Disney's Upcoming Dystopian Desert Town 

"Disney has always been the master at saying a lot of words, but not really saying anything at all" absolutely genius Luke 😂😂 great coverage of a plan we know little about...thank you!

Anybody remember how Celebration kinda bombed? 🙁 It hurts my heart to hear about all the people who spent so much money to buy a home there and it really didn’t do well. We used to go there every time we visited Disney and it was always kinda dead. I can honestly say that I don’t see Disney’s future housing stuff panning out well. They really shine when it comes to theme parks, and as of now, their theme parks need work. Even the biggest fans feel like Disney is overpriced and not enough value for the cost presently. Not to mention the squicky wasteful idea of Disney probably using a lot of water in the desert, which, given our current environmental crisis, wouldn’t be a good look for them.

Ironically, before Golden Oak was built, the subdivision was DE-ANNEXED from the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which provides government services to the Disney resort (I thought the whole point of this was to live on Disney property). So in actuality all Golden Oak property owners are residents of unincorporated ORANGE COUNTY, making them ineligible to vote on Reedy Creek matters.

The very fact that you either need to shell out for a club membership or buy a day pass to even just go shopping or chill on the beach is ridiculous to me. Also, California doesn't allow private beaches so I have zero clue how they're going to be able to enforce the day pass needed for that part. To me, this sounds like they didn't really think any of this through and just went with whatever would make them the most money. I do not see this ending well at all. I also forgot about the whole mega drought thing we have going on here right now so I can 100% see a ish ton of protesters telling Disney to not build it because other people need that water more than they do. Like literally people are dying here because they don't have access to enough clean drinking water because of mega corps like Disney and Nestle coming in and stealing what little useable water we have left and poisoning the rest while the regular people have to conserve water. I really hope this falls through and never gets mentioned again. Disney are hypocrites. But what else is new.

What’s the point of spending money on overpriced real estate and HOA fees if the riff raff can pay a day fee and use my private pool.

As an Australian I don’t think you can understand how many Americans think living in a community where people are forced to keep their houses and yards exactly the same is a good idea.

The environmental issues had my blood boiling when it was announced too. It's shockingly irresponsible.

now he is just flexing his lego sets xD

You couldn't pay me to live in a Disney property (unless it really was like the original Epcot plan, I love retrofuturism). I don't trust them not to have hidden cameras and microphones all over the place, Big Mouse is always watching...

Len Testa will be reviewing SLBD in 20 years as one of Chapek’s MANY failures and Bright Sun Films will be exploring this deserted development

Thanks for calling this what it is. It is becoming increasingly difficult to justify the majority of Disney's decisions

as soon as he said desert i was done. how tone deaf of them to announce something like that with the current water crises.

Walt Disney would be shocked and dismayed. I remember watching him talk about Disneyworld, Epcot and the communities of tomorrow. His dream was a good one. If he had lived I'm sure he would have been environmental conscious as well. Alas, Cotina is just the average looking "homes for the rich." No radical futuristic architecture, no sense of community at all. The damage to the fragile desert environment is unacceptable. I grew up in California, spending most of my childhood in the desert. It's sad to see what corporations have done in the name of "progress." From what I've seen of this community they haven't made their homes compatible with the desert environment. It's just sad to see the name "Disney" attached to such things. Walt Disney would be really sad. He wanted to make money, yes. But he had a dream! So sad his dream has just been turned into a corporate money-making scheme.

Here was a chance to design and build something like the real EPCOT that Walt envisioned back in the 60s, and all we get is an overpriced and negatively received typical suburban masterplanned community. I know at the end of the day, it is a business, but imagine if they built a dense, walkable, and sustainable community (with an updated Peoplemover) that could be a blueprint for the future American city. Even with sustainability in mind, they surely would get a return in investment. With the influence that the Walt Disney Company has, they totally have the ability and team full of immensely creative people to do this.

The last thing we need is more car dependent, single family home gated communities away from everything else and exclusive for the rich living there. Like C'mon Disney was a public transit advocate, at least try to make something with apartments, where one can easily and practically walk or bike around, and get around to other towns and districts by public transit like a train, tram, or even just a bus rapid transit line. But then again this is Disney, just like all other major American mega corporations, they only care about whatever can get them to earn more money and profit and preferably, the MOST money and profit, all while not caring about the concerns for anyone else. Typical Americana. Wouldn't even step foot anywhere near it.

A life long Disney addiction here has (which I NEVER thought I’d see this day come as a Floridian- by birth for easy access to Disney) come to a sad end. I am going to finally ‘let it go.’ It is too much greed, they learned wayyyy to much from this pandemic, and have taken advantage of me for the last time.

Another word for "Story" is Fable, or Fiction, or even Lies. Disney has upped their BS game on this one. Well done on the review.

I have no idea what the benefit would be. Golden Oaks while being expensive, still has perks and is right near the parks. This is built over somewhere Walt himself loved the nature of. They are literally ripping out of the ground the stuff Walt Disney loved, to put a bland suburb with his name on it? Bring back a CEO who cares about Walt's vision.

I love the way "HOA" sounds with your accent because it sounds like "Hate-O-A," which is an accurate descriptor because it is a universally despised organization captained by similarly odious people

I do love Disney and their storytelling, but…really? I doubt it will get built. Because…well…what’s the effing point in building a town that no one can afford to live in and no one wants to live in it as a cast member? I mean, besides the whole environmental aspect, this whole thing seems half baked and I doubt that anyone will want to live in it. It was announced back in February, yet we have heard NOTHING about this. So my guess is that they probably have up on it. This reminds me a bit of a “Black Mirror” episode.

I feel like this is a neighborhood that would be offended by a single fart outside your home. You'll have to obey the world's strictest HOA and have to walk on eggshells. A patch of your grass refuses to live even though you've tried everything to keep it alive? The HOA doesn't care. You're doomed.

I'd probably contemplate living here IF I had the money (I don't, & 99% of Disney fans don't either, im assuming) and IF it were in a more desirable area (aka not in the desert). Those are two huge what it's that aren't being satisfied by this community. Not sure who this is for besides those with enough $ for a second vacation home, tbh.

This whole thing reminds me so much of Duloc from Shrek.

So funny 😂 the ad spot has a shot flying over Kelvingrove Museum and you can you see my building from it! Ahaha I feel seen!!

Soooo, it’s a Disney-branded retirement community…?

I doubt I'd wanna live there, but I'd love to be a person who COULD live there. Or even better, the child of someone who could live there. Imagine being able to say to yourself "All right, I'm tired of dealing with all of life's issues. I'll just move into a custom-built gated community where they offer everything I could ever want and the goal is to make me feel like I'm living in a movie". The marketing is disgusting, but it is so effective at tapping into that primal wish of being able to conserve energy by having all your needs already met. In short, this Storyliving thing isn't making me want to move there as much as it's making me imagine what it would be like to be filthy rich.

I’m confused by this. I frequent this area and other than downtown Palm Springs, unless it’s festival season…. it’s all retirees everywhere you go. It seems the younger residents are either in the service industry (country clubs, servers, retail etc) so this would have to cater to wealthy retirees or as a second home to rich families?

we all know who its for. the disney bridezilla type who think they can do no wrong and think every trip to the park should be about them, their kids have disney names, everything in the house must be disney related

I don't think this behavior of Disney's will stop until it totally crashes. My take: After being the victim of several hostile takeover attempts in 1983, Disney became convinced that they needed to become an aggressive, voracious financial money engine in order to survive. This became successful for them as the money started steadily pouring in. They were financially safe(r) now. But like a blood-thirsty tick, each time it eats, it grows. And now the bigger it gets, the more money it needs to keep growing (under the same survival ethos). And they cycle has been repeating constantly ever since. And it, from a company standpoint, literally cannot stop "eating" until they "pop."

Not for living, but for vacations will be OK. 👍

Always love your videos!!

Will it have a Disney dispensary?

I would rather live in 1984's Oceania rather than living under a Walt Disney hellhole

HOA fees are ? Last time heard 1300$.. ? Would like to know. ?

Great overview… To ans your question: Golden Oak, yes! This project, no thanks!

4:44 lol where can people smoke? No where lol

Pretty silly to build in a hot desert, it would have been better off by the beach or a lake and mountains. Have fun in the 120 summers

What do you think about Florida taking away disney special rights for disney World

Interesting, they’re turning Disney branded housing communities into a franchise. Though I can’t say I’m personally a fan, if this provides Disney a constant stream of revenue I would hope to see them access more funds towards the parks as a result.

I am sure this will be way outside my budget as a Disney cast member. Regardless, I still would not want to live in a tourist attraction.

Frankly, I'd never live in California nor will I ever live where I need to join an HOA. I'm happy that I own my own house and property where no nosy busy body with first world problems can tell me what I can and cannot do with my own property.

Can't tell if the sponsor was real or not lol

Didn't they try this already and fail

I've said it once and I'll say it again... Add a Peoplemover to this and I'll think about going there. XD

Boy cant wait to live in my overly expesive 100 degree, yuppie north korea experience By Disney of course

Walt Disney in grave why is not radially designed

I don't know if this project will succeed in today's declining economy. It's called a "White Collar Recession", which hits those who could afford to live in such upscale community.

In any HOA community, which is pretty much any master planned community, which is pretty much any new build community in the US, the community regulates the exterior of your home and what you can do outside the home visible to your neighbors. This is no different from other master planned community and you have the same rights as a homeowner as anyone living in an HOA.

Living with Disney? Ridiculous!😝

Yes! I’d entertain living here. Themed living is trending. No one does it better than Disney. 3rd time shall be the charm! 😊

Leave it to contemporary Disney to adopt the failed money grabbing model of Trump. To basically post their name on excrement in order to boost this quarter's "earnings" to the detriment of the next 50 years.

Possible "Disneyfied" names "real residents" will use to refer to the day pass buyers: "Parade Of Paupers" " Huddling with the Unwashed Masses" , "Poor People In Paradise". C'mon, I know there are more...

Disney's going to have a lot more trouble finding people to buy these things given the past few months have more or less done unimaginable damage to their reputation amongst the people who are the backbone of their consumer base, who despite what the people who are in middle management positions want are not the type who approve of what's been happening there lately.

I really like your videos, your topics and the work you put into them. But I must say that your over pronunciation makes it very hard to follow 😟

This sounds like the perfect community for people who want to brag about living in a “Disney Community.” Besides, the Disney brand has taken a big hit recently with their foray into politics, so I’m not sure if their branding is ultimately good or bad for the developers.

I hate the name Cotino

Doing the entire video in a patronizing voice just kinda makes what should be an educational debate into a bad faith argument for click bait’s sake.

Celebration was a poor ripoff of much better New Urbanist communities established elsewhere. If you want quality go for the real thing.

Lately whatever Disney touches turns to trash. Particularly the neo-Disney guests. It is bad enough spending a day with them at the park, I couldn’t imagine living with them. The good news is that the typical neo-Disney guest is poor and could never afford to live in this residence so maybe it could be cool! As long as they keep it expensive and don’t let the riffraff come in that make things miserable I’m all down.

Very strict rules in this Disney neighborhood. At least your kindergarteners can be transsexuals' as it's not in Florida. yay

I have no idea. The video description was of no use. All I can see is advertisement BS. If you want me to actually watch the video, then put an accurate description of the video in the "Description". If it catches my fancy, I might spend the time and watch it. Otherwise, I'll just scrool on.