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Disney fans may soon be able to live in a North Carolina residential community designed by the company’s theme park designers, as Disney announced plans Wednesday to expand its new residential living concept — even before its first community has opened, and amid the company’s recent high-profile financial challenges.

Connecticut has launched a new campaign in response to Visit Florida taking down its “LGBTQ Travel” page.

Visit Florida made its first public comment Wednesday about the removal of its “LGTBQ Travel” page, after more than a week of no explanation of why it was taken down.

For years, L.G.B.T.Q. people planning a trip to Florida could turn to the official website for Visit Florida, the state’s tourism marketing organization, for resources on where to go, what to eat and where to stay. While there are other resources for queer travelers, the site offered information about L.G.B.T.Q.-owned businesses that visitors could patronize as well as activities “appealing to a gay community looking for a sense of belonging and acceptance,” a page on the site once read.

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Visit Florida has taken down its “LGBTQ Travel” page, a decision that could further damage relations with the LGBTQ community. And at least one other destination marketing organization in the state – Visit Lauderdale – has publicly distanced itself from the move. 

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Thousands of flights were canceled or delayed on Monday as Hurricane Debby made landfall along the Big Bend coast of Florida as a Category 1 storm.

Central Florida's tourism district unanimously approveda $17 billion development deal with Disney that could mean a new era for the company's profitable theme parks.

Local businesses are throwing their support behind Disney's $17 billion development deal, saying it could invigorate the local economy and boost sales.

A more peaceful era for Walt Disney World and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis might be coming as a new development deal would allow for $17 billion worth in expansion and development for the park, which might include a long-speculated fifth theme park. 

Rumors that Walt Disney World might build a fifth theme park in Central Florida have persisted for years. Now, there's some good news for anyone hoping those rumors are true.

Disney settled its state lawsuit with the board that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed to oversee Walt Disney World’s special district, the board and Disney confirmed Wednesday, ending a lengthy legal battle between the media giant and Florida government and canceling a controversial development agreement Disney enacted that hamstrung DeSantis’ political appointees.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney reached a settlement agreement Wednesday in a state court fight over how Walt Disney World is developed in the future following the takeover of the theme park resort's government by the Florida governor.

The city of Miami Beach is enforcing stricter rules when it comes to visitors heading to the popular spring break destination this year.

Miami Beach has a message to unruly Spring Breakers: Don’t come this March—seriously.

Black history and travel opportunities abound in Florida, from museums to theaters to cuisine.

Long before a solid first quarter of earnings, the Walt Disney Company has become emboldened and has talked about a $60 billion expansion of its experiential offerings.

Attorneys for Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) headed to federal court Tuesday as a judge considers whether to throw out Disney’s lawsuit accusing DeSantis of unlawful political retaliation, as the dispute between the Florida government and Disney over the special district that oversees Walt Disney World continues to heat up more than a year after it began.

Walt Disney World Resort generated more than $40 billion in economic impact across the state and more than a quarter of a million total jobs in fiscal year 2022, according to a new study from Oxford Economics.

Walt Disney said on Tuesday it would nearly double its capital expenditure for its parks business to about $60 billion over the next 10 years. Disney CEO Bob Iger and Josh D’Amaro, the company’s parks chief, announced the accelerated pace of investment at a gathering of Wall Street analysts and investors at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, focused on the company’s parks business.