Can Disney afford to move out of Florida?

Richard Foglesong, an expert on Disney told Business Insider that, “they're stuck there, and Florida is stuck with them.” Besides the immense cost of relocating on top of the billions it would need to spend on keeping its Florida operations up to date in the meantime, Disney would never be able to get the special ...



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Very roughly, it would take at the very least $12.3 billion in today's dollars to build out the Walt Disney World property to its current state. And note that this answer is roughly six years old. So even if they did decide to leave Florida, it would take them decades and billions to rebuild.

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If Disney were to flee, Florida would lose a visitor magnet and major moneymaker: In 2019, the four theme parks drew nearly 60 million guests combined, according to an industry estimate. And the company said the resort contributed more than $780 million in state and local taxes for fiscal 2021.

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It comes as another story out there is claiming Disney World is planning to get out of Florida altogether and relocate to Atlanta. But that's fiction. The story was a satirical article published by the website Medium. Disney has not announced any plans to relocate theme parks to Georgia.

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nope. Honestly, this is a rumor that has spread multiple times in the Disney space, so we wanted to debunk the rumor. Disney is not planning to make a move to Texas or to build a theme park in Texas anytime soon.

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Despite the ongoing feud and the rumors of a move to Georgia, there is no truth to the claim that Disney World is relocating. And as for the Medium article that started the rumor, it is tagged as a parody.

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Disney initially filed its lawsuit against DeSantis, a 2024 Republican presidential hopeful, in April, after DeSantis appointed a board made up of his political allies to oversee the special taxing district that contains Walt Disney World Resort.

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What would happen if Disney went bankrupt? The usual would happen. All the assets would be sold to pay the creditors. Stockholders lose everything.

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With costs so high, it's no wonder why many families find it difficult to afford a Disney vacation. A recent LendingTree survey found that 18% of Disney visitors have gone into debt for one or more of their trips to the destination. And among those with Disney debt, 8% say it will take more than a year to pay it off.

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To put it simply… nope. Honestly, this is a rumor that has spread multiple times in the Disney space, so we wanted to debunk the rumor. Disney is not planning to make a move to Texas or to build a theme park in Texas anytime soon.

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Should Disney pull out of Florida, costing the state over 60,000 jobs, and over $20 million in revenue to the Orlando area every day? There is absolutely zero chance that it will happen. Disney has decades worth of investment into 35,00 acres 40 square miles (about the size of San Francisco) put into WDW.

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Starting on January 9, 2024, you can visit any theme park without a reservation as long as you have a date-based ticket. A date-based ticket is the standard ticket option and means you've purchased park passes for a specific time frame (whether it's tickets alone or part of a vacation package).

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The Walt Disney Co. said it is pulling out of a roughly $1 billion investment in Florida, citing changing business conditions. The media and entertainment giant announced the move amid a year-long feud with the state's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, after Disney publicly opposed his bill to limit instruction on ...

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American Heartland will sprawl over 1,000 acres in the northeastern part of the state, according to developer Mansion Entertainment Group.

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Disney parks chief Josh D'Amaro said “leadership changes” and “changing business conditions” prompted Disney to reconsider its 2021 plan to relocate employees, including its Imagineers who design theme park rides, to a new campus in Lake Nona.

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