Disneyworld Sold Its Soul

[MarkRet]

Disney world is a place I've been to several times. The first couple of times (in the '80s), it truly was a magical place, separate from the crazy world outside. You really could leave the outside world behind! Unfortunately, the last couple of times I was there (2005 and beyond), the atmosphere was starting to change, and not in a good way.

There were new hotels springing up on Disneyworld property all the time, and along with it, a bigger crowd. The more people you have there, the less fun it gets. I suppose the strategy is that the more people you pack in, the more money the shareholders get. It makes good business sense, but it's not as good experience-wise. Longer lines, more noise, and more of a feeling of claustrophobia. How do you get away from it all when everybody else is there?

But that didn't disappoint near as much as what I saw the last time. In Epcot Center, back where the countries were, I saw a food joint, with a McDonald's logo on it. It was very small sign, and subdued, but there it was. I groaned inside, and thought, "No!!!! You did it! You went and did it!" What I loved most about Disneyworld was that it was here, and the rest of the world was out there. Now, that was no longer. True, I had noticed the Rainforest Cafe the last time at the Animal Kingdom, but at least the Rainforest Cafe looked like it fit in there, with it's cave-like interior and automatronic animals.

What was something special, is now gone in my eyes. They sold their soul, to make shareholders happy. It's almost like somebody breaking your heart.

Feminists also had to have a hand in things at Disneyworld. The Pirates Of The Caribbean ride (you know, the one that inspired those Johnny Depp movies?) had a scene where the pirates had taken over a town. The pirates were getting drunk, floating in gold and jewelry, and one was chasing a terrified woman around a table. Hey, that's what pirates did! Anyway, the feminists were upset about the pirate chasing the woman around, and wanted that changed. Never mind that there was another woman chasing a terrified pirate around a table and threatening to beat him with a rolling pin.

Disney took the coward's way out, and had the terrified woman holding a platter full of food as the pirate was chasing after the food, presumably. When I saw that, I thought, "really?"

My two daughters are grown up now, but they still love Disneyworld. True, there are still some pretty cool things to see there, but for me, it lost some of it's magic, and I no longer want to go there.

[COCOCHANEL]

i found this really interesting because i've never been there but have an interest in visiting. it's too bad these things have happened though.

[MarkRet]

There are still some pretty cool there. Staying at the Polynesian was fantastic. The waterparks are among the best. The race track at the Magic Kingdom is great, along with Space Mountain. Epcot is terrific too, as long as I don't look at that McDonald's logo.

[John_Doesnt]

Walt Disney famously supported Adolf Hitler, they sold their soul a long time ago.

[zagor]

Actually Disney produced a number of anti-Nazi propaganda films during the war years.

[John_Doesnt]

@zagor in addition to shaking hands with Hitler and having Mickey Mouse cartoons with swastikas.
Disney was anti-Semitic throughout his life. That is a historical fact. Not conspiracy, fact.

[COCOCHANEL]

rumour.

Partly, the idea comes from a biography published in 1994 called Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince. It's not an especially good book, but its purpose was to reveal dark secrets about Disney.

The idea was around long before, though. In the 1930s, Disney entertained a Nazi filmmaker, and the unedited version of the cartoon "The Three Little Pigs" featured the wold dressed as and talking like a Jewish stereotype. It was bad, but not the most racist cartoon to come out of the 30s, and, to be fair, it was the wolf disguised as a Jew to trick the pigs into trusting him, which is still pretty bad. The cartoon has been edited since. The wolf's face and voice were changed, and the original is impossible to find, but there was a version release on laserdisk that accidentally had the original pictures but the new voice that can be found. (https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=JKGJS98tC_8&t=5m55s)

Also, Disney was a right wing protestant living and working in Hollywood, which is more left

[zagor]

Disney never met or supported Hitler. He did meet Leni Riefenstahl, the female German film-maker, but her films were famous and admired by many; not all were propaganda films.

Mickey Mouse was not shown with swastikas. There was a Donald Duck film, "Right in the Fuhrer's face", made during the war but it was an anti-Nazi film (I have seen it).

There were some occasions in his early films with Jewish stereotypes but ethnic stereotypes were not unusual in that era. Warner Brothers cartoons were also accused of such stereotypes. And Warner was Jewish.

[Razzle-Bedazzle]

Good Take 👍. I love Disneyland. It's a place everyone should visit if they have the opportunity

[MarkRet]

I've never been to Disneyland. That's west coast. Maybe one day.

[Razzle-Bedazzle]

It's worth visiting if you get the chance

[Rissyanne]

I am glad I took my kids before all this shit happened.

[SarahsSummer]

Is there really a McDonald's at Epcot now?
I saw recently there's one at the Vatican too. SMH.

[Anonymous]

how bad that I have never been there