News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District

[UNCgolf]

https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1140&context=buzzprice

I think it's safe to say Disney would have absolutely no interest in Texas after this Florida issue.

 

[Ayla]

@Andrew C your travel time to WDW May get a lot shorter if this happens

Disney World in Texas? Houston-area judge attempts to lure company from Florida to Lone Star State

As Walt Disney World remains embattled over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ redistricting, a Texas county judge is hoping to lure the company away from Central Florida to the Houston area.

www.yahoo.com

Just a little light hearted fun since this is a pretty serious topic

Texas isn't any better.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

@Andrew C your travel time to WDW May get a lot shorter if this happens

Disney World in Texas? Houston-area judge attempts to lure company from Florida to Lone Star State

As Walt Disney World remains embattled over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ redistricting, a Texas county judge is hoping to lure the company away from Central Florida to the Houston area.

www.yahoo.com

Just a little light hearted fun since this is a pretty serious topic

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, there seemed to be a ton of chatter about a Disney resort somewhere in the middle of the triangle formed by Dallas, San Antonio and Houston. I was convinced it was coming. It never materialized.

This "Judge" is really the county commissioner or executive (we just call them "judges" in Texas). Fort Bend County is the county immediately to the west of Harris County (which is where Houston is located).

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

I'd say that being called various "phobe"s and "ist"s without merit also borders on slander.

I can't imagine the mental gymnastics it would require to equate being called homophobic with labeling me as a child groomer because I might mention my husband to my students. Absolutely insane.

 

[GoofGoof]

A summer in central TX makes Orlando at the same time feel like fall weather.

You are preaching to the choir. I have an unofficial rule that I won’t go to Houston between May 1 and Oct 1 for work but I’ve had to break it several times. The only thing that saved me was staying at a hotel where I could get to the office through the tunnels so I didn’t need to step outside where I would instantly be coated in sweat.

 

[flynnibus]

I'm amazed how many people fall for the 'zoom exposed me to what they were doing' talking point Such a horrible narrative people created.

Parents that couldn't be bothered to know what is going on now suddenly are willing to goto war to stop what is happening in the classroom? comical

What zoom really did was show most parents they didn't do crap with their kids schooling until they were forced to play teacher's aid and they hated it.

And all these cites of issues tend to come from crazy skewed 'news' sites.. aren't researched and magically don't cite issues in Florida. But Florida needed the law.

People don't shouldn't fear CRT.. they need to fear lack of critical thinking skills. Boogymen are just a tiktok away these days.

 

[GoofGoof]

I think it's safe to say Disney would have absolutely no interest in Texas after this Florida issue.

Texas isn't any better.

Texas is a solid red state but they are still pretty pro-business. Nothing close to this has happened there to my knowledge.

 

[Archie123]

Texas can't even handle cold weather ( ie Texas Power Grid outage in Feb 2021 ) which paralyzed the state. Lying Ted Cruz and his family even were caught trying to escape to Mexico to get away from it all.

There are so many reasons why Disney should stay away from Texas.

 

[GoofGoof]

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, there seemed to be a ton of chatter about a Disney resort somewhere in the middle of the triangle formed by Dallas, San Antonio and Houston. I was convinced it was coming. It never materialized.

This "Judge" is really the county commissioner or executive (we just call them "judges" in Texas). Fort Bend County is the county immediately to the west of Harris County (which is where Houston is located).

I know about a 15 block radius in downtown Houston. I’ve been there, the ride from the airport and to NRG Stadium several times for the rodeo so I can’t really say I know the area well.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

You are preaching to the choir. I have an unofficial rule that I won’t go to Houston between May 1 and Oct 1 for work but I’ve had to break it several times. The only thing that saved me was staying at a hotel where I could get to the office through the tunnels so I didn’t need to step outside where I would instantly be coated in sweat.

4 PM in Houston, it's 100+ degrees every day from the beginning of June to the end of August. We had a Six Flags here for years (Astroworld) that was popular, that had a ton of outdoor components. And there are still Six Flags parks in San Antonio and Dallas. But I'd have to believe if they ever did build a park in this area, they'd have to have almost every aspect of the park able to be transversed indoors. And all of the queues would have to be entirely indoors.

 

[JoeCamel]

Texas is a solid red state but they are still pretty pro-business. Nothing close to this has happened there to my knowledge.

4.2 Billion impact to business in a two week period to put on a performative show? Not better than Florida and that is a very low bar

 

[UNCgolf]

Texas is a solid red state but they are still pretty pro-business. Nothing close to this has happened there to my knowledge.

Nothing that's one to one, but Greg Abbott did just cause hundreds of millions in losses to the produce industry due to a short-term angry border policy that was nothing more than political theater.

I certainly wouldn't feel comfortable going there if I was Disney.

 

[Brian]

I can't imagine the mental gymnastics it would require to equate being called homophobic with labeling me as a child groomer because I might mention my husband to my students. Absolutely insane.

I would assume that you take issue with being called a child groomer because it isn't true, and you consider it to be an affront on your character. Conservatives take issue with being called homophobic because, in virtually all cases, it isn't true and is an affront on our character.

I hope you enjoyed my insane gymnastics routine.

 

[Minthorne]

But will the gondolas have AC?

 

[flynnibus]

But will the gondolas have AC?

DeSantis cited the gondolas as why Disney needs more oversight

 

[lazyboy97o]

I would assume that you take issue with being called a child groomer because it isn't true, and you consider it to be assaulting to your character. Conservatives take issue with being called homophobic because, in virtually all cases, it isn't true and is assaulting to our character.

I hope you enjoyed my insane gymnastics routine.

You don’t consider the use of long established slurs as meriting a negative label? How many racist slurs can I publicly use before it is acceptable for people to call me a racist?

 

[JoeCamel]

DeSantis cited the gondolas as why Disney needs more oversight

Wait until he establishes a State Board of Ride Inspectors........

 

[LittleBuford]

I would assume that you take issue with being called a child groomer because it isn't true, and you consider it to be an affront on your character. Conservatives take issue with being called homophobic because, in virtually all cases, it isn't true and is an affront on our character.

I hope you enjoyed my insane gymnastics routine.

Regardless of whether they identify as conservative or liberal, those who think that children should be shielded from hearing any sort of reference* to LGBTQI people or relationships are expressing discriminatory beliefs. Homophobia and transphobia are the terms applied to such discrimination.

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* By “reference”, I mean the kinds of things that a straight teacher would talk about with their students (e.g., their spouse, their own children, etc.). I do not mean anything that can be considered “indoctrination” (spoiler: you can’t turn kids gay or trans).

ETA: I do not believe that those who are homophobic or transphobic are automatically bad people who can’t unlearn their bigotry. My parents were homophobes before learning that their son is gay. Even I had long-internalised homophobia that I had to work many years to get rid of.

 

[Andrew C]

@Andrew C your travel time to WDW May get a lot shorter if this happens

Disney World in Texas? Houston-area judge attempts to lure company from Florida to Lone Star State

As Walt Disney World remains embattled over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ redistricting, a Texas county judge is hoping to lure the company away from Central Florida to the Houston area.

www.yahoo.com

Just a little light hearted fun since this is a pretty serious topic

Apparently your light hearted joke turned into a bit of a Texas bashing party. Because of course it did. Lol. I don’t blame you though.

 

[GimpYancIent]

4 PM in Houston, it's 100+ degrees every day from the beginning of June to the end of August. We had a Six Flags here for years (Astroworld) that was popular, that had a ton of outdoor components. And there are still Six Flags parks in San Antonio and Dallas. But I'd have to believe if they ever did build a park in this area, they'd have to have almost every aspect of the park able to be transversed indoors. And all of the queues would have to be entirely indoors.

I still think S.C. is a good option.