The Desantis vs Disney fight continues, with each day getting more extreme than the last. As we reported here the other day, the Florida government called in the National Guard to block all entrances to Disney World. This was a power move by Desantis. However, Disney is taking back control with the breaking announcement that they are officially moving Disney World to New Orleans.
Disney is tired of battling with Ron Desantis and the Florida government. They have finally decided enough is enough. They decided to pick up the entire Walt Disney World resort in Florida and move it to New Orleans, Louisiana. We will cover how exactly this will be done in depth. Keep your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside the vehicle as we break down this breaking Disney World news.
Disney World’s Plan to Move to New Orleans
Apparently, Disney World moving to another state has been in the works for quite a few months. It’s just now that official word is coming out about Disney’s move to New Orleans. However, moving a theme park over 500 miles is no easy task. Yes, Carnivals do it all the time. However, Disney is much larger than your typical carnival. Also, the rides are more technologically advanced and there are massive hotels. So how will Disney manage this move?
According to an internal source and expert engineer, Disney has been working on moving plans for years. They always wanted a backup plan in case they needed to move from Florida to a different state. This could be due to weather, if Florida were to secede from the US, or political issues. In this case, it’s due to political issues. Disney has a well-developed moving plan to migrate all of Disney World property in Florida to another state, within one year. This is truly an amazing timeline and Disney will remain open while they are moving, with a staggered moving plan.
Our source mentioned that many Disney World rides were created in a way that they can easily dismantle and move to another location. Disney already has some experience with this with the pop-up theme park they are working on. However, the number of rides, resorts, and water parks at Disney World makes the move more intense. But Disney is ready for the challenge and believes they can successfully move out of Florida, to their new home in New Orleans within a year. This is truly aspirational and what is more impressive is Disney will not close during their cross-state move.
Will Disney World Close When Moving From Florida to New Orleans?
Disney will stay open during their move from Florida to New Orleans. Essentially, they will do a phased move. Disney will start by closing sections of the Magic Kingdom as they move it over to New Orleans. Eventually, once there is very little left of the park in Florida, it will close for a few weeks while they complete the move to New Orleans. The other Disney World parks will remain open at the time too, allowing Disney to keep making money and stay open.
Once the construction of Magic Kingdom, the first park moving to New Orleans, is complete, Disney will open the park in New Orleans. They will then follow with Hollywood Studios, EPCOT, and lastly Animal Kingdom. That is under the assumption Disney moves Animal Kingdom instead of closing it permanently as we reported here. Essentially, some Disney World parks will be open in Florida, while other parks are open in New Orleans until the move is complete.
Also at this time, Disney will be moving their resorts over to New Orleans, closing them down one by one as they move them to a new location. This will allow Disney to operate in both locations until they are fully migrated to New Orleans. During this move, guests can use their park tickets at Disney World New Orleans or Disney World Florida. However, it will be disappointing not to be able to visit all Disney World parks in one day due to them being in two different states. But as we noted, the full move is expected to only take a year, which limits the inconvenience guests will experience.
Additional Details on Disney World New Orleans Move
While it’s great that Disney can successfully move to New Orleans, it’s certainly going to be a pain for many people. Yes, there is the downside of not being able to go to all the parks in one day while the move is happening but think about the employees. Disney World has over 77,000 employees. Those cast members will either need to move to New Orleans or find a new jobs in Florida. However, this will likely help Disney resolve their layoff issues.
The other factor is the climate of New Orleans. While the temperatures will be similar to Florida, it rains a lot more in New Orleans. Luckily, Disney is still planning on building their anti-rain dome when they move to New Orleans. That will help alleviate some of the rain concerns, but it will take a few years for that to be installed and operational. Also, New Orleans tends to have a larger hurricane risk, so hopefully Disney’s hurricane defense technology works in New Orleans.
It’s worth noting, we do not yet know the exact location of Disney World New Orleans. While we know it will be located just outside the city, it’s not yet clear where the parks will be built. Apparently, Disney already bought the land, but it isn’t public information yet. However, it’s expected that Disney begins closing parts of Magic Kingdom and begins their move to New Orleans in the next few weeks.
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Ron DeSantis (RDS) problem with Disney goes back several years to the time when RDS applied for a position as Goofy. Disney didn’t hired RDS then because RDS was too short to be Goofy. At that time RDS was offered by Disney a position as Minnie Mouse but RDS declined saying he will never dress as a female due to religious considerations. RDS suggested to Disney that they hire George Santos instead for the Minnie Mouse position. Disney tried to somewhat satisfy RDS fervent desire to be part of the Disney family/team and offered RDS to eventually be one of the Seven Dwarfs if that ever happened at Disney. RDS accepted and Disney put RDS as #1 in the waiting list for one of the Seven Dwarfs. But Disney never called RDS back and that is why RDS (Ron DeSantis) is so mad about Disney.
Florida is doomed anyway with or without Disney.
This is complete BS! Not true
While I don’t know if I fully believe it. If they do leave. Florida will be f****d , the amount of direct hires to Disney, and other companies and hotels that work with Disney. Is well over 150k people. + restaurants, and hotels that operate in and around Disney world and Orlando. . This would be a HUGE loss
Florida is doomed anyway, with or without Disney.
Bring your bulletproof vests crime is bad
They will clean it up like they did Broadway.
I can’t see this being true, and it would definitely take longer than a year especially in New Orleans where everything is dragged out!
I’m sorry Disney I will see u in New Orleans la
That’s great because i live in Texas and I won’t have to drive 18 to go to Florida,
Im so thrilled im a former cast member and this is the best news since i live in the New Orleans area! Dream come true for me !
Not even remotely true
Where are your legitimate sources for this article? I do not believe this at all. Do you know how many years it will take to “move” ? By that time Desantis will no longer be governor, plus the amount of money it would take to rebuild everything (Parks, Resorts, transportation and Disney Springs) would be astronomical. I also don’t think that the people of Florida would say “goodbye” to the amount of money coming into the State.
We are the source
Dumbest BS I’ve seen all day.
As people who live in Orlando cheer !!
Disney maybe moving right outside New Orleans 10 mins East of French Quarter in Chalmette, LA 70043
I’m no fan of corporations, and even less of DeSantis & Co. (Talk about Goofy!) But i don’t blame Disney for clearing out. Florida voted for DeSantis, they deserve what they get.
Not all Florida voted for that goofball. Everytime i hear his name i fume 😡. He needs to go!
This is simply not true. Please don’t run out and buy real estate in New Orleans. Disney choose Orlando partly due to protected location from hurricanes. New Orleans will be under water in 20 years and continues to get devastated by storms. They would move to Lafayette, if anywhere in the great swamp land that is Louisiana.
This is the stupidest article ever written! Don’t believe a word of it.
Do you have ANY idea what it would take to MOVE Disney from Orland to New Orleans? Obviously you don’t, or you wouldn’t be parroting this nonsense. Besides, if it were true, there would be hundreds of articles about it all over the Internet. Wake Up People!
We thought we wrote a pretty compelling article
I am under the impression that New Orleans is below sea level. The area has never been fully cleaned after the storm years ago. Not a size move if this is true. The Florida Governor’s term will not last forever just wait it out. This move idea is nuts.