Bay Lake, FL

Bay Lake is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The 2020 census counted 29 residents. Bay Lake is named after a lake that lies east of Magic Kingdom. All four of the Walt Disney World Resort theme parks, and one of Walt Disney World's two water parks, are in Bay Lake, though all Disney parks in the region have mailing addresses in nearby Lake Buena Vista. Disney's Hollywood Studios. Disney's Animal Kingdom. Formerly it was zoned to the following:. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Bay Lake, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet.

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For Bay Lake, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Bay Lake is one of two Florida municipalities inside the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District which also includes Walt Disney World, the other being Lake Buena Vista. Chapter 67-1104 of the Laws of Florida, incorporating Bay Lake, was signed into law by Governor Claude R. Chapter 69-836 of the Laws of Florida, which became a law on July 3, 1969, without the governor's approval, redefined the city boundaries to exclude the easternmost part of Bay Lake.