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43 Comments

  1. Salle (They/Them)

    Disney is not woke enough, where is a trans main character or a genderqueer animal sidekick? They need to go further, it is still too heteronormative.

    1. BD

      I don’t care if they do all that Radical Progressive Nonsense…But leave the classics alone. Create New Characters instead of appropriating the past. If your people aren’t creative enough to develop new characters for your Outlandish stories…then stop trying.

    2. Mary

      Just stop! That’s not what Disney is about. If you want that go to Vegas or NYC. Not a children’s theme park!

  2. Gary

    With you Woke folks trying to force Woke on families is the problem! You thought you had problems in the past you will find that you made it worse. You in your agenda made a huge mistake and it is of your own doing!!

    1. Otto

      What in the world are you talking about?

  3. Walt’s Spinning Grave

    You, Bob Chapek, are moving Disney further and further from Walt’s ideals. He was a staunch anti-communist but you insist on moving his company into the communist direction. You should change the name to Chapek World and Chapek Land and see if the masses support you.

    1. Bert

      Communist, really? All you extremists seem to fall back on childish name calling with anyone that has a difference of opinion. Commie, pedo, groomer…. is that really all you got?
      yawn…

      1. Bex

        Sorry dear old Bob but Disney parks was always meant to be a fantasy, an escape from the world. No one wants to see real life reflected in your theme parks. No one sane that is. And when you include diversity of thought and complexity of characters beyond their skin, gender or orientation, I’ll be impressed once again.

        1. BD

          I don’t care if they do all that Radical Progressive Nonsense…But leave the classics alone. Create New Characters instead of appropriating the past. If your people aren’t creative enough to develop new characters for your Outlandish stories…then stop trying.

      2. Pony

        Go back under your rock.

        1. Gary

          I am a U.S. Army VET and things need to go back to what Walt created PERIOD

          1. Gary

            I want to add where I live there are thousands of Vets of all services including active duty who’s families do not like what is going on at Disney both at the Company Leadership level & what the Woke faction in Disney is trying to force over parents objections little ones to do. So new Leadership from the top down needs replacing & get all of the Woke gone then go back to Walt’s Disney. PERIOD

      3. BD

        Bert…Your response about the right being extremist name callers is ironic. It’s the “EXTREME” LEFT who wants all these labels that mean nothing. And now you are appropriating past “names” to assign new titles. You have previously criticized “APPROPRIATION”
        Get your selves in order before you attack others. You can’t even define “WOMAN” so I think you need to consider your own name calling instead of ours.

      4. P s

        The only thing you are going to take over is…. Nothing.

        You are not going to take over Disney. You can’t even take over the comment section.

    2. Jayne1955

      Communism is a political theory derived from Karl Marx, leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Do you really see that happening?

      1. Mason

        We saw it happen in Russia , China, North Korea , and Cuba. It didn’t end well.

      2. Steve

        Of course you are a communist. Of course you are.

    3. JoeBryant

      The way he is acting (prices, maintenance, wokeness, etc.) he probably already thinks it is.

  4. Elijah Abrams

    Then don’t retheme Splash Mountain, Chapek! Scrap the project!

  5. Steve

    Disney needs to be broken up.

  6. T

    My kids will never go to Disney with the way they are now. Disney was never like this when I was younger. The hell with parks.

  7. Patti

    Many Disney Guests and fans did not like this decision, blasting the company as “woke,” a common buzzword that honestly doesn’t have too much meaning in today’s political “battlefield.” Ridiculous paragraph. Stick to the facts. Unless it’s an opinion piece, your own thoughts don’t matter. Also, since you went there Luke, what in the world does that even mean? It makes no sense at all.

    1. BD

      Ummm…”Unless it’s an opinion piece…your own thoughts don’t matter”

      WHAT DO YOU THINK AN OPINION PIECE IS??? IT’S MY OWN THOUGHTS…
      & THEY MATTER!!!

  8. J

    The went too far in FL with wanting sex talks for 5 year olds at school

  9. I always thought I would be taking my grandson to Disney but not anymore. Your park is no longer family friendly. Changing characters to be gay. This is not appropriate for young children. You have ruined this magical place.

    1. Jayne1955

      Who did they change?

      1. Steve

        Shouldn’t you know? You are the one defending them.

    2. Brandon

      Like Disney need your backwards thinking.. Your grandson will be gay anyway

      1. Steve

        Posts like this are why people hate your kind.

      2. Brandon

        Sorry I don’t have time to be dealing with you I am too busy burning the flag

        1. Brandon

          I would have burnt him too

  10. BD

    I don’t care if they do all that Radical Progressive Nonsense…But leave the classics alone. Create New Characters instead of appropriating the past. If your people aren’t creative enough to develop new characters for your Outlandish stories…then stop trying.

  11. Kurt

    So charming.

  12. Jayne1955

    Woke has been tossed around so much it’s now meaningless. DeSantis should have left Ready alone.

    1. Steve

      Liberals thinking the government should be controlled by corporations is classic. You have no values, stop pretending. You are just a cultist.

  13. Mason

    Why are people so mad about Reedy Creek? Disney was literally being the Florida version of Vatican City.

  14. walt

    Chapek said” Disney’s creative projects are designed to reflect the “rich diverse world” people live in. “Disney is a company that has survived for 100 years by catering to its audience, and it’s going to thrive [for] the next 100 years by catering to its audience.”

    Um no Disney has survived by creating great family entertainment that I never had to worry about now I do. Disney survived NOT by catering to its audience but by creating family entertainment. Now it caters to the loud demanding militant audience and high priced execs who rake in the cash.

    Have you noticed the stock price still sucks BIG TIME and we have NOT had a decent dividend in YEARS!

  15. Disney is fantasy and a place to get away from the real world. It is to enjoy and if not a child be a child again. And if a child a place of wonderment and fun. It should stay the way it was a classic as said before. If they want other ways then make other characters, but don’t change the ones they have. Don’t change the way the employees have treated people. If you want a black mermaid make one up with their own name. They did a great job on some of thenew movies, using diverse scripts.

  16. Bren

    “Woke” a word used in every other sentence by a conservative when they are having a temper tantrum because they see the change as being “anti Christian” when it is not. “Agenda” another word used to instill fear and compliance in conservatives since they are scared of any change. “Communism” is also a word conservatives love to us, along with “socialism” to also instill fear and compliance. A lot of them are still trying to live in the distant past, believing there was no such thing as someone being gay or trans. There were, they just stayed to themselves, and would have never shown who they truly were because they would have been killed, maimed, mobbed, outcast. Also, they love playing the “race” card because they are so fearful the “white” race is in jeopardy. They behave in such a way of compliance that they resort to calling anyone who is accepting of others “sheep, followers, libtards, snowflakes” etc. because they cannot for the life of them fathom that maybe everyone is just trying to live their life to be happy. Oh, and let’s not forget “agenda” which is another made up threat. Look, you are either born straight or you’re born gay. There is no way to turn a straight person into a gay person. And some of these people would have you believing Disney parks are putting on shows, rides with people having sex or some crude act. Give me a break. Maybe as adults you need to start doing something besides following these Patriot groups, Fox news, and actually start thinking for yourselves. You are literally the ones who are being sheep and following. Thank you for all the laughs though. And by the way, the year is 2022, not 1950!

    1. Jarvis

      Yes it’s 2022, not 1965. Stop with all the black victim, slave by whitey movies that cater to college punks and white liberals. Move on. You are not a slave. No one feels guilty.

  17. Delmar Shortt

    Disney is too woke. Chapek claims that Disney is “catering to its audience” when that is a lie. 98% of Disney fans are heterosexual. However, they are catering to the two percent that scream the loudest.

  18. RM

    Cater to its audience? Come on Bob! Take Disney back to Walt’s dream and make the parks available for everyone no matter what their beliefs are. We’re ALL just people. People who want to have fun at a Disney park without seeing ethnic “days” or “pride days”. They need to be “people days”. Everyone’s money spends the same. Quit making the parks cater to specific “days”. If you can’t see this, then maybe you need to step down, Bob. Which is my wish.

    1. Jarvis

      Right on RM !

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