Oh I'm a little perturbed as for why it was done this time. It definitely comes off as a "welp Disney you're going to criticize us and our law after we let you open your park during the height of the pandemic? Fine say good bye complete autonomy."
I wasn’t suggesting they should declare open war. Extreme rhetoric is always best avoided in such situations. But unlike you, I don’t see any reason to think they’re intending to fight this, discreetly or otherwise. Perhaps they are, in spite of the abject statement they issued. I’d love to be wrong.
Reedy Creek Improvement District was not completely void of state oversight. It even enforced certain state regulations.
Not at all what it means. If Disney came out guns blazing and attacked this setup and the Governor in a statement as many people here would have wanted then they would escalate the conflict which is not good for business. That would be the opposite of cooler heads. This statement does the exact opposite. It tells everyone (shareholders, CMs, customers) that the sky is not falling, that WDW will still continue operating as usual and that they will work with the new district going forward. It has nothing to do with who is right or wrong and isn’t saying they won’t oppose future actions the new board takes.
But that alone is a misconception. RCID was never exempt from all state oversight.
Just out of curiosity, is that a Florida law?
Yes. However there's been talk that the legislature will change that law.
Yes. Every state has different rules. In FL the law has changed many times but most recently in 2018 they clarified the rule to include people holding state office running for President or Vice President. As others have pointed out the legislature can just pass a new bill reversing the rule but as it stands today he would need to step down.
He plans on changing the law.
Selfishly, I hope you are right about little impact to guests. I think you could be, but there’s too many unknowns at this point to say for sure.
Which cast members? They have 220,000 of them.
It’s not really a post-RCID world. There is still a district with some expanded powers.
Didn’t they change the name?
Just as a way of shifting public sentiment, put the blame where it belongs when the locals can’t watch a new Marvel film with the rest of the world.
Again, I think there are many shades of grey between total acquiescence, which is what the statement signifies, and a guns-blazing approach, which I agree would have been unwise.
I still don’t read the statement as total acquiescence. Not at all.
I hope my reading is wrong. I suppose we’ll know more in due course.
I think it’s less about the words and more about the intended audience and source.
