Saving Disney

For the past two weeks, I have been waking in the middle of the night. This would be annoying if I were tossing and turning, but I am problem-solving.  

For instance, the other night I went to bed after Ron DeSantis announced his Presidential run, his dour face looking like a lemon sucking itself. My last waking thought was that I needed to check my passport’s date of expiration.

I woke at 2:30 a.m., my brain abuzz.

Fact: Disney is the rainbow dragon DeSantis is trying to subvert.  

Fact (trust me, related): Vatican City is a landlocked independent country, city-state, microstate and enclave within Rome, Italy.

Question: What if Disneyworld were to become an independent city-state inside Orlando?

Statistics: Vatican is city is 121 acres and ruled by the Pope. Disneyworld is 25,000 acres and ruled by CEO Robert Iger, along with its shareholders and titular monarchs Mickey and Minnie Mouse.  

Ergo: Autonomy would allow Disneyworld to ascend, a vibrant tourist destination and open and affirming nation, while all around it, Florida festers like an open sore.

Recommendations: A portion of Disney’s Orlando acreage has yet to be developed. I suggest:

1.       A global university dedicated to Black and Indigenous Studies.

2.      An international library that archives all the books DeSantis has removed or censored or could potentially remove or censor.

3.      Cinderella’s Castle should be repurposed as a Women’s Center for Reproductive Health.

I drifted back to sleep imagining DeSantis swimming across the former Castle moat. Apparently, no one mentioned the crocodiles.

Proving: A problem-solver can dream, can’t she?