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Orlando Sentinel - I love Disney World, but wokeness is ruining the experience
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:10 am
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:10 am
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My family and I have been loyal Disney customers for decades. We vacation at Disney World every year. We take a Disney cruise every year or two. Consequently, we spend way too much money in Orlando.
Unfortunately, I am strongly rethinking our commitment to Disney and, thus, Orlando. The more Disney moves away from the values and vision of Walt Disney, the less Disney World means to me. Disney is forgetting that guest immersion is at the core of its business model.
When I stand in Galaxy’s Edge or Fantasyland, I know I am in a theme park but through immersion and my willingness to set the real world aside, something magical happens. That spell is broken when the immersive experience is shattered by the real world. And boy, has Disney been breaking the immersion.
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Recently, Disney announced that cast members are now permitted to display tattoos, wear inclusive uniforms and display inclusive haircuts. Disney did all of this in the name of allowing cast members to express themselves.
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The problem is, I’m not traveling across the country and paying thousands of dollars to watch someone I do not know express themselves. I am there for the immersion and the fantasy, not the reality of a stranger’s self-expression. I do not begrudge these people their individuality and I wish them well in their personal lives, but I do not get to express my individuality at my place of business.
What’s next, is Disney going to end the rule barring on stage cellphone use by cast members as an infringement on self-expression.
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Disney is in the process of taking the woke scalpel to the Jungle Cruise. Trader Sam is out because he might offend certain people. Every grown-up in the room realizes that Trader Sam is not a representation of reality and is meant as a funny and silly caricature. It is no more based in racism than every Disney caricature of an out-of-touch white American dad.
The next time I ride Jungle Cruise I will not be thinking about the gloriously entertaining puns of the skippers, I will be thinking about Disney’s political agenda. That’s a mood killer.
Pirates used to be one of my favorite attractions. My family would always ride it first on our first day at the Magic Kingdom. Now, we do not even ride it every trip. When my family rides Pirates now, each of the changed scenes takes us out of the illusion because they remind us of reality and the politics that forced the changes.
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Disney World is going to lose us as customers if it continues down this path. I do not want to have Disney World taken away from us because Disney cares more about politics than happy guests.
Disney, please return to the values and vision of Walt. The customer experience should be the core of your business model. Immersion should not be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness and appeasing the Twitter mob.
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Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:12 am to Cs
No freaking way I am going to spend the amount of money they are requiring to go to Woke World. Never again.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:12 am to Cs
Luckily I don't like Disney, so avoiding them and their wokeness is a win-win!
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:13 am to Cs
It could be that I'm on this board daily, but it feels like the average person has finally had enough of the bullshite and lack of reality.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:13 am to Cs
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Disney, please return to the values and vision of Walt
Jews might have a problem with this
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:13 am to Cs
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By JONATHAN VANBOSKERCK
ORLANDO SENTINEL
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:14 am to Cs
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The more Disney moves away from the values and vision of Walt Disney
Anti-Semitic?
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:14 am to Cs
I wonder why Disney is going so woke. Do black people and transgenders folks go to disney?
This post was edited on 4/23/21 at 11:29 am
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:14 am to Cs
So where’s an un-woke amusement park? Dollywood?
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:15 am to Cs
On one hand I hate that wokeness ruins fun things
On the other hand, Disney culture's rise over the last several years is bizarre
On the other hand, Disney culture's rise over the last several years is bizarre
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:16 am to Cs
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I am there for the immersion and the fantasy,
Seems like a loser to be honest. I'd be there for my kids' enjoyment, not my own. Of course I'd be annoyed at the wokeness thrown in my face though.
This post was edited on 4/23/21 at 11:17 am
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:17 am to Cs
It's a fricking amusement/theme park, Karen. Calm TF down.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:18 am to Cs
Thanks for posting this. I will be sure to refer to it next time I'm asked about a Disney vacation.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:18 am to SUB
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I am there for the immersion and the fantasy,
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Seems like a loser to be honest.
Some adults dig it.
Disney will suffer greatly when they stop having immersive experiences. You get a totally different class of employee.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:19 am to Pettifogger
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Disney culture's rise over the last several years is bizarre
Isn't it? It seems like Disney was sort of seen as entertainment of the past from the 90's - 10's. Growing up, I always felt the Disney channel was lame and none of my friends ever watched anything on it. The past few years, Disney seems bigger than ever, and I'm sure a lot of that has to do with acquiring several major entertainment franchises.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:21 am to Cs
This person is a complete psychopath for spending that much time and money with Disney, however they are right. If I'm going to disney its for the full disney experience. If the employees want to express their individualism, they can go work at Universal or bush gardens.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:21 am to DomincDecoco
This guy posts on TD.
This post was edited on 4/23/21 at 11:22 am
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:24 am to SUB
Yeah indeed
I realize Disney has always been a thing and that Disney superfans have always been around. But this new era of neighbors competing over who goes how often and where they stay is pretty pathetic. "Back in my happy place, 4th time this year!"
I'm really not anti-Disney, I assume I'll take my kid once or twice. But most of the people I know who go all the time pretty much exclusively go to Disney and don't do anything else.
I realize Disney has always been a thing and that Disney superfans have always been around. But this new era of neighbors competing over who goes how often and where they stay is pretty pathetic. "Back in my happy place, 4th time this year!"
I'm really not anti-Disney, I assume I'll take my kid once or twice. But most of the people I know who go all the time pretty much exclusively go to Disney and don't do anything else.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:25 am to Cs
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display inclusive haircuts
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