![]() ![]() Immersion should not be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness and appeasing the Twitter mob. The parks are less fun because immersion, and thus the joy, is taking a back seat to politics.ĭisney, the customer experience should be the core of your business model. ![]() This should matter to the people of Orlando because, if Disney drives away customers like me, Orlando loses money. I do not want to have Disney World taken away from us because Disney cares more about politics than happy guests. 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.ĭisney World is going to lose us as customers if it continues down this path. My family would always ride it first on our first day at the Magic Kingdom. Pirates used to be one of my favorite attractions. Whether Disney caved to political pressure or really thought the alterations were necessary is irrelevant. Disney has made significant changes to Pirates of the Caribbean through the years. But if Disney screams at the top of its corporate voice, which is pretty loud, that it is changing it to appease a certain political point of view, now every time I look at the ride I am thinking about politics. That’s a mood killer.ĭisney proclaims Splash Mountain must change because of its association with “Song of the South.” Disney owns Splash Mountain so it can do what it wants. 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. Trader Sam is out because he might offend certain people. The difference today is that the people who operate Disney use social media to scream to the whole world that a decision has been made for political reasons.ĭisney is in the process of taking the woke scalpel to the Jungle Cruise. Regardless, corporations have always made politically motivated decisions. Full disclosure: I am a Christian and a conservative Republican, so the people who run Disney and I do not see eye to eye. More broadly, like many corporations, Disney has been politicizing its business. 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. I am there for the immersion and the fantasy, not the reality of a stranger’s self-expression. The problem is, I’m not traveling across the country and paying thousands of dollars to watch someone I do not know express themselves. Disney did all of this in the name of allowing cast members to express themselves. Recently, Disney announced that cast members are now permitted to display tattoos, wear inclusive uniforms and display inclusive haircuts. And boy, has Disney been breaking the immersion. That spell is broken when the immersive experience is shattered by the real world. ![]()
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