Overview
- A Stipulated Final Judgment signed Tuesday, June 8, 2026 by Circuit Judge John E. Jordan resolved Disney’s 2015 challenge to the Animal Kingdom Lodge and Wilderness Lodge tax assessments.
- The judgment cut the Animal Kingdom Lodge just value to $226,607,023 and the Wilderness Lodge to $166,976,423, a combined reduction of roughly $44 million from the original 2015 assessments.
- The order directs the Property Appraiser to issue a Certificate of Correction within 30 days and requires the Tax Collector and taxing districts to recalculate bills or issue refunds based on the revised values.
- UNITE HERE Locals 362 and 737 and the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association have launched protests and door-to-door outreach urging Disney to drop its suits while Orange County Public Schools has set aside about $119 million in reserves for possible refunds.
- The judgment applies only to these parcels and tax year and does not set precedent as Disney continues a larger campaign of property-tax lawsuits covering more than $5.4 billion in assessed value with many first hearings not expected until 2027.