The over-bearing central planning feel to this at first reminded me of a government and economy system that ol' Walt was probably diametrically opposed to. But then I realized it's just a futurist attempt at the Company Town [1] concept again.
Having lived near somewhere like Poundbury [2] before, it's probably no accident that the place felt like an empty theme park. While the architecture is pretty there is something soulless about the place.
As mentioned in the article, he was only a couple of months before death by lung cancer, and I think that much of the vision must have been his desire to leave some ideas bigger than rides and cartoons. I don't think the current white picket fenced retired millionaires town of Celebration is what he had in mind at all.
EDIT: I'm getting mixed up between 'Celebration' and the newer 'Golden Oaks' Disney development. Golden Oaks looks like physical VR for the wealthy. [3]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town