“It is my wish to delight all members of the family, young and old, parent and child," he once said. In the essay, Vanboskerck expresses concern that these alterations are indicative of the park moving “away from the values and vision of Walt Disney." While some of these shifts may counter Disney's alleged personal politics, the sentiment behind them represents Disney's core philosophy on his parks, which Imagineers past and present tense take very seriously. As such, the content appearing in the parks that may echo these purported views must be updated, not to win points on Twitter, but to help uphold the park's “magic” for all. Now folks, don't get me wrong – Walt Disney's creativity and attention to detail as evident through his painstaking design of the parks, down to the exact 30-step distance between each of the park's trash bins is impressive, however, it is impossible to separate the art from the artist, who many say held racist and antisemitic views. What Vanboskerck fails to take into account is just how relative something as intangible as Disney magic can be, shifting in definition, manifestation - or mere existence in some cases - from person to person. These changes aren't implemented to appease a “Twitter mob" or for the sake of “wokeness” – on the contrary, they're keeping Walt Disney's vision for the parks alive and well. Based on everything I've learned through the course of my roughly 24-year-long obsession, Vanboskerck's sentiments couldn't be further from the truth. I even spent a good part of last winter digging through archived materials outlining Walt Disney's early concepts for EPCOT while researching a theory analyzing the fate of original Future World attractions as an allegory for American hyper-capitalism.
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I have spent hours and hours delving into Disney park history, watching countless documentaries, pouring over books, and falling down many a YouTube and Wikipedia rabbit hole (I highly recommend watching all of Defunctland's video archive and reading the “Cranium Command" entry). Now, reader, I have a confession to make – since I can remember, my pop culture obsession is and has always been feverishly studying the Disney Parks and the philosophy behind them. Immersion should not be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness and appeasing the Twitter mob.” “The customer experience should be the core of your business model.
"Disney, please return to the values and vision of Walt," wrote Vanboskerck, citing recent changes to Pirates of the Caribbean and the planned alteration to Splash Mountain to remove outdated features.
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