{"id":2213410,"date":"2024-04-04T20:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T00:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-world-moves-forward-with-largest-expansion-in-history-after-backing-out-of-fight-with-desantis\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T20:23:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T00:23:32","slug":"disney-world-moves-forward-with-largest-expansion-in-history-after-backing-out-of-fight-with-desantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-world-moves-forward-with-largest-expansion-in-history-after-backing-out-of-fight-with-desantis\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney World is set to embark on its biggest expansion ever following a decision to step back from a dispute with DeSantis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-world-moves-forward-with-largest-expansion-in-history-after-backing-out-of-fight-with-desantis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2213410&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Walt\u2064 Disney World is planning its most extensive expansion ever at\u200c Magic Kingdom \u2063in Orlando. The decision to withdraw a lawsuit \u200cagainst the park&#8217;s governing board has paved \u2062the\u200c way\u2062 for this significant development. Michael Hundgen, Walt Disney World\u2062 site portfolio executive, hinted at a 14-acre expansion, likening it to Star Wars Galaxy&#8217;s Edge in\u2063 size. Walt Disney World is set \u2062to undertake its most substantial expansion to date \u2062at Magic Kingdom in\u2064 Orlando. The resolution of a lawsuit against the park&#8217;s governing board has cleared the path \u2063for \u200bthis momentous project. Michael Hundgen, Walt Disney \u200dWorld site portfolio executive, alluded to a 14-acre expansion, \u2064comparable in \u200dsize to the acclaimed Star Wars\u200b Galaxy&#8217;s Edge.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/disney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walt Disney World<\/a> is reportedly set to make its largest expansion ever at Disney World\u2019s Magic Kingdom park in Orlando following the company\u2019s decision to drop its lawsuit against the state-appointed board that governs the park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s probably the largest expansion ever at Magic Kingdom,\u201d said Michael Hundgen, Walt Disney World site portfolio executive, during a rare media event on Tuesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/04\/travel\/disney-expansion-magic-kingdom-10-year-investment\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hundgen indicated that the expansion will be 14 acres, roughly the size of Star Wars Galaxy\u2019s Edge, the report said. He did not give details about what specifically was being added through the expansion.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion is just part of a $60 billion investment that Disney has planned for its various assets and properties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I looked at the returns on the invested capital that we made in this business over the 15 years prior to my coming back, it was extraordinarily compelling,\u201d said Disney CEO Bob Iger. \u201cWe should allocate in a direction where we had great returns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disney dropped its lawsuit last week against the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, the new governing board that was appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The company opted to settle with the state instead.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The governor responded to news on Thursday that Disney was moving forward with its expansion plans by posting on X: \u201cNot quite what the media\/left\/corporate GOP were predicting last year\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iger said the settlement \u201cwill actually enable us to pursue the kind of significant investment in our Florida parks\u201d that the company wants to pursue, calling it a \u201cwin-win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disney\u2019s announcement that it was going through with the largest expansion ever in its history is just the latest win for DeSantis. Other recent major wins include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-destroys-squatters-rights-in-florida-this-isnt-california-and-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">putting an end to squatters<\/a> in the state; his congressional map, which played a major role in Republicans gaining control of the House of Representatives, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/27\/florida-redistricting-house-desantis-00149448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winning<\/a> in federal court; and more.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walt Disney World is poised for its biggest expansion in history at Magic Kingdom park in Orlando. The decision to withdraw the lawsuit against the state-appointed park board has paved the way. According to Michael Hundgen, Walt Disney World&#8217;s site portfolio executive, this expansion could be the most significant one at Magic Kingdom to date<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2213411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/01\/RonD.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2213410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/01\/RonD.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2213410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2213411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2213410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2213410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2213410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}