Not just me, then. My only takeaway seemed to be that Disney for some reason agrees that the things the previous board did are null AND will stop another lawsuit...for some reason? I can't figure out why or what they get out of it, the article is stupid.
That park was the last one Walt Disney had a direct hand in. It's got quite a history. It's where Uncle Walt tried and failed to start his little libertarian Utopia project.
And good luck finding anywhere else on the East Coast to move Disney World that will meet the same needs in both logistics and climate as Orlando (that isn't also in Florida).
They can certainly find places to move some of it, but not all of it.
Disney would effectively have to cut off a leg to get out of Florida.
That's the thing why does it have to be on the coast? Disney absolutely has fuck-you money, they could literally build their own small city with a big ass airport in bumfuck nowhere along an interstate. Florida is incapable of managing the amount of traffic that goes through Disney World as is!!
In what way is the climate of Florida desirable? A hot and humid nightmare with insects and sunburns is the exact opposite of desirable for a theme park.
Funny thing: they went to Florida because they originally wanted to do Louisiana but legislators and other officials demanded so much in the way of bribes that Disney simply walked away from the state.
I read that from the article also, but it wasn't really heavy on actual detail.
The settlement also includes Disney’s agreement to seek permission from a federal appeals court to pause its effort to revive a dismissed retaliation lawsuit against DeSantis in Florida federal court in light of expected negotiations of a “new development deal” between the company and the district.
The only thing I can imagine is that Disney negotiated something that was more worth their while than the oversight board behind closed doors in exchange for dropping the lawsuits.
I always saw the lawsuits as a means to combat DeSantis' grandstanding to get the party bid with negative PR. This still reads as a Disney win to me and everyone is simply tying up loose ends. I guess we won't know for sure though.
Yeah, that makes sense. I guess I was just hoping Disney would use their legal might to go full scorched earth (as implausible as that would actually be).
Oh me too 100%. I think they both have enough resources for this to end up as a protracted pissing match where they both lose(as long as he's still governor at least) so it's a fine line to walk. DeSantis is a huge piece of shit and did a lot of irreparable harm to the state while chasing headlines and I hope he gets what's coming to him, but I know it won't happen.
The article was pretty vague. From what I read, it sounded like Disney was basically dropping everything without really getting anything in return other than a mention of "expected negotiations of a 'new development deal' between the company and the district."
This sounds right. Disney never really cared about "winning" anything. Disney is likely getting the money, concessions, and control it wanted, maybe more, still has the street cred from fighting back when people were still looking, and doesn't care if DeSantis acts like he won.
