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

[tissandtully]

Though if it is open to the public could Mickey just go on his own and sit in the audience?

Technically anyone could use Steamboat Willie since he is public domain now lol, like John Oliver's Steamboat Willie costume on his show is actually really good.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

But. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only way for Disney to be under the same set of rules as everyone else would have been to get rid of Reedy Creek, so that everything went to the city/county, like Universal, SeaWorld and Busch. By keeping Reedy Creek, DeSantis kept Disney under its own set of rules - but thought he could add a council of his goons to tell Disney what to do.

It feels like this would be preferable to the current situation. I wonder if Disney could sue to dissolve the board since it puts them at a disadvantage to other businesses.

Still hard to believe this is really happening, 50 years of mutual benefit undone by a stupid feud.

 

[wdwmagic]

He's "cracking down" on Disney as if they're some sort of organized crime gang or a drug cartel. They're a private corporation that publicly disagreed with his law. Now they're being cracked down on by the state. Isn't that pretty terrifying to think about?

Indeed. Comparisons can also be drawn to a school bully not getting their own way on the playground.

 

[tissandtully]

Still hard to believe this really happening, 50 years of mutual benefit undone by a stupid feud

 

[lazyboy97o]

Technically anyone could use Steamboat Willie since he is public domain now lol, like John Oliver's Steamboat Willie costume on his show is actually really good.
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Steamboat Willie is not yet in the public domain.

 

[tissandtully]

Steamboat Willie is not yet in the public domain.

You're correct, John Oliver is currently baiting Disney lawyers though

 

[danlb_2000]

He's "cracking down" on Disney as if they're some sort of organized crime gang or a drug cartel. They're a private corporation that publicly disagreed with his law. Now they're being cracked down on by the state. Isn't that pretty terrifying to think about?

... and if he is going to change how inspections done then he is meddling with something that is working fine. Disney has a very good safety record.

 

[tissandtully]

... and if he is going to change how inspections done then he is meddling with something that is working fine. Disney has a very good safety record.

The state was in charge of Freefall tower inspections...

 

[wdwmagic]

... and if he is going to change how inspections done then he is meddling with something that is working fine. Disney has a very good safety record.

Yes. It is very obviously to anyone who does not have an alternative agenda that Disney has a huge incentive to ensure its rides are safe, and the past 50 years has shown it to be an extremely safe place to be. The state is simply not qualified to do it.

 

[flyakite]

Looks like we can watch the press conference here:

Home - The Florida Channel

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thefloridachannel.org

 

[flynnibus]

In California does the state inspect the rides or do they delegate that authority to the theme parks?

I’m curious if this is something that a standard across-the-board or was Florida an exception to the rule?

California puts amusement inspections under their state OSHA enforcement.

But California is the extreme... amusement inspection and regulation is pretty varied throughout the country. Florida had pretty generous self-reporting standards... and theme parks have kept FL gov away.

 

[peter11435]

The state was in charge of Freefall tower inspections...

Exactly

 

[tissandtully]

Yes. It is very obviously to anyone who does not have an alternative agenda that Disney has a huge incentive to ensure its rides are safe, and the past 50 years has shown it to be an extremely safe place to be. The state is simply not qualified to do it.

The state inspected this Haunted Mansion, how different could it be?

 

[CentralFLlife]

Does this mean that Universal and Sea World will have state inspections as well?

 

[lazyboy97o]

The state was in charge of Freefall tower inspections...

They inspected Sand Blaster the day it derailed.

 

[flynnibus]

Does this mean that Universal and Sea World will have state inspections as well?

They already do -- but the big perm theme parks have special rules like they can have their own inspectors

 

[flynnibus]

Florida is not a free-for-all with amusement rides.

But the FL theme parks DO have special considerations that other traveling amusements/etc do not get. Thanks to lobbying.

 

[CentralFLlife]

They already do -- but the big perm theme parks have special rules like they can have their own inspectors

Right, but was the state inspecting them before or did they do it themselves?

 

[peter11435]

Right, but was the state inspecting them before or did they do it themselves?

No, the state was not inspecting Sea World or Universal.

 

[flynnibus]

Right, but was the state inspecting them before or did they do it themselves?

They are state regulations and inspections - performed by the on-site staff. Presumably seaworld has their own inspectors given the scale of their operation.

The requirements to be an inspector are quite low...

(q) “Qualified inspector” means an employee or agent of an insurance underwriter of an amusement ride who documents to the department in a manner established by rule of the department the following qualifications:
1. A minimum of 5 years experience in the amusement ride field, at least 2 years of which were involved in actual amusement ride inspection with a manufacturer, government agency, park, carnival, or insurance underwriter;
2. The completion of 32 hours per year of continuing education at a school approved by rule of the department, which includes inservice industry or manufacturer updates and seminars; and
3. At least 80 hours of formal education during the past 5 years from a school approved by rule of the department for amusement ride safety. Nondestructive-testing training, as determined by rule of the department, may be substituted for up to one-half of the 80 hours of education.