DeSantis Wants To Be in Charge of Inspecting Disney Rides

There’s an ongoing battle to control the land that’s home to Disney World, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis isn’t done making moves yet.

Cinderella Castle

The Reedy Creek Improvement District that governs the land including and around Disney World was recently renamed the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. CFTOD was given a new board — filled with members appointed by DeSantis — and since that board has been meeting, we’ve heard regular updates about legal action that could be taken against Disney or new rules that could be imposed in the district to strip Disney of some of its powers. And now, there’s a new update.

According to the Orlando Business Journal, Governor DeSantis had some things to say about Disney in a press conference on April 17th. DeSantis announced some planned actions against the company, including filing legislation that would place Disney’s rides and attractions under inspection and oversight by the state’s Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.

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“They are not superior to the law enacted by the people of the state of Florida,” DeSantis said. “[Disney’s agreements are] not going to work. That’s not going to fly.” The legislation that DeSantis is drafting will apply to theme parks within a special district — and Disney World is the only major Central Florida theme park that is located in a special district. This means that other spots like SeaWorld and Universal Orlando will remain exempt from state inspection regulations.

“Building inspection, safety — all these other things that they were exempt from, when everybody else has to follow…if these are not good laws then everyone should be exempt, you shouldn’t just say one corporation should be exempt — so that’s already been done,” said DeSantis.

Universal Studios Florida

“We’re also working with the legislature, we expect the legislature to provide a legislative amendment, provision. You know, this monorail is exempt. They exempted the Monorail from any safety standards or inspections…so they’re gonna go and make sure that the monorail is subject to oversight just like everything else would be in the state of Florida,” DeSantis added during the press conference.

EPCOT

Currently, Florida law states that “permanent facilities that employ at least 1,000 full-time employees and that maintain full-time, in-house safety inspectors” are exempt from state inspections. With DeSantis’s new legislation, that rule would be nullified for Disney.

DeSantis noted, “Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services…they have oversight over amusement park safety generally speaking except Disney’s been carved out of that over the years. Well, now they’re back in the game, so they’re gonna make sure that that’s done.”

Animal Kingdom

We’ll keep a close watch and see what happens next. The CFTOD board is set to meet on April 19th, so there could be more news to come and more information revealed. Stay tuned to DFB for the latest.

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