Orange Bird Back at Sunshine Tree Terrace in the Magic Kingdom!

[freediverdude]

Unfortunately, as soon as I saw this, I thought "wasn't that the orange bird logo associated with Anita Bryant?" And I was a young kid in the 70s. But later on I did learn how vicious her campaign was, and so unfortunately I don't think I could ever go to the Sunshine Tree Terrace again if that bird is featured there. It's too bad, but yea they are just linked in my mind. I guess I'll just have to avoid that area.

 

[jt04]

So far what new merch have you guys seen? Is it mostly just tshirts? I remember buying a tote bag a couple years ago.

I am hoping they create a complete line of merchandise and possibly create a seperate subsidiary to market the products. Perhaps even offer an IPO so we can all get very rich!

This could be the most successful product line since Apple!

~Apple and Orange~

 

[aladdin2007]

Unfortunately, as soon as I saw this, I thought "wasn't that the orange bird logo associated with Anita Bryant?" And I was a young kid in the 70s. But later on I did learn how vicious her campaign was, and so unfortunately I don't think I could ever go to the Sunshine Tree Terrace again if that bird is featured there. It's too bad, but yea they are just linked in my mind. I guess I'll just have to avoid that area.

Really?? The orange bird makes a triumphant return and some of you are turning this political when they arent even using the song or the singer. Ridiculous. To each their own but uggg.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Unfortunately, as soon as I saw this, I thought "wasn't that the orange bird logo associated with Anita Bryant?" And I was a young kid in the 70s. But later on I did learn how vicious her campaign was, and so unfortunately I don't think I could ever go to the Sunshine Tree Terrace again if that bird is featured there. It's too bad, but yea they are just linked in my mind. I guess I'll just have to avoid that area.

If you feel so strongly about the fact that it is there, how do you even bring yourself to even go to the park that it is in or the resort in general?

 

[dreamscometrue]

So far what new merch have you guys seen? Is it mostly just tshirts? I remember buying a tote bag a couple years ago.

During the D23 announcement the other day, they showed the following:

T-shirts (2)
A whistle
Sippy cup
Pin
Print (same poster as at the Main St. train station)
Ear Hat (coming soon)

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...turns-to-adventureland-at-magic-kingdom-park/

 

[dreamscometrue]

Unfortunately, as soon as I saw this, I thought "wasn't that the orange bird logo associated with Anita Bryant?" And I was a young kid in the 70s. But later on I did learn how vicious her campaign was, and so unfortunately I don't think I could ever go to the Sunshine Tree Terrace again if that bird is featured there. It's too bad, but yea they are just linked in my mind. I guess I'll just have to avoid that area.

This is a joke right? Right? :shrug:

 

[aladdin2007]

During the D23 announcement the other day, they showed the following:

T-shirts (2)
A whistle
Sippy cup
Pin
Print (same poster as at the Main St. train station)
Ear Hat (coming soon)

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...turns-to-adventureland-at-magic-kingdom-park/

Great, thanks! :wave:

 

[Communicore]

During the D23 announcement the other day, they showed the following:

T-shirts (2)
A whistle
Sippy cup
Pin
Print (same poster as at the Main St. train station)
Ear Hat (coming soon)

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...turns-to-adventureland-at-magic-kingdom-park/

I want a key chain!

 

[asianway]

During the D23 announcement the other day, they showed the following:

T-shirts (2)
A whistle
Sippy cup
Pin
Print (same poster as at the Main St. train station)
Ear Hat (coming soon)

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...turns-to-adventureland-at-magic-kingdom-park/

The pin has been out over a year, and the whistle was something they dug up from the basement to give away as trivia prizes, those are vintage.

 

[Lee]

Really?? The orange bird makes a triumphant return...

:ROFLOL:
Seriously?
I mean...."triumphant"?
:hammer:


I really, really don't understand this whole thing....:shrug:

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Wow, I had no idea my opinions would meet such a vitriolic response! I'm not in the park bashing the poor bird with a baseball bat; I'm just wondering if Disney has thought this one all the way through. However, if my train of thought is so offensive, I'll just gracefully bow out of this conversation and allow you to carry on in peace.

Your heart is in the right place. Disney is inclusive and should be.

Me, I would object to Disney picking a vehement anti-gay activist to sing theme park songs. However, I find that I just can't get worked up about a singer who sang some advertising songs forty years ago and then later turned anti-gay activist. Whatever. :shrug:

 

[freediverdude]

If you feel so strongly about the fact that it is there, how do you even bring yourself to even go to the park that it is in or the resort in general?

Because I don't associate the bird with the Disney parks (I didn't even know Disney owned the character), I associate the bird with the nationally-run orange juice commercials where Anita Bryant appeared with the bird in the 1970's. Obviously some people don't realize how big of a flap that turned into, especially for gay people.

I'm assuming that Disney probably removed the bird back then as a result of the kerfuffle. IMO the bird and Anita Bryant's song are too divisive to be in the theme parks. Younger folks won't know or care, but older folks would be affected.

IMO this is a bigger deal than when African-Americans got the name of the section of Animal Kingdom filled with gorillas and waterfalls changed from "Gorilla Falls" to "Pangani Forest Exploration Trail", because this orange bird thing actually refers back to something specific in the past that was very hateful and discriminatory to a certain group. For African-Americans, the equivalent would be selling KKK sippy cups and t-shirts that say "back of the bus".

 

[aladdin2007]

:ROFLOL:
Seriously?
I mean...."triumphant"?
:hammer:


I really, really don't understand this whole thing....:shrug:

I guess it stems from memories as a kid, for me anyway, along with the tiki room its all right there together. Aside from the bean counters being google eyed with dollar signs in their pupils over merch sales, its still nice to see TDO acknowledge some MK history by even taking time with the effort, when they def didnt have to. :shrug:

 

[unkadug]

I do remember the flap but I do not associate the Orange Bird with anything but Adventureland.

It was created for Adventureland...not for Anita Bryant. She just happened to be there for the ride.

Disney has since distanced itself from anything involving Ms. Bryant and enough time has passed to forget the negative aspects of such an innocent creation from Disney's Imagineers and only the most militant will still invoke her memory to instill hatred and bigotry.


And the KKK reference was just uncalled for.

 

[TalkingHead]

For African-Americans, the equivalent would be selling KKK sippy cups and t-shirts that say "back of the bus".

What a poor, poor analogy.

 

[Brava Centauri]

Some of these posts blow my mind.

 

[JWG]

I can't understand what's wrong with bringing back a uniqueness that has slowly been eliminated from the parks.

Whether it be the Orange Bird or some other unique character it's nice to see both 1) a unique non-Pixar character placed in the parks and 2) something unique available at a food location. Instead of just being able to buy a Coke and hot dog every 5 feet at every stand.

This is better direction than putting Donald and company in It's a Small World or turning a perfectly original Alien Encounter into Stitch's Stupid Spitting Serenade.

Is it huge? No. But, declining by degrees turned to increasing by degrees is something.

 

[freediverdude]

What a poor, poor analogy.

I'm sorry but it isn't a poor analogy. If Anita Bryant had her way, gays would have absolutely no rights at all.

Edited to add: You do realize that there was a nationwide boycott of Florida orange juice that took place during that time because of Ms. Bryant, correct?

 

[lazyboy97o]

It is a poor analogy because the bird was not created for Bryant or her cause. She was involved in te campaign and any other person could have been in her role. It's more like being offended by ax salesmen for still selling axes even though Leater Maddox made an ax a symbol of his support for segregation.

 

[freediverdude]

It is a poor analogy because the bird was not created for Bryant or her cause. She was involved in te campaign and any other person could have been in her role. It's more like being offended by ax salesmen for still selling axes even though Leater Maddox made an ax a symbol of his support for segregation.

I think it's a bit different. The orange bird is a unique symbol, not a generic item like an ax. And everybody associated the bird with Florida orange juice, of which Anita Bryant was the spokesperson. The orange juice association continued to have Ms. Bryant as their spokesperson until 1979, hence the reason for the orange juice boycott, not just an Anita Bryant boycott.