Disney + has removed access to children's profiles for several titles which usually come with content notices, including Peter Pan e Dumbo. These films, and many other titles will no longer be available to stream on Disney + profiles that are specifically set up for children, although "local ratings and cultural sensitivities may mean there may be some variation in the availability of specific titles" in different regions. The motivation? "Headings with a content notice relating to negative representations and / or mistreatment of people or cultures have been excluded“, Confirms the company in its online help center. These exclusions only apply to child accounts, which means that identified titles will remain in the Disney + library for all regular accounts, albeit with a content warning presented prior to the feature.
This program includes negative representations and / or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and they are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its damaging impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together.Disney is committed to creating stories with inspiring and ambitious themes that reflect the rich diversity of human experience throughout the world. world.
Disney further demonstrated the changes being rolled out across the company when it announced plans to upgrade its Jungle Cruise attraction at Disneyland and Walt Disney World after receiving years of criticism of outdated and insensitive representations of travel cultures. The river cruise will receive an updated storyline to "better reflect and enhance the diversity of the world around us". Jungle Cruise isn't the only theme park attraction to have been revamped; Disney had previously revealed that Splash Mountain it will be "completely reinvented" as a ride of Princess and the Frog at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, after fans petitioned to review the ride because it was inspired by images of Song of the South, a film with depictions insensitive to race.
