Residents of WDW

[coasterridr]

I was playing around on Live Search and I think I found the little mobile home neighborhood of the residents at WDW. You know the people that vote on things for Reedy Creek and so forth.


http://local.live.com/default.aspx?...&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=3928438

 

[marni1971]

Yep - Bay Court. The City of Bay Lake. Don`t forget Royal Oak Court - The City of Lake Buena Vista http://local.live.com/default.aspx?...&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=3930645

 

[animay]

Neat. If you go directly south of there (the first link) to the water's edge you can see a small boat dock going into Bay Lake. Spin the view around so that south and north are reversed and you can see people using the dock with small boats.

 

[unkadug]

So who are the lucky people that actually live there?

 

[WDW.Since.2000]

I hate satelite maps. I always seem to get lost in a forest every single mickey time.

 

[landauh]

Bay Lake existed before WDW and the homes/trailers belong to non-Disney individuals. LBV was built in order to have a city and Execs from California use these homes when visiting.

 

[maelstrom]

I definitely wouldn't mind moving to Bay Lake. Where exactly is this mobile home neighbourhood and who lives there and how do you get to move there?

 

[marni1971]

So who are the lucky people that actually live there?

As part of the Reedy Creek Charter, in preparation for E.P.C.O.T. there needed to be actual residents for RC to govern. Since residents would have voting rights, there was no way just anyone would be allowed to live there - they could vote on and veto park expansion for example - so a select few management types live in the `cities` and keep the government of WDW legal.

 

[unkadug]

As part of the Reedy Creek Charter, in preparation for E.P.C.O.T. there needed to be actual residents for RC to govern. Since residents would have voting rights, there was no way just anyone would be allowed to live there - they could vote on and veto park expansion for example - so a select few management types live in the `cities` and keep the government of WDW legal.

I got to thinking about this....

• Do these "cities" have a mayor?
  
• What if someone retires from Disney who is living there, do they have to move?
  
• How do cast members volunteer/get elected to move to one of these "cities"?

This is really intriguing.

 

[flynnibus]

I got to thinking about this....

• Do these "cities" have a mayor?
• What if someone retires from Disney who is living there, do they have to move?
• How do cast members volunteer/get elected to move to one of these "cities"?

This is really intriguing.

Yes, there are city officals.. as there are two cities.

Check out www.rcid.org to find out who the administrators are, etc.

The # of residents is very small.. like 28 or something? So out of the entire Disney corporation, you can pretty much expect there isn't a general 'how do I get in' method. It must be a hand picked echelon which serves the needs of the mothership.

But you can go work for RCID if you want... plenty of job openings on their website

 

[DrWED]

I got to thinking about this....

• Do these "cities" have a mayor?
  
• What if someone retires from Disney who is living there, do they have to move?
  
• How do cast members volunteer/get elected to move to one of these "cities"?

This is really intriguing.

Yes they do, city councils too! http://www.rcid.org/City_LBV.cfm and http://www.rcid.org/City_BL.cfm. The Bay Lake City Council meets for a half-hour at 8:30 AM followed by the LBV City Council meeting at 9AM in the same room.

As I understand it, each of the homes in each city is a rental, no ownership. They are occupied by WDW middle management.

Since the Reedy Creek District is based on land ownership, 5 Disney executives have deeds to parcels of land in the District so that they can be on the board of supervisors.

http://www.rcid.org/Board_main.cfm

So we have 15 officials to govern two cities with a total population of 36. How's that for overhead!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Buena_Vista,_Florida

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Lake,_Florida

From the look of it, people in Bay Lake make more money that those in LBV.

My question is if you live in one of these cities, what does your license say? Orlando?

 

[Rob562]

Neat. If you go directly south of there (the first link) to the water's edge you can see a small boat dock going into Bay Lake. Spin the view around so that south and north are reversed and you can see people using the dock with small boats.

At least two of the boats are the Boston Whalers used by CMs to patrol the waterways. It's possible that guests in a rental boat either a) were having mechanical problems and were brought to the closest dock, or b) they went over to the dock on its own and the patrol boats were over there investigating. (In general, rental boats aren't supposed to be in the northern part of Bay Lake anyway, as that's where the high-speed boats for waterskiing, tubing and parasailing cruise)

But if you look at the group of trailer homes, there are a few boats parked on trailers nearby, so I assume they are allowed access to the lake.

-Rob