MerlinTheGoat
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Or perhaps Disney should simply know better than to put something this trashy and gross in the park at all. But by all means-
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Disney selling "chocolate animal poop"?
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Tigger1988
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Are the offended parties also upset at worms and dirt desserts? Some dumb kid might decide to nosh on a handful of real dirt.
WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!
WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!
Figments Friend
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Disney World- now literally telling its guests they can eat ****...
Yep.
Pretty much.
Thank the Tiki Gods we have Disneyland instead.
AEfx
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Perhaps the mistake was only on the Giraffe one that says "Poo". Just going by the news article.
In any case, as they are named after animals - it's pretty clear the intention. Like I said, I thought folks were just being immature and thinking it looked like dung (like I said above, chocolate donut hole, anyone?) but as an intentional thing it's disgusting, Disney is just...better than that.
asianway
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Waiting for the day they start the slave Leia meet & greet and selling Princess pinup calendarsOr perhaps Disney should simply know better than to put something this trashy and gross in the park at all. But by all means-
AEfx
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Eating dirt isn't generally going to kill you - but eating animal dung? Entirely possible depending on what is in it, at least could make a kid very sick. Like I said, they might as well make candy batteries next.
Especially since it's entirely possible for a kid to be near animal dung at AK - you can't see that happening? Come on, you know Stupid Guest Tricks better than that.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
PrincessNelly_NJ
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Its a fun play on words & food. It not worth getting upset about... and calling it trashy? Its humorous!
I'm not dying to try one but it would give us a good chuckle.
I'm not dying to try one but it would give us a good chuckle.
MerlinTheGoat
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Some cultures actually do eat bugs as a normal thing (and worms). So while the thought wouldn't appeal to me personally, it's not exactly the same as eating disgusting bacteria ridden animal feces. The prospect of eating a worm is infinitely more appealing to me than downing elephant dookie.
I don't know of any cultures where eating poop is normal, most rational humans consider it disgusting and wouldn't even consider it (it even seems built into our instincts that it's a gross thing to do given the disease potential).
I don't know of any cultures where eating poop is normal, most rational humans consider it disgusting and wouldn't even consider it (it even seems built into our instincts that it's a gross thing to do given the disease potential).
I'm looking for the part of that plaque where it discusses how funny it would be to drink that pee, can't quite find it...Oh my dear Baby Jesus, you can't be serious. Ever take a leak at Rafiki's?
Tigger1988
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How often have you, let alone a child, encountered elephant and giraffe dung in guest areas in AK?Eating dirt isn't generally going to kill you - but eating animal dung? Entirely possible depending on what is in it, at least could make a kid very sick. Like I said, they might as well make candy batteries next.
Especially since it's entirely possible for a kid to be near animal dung at AK - you can't see that happening? Come on, you know Stupid Guest Tricks better than that.
CDavid
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Who, exactly, is having a tantrum? All I've seen are posters expressing opinions and valid concerns over the presentation of this little dessert creation.
There are plenty of products available - as @ford91exploder illustrates above, that people have every right to market and consume. That doesn't mean all such said products are necessarily appropriate for a family-centered, wholesome theme park such as Animal Kingdom. Further, Walt Disney World is ostensibly a premium experience; Efforts designed to appeal to crude or off-color humor and jokes aren't the sort of experiences the park should be cultivating.
AEfx
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I get it, you think the idea of eating poop is great.
That said, they can throw an educational seminar on it for all I care (like that sign) - but yes, making it into a food product is disgusting. It's something that some adult-oriented bakery in Manhattan would do - not something very Disney. And I think Disney can be very broad and I often people try to make the audience much more narrow than it is - but yes, I'm willing to take a wild leap that if Walt Disney wasn't cremated, he'd be rolling in his grave that this is what his parks have come to - selling simulated SH-youknowwhat.
But I'm not going to complain to Disney, I'm just commenting on it on a message board...as you said, I don't have to buy it (though I'm glad to know not to even go in that shop - because yes, I'm some weird OCD freak who doesn't even want to see poop when I'm looking for edibles). That said - I can tell you, only a matter of time before some kid picks up dung somewhere in AK and eats it thinking the animal just left them a treat, and it will be all over.
MerlinTheGoat
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Gracious, we get it already. You think eating poop is funny and potentially appetizing. Geeze...
Sorry that I just don't think the concept of eating something that comes out of an elephant's butt is something I think is appropriate to associate with something that goes inside my mouth. I guess i'm just weird that way.
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CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
What is un-family or un-wholesome about animal dung? It's the most natural thing there is. Kids in Africa throw elephant poop at each other like kids here throw snowballs.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
Not especially, actually. I'm not much of a sweets eater so it's not really my cup of tea. But just because I may or may not buy one doesn't mean I need to get outraged over its very existence when other people would get a kick out of it.
doctornick
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I actually think it's hilarious that people are upset by this, but since I've spent plenty of time on the internet, I'm not at all surprised. And, to be honest, I think Disney was counting on having internet complainers about this as a way to generate publicity and awareness.
This is the type of creative thing Disney should be doing more of, not less.
This is the type of creative thing Disney should be doing more of, not less.
CDavid
Well-Known Member
So where do you draw the line? If our objections are silly and this is just harmless fun, shouldn't the same standards apply to candy cigarettes and Kool-Aid or Hi-C served in what appears to be liquor bottles?
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
How about a nice plate of fresh Gagh ...
MerlinTheGoat
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I wouldn't say i'm outraged, more like somewhat grossed out and vaguely annoyed that Disney is catering towards toilet humor. But see it as you like. I already said early in the thread that it's easy enough to ignore speaking for myself. Hopefully young kids are smart enough not to try to eat real poop off the ground after they try this, won't make any assumptions about that though.