“But providing that level of service will cost the state money.”
No, it will cost the taxpayers money, and guess which taxpayer in Orange County is probably going to bear the brunt of the increased taxes and fees?
“...they’ll have to buy them or rent them from Disney.”
Or they can just seize them with eminent domain powers and then pay Disney whatever the government decides is a fair price, rather than what Disney demands.
There’s not a lot of good options for private companies that want to escalate in a fight with the government. Even a powerful company like Disney is at a disadvantage because the playing field will always be tilted in favor of the government. And Disney is not as powerful as they used to be after 2 years of lockdowns closing their parks and tanking the proceeds of all their blockbuster movies.
The county will be aligned with Disney on the “if this is what you want you gotta pay for it” in the courts. The state will get the bill. Going through eminent domain will tie it up in court for another decade.
This isn’t the first time parts of Florida have tried to reign in Disney. Disney always wins. Disney is drastically more powerful than they used to be. Disney+ hit right before the lockdown. Any cash they lost on the theme parks has been more than made up for in subscriptions.