Disney Super Fan: ‘Wokeness’ Is Ruining The
Theme Park Experience
Daily Wire,
by
Chrissy Clark
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
4/24/2021 12:33:24 AM
A Disney theme park superfan wrote a scathing op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel declaring that “wokeness” is ruining the Disney experience.
Jonathan Vanboskerck takes yearly family vacations to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and takes a Disney Cruise every one to two years. The fan claims that Disney’s shifting political priorities have broken the magic of “immersion” at the famous theme park.
According to Orlando Weekly, Disney Park Chairman Josh D’Amaro announced that the company would allow park employees to showcase different hairstyles and tattoos to create a more “inclusive” atmosphere.
“Our new approach provides greater flexibly with respect to form of personal expression
Mr Vanboskerck has never visited during Gay Days or he would have stopped going to DW long ago. Truth be know, if not for employees getting in for free and bringing family members, their numbers would be much lower.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
SALady 4/24/2021 12:52:31 AM (No. 765271)
When our kids were young (many years ago), we took them to both Disney Land and World. It was a ton of fun at both parks. But they had incredibly strict dress codes and codes of conduct back then.
You couldn't pay me to go back now to such a "woke" freak show!!! Though I assume somebody attached a belt to Walt's corpse so that all the spinning he is doing in the grave (knowing with future generations have done to his parks) is enough to generate enough power to keep the lights on at all of the parks.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Vesicant 4/24/2021 1:17:10 AM (No. 765294)
Well, at least when they put in a black Snow White, we can claim cultural appropriation, right? Right?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 4/24/2021 1:18:51 AM (No. 765296)
So Disney goes full NBA and starts losing fans. Now who saw that one a coming?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 4/24/2021 1:45:35 AM (No. 765307)
I lived in Fla when they built the park, went very early on. My whole family had gone to DL in Cali when we lived out there, long ago. My wife and I were pretty newly married and enjoyed driving down to Orlando, a couple of hours away and 'doing Disney World' when it was brand new. We went back maybe 15 years ago, spent time in Epcot and DL. We though Epcot was pretty crappy, all the computer stuff was really outdated, lots of interactive stuff was broken. DL wasn't much fun, either, a few rides were pretty good, most kinda boring. When you are an aerobatic pilot and have driven on real race tracks, as both my wife and I have....these cheezy simulations were just .....cheezy. We really enjoyed our time at their 'subset' water play place, "River Country" which Disney apparently abandoned soon after. I have seen erie "abandoned amusement park" photo sets on the net and recognized a rotting and crumbling River Country where we had a really fine, fun day.
After our pretty crummy and really expensive last visit we vowed to never return. And that was before I began to despise the Disney company for their ultra leftist politics.
Not a chance I would ever go again.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Highlander 4/24/2021 3:49:27 AM (No. 765331)
If the profits disappear because of Disney’s wokeness, I would expect DW and DL to join the sorry list of abandoned theme parks dotted around the country.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 4/24/2021 4:27:12 AM (No. 765338)
This is nothing more than a decision by the company/CEO/Board. Once profits start to crumble, that may be the wake up call and get them back on track. OR Disney will decide to stay WOKE and go down the tubes.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Venturer 4/24/2021 7:15:59 AM (No. 765397)
They have priced themselves out of my market.
No way I will pay what it costs to go to Disney World so I can stand in lines all day.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 4/24/2021 7:44:54 AM (No. 765439)
Aw. Too bad. So sad. /s
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
udanja99 4/24/2021 7:58:56 AM (No. 765464)
Quit wasting your time and money, Jonathan. Wokeness is far more important to the powers that be than you are.
Between allowing trash to work at the park, inflicting wokeness on everyone and putting homosexual characters into their cartoons, I hope that their “new approach” kills the company.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
WinterParker 4/24/2021 8:09:59 AM (No. 765475)
I remember after the Pulse Nightclub RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORIST massacre, which the Orlando political machine transformed into a LGBTQ persecution issue, so completely and quickly that we were lectured and scolded about our collective homophobia in OUR CHURCH the very next Sunday, a marketing/tourism expert with decades of experience wrote an Op-Ed in the Orlando Sentinel. He was run out of town on a rail because his message was that transforming Orlando into a flag waving mecca for LGBTQ rights/grievances, based on the % of LGBTQ in the populace, and who the target clientele for Disney, etc. is, was a really, really stupid move. He's probably in the witness protection system now. Truth is verboten in these parts. Never mind that the terrorist's dad was an FBI informant, among other coinkydinks, and terrorist had cased Disney, which he rejected in favor of the very soft target of the nightclub.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
red1066 4/24/2021 8:13:42 AM (No. 765480)
I'm guessing it's getting harder to recruit employees that fit the Disney image for those theme park jobs. Tattoos are on everyone under the age of thirty. Either that, or Disney is recruiting for the next theme attraction, Gettoland.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
BarryNo 4/24/2021 8:35:18 AM (No. 765510)
Haven't been there since the "Gay Days" started. Didn't think it was appropriate for a family venue to be celebrating anyone's sexual orientation. Had young children at the time, and felt REALLY uncomfortable. Mouse lost a customer with their "Wokeness".
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/24/2021 9:21:30 AM (No. 765560)
It would be a good theme for a betting exercise. Who will go belly-up first, Disney, Hollywood or the NBA/NFL/MLB? Losses in the tens of millions have to be putting a real hurting on all of them, all due to their own embrace of leftist trash.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
mc squared 4/24/2021 10:15:30 AM (No. 765625)
I disagree that Disney super fans will stop going. I know people go who travel every year to the same dingy place for vacation - and they don't have children!.
Locals here in FL buy annual passes at a discount so they can go whenever they want.
Talk about Small Minds.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 4/24/2021 10:33:43 AM (No. 765646)
I read the new policy where the workers can show their tattoos and I'm sure body piercings along with Snow White is black I'll just have to pass. I'm sure 'drag/homosexual day' is an enterprising thing to witness if you are straight. I'll keep my memories of Disneyland 1965 the last time I was there at 15 years old. Like everything liberals touch it turns to shift.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 4/24/2021 1:26:49 PM (No. 765851)
A former coworker and her family accidently stumbled into one of the "Gay Days" and had their trip to Disney World ruined by all the vulgar behavior and dress. She vowed they'd never go back. All it takes is one such experience, and you never want another.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Penney 4/24/2021 1:38:18 PM (No. 765861)
The conniving dems' policies are why we can't have anything nice anymore. ...No wonder they have resorted to literally importing illegal aliens to vote for them!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 4/26/2021 11:51:16 AM (No. 767537)
Not going to ruin anything for me, don't go and won't go.
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