ORLANDO — Florida has received a last-minute boost from Walt Disney World in its bid for $2.5 billion of federal money to build a high speed train linking Orlando and Tampa, according to a story in the Orlando Sentinel. Disney says it will support a stop at the Orange County Convention Center, and provide up to 50 acres of free land for a station. For years, Disney wanted any train that might be built to make a straight shot from Orlando International Airport to its parks, with no intermediate stations.
Disney’s backing is important because it could draw millions of riders onto the system, helping to underwrite operating costs over the entire 90-mile route.
