Worth mentioning that Walt Disney intended EPCOT to be his version of the company town. He only reluctantly agreed to build the Magic Kingdom as a way to fund i

Worth mentioning that Walt Disney intended EPCOT to be his version of the company town. He only reluctantly agreed to build the Magic Kingdom as a way to fund it. After he died before the latter was finished, the board decided they didn’t want to be in the town-running business. Nevertheless, the company retained the autonomy the state of Florida had granted Walt as a condition of going ahead with the project. Florida gave Disney full municipal control, retaining only the power to tax. Today, as a result of DeSantis’ campaign against Disney, the ultimate fate of the Reedy Creek Improvement District is in the courts’ hands.