You can read more about this in our story HERE.

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The tension between the company and the state continue to get worse as state Republicans look to repeal the Reedy Creek Improvement Act of 1967. Essentially, the law states that Disney is its own governing body in the two cities and land within Orange and Osceola counties.

They can make their own laws, zone their own land, and essentially do whatever they want within those limits. By stripping the company of those abilities, Disney would be regulated by Orange and Osceola Counties.

The state called a special session to address this issue, and we now have an update.

Bill Passes Senate

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The Florida Senate met yesterday, April 19, to discuss dissolving the Reedy Creek District. According to the Orlando Sentinel, today the Senate voted 23-16 to dissolve Reedy Creek, with Sen. Jeff Brandes of Pinellas Park the only Republican to vote against Sen. Jennifer Bradley’s bill. The Senate voted 24-15 along party lines to approve Bradley’s bill retracting the Disney carveout, which was found unconstitutional by a federal judge.

The decision comes shortly after the news that the $2 billion bond debt Disney owes would be passed on to local taxpayers if the bill passed. One source indicates each family would be assessed a $2,200 tax bill.

What does this mean for Disney and your vacation?

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The bill is not signed into law yet, and we are unsure what next steps Disney will take (if any) in response to the passing of this bill in the Senate. Florida lawmakers in the House will now vote on it.

I’m guessing taxpayers won’t be happy at all to pay those tax debts, and visitors should probably still expect to see more price increases to compensate for any hidden debts or fees.

Additionally, if the bill becomes a law Disney will lose its self-governing powers, and that would be very bad for the company, the parks, and its projects.

What do you think about Disney possibly losing its self-governing powers? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below and on Facebook.

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Jeff

Thursday 21st of April 2022

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls (I do not consider this phrase offensive in any way), Say what you will but this seems to a self inflicted wound all on Disney’s mismanagement and inability to respect everyone’s values that frequent the parks. Possibly remaining neutral would have been to the benefit of all-maybe that would be a good course of action, putting out a statement saying that they will maintain a neutral position in the future in order to not alienate any of their customers? At the moment Disney does not seem to be directly engaged in trying to change a child’s identity but by their actions they do seem to be promoting it. Yes it does seem that it would be illegal to discuss intimate subjects with K-3 age children but apparently not-do some research there are quite a few videos showing it being done as well as parents being upset about materials of this nature being brought home. Thus the need to make it an offense-this is what the Governor of Florida did by passing the bill. Again the bill protects the rights of parents and their very young K-3 age children. Is it really a form of persecution if someone thinks something is morally wrong and against all their values? Is that person just supposed to accept it? Possibly the term socialism would be better applied to what some of these teachers have been teaching without the parent’s knowledge. Some would say that a teacher pushing an agenda or their personal beliefs day after day which is outside of learning essentials is indeed grooming. It also seems that every time a certain group mentions that something is offensive changes are immediately put in place. It is possible that maybe the following are offensive to others. Turning a supposedly family friendly entertainment business into a mouthpiece for your personal agenda with no apparent regard as to how it effects others. The rising cost of everything-yet there is apparently millions of dollars available to be given to an activist group. Unable to purchase an annual pass because there is more money to be made if a family buys tickets every time they visit the park. DVC owners yearly fees continuing to increase. Telling everyone that the reservation system is in place to limit the crowds yet the parks are slam packed and the wait times are in the hours for some of the rides. As a final note I have two boys that are now fully grown. On Halloween (when they were about the K-3 age) one was Spiderman and the other was The Hulk. After Halloween they always wanted to wear their costumes as they figured they were now Spiderman and the The Hulk. I cannot remember trying to go find a radioactive spider or find a gamma radiation field to help encourage this behavior-they grew out of it. I also coached little league and had a few boys that liked to chew on blades of grass. They are all grown up and I see them every once in a while so I guess they grew out of it and are not living in a pasture. That being said do young children really have the ability to decide who they are at such a young age or even when they are going through puberty. I never considered my mother an incubator-do not think I ever heard that one before? My mother was my mom and my father was my dad. They taught me about the intimate subjects growing up (all the way through high school in fact). And teachers, well they actually taught me the learning essentials.

Marcia Crinnion

Thursday 21st of April 2022

Disney isn't trying to change your child from straight to gay or transgender. What is wrong with teaching your child to be considerate of people different than yourselves. I thought is was illegal for teacher to discuss sex in any form with young school age children. Disney hasn't abuse that "privilege" at all. I thought the founder of this country were trying to escape all kinds of persecution in Europe to be free to live their lives how they wanted to here. Seems to me the Florida Governor is persecuting people for their beliefs and ways of life --seems like that goes against the constitution and could be considered socialism.

Devdad

Thursday 21st of April 2022

It’s great. Finally, a government with some backbone. Disney is the one cutting off their nose to spite their face here. They are willing to coddle to the extremely small minority of people who want to normalize gender dysphoria and want to promote it to children at the expense of what made them all their billions, normal families!

Christy

Thursday 21st of April 2022

Your comment is beyond ridiculous. Not every trans child knows at a young age and to push it nip on children and confuse them further is harmful to the children. Whatever you have decided to be is your choice not all parents want their children exposed to it.

jkylewilson

Thursday 21st of April 2022

Keeping in mind that 'no teaching about sexual orientation' applies to straight as well as LGBTQ orientation. Along with dad and dad this makes talking about mom and dad in class illegal along with anything else related to straight gender roles or orientation.

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