Comments on: Celebration, Florida: Freaky Fake Town or Slice of Paradise?

By: loan modification

loan modification — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:48:26 +0000

I used to live in celebration and it was actually quite a nice community. It’s very secure and the people that live there all seemed very ammendable to me. Maybe your just being a bit overly paranoid with your “water” suspicions. The property is a bit pricey but it’s a great place to live, and so close to Disney.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:46:38 +0000

I’ve always felt Celebration was one of those towns that a crazy slasher movie would take place in. I used to live and work in that area, but not in celebration. They wanted to get it zoned as it’s own town. It’s kind of creepy. Anything a company like Disney does on a scale like that makes me suspicious. I would live in fear of something being in my water supply or something if I lived in that town.

By: Ex-Celebrat

Ex-Celebrat — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:45:46 +0000

I was transferred to Kissimmee and wanted a safe place to raise my daughter, so we started out by renting a house in Celebration with the intention to buy a home in Celebration when our lease was up. I had a very short time in which to find a place to live and had visited Celebration several times, so I thought it was a good place to start. Boy, was I wrong. First, you hear about how friendly the people are. That was not the case. It is a town full of people who think they are better than you, and it felt like high school again with all of the clicks. I am a professional woman with an executive level job, but the others in town look at you like you are trash because you are too tired to get up early on a Saturday morning, put on full make up and a dress that I might wear to a formal wedding, in order to get my daughter to a 9:00 am dance class. Second, go on their internal message board, the Front Porch, which is only available to those who own property or who have a lease, and see how nasty everyone is to each other- they bash anything that anyone says, no one or anything is good enough for them. Third, the schools were great at one time, but the high school now has a D rating. Fourth, and foremost, they portray that they are a family oriented town, but just go to any of the restaurants that the residents rave about. The last time we went to the Town Tavern, we were told not to let my 3 year old color b/c the manager did not like crayon getting on the table, and the majority of restaurants do not even have children’s menus. The town is a ghost town anymore and there is a lot of crime, muggings, home invasions, etc, but it is hidden from the public as to not dispell the myth that is Celebration. It seems like every other house is a foreclosure with peeling paint and an overgrown lawn and only 1-2 single family homes are selling each month. Meanwhile, on the Front Porch, owners are complaining that they quit their 40 hr/week job b/c they wanted a better quality of life and now can’t afford the $700K home they purchased and the bank will not modify their mortgage. As for the Mona Lisa that you mentioned, they have not been able to sell and it is being marketed as a hotel and is in bankruptcy. Stores and restaurants cannot stay in business. I purchased a home about 20 min from Celebration and am so much happier. I am still in Celebration every week for my daughter’s dance lesson, and am reminded of how glad I am that I did not move there.

By: Judy

Judy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:34:22 +0000

My inlaws took my husband and me to Celebration a couple of years ago. It was unique,lively, extremely clean and we were impressed. However, when we visited it again last summer, it seemed empty. It must have been nap time. You’re right, it feels like a movie set — for an updated version of “Leave it to Beaver”.

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