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I read the article quite rapidly so apologies if this is mentioned, but Disney (the company) actually did launch a planned community, I think it's essentially t

I read the article quite rapidly so apologies if this is mentioned, but Disney (the company) actually did launch a planned community, I think it's essentially town-sized, called Celebration. It's near to Disney world in Florida. I visited it about 15 years ago when I believe it was still relatively new. No idea how it turned out, a brief google search reveals it still exists but I can't find anything remarkable reported about it. Seems like a pretty interesting thing though, there must be some stories to tell. If anybody knows of anything, books or articles etc, I'd really appreciate being pointed at them.

Kinnard 11y ago
I've been to Celebration. Seems like a very classical(pre-war) American suburb, with Colonial style houses. Looked very nice but it wasn't a "Community of Tomorrow". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida
cookiecaper 11y ago
Celebration definitely still exists and it's one of the priciest areas in the Orlando metro. It has a very unique style and is really a beautiful town. There are definite Disney-ish touches, like background music and theme-park-like maps of the area in the downtown, and the locals are definitely Disney fans so you'll see a lot of homes decked out with Mickey Mouse stuff, but for the most part you can't really see the man behind the curtain. Someone could visit Celebration and never know Disney was involved. Celebration is nothing like what Epcot was planned to be. Celebration is your typical new "post-suburban" suburban development with a walkable downtown, apartments above shops, etc., and more classical suburban homes encircling the downtown. Those things have been springing up all over the place over the last 2 decades. Celebration may have been one of the first. Source: live right by Celebration, kid used to go to school there

Kinnard 11y ago

I've been to Celebration. Seems like a very classical(pre-war) American suburb, with Colonial style houses. Looked very nice but it wasn't a "Community of Tomorrow". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida

cookiecaper 11y ago

Celebration definitely still exists and it's one of the priciest areas in the Orlando metro. It has a very unique style and is really a beautiful town. There are definite Disney-ish touches, like background music and theme-park-like maps of the area in the downtown, and the locals are definitely Disney fans so you'll see a lot of homes decked out with Mickey Mouse stuff, but for the most part you can't really see the man behind the curtain. Someone could visit Celebration and never know Disney was involved. Celebration is nothing like what Epcot was planned to be. Celebration is your typical new "post-suburban" suburban development with a walkable downtown, apartments above shops, etc., and more classical suburban homes encircling the downtown. Those things have been springing up all over the place over the last 2 decades. Celebration may have been one of the first. Source: live right by Celebration, kid used to go to school there