GINGER GADSDEN, WHETHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TOM SORRELLS, THIS IS NEWS 6 AT
5.30, GETTING RESULTS.
>> MATT: BUT TODAY, WALT
DISNEY WORLD CELEBRATING 50
YEARS OF MAGIC. THE THEME
PARKS DRAW PEOPLE FROM AROUND
THE WORLD TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
AND THEY ARE NOT JUST COMING
FOR VACATION YET. THEY ARE
ALSO COMING TO LIVE HERE
BUYING PROPERTY NEAR THE
PARK’S TURNING OR INTO AN EVEN
BIGGER BOOMTOWN.
>> GINGER: NEWS SIX’S
NADIN YANES INTRODUCES US TO A
FAMILY WHO JUST BOUGHT THEIR
NEW HOME AND THE UNIQUE REAL
ESTATE BUSINESS THAT HELPED
THEM MAKE IT HAPPENS.
>> WHEN WALT DISNEY ANNOUNCED
HE HAD CHOSEN CENTRAL FLORIDA
TO BUILD HIS NEW FLORIDA
PROJECT CALLED WALT DISNEY
WORLD 50 YEARS AGO. A POPULAR
ATION IN THE STATE WAS ABOUT
6.5 MILLION PEOPLE. WELL,
TODAY. IT’S MORE THAN
21 MILLION PEOPLE. THE
POPULATION TRIPLING IN GROWTH.
AND IN FACT, THAT GROWTH
HASN’T STOPPED. YOU CAN SEE
JUST LIKE ALL OF THE
DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE OF DISNEY
WORLD TODAY. IN FACT, WE
ACTUALLY FOUND ENTIRE REAL
ESTATE COMPANIES DEVOTED TO
HELPING FAMILIES WHO WANT TO
MOVE CLOSER TO DISNEY. WELCOME
TO MY DISNEY HOME. JESSICA
CURRY. BOO. AS YOU SEE, WE
ARE. YOU ARE WELCOMED BY MY
DISNEY. MATT GIVES US A WARM
WELCOME AND COME ON IN.
>> JUST LIKE WALT DISNEY. AND
WHO COME TO THIS HAPPY PLACE.
WELCOME SINCE THIS IS OUR
HAPPY PLACE. AND THOUGH SOME
MICKEY’S ARE HIDDEN IN HER NEW
HOME HEAD IN. MICKEY’S THERE,
JESSICA CAN’T HER LOVE OF
DISNEY AND PAY DEAL. IT REALLY
IS. I MEAN, I I WE MOVED JUST
FOR THAT. YOU HEARD THAT
RIGHT? WE MOVED JUST FOR THAT,
JESSICA, HER HUSBAND, DAVID
AND HER SON ELIAS MY SON’S
NAME IS WALT DISNEY’S MIDDLE
NAME. PURPOSELY MOVED TO
ORLANDO FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD.
BEING HERE NOW AND KNOWING I’M
>> 25 MINUTES AWAY FROM
DISNEY. I STILL AM IN MOMENTS
WHERE I’M IN DISBELIEF.
>> LIKE AM I REALLY HERE KNOW
I READ AND REALLY HEAR A
DREAM. THE FAMILY DIDN’T THINK
WAS A REALITY UNTIL THE
PANDEMIC ALLOWED BOTH PARENTS
TO PERMANENTLY WORK REMOTELY.
SELLING THEIR SMALLER MIAMI
HOME FOR THIS 4 BEDROOM IN
MEADOW WOODS. INITIALLY, I
WILL BE ENTIRELY HONEST. I WAS
TERRIFIED. BUT THE MOVE WAS
MADE EASIER WITH A LITTLE
MAGIC FROM REALTOR, SEAN, FULL
PART OF THE MOVING TO ORLANDO
TEAM. YOUR EXPERTS ON HELPING
YOU MOVE TO THE ORLANDO AREA
AND LIVE YOUR DISNEY DREAM
POSTING VIDEOS FOR LARGE
DISNEY AUDIENCE WEEKLY ON A
YOUTUBE CHANNEL. 8 MINUTES
FROM ANIMAL KINGDOM. SO WE’RE
ABOUT AS CLOSE AS YOU’RE GOING
TO GET MAINLY TARGETING THE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MOVING FOR
DISNEY. SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE
WHERE DISNEY FANS AND WE WANT
TO LIVE WITHIN AN HOUR OF THE
PARKS.
>> OTHER PEOPLE ARE LIKE WE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE
FIREWORKS FROM OUR BACK FROM
OUR PORCH LIKE SO WE CAN SEE
FIREWORKS OUT THE BACK YARD.
>> WE’RE NOT BUYING THAT. THIS
ONE REAL ESTATE AGENT WHO
QUICKLY SAW DEMAND GROW ON HIS
YOUTUBE WITHIN LIKE 3 WEEKS
NEEDED A BROKERAGE TO HANG HIS
LICENSE. ENTERED NICK AND LA
TOYA CAUGHT AND WITH THE NEWLY
REBRANDED FOREVER MAGIC REALTY
TEAM. I THINK IT WAS KIND OF
LIKE TO SPRING A LITTLE BIT OF
A PIXIE DUST. WE NOTICE IT.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR
BUSINESSES ASSOCIATED WITH
PEOPLE DOING THIS VERY THING.
SO PERHAPS REBRAND THAT
NOTICING THE PANDEMIC
ACCELERATED EVEN MORE PEOPLE
MOVING HERE FOR DISNEY, THEIR
RESIDENTIAL SALES IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH MOVING TO
ORLANDO BEFORE THE REBRAND WAS
ABOUT 20 MILLION DOLLARS LAST
YEAR. OTHER HOME NOW PROBABLY
ROUGHLY ABOUT 40 MILLION. YOUR
REACTION THAT KNOW IT’S BEEN
AND WITH THE RE BRANDING WITH
OUR WITH OUR GREAT PARTNERS
MOVING TO ORLANDO, IT’S IT’S
IT’S REMARKABLE. AND FOR THE
REBOOT FAMILY CONTINUES. IT
REALLY IS. IT’S NOW HOME.
IT’S.
>> DOESN’T MAKE ME THINK THAT
I’M CRAZY OR LOAN. THIS IS I
DON’T KNOW HOW SEE IF REALLY A
DREAM COME TRUE IN ORANGE
COUNTY NADEEN YANES GETTING
RESULTS. NEWS 6.
>> SOME PEOPLE LIVE AROUND. OF
ALL THAT TRAFFIC. I MEAN,
WE’RE GLAD THEY’RE HERE. YEAH,
THAT’S FOR SURE. ABSOLUTELY.
THAT IS COMPANIES LOCAL TO
THAT WE ARE. YOU WAS THIS
DOUBLE? YEAH. IS HE DID THAT?
OKAY. SEE THE YEARS MAKING AS
WINNER IS WAS SO GOOD.