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The Jungle Cruise ride has been a staple at California s Disneyland since 1955. But it has also been accompanied by years of complaints about its supposedly racist depictions and themes. Particularly, critics say its “negative depictions of native people.” At at least one point during the attraction, natives are depicted as wild and threatening. As you eyeroll at the corny humor of your
Jungle Cruise skipper, your boat bobs around a corner and to a horrifyingly racist vignette, the Thinkwell Group, a design and production agency specializing in theme parks, wrote this summer.
Walt Disney Imagineering has announced that it will update the Jungle Cruise scenes featuring shrunken head dealer Trader Sam and a rhino chasing a safari group up a tree while adding a new scene with a half-sunken boat overrun by chimps. You can take a look at the new designs, as explained by Disney employees, in the video below.
Disneyland Update: Ticket Access, Potential Pricing, and New Features Ahead!
January 25, 2021
Buckle up, this is a WILD Disneyland Update. It’s been a week of high anxiety for many Disneyland passholders, wondering how they’ll be able to access the parks now that they’ve been notified their annual passes have been canceled. We’ve never received so many messages asking for our thoughts and advice. Well, today we have a bit of clarity on what Disneyland is considering and how they might move forward. Plus, have you ever wondered how much Disney’s CEO makes? The company has released info on compensation for the two Bobs. And we’ll take a look at a big upcoming Disneyland attraction, pay tribute to a beloved annual event which had to be canceled for the season, and share something which will make you smile.
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Disneyland Resort has had to get quite creative when it has come to keeping business going during the pandemic. The two theme parks have been closed since March and there s no indication when they might reopen. Only Downtown Disney, the shopping and dining district, has been open to guests, but even that has undergone significant changes in the last year. In an attempt to give visitors access to special Disneyland merchandise from Star Wars: Galaxy s Edge, the WonderGround Gallery was recently transformed into Star Wars Trading Post. While this gave guests the chance to buy things that hadn t been available for months, it removed the ability of guests to see, nevermind purchase, some really amazing Disney-themed artwork. Soon, however, that ability will be back as Disneyland has announced the Star Wars Trading Post will be moved and the WonderGround Gallery will reopen.
COVID led Disneyland to cancel its annual pass program. Why locals matter to theme park survival and what Disney should and shouldn't do when it revamps the program.