Disney Looks to Relocate Its Theme-Park Magic Makers to Florida

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Disney wants to move many of its famed Imagineers from Southern California to a new campus in Orlando, where about $570 million in tax incentives await

that stretched for months, but the divisions that make the attractions hum face further uncertainty after a relocation to Florida was announced last week.

Disney executives told roughly 2,000 workers in Southern California—including many members of its famed Imagineers force—that their jobs would be moving to a new campus in Orlando. Moving to the Florida location could save Disney about half a billion dollars via tax breaks, according to people familiar with the plans.

Relocations rarely go smoothly, but the news has hit the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products division especially hard, according to employees and people familiar with the matter. The moves are expected to affect those in consumer products, licensing and other divisions, but even people in unaffected departments are shaken up, one worker noted.

The announcement of the shift to Florida comes after nearly 18 months of unprecedented upheaval in Disney’s parks operation, brought on by Covid-19 and marked by

 

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And the virus 🤬

That's the first, historical Disneyland. Disney has always been a part of the Hollywood. Damn, there are a bigger values than money, Disney 😫

You don’t want to take to many people from California or those tax breaks might stop.

good luck

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