A former work colleague of mine left CA to go live in and work for Celebration, I want to say in early or mid 90s. He became like their Activities Director (kind of like Julie on the Love Boat). I lost direct touch with him, but gathered from mutual acquaintances that at some point Disney was no longer involved.
On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 at 3:59 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > They did, in 2004, and the buyer, Lexin Capital, let the complex go > practically to sh*t... a 2016 WSJ article, per Wiki > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida#Civil_suit> (link), > reported they were sued to pay for millions in repairs. Still, a Google > Street View casing of the area shows the area in relatively good shape. > > B > > PGage, to Kevin M and moi, Feb 16th: > >> Disney developed a community in Florida several decades ago - >> “Celebration”, but it was maybe “Disney-Lite”, and *they may have >> divested it by now*. >> >> This frankly sounds like a nightmare to me, based on my experience with >> Disney culture at DisneyLand, which back in the 70s and 80s at least was >> oppressive and controlling in their search for conformity in a way that >> would make Stepford blush… >> >> For the uninitiated, this was Walt’s original vision of EPCOT, a planned >>> community where people live, work, shop, and commute… the Disney way. Walt >>> Disney World was intended to be more than a theme park and hotel location… >>> Walt wanted to redesign contemporary American life. Rumor has it he hated >>> Florida, but settled on that state because it had the least expensive yet >>> still desirable real estate. But he died and nearly every aspect of what he >>> envisioned was shelved. >>> >>> I don’t know that a Disney branded (licensed) community in this day and >>> age will succeed, as the Disney brand itself is muddied and unfocused. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/48faa998-7506-45a9-8e26-4043ee9b6f4cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/48faa998-7506-45a9-8e26-4043ee9b6f4cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJtN9m-%2BNhxX_L2JanmV%3DCmy6Z%3DGXbOdmXVrwkxw8qF%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com.
