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Rumor Dropping the "Walt" from "Walt Disney World"
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Sharon&Susan
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crazy4disney
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- In the Parks
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They get to keepI heard they were going to replace "Walt Disney World" with "Woke Disney World"
Sorry.... I couldn't help it
The WDW as well
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GustoGummi
Active Member
You'd think with all the bad publicity they've gotten this year they would've learned maybe to leave things alone? Doubling down on enraging your fanbase doesn't seem like it's worked well in the past for other franchises.
ChrisFL
Premium Member
Not that I agree with the decision if they did this, but I'm expecting this is what we'll probably see...more marketing opportunities to label things as Disney World, but not change the entire thing.
It helps the "Disney Parks" stuff if they can just quickly say "Disneyland and Disney World" even if it doesn't sound right to us.
LSLS
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So, my guess, there is some truth to this, but not the way said. My guess is starting at D23, all remarks have been told to leave the "Walt" part out. I HIGHLY doubt they make an official announcement. My guess is going forward, their releases and statements will leave Walt off, and the they will try to make the transition over a few years without people really noticing. I can't imagine those two are so out of touch they think they can hard transition it.
I would tend to agree. I would say 9 out of 10 that I know who go to Disney in FL, don't say I'm going to Walt Disney World. They say Disney World instead.
Tha Realest
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i go back and forth. This is so stupid and petty I can see them doing it out of spite just because he testified at HUAC.
On the other end, the company is formally known as The Walt Disney Company. The imagineering division is Walt Disney Imagineering. As some others have noted, tons of signage (much of which they've spent the last year updating) has WDW. Will they change the company name, the road signage, the in park signage, ALL the existing merchandise, etc. ?
On the other end, the company is formally known as The Walt Disney Company. The imagineering division is Walt Disney Imagineering. As some others have noted, tons of signage (much of which they've spent the last year updating) has WDW. Will they change the company name, the road signage, the in park signage, ALL the existing merchandise, etc. ?
Not the same scale of it but DHS was MGM Studios before the name change.
Smiley/OCD
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I like that Disney Orlando Resort or DOR…as in “Chappie, don’t let the DOR hit you on the way out!”Building off of this, they could rename the entire resort Disney Orlando Resort. Magic Kingdom would become Disney World, EPCOT would be Disney EPCOT Park, Disney’s Hollywood Studios would become Disney Hollywood Studios Park and Animal Kingdom would be Disney Animal Kingdom Park.
mightynine
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Shouldn’t that be “Where Dreams Are Activated Through Brand Partnerships”?
WorldExplorer
Well-Known Member
For a company that loves to milk and even sometimes misuse the Walt legacy (especially any of his quotes), no way I’d see this happening. If anything I’d imagine they’d somehow add more Walt Disney to the name like “Disney, Walt Disney Walt Disney World”
In other news, some of y’all got the tin foil hats screwed on super tight tonight.
"Walt's Disney Adventure"
Tha Realest
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When they defrost his head he is going to be ED
awilliams4
Well-Known Member
Ha ha ha ha. Everyone knows exactly why this rumor isn't a surprise. Disney is fake as hell. Throw in evil and sick too. I have been visiting the forums for decades....obviously, it was to plan our many many many visits. Now, it is just to laugh at the stupidity of it all.
ryguy
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The company is a mess.
I am with you. I have been weening Disney out of my life the last few years. It's not as hard as you think. I feel good about it, to me it's the only way to get their attention (not that I am expecting them to care or notice). What Disney fails to realize, once you lose a customer its tough to get them back.
Surferboy567
Well-Known Member
I don’t think they should be removing Walt from the “Walt Disney World” name. Seems like a unnecessary change and would definitely not go over well with purists at D23. I think/hope this is fake.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Removing Walt from the name does nothing other than upset some of the core fanbase and cost money for Disney to change things
Announcing something like that at D23 might require additional security to escort Chapek out
Announcing something like that at D23 might require additional security to escort Chapek out