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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 11:21 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 11:25 am to Cs
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display inclusive haircuts
What is an inclusive haircut
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:27 am to Cs
So Cinderella will now have tattoo sleeves and blue Lesbian hair?
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:28 am to Cs
With all the political concessions Disney gets in this State, it will be interesting to see if DeSantis or future Repub. administrations reacts to this.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:29 am to Cs
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I do not begrudge these people their individuality and I wish them well in their personal lives
in other words, these are fricked up kids.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:29 am to Cs
I hate wokeness, but adult disney fans are a weird breed. Really a tough call as to who I'm rooting against here
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:35 am to Cs
Damn that was pathetic. Disney has sucked for years. Flying across the country, paying thousands of dollars, standing in lines for lame rides, and being crammed in crowds with strangers was all perfectly acceptable for humpty dumpty. But seeing someone's natural hair or a tattoo on a worker just RUINS it for him. Imagine going through life so soft...
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