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I have visited Disney World a couple of times. Disney does a wonderful job at make-believe.
After a week in a Disney hotel on the Disney World property, you can feel as if you have become completely disconnected from the rest of world, at least until you check your bank balance. Some persons enjoy it so much that they buy timeshares and take Disney vacations every year.
As much as I enjoyed the show, I found the disconnection to be slightly eerie.
Now, for some, the fantasy has turned dark.
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Celebration’s foreclosure rate is about double the state’s pace as homeowners who paid a premium for a vision of utopia fall behind on their mortgages. Earlier this month, a resident on the verge of losing his house shot himself after a 14-hour standoff with police. Three days before that, the town had its first murder when a man was bludgeoned with an ax.
Disney, by the way, no longer has a business interest in Celebration.
