Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and all Disneyland parks in Anaheim, California, were closed, but resort hotels remain open for its guests.

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Mr. Allman wryly tells the story of how Disney interests used shadow companies, shrewd legal maneuvering and a compliant state legislature to take absolute control of the 47 square miles of central Florida wasteland that became Disney World and turned the Orlando area into an El Dorado of amusement.

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This president is an audio-animatronic Obama surrounded by the 42 other U.S. presidents at Walt Disney World's newly revamped Hall of Presidents in Orlando, Florida.

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Until Obama's victory, Orange County, home to Orlando and Disney World, had developed a well-earned reputation as one of Florida's premier battlegrounds.

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