The story is fictional and the real-life Magic Castle, a shabby, bright pink, low-budget hotel where Baker shot the film, is nowhere near as seedy as its big-screen portrayal. But the scenes of poverty, depression and deprivation it conveys, and the juxtaposition of living in the direct shadow of Disney World, the self-proclaimed happiest place on earth, are all too real to Delgado. Between them, the family shares two tiny rooms at the Magic Castle. Photograph: Richard Luscombe for the GuardianAnother long-term resident of the Magic Castle is Robin Wilde, 57, from Oregon. You do get honeymooners coming to the Magic Castle thinking they’re coming to some great, grand resort by the Magic Kingdom, and they end up disappointed when they wind up here.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2017 06:56 UTC