The Cities of Disney You Didn't Know About But Have Probably Been Too

Aug. 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Disney is a powerful corporation that has  a strong foothold in Florida: millions turn up to their resort that is known all over the world is one place kids dream of visiting and the Magic Kingdom is the world's most visited place for themed entertainment in the world. But not many people know that the Walt Disney company owns two cities in Florida.

Lake Buena Vista is a city in the Orange County that is known as being the home to parts of the  Walt Disney World Resort and is one of the two municipalities controlled by The Walt Disney Company. There are 16 people, 9 households and five families that reside in the city, and out of the 9 households only one had children under the age of 18 living with them.

The lake in the city actually located east of the Buena Vista Golf Course, it is a small body of water west of the crossing of State Road 535 nd Interstate 4. The lake was named the Black Lake before Disney came and changed it. They say that the name comes from Buena Vista Street in Burbank, California where the Disney corporate offices are located and also where the main studios are situated. Several Walt Disney Company business entities have used the names containing 'Buena Vista'; a Spanish phrase that when translated becomes “good view”, which is what you get when looking out to the look from one of Orlando vacation Rentals.

The other city that is controlled by Disney is Bay Lake. The population of this city is 23, with the lake of the city is located to the east of The Magic Kingdom theme park. Most of the World Disney Resort, including all four theme parks and one of the water parks, is located in Bay Lake. Which means most of the attractions associated with Disney are located in this city.

The laws of Florida, incorporating the City of Reedy Creek, were signed into law by Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr. on May 12, 1967 under chapter 67 -1965 this was for Lake Buena Vista, whilst  on  the same day he also signed chapters 67-764 creating the Reedy Creek Improvement District and 67-1104 this one was for Bay Lake. In 1969 a law which didn't need the Governor’s approval redefined the city boundaries which meant that the cities were moved and renamed to reflect both of their locations. The Bay Lake city also was expanded because of this.

Disney’s original plans for this site was to have at least one futuristic living area which hey dubbed “community of the future” but this was never built; although some of the ideas were used in the EPCOT theme park and the later Celebration - a city that Disney use to own up until 1994.

The only people who live in these two cities are Disney employees that live in a community on the north of Bay lake (Bay court) and North of down town Disney (Royal Oak Court of Lake Buena Vista).





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