Job postings for Walt Disney Imagineering indicate that the division’s move to Orlando, Florida is still planned to be completed by late 2024. Among the job postings is one for a New Experience Development Executive in Glendale, California. It notes that the “team will relocate to Orlando, Florida in late 2024.” Many Imagineers and other … Read more
Erich Schwartzel with the Wall Street Journal has written a new piece about the clash between The Walt Disney Company and Florida, and the Cast Members meant to move to Florida who are caught in the middle. After Disney finally spoke out against the Parental Rights in Education bill, a.k.a. the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, … Read more
Governor Ron DeSantis is expanding a special session of the Florida Legislature starting today to get rid of districts that were established prior to November 1968, targeting the Reedy Creek Improvement District established around Walt Disney World Resort in 1967. DeSantis had previously said he was “receptive” to repealing the act that created the district … Read more
Walt Disney World has earmarked 80 acres of land for a new affordable housing development in Central Florida. View concept art, watch a video about the new development, and read what Disney has to say about it below. For more than 50 years, our Central Florida family has played an important role in the story … Read more
NBCUniversal continues to remain silent on Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill despite the controversy surrounding the bill and Universal’s main theme park competitor, Disney. In February, The Walt Disney Company was found to have donated to every sponsor of the Parental Rights in Education bill, which uses vague language to “[prohibit] classroom discussion about sexual … Read more
Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a.k.a. HB 1557 or the Parental Rights in Education bill, into law. The Walt Disney Company released a statement reading, “Our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts.” Read the … Read more
Employees and Cast Members of The Walt Disney Company are planning a series of walkouts in the next week in protest of the company’s response to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. It was discovered a few weeks ago that Disney had donated to every sponsor of the Parental Rights in Education bill, a.k.a. the “Don’t … Read more
In a letter to employees of the Walt Disney Company today, CEO Bob Chapek announced Disney would be pausing all political donations in the state of Florida. Chapek apologized to Cast Members for not taking a stand against the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida earlier. “We are hard at work creating a new framework … Read more
Florida set a new single-day record of COVID-19 cases on December 30, 2021, with 75,902 cases, according to data from the CDC. This was the third-highest single-day number from any state during the pandemic. In the days since December 30, case numbers have been between 39,000 and 57,000. The 7-day moving average continues to rise. … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Friday, December 31, 2021. Walt Disney World … Read more
Florida has once again shattered its COVID-19 case records with 75,962 new cases reported today, December 31, 2021. Yesterday’s record was amended to 58,013 as the initial number of 77,848 included backlogged data. NBC Miami reported the latest data per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The record was also broken for the … Read more
Florida reported record 77,848 new COVID-19 cases today, according to NBC 6 South Florida. NBC 6 South Florida reports that Florida reported 58,013 new cases of COVID-19 infections today. However, the actual total of new cases today tallied up to 77,848. That number includes the CDC’s backlog of cases and deaths from past days that … Read more
Florida has broken the record set less than a week ago for daily COVID-19 cases at 46,923. Florida tops the chart of cases reported in the last 7 days with 206,358 total. The 7-day average is 29,479. It was 21,640 in the midst of the Delta surge in mid-August. The University of Florida predicts Omicron … Read more
As the new Omicron variant spreads across the country, the state of Florida has broken the record for number of new COVID-19 cases in one day. Florida reported 31,758 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, breaking a record for the most cases in one day since the start of the pandemic in the United States in … Read more
COVID-19 is on the rise in the state of Florida, with an 415% increase in cases in the last week, according to BNO Newsroom on Twitter. The news account also reports that Florida has reported 32,869 new cases in that same span of time. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention placed Orange … Read more
According to the Melbourne, Florida office of the National Weather Service, Central Florida should expect strong weather on Thursday, October 28, 2021. A strong cold front will be moving through Central Florida, with the I-4 area of Orlando under threat of severe weather. Damaging wind gusts of 50 – 60 mph, tornadoes, heavy rain, and … Read more