{"id":445735,"date":"2021-04-23T12:05:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T16:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=445735"},"modified":"2021-04-23T12:05:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T16:05:51","slug":"disney-super-fan-wokeness-is-ruining-the-theme-park-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-super-fan-wokeness-is-ruining-the-theme-park-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Super Fan: \u2018Wokeness\u2019 Is Ruining The Theme Park Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-super-fan-wokeness-is-ruining-the-theme-park-experience%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=445735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3444.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>A Disney theme park superfan wrote a scathing op-ed in the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/opinion\/guest-commentary\/os-op-disney-wokeness-ruining-park-experience-20210423-y6i6ofah2bfzfcbauj4rdurjoy-story.html\"><span>Orlando Sentinel<\/span><\/a><span> declaring that \u201cwokeness\u201d is ruining the Disney experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>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\u2019s shifting political priorities have broken the magic of \u201cimmersion\u201d at the famous theme park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/Blogs\/archives\/2021\/04\/13\/disney-parks-announce-rule-changes-that-would-allow-cast-members-to-show-tattoos-piercings\"><span>Orlando Weekly<\/span><\/a><span>, Disney Park Chairman Josh D\u2019Amaro announced that the company would allow park employees to showcase different hairstyles and tattoos to create a more \u201cinclusive\u201d atmosphere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur new approach provides greater flexibly with respect to form of personal expression surrounding gender-inclusive hairstyles, jewelry, nail styles, and costume choices; and allowing appropriate visible tattoos,\u201d D\u2019Amaro <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/Blogs\/archives\/2021\/04\/13\/disney-parks-announce-rule-changes-that-would-allow-cast-members-to-show-tattoos-piercings\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In his op-ed, Vanboskerck said that the priority shift takes away from the experience of customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe problem is is, I\u2019m 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\u2019s self-expression,\u201d Vanboskerck said. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Disney megafan also claims that the company has taken a \u201cwoke scalpel\u201d to many of its rides and attractions. He was particularly upset when the theme park opted to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2021\/04\/photos-trader-sam-removed-from-jungle-cruise-at-walt-disney-world\/?fbclid=IwAR3V4sSegJQpiW2kjah5xdm2AfNqJYgltqxfOxwd6VYFkLwak0mlT6eqsoc\"><span>remove<\/span><\/a><span> \u201cTrader Sam\u201d from the Jungle Cruise ride in Magic Kingdom. Trader Sam was considered \u201cculturally insensitive\u201d to management.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe 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\u2019s political agenda. That\u2019s a mood killer,\u201d Vanboskerck wrote.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Similar moves have been made in the name of diversity and cultural sensitivity. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice\/2020\/06\/25\/883507841\/disney-announces-redesign-of-splash-mountain-after-some-call-ride-themes-racist\"><span>NPR<\/span><\/a><span>, the famous Splash Mountain is undergoing a design change in response to complaints about the ride\u2019s association with the song \u201cSong from the South\u201d from a 1946 film. The ride will be \u201cre-themed\u201d to focus on the 2009 film, \u201cThe Princess and the Frog.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The changes were made after a<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/the-walt-disney-company-re-theme-splash-mountain-to-princess-and-the-frog?recruiter=683574212&#038;utm_source=share_petition&#038;utm_medium=twitter&#038;utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&#038;recruited_by_id=f9543170-f5e1-11e6-a5d0-b5e95c874c8a\"><span>Change.org petition<\/span><\/a><span> claimed that the ride was \u201csteeped in extremely problematic and stereotypical racist tropes.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Recently, a top Disney executive boasted that the company was passing on well-written scripts because the characters were white.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/disney-admits-passing-on-scripts-for-diversity-we-said-pass-on-show-about-white-family\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><i><span>Walt Disney Television\u2019s chairman of entertainment Dana Walden admitted this month that ABC passed on several \u201cwell-written scripts\u201d because they lacked \u201cdiversity.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Walden even bragged about passing on a script because it centered around a white family, only adding racial diversity through neighbors and other supporting characters.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Vanboskerck concluded his op-ed by claiming that these issues should matter to Floridians and the tourism industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis should matter to the people of Orlando because, if Disney drives away customers like me, Orlando loses money. I can take my tourist dollars elsewhere,\u201d Vanboskerck said. \u201cI would rather keep spending them in Orlando but people like me feel more and more excluded by Disney\u2019s decisions.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-definitive-timeline-of-disneys-path-to-wokeness\"><b>The Definitive Timeline Of Disney\u2019s Path To Wokeness<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Disney theme park superfan wrote a scathing op-ed in the\u00a0Orlando Sentinel declaring that \u201cwokeness\u201d is ruining the Disney experience.\u00a0Jonathan Vanboskerck takes yearly family vacations to Disney World in Orlando, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276554,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3444.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Disney Super Fan: \u2018Wokeness\u2019 Is Ruining The Theme Park Experience","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3444.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Disney Super Fan: \u2018Wokeness\u2019 Is Ruining The Theme Park Experience","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}