The Jungle Cruise ride at Disney’s theme parks in California and Florida, which has long been criticized as racist, is gaining a foothold to remove the negative portrayals of some cultures.
Disney said Monday that the riverboat attraction will be updated to ‘reflect and appreciate the diversity of the world around us’.
The Jungle Cruise, first opened in 1955, has long been accused of having a racist tone in portraying some non-Western characters as savage and cannibal.
Disney’s Jungle Cruise ride has long been criticized for portraying natives as cruel and cannibalistic, including portraying a man wearing shrunken heads
Disney said the ride will be updated to reflect the diversity of the world around us.
Disney has said that plans to remove such scenes from “natives” are not related to an upcoming Jungle Cruise movie starring Dwayne Johnson.
The company will remove images of ‘natives’ that they consider to be subservient or cruel.
The updated ride will include new scenes and a new storyline, Disney said in a blog post, though the company did not give a date for the launch.
“As part of this story update, we’ll be able to follow a skipper and his passengers if their voyage goes wrong,” imagined Kevin Lively in a Twitter video.
“In fact, the expedition will be in a tree after their sunken boat splits apart and chimpanzees board the wreck, with monkey operations.”
Disney has noted that the changes are not related to the upcoming Jungle Cruise movie, which stars Dwayne Johnson and will be available on July 30 according to a theatrical series, Variety reports.
According to the exhaust valve, there are no characters or bindings to the film.
“It’s not a revision of the whole attraction. This is the Jungle Cruise you know and love, with the skippers still taking the lead, and at the same time we address the negative portrayals of ‘natives’,’ said Chris Beatty, executive director of Walt Disney Imagineering , in an interview.
Disney’s executive chairman Bob Iger also tweeted after the announcement about the ‘exciting’ changes.
Changes to the ride, which first opened in 1955, come after the company said in June that it would revamp its Splash Mountain ride.
‘The exciting changes we’re making in one of Disney’s most popular classic attractions, Jungle Cruise, reflect our commitment to creating unparalleled experiences that reflect not only the best in storytelling, but also the values and rich variety of our world. , ‘Iger tweeted.
Fans of the ride have remained ambivalent about the changes to the beloved ride.
‘The only’ people ‘who see racism in the attraction are stubborn racists and have too little intelligence to realize it. Update, fine. Remove non-existent “racism”? Ridiculous, ‘tweeted @ mikejt1954.
Another warned the company, saying the visit to theme parks does it for the nostalgia and traditions.
‘Adding improvements is good, but in the entertainment industry people live by traditions; changes can break emotional commitment. Extreme caution is recommended. Always make decisions from the front line, not from behind the desk. Live the dreams, ‘@randy_senna tweeted.
Another fan claims that their first reaction was: ‘you do not touch my Jungle Cruise! ‘
‘However, it does look like an improvement, and I’m cautiously optimistic about excitement. Disney has done well with the updates of Alice and Peter Pan at Disneyland, ” said a Twitter account called DisenyworldVacationer.
Disney fans encouraged Twitter to praise and condemn the company for announcing changes to the Jungle Cruise ride
Others added that they were “fully supported” with the changes in the Jungle Cruise.
“We must not maintain outdated depictions in the name of nostalgia. That being said, it would be extremely progressive of Disney to place The Rock in Jungle Cruise and every other ride in the theme park, just a full sweep across the entire plan, ‘@carlyewisel said.
The changes follow a cultural settlement in the United States over systemic racism that led to the overhaul of several television programs and movies.
Disney said in June that the Splash Mountain ride would also be revamped to remove the association with black stereotypes in the 1946 film ‘Song of the South’, on which it is based.
The problematic film has not been available on any Disney platform since 1986, when it was released for a 40-year theatrical release, according to SFGate.
Fans remained mixed when the company said they would swap the Brer Rabbit-themed ride to replace it in The Princess and the Frog.
The entertainment giant also gave advice last year on some of its classic animated films, including ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘The Aristocrats’ which warned that it contained outdated or stereotypical depictions of coloreds.