Florida Legislature Set to Dissolve Disney’s Special Self-Governing Status

Florida Legislature Set to Dissolve Disney’s Special Self-Governing Status
Cinderella Castle inside Disney's Magic Kingdom Park on June 30, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Olga Thompson/Walt Disney World Resort via Getty Images
Dan M. Berger
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In a special legislative session this week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will seek to dissolve Disney World’s special status, permanently ending “the corporate kingdom” and bringing it under state control.

According to DeSantis’s office, the legislation will end Disney’s self-governing status and impose a state-controlled, term-limited board appointed by the governor to run what’s now called the Reedy Creek Improvement District.