What community in Florida is owned by Disney?

The Town of Celebration, Florida is a community founded by the Walt Disney Company in 1996.



In 2026, the primary residential community developed and managed by Disney in Florida is Golden Oak at Walt Disney World Resort. This is a high-value, luxury gated community located directly on Disney property, featuring custom-built million-dollar estates. While Disney famously founded and designed the town of Celebration, Florida, in the 1990s, they sold most of their control over that town years ago, and it is now an independent municipality. However, Disney has recently expanded its residential footprint with Storyliving by Disney, starting with the Cotino community in California, and they are in the process of developing a new attainable housing complex in Southwest Orange County, Florida. For the quintessential "Disney-owned" living experience, Golden Oak remains the premier destination, offering residents exclusive "Club Life" perks, private transportation to the theme parks, and a level of "white-glove" service that mirrors the hospitality found at their Deluxe resorts.

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Golden Oak at Walt Disney World Resort is a residential community within the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It was designed by Walt Disney Imagineering and is owned and operated by a newly formed Disney subsidiary, Golden Oak Realty within Disney Signature Experiences.

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Storyliving by Disney is a business venture and brand of The Walt Disney Company announced on February 16, 2022, to collaboratively develop master-planned communities that utilize Disney Imagineering and are staffed by Disney cast members. It operates under the company's Disney Living Development, Inc. subsidiary.

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The Town of Celebration, Florida is a community founded by the Walt Disney Company in 1996. Today, however, all properties in the community are privately owned. It is in Osceola County west of the City of Kissimmee and about 20 miles southwest of downtown Orlando.

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Disney owns about 25,000 acres of land in Florida, which is approximately 39 square miles.

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Windsor Palms Nestled just 2 miles away from the enchanting gates of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, this beautiful, gated vacation resort offers an unforgettable escape.

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If the area no longer had Disney, Testa said, the result would be “an economic nuclear winter.” “The city would survive, but plenty of people would leave,” he said. “Those who remain would need to rebuild the economy.”

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Celebration is a concept town, based on Walt Disney's dream to build a 'perfect' settlement; he died before the dream was realised, but the town was built by the company who now own and run the Disney franchise. It opened in 1994. Driving through the houses to get to the shopping area and lake is a surreal experience.

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And if you've ever fantasized about actually living at Disney World — well, you can! There's actually a neighborhood on property called Golden Oak, and residents here get lots of amazing Disney perks.

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The fight between the Florida governor and the company, now headed to court, began over an education law and grew into a feud about oversight of land that includes the amusement park. Sign Up for the Education Briefing From preschool to grad school, get the latest U.S. education news.

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It is owned by The Oriental Land Company, which licenses intellectual property from The Walt Disney Company. Tokyo Disneyland and its companion park, Tokyo DisneySea, are the only Disney parks in the world not owned or operated by The Walt Disney Company in any capacity.

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