11/14/2023 0 Comments Orlando sentinel disney woke![]() Rethinking stereotypes: Disney's Splash Mountain to get new theme amid calls to ditch racist history Recent changes at Disneyĭisney Parks announced last week that they were adding inclusion as one of their core guiding principles.Ĭhanges to park policies include allowing gender-neutral hairstyles and costuming, and adaptive costumes to accommodate employees in wheelchairs.Īs for the rides, in the last few months Disney announced that the Splash Mountain log flume rides at Disneyland and Disney World - which previously referenced the controversial film, “Song of the South” - will be re-themed to focus on Disney's first Black princess, Tiana, from Disney’s animated film “The Princess and the Frog.” No more savages: Disney World, Disneyland to update Jungle Cruise's depictions of Indigenous people ![]() Val Demings from Florida's 10th District also weighed in.īut there are people on his side, with one Twitter user writing that Disney shouldn't "ruin more stories and characters in the name of wokeness."Ĭhanges at Disney: After rethinking racist rides, Disney parks extend inclusion push to cast members, add adaptive costumes The commentary online has not been in his favor. The column, titled "I love Disney World, but wokeness is ruining the experience" led readers to wonder exactly what "wokeness" is, if Google Trends search data is any indication.Īccording to the Cambridge Dictionary online, wokeness is "a state of being aware, especially of social problems such as racism and inequality." Twitter reacts to his column VanBoskerck, who described himself in the column as a Christian and conservative Republican, also was concerned that Disney was changing Splash Mountain because of its association with the movie "Song of the South," about the new lack of homogeneity in staffers, and about changes to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. ![]() "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. Jonathan VanBoskerck wrote in a column published by the Orlando Sentinel: Those changes include allowing park employees more flexibility to reflect their cultures and individuality on the job, and making changes to park attractions that have been criticized as racist such as Splash Mountain and Jungle Cruise. Twitter is ablaze over a guest column from a loyal Walt Disney World fan who is strongly rethinking his family's commitment to Disney because of their change in values. In response, DeSantis and Florida lawmakers passed the legislation that repealed those agreements.View Gallery: Disney World, Disneyland 2021 preview: Epcot revamp, Avengers Campus But before the new board came in, the company made agreements with previous oversight board members who were Disney supporters that stripped the new supervisors of their authority over design and construction. The fight between DeSantis and Disney began last year after the company, facing significant pressure internally and externally, publicly opposed a state law banning classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades, a policy critics call “Don’t Say Gay.”Īs punishment, DeSantis took over the district through legislation passed by Florida lawmakers and appointed a new board of supervisors to oversee municipal services for the sprawling theme parks and hotels. The judge didn’t say when she would make a decision, but asked attorneys for both sides to prepare orders for her as if she had rendered a ruling in each of their favor by next Wednesday. DeSantis isn’t a party in the state court lawsuit. ![]()
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