_mid_water t1_jeb1n2d wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:37 PM Reply to TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01 Good podcast on the origins of Disney and Walt himself if anyone if interested. They dive into the land acquisition strategy as well. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5wmmcMV23LQVk0PKBgUyXK?si=-hpsYBqbSMO_tUBd_VwgKQ Permalink 6
_mid_water t1_jeb1n2d wrote
Reply to TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01
Good podcast on the origins of Disney and Walt himself if anyone if interested. They dive into the land acquisition strategy as well.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5wmmcMV23LQVk0PKBgUyXK?si=-hpsYBqbSMO_tUBd_VwgKQ