Another one bites the dust - or will soon anyway

Crowe wrote:
Not as long as y'all keep paying those exorbitant fees.

You can't put a price tag on memories. If you did, we wouldn't have any.

That is an excellent quote....Thank You.

I'm guessing the "Old Florida" being tossed around here isnt the same one as the Seminoles used to live on.

The orange groves and cattle land the "Old Florida" I suspect everyone is talking about came from development and progress. My Grandfather raised citrus out in Alva, next to Ft. Myers, and he lived right behind Edison. He was one of the "Old Florida" gang, but he developed that land to raise the citrus.

Mankind brought the progress everyone is waxing about. Not Disney.

Retired JSO wrote:
I can't blame all on the Rat but he did change central Florida.

Don't forget Universal Studios on that same I-4 corridor. The developers latched onto the idea of Hollywood East and bought up both land and politicians to approve their mega-puds of condos and MacMansions. Now you can hardly find an intact orange grove in the area. Disney did not do all the damage. Greedy developers and crooked politicians in developers' pockets played a huge role in the destruction of old Florida.

fla-gypsy wrote:

Jim Shoe wrote:
If Disneyworld expands another 20 miles in every direction, it will be bigger than the state of Florida! :)

This story was about Disneyland in Kaliforny though. Us old time natives in Florida remember and prefer the days before the rat invasion hijacked central Florida

The Rat destroyed old Florida as we knew it. Orlando starts just east of the St Johns River near Deltona and runs SW along I-4 for over 77 miles of non stop development all the way to Lakeland, then Tampa starts. Most all the old timers have died or moved away. Population for Florida in 1960 before the Rat was less than 5 million. Now population over 16 million. Just Google Earth that streach of I-4 and see for yourself.

Orange County alone, home of the Rat, 1960 population less than 400,000 now 1.8 million. I can't blame all on the Rat but he did change central Florida.

dodge guy wrote:
Is it still a nice campground? Is it not doing good? I can't see Disney buying a piece of property that is making money and turning it into an actual employee lot where there is no income. There is something missing!

Not necessarily. By dedicating a lot for employees ("cast members"), Disney can free up spaces in other lots to charge paying customers.

Crowe wrote:
Not as long as y'all keep paying those exorbitant fees.

You can't put a price tag on memories. If you did, we wouldn't have any.

I'm afraid that soon I won't have any memories, no matter how much I paid for them...:B

reppoc12 wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
Is it still a nice campground? Is it not doing good? I can't see Disney buying a piece of property that is making money and turning it into an actual employee lot where there is no income. There is something missing!

It is a private campground so Disney does not collect any revenue from it. I am surprised they can afford to buy a viable business just for the land. I guess the economy is not that bad after all :) At least not for the mouse.

That`s what I`m saying. from a business stand point it seems stupid to take a profitable business only to turn it into a parking lot with no income and end up paying taxes on it. now you are putting out money for something and have no income to cover the new expense, or am I just thinking smart?!

OMG how much does the rat have?

dodge guy wrote:
Is it still a nice campground? Is it not doing good? I can't see Disney buying a piece of property that is making money and turning it into an actual employee lot where there is no income. There is something missing!

Walt Disney himself said he wished he'd bought more land around D-Land in Anaheim for future expansion before the developers swarmed in to cash in on the new park's locale. Undeveloped land around D-Land disappeared overnight and sky-rocketed in $$.

When planning D-World his words were heeded and so before the announcement of the park plans to the public, D-Corp quietly bought up over 30,000 acres of orange groves, ranches, and farms.

Jim Shoe wrote:
If Disneyworld expands another 20 miles in every direction, it will be bigger than the state of Florida! :)

This story was about Disneyland in Kaliforny though. Us old time natives in Florida remember and prefer the days before the rat invasion hijacked central Florida