Not without apply the same rules to everyone else. This effort is not being driven by local officials, who have no interest or benefit to gain by making life difficult for Disney. If anything, their current inclination is to make Disney happy because they will need cooperation for Disney if they want to ensure the financial burden does not fall on them.
I think that it might depend on when that provision was signed into law. If RCID was established prior to that provision then I don't believe it is an issue. If the provision existed before RCID was established, then I would assume there is an issue that would violate the ex post facto clauses of both the Florida and US Constitutions.
I think it’s complex. There were enough pros to keep it and people like Chapek probably don’t care about the parks enough to dive into the financials of how to save money by disolving it.
exactly this. Disney should stay quite , let DeSantis have his moment to gain credibility for an eventual presidential or senate run, and wait for the repeal in a few months when the hubbub is over and the political spotlight has moved on to the next "outrage".
Why would anyone be surprised by this graph? The attention they are getting and controversy isn't good for business because it can potentially polarize your customer base. This has nothing to do with RCID. No more RCID isn't going to sink WDW. Universal does just fine without a special district. (Though I suspect ultimately RCID will continue in some form because the counties are not going to want to be bothered fixing something that isn't really broken.)
In the end the only losers will be the Florida taxpayers. Mostly Orange and Osceola counties. Ironically the folks mostly financially affected will be these folks, most of them do not go to the parks because its too expensive AND NOW will be paying higher taxes to boot.
This actually was my original reason for jumping in to this thread, I am very curious how this might impact the WDW experience?
Only if they do that for everyone else in the county
None. This is a really poor taste vendetta that unfortunately plays in this political climate.
Insane that something is so bad it has YOU defending TWDC.
I think it is well known which way I lean and I don't support this legislation either. It's basically the same thing as the cities that wouldn't allow Chik-fil-a due to political disagreements with the owners.
With a price increase of course. Just like every other year.
Just a theory: higher taxes and/or prices passed off to the residents and/or the tourists tend to everyone off…affecting everyone longterm
They most certainly can. All they'd have to do is tie the regulation to companies with more than X employees in the county (Disney only) or tie it specifically to theme parks or resorts with more than X customers per year (Disney only).
