The so-called Disney "Inclusiveness Initiative" has been and is a failure it has successfully excluded and offended. The reasons the vast (as in pretty much all) majority guests go to Disney properties have nothing to do with social / political issues. Gender-neutral bathrooms, really, bathrooms are a place where people go to relieve themselves (as in call of nature) not some socio-political issue. Yes, Europe is a good example.
I find a great deal of terminology at Disney artificial and contrived. I don’t mind it; on the contrary, it’s all part of the show I personally expect from Disney. The most memorable example was when my partner and I were addressed as “royalty” at Cinderella’s Royal Table (as in “Hello, royalty, please follow me”). It was egregiously silly and unidiomatic, but also consistent with the general absurdity of two grown men attending a character dinner in a pseudo-Gothic castle in the middle of Florida.
This thread was revived because I experienced Universal doing it too.
To me it doesn’t. I wouldn’t actually expect them to use any form of address in that particular example—“Welcome to the Magic Kingdom” sounds fine by itself—but if a CM were to add “friend”, I would think nothing of it.
Nah. The Orlando area = theme parks. There will be theme park options galore. Disney properties will simply be part of the herd now.
Sounds just fine to me. I graduated from 20th grade.
Have you ever spent time in Europe? This post leads me to believe you have not.
This!!!!!
Since you ask, yes, extensive would be appropriate. Have you?
I don’t understand what your Europe reference was getting at anyway. Could you explain?
If you don't get it, it's not worth continuing. Suffice it to say the reaction to my post says enough in and of itself. Have a good one.
Having not understood your post, I’m also not sure what to make of the reaction to it. Since you won’t, perhaps @_caleb would be good enough to explain.
Yes, which is why your post didn't make sense to me. You seem to be pointing to Europe as a negative example of inclusivity when it comes to restrooms? Like @LittleBuford, I'm trying to understand.
There’s some relevant footage that was doing the rounds in outlets hostile to the change:
www.newsweek.com
100% this.
Thank you! I'd forgotten that this was explicitly stated.There’s some relevant footage that was doing the rounds in outlets hostile to the change:
Disney Addresses Removal of 'Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls' in Video
The entertainment giant has found itself in the middle of culture war battles, opposing Florida's new so-called Don't Say Gay law.
What I find interesting is that this was being shared as a terrible example of excessive political correctness—“Look how ridiculous Disney is being!”—when there’s nothing the least bit extreme or unreasonable about it.
