Walt Disney World has a castle projection and fireworks show (nighttime spectacular) at the Magic Kingdom called ‘Disney Enchantment.’ Recently they added a two minute segment featuring Walt Disney to the program. The new footage features Walt Disney, Roy Disney and Mickey Mouse.
This comes after the Walt Disney Company came under fire for cutting Walt Disney’s opening day speech during the Disneyland Anniversary ceremony and rumors of the company cutting “Walt” from Walt Disney World and just calling it “Disney World.”
Now the part about removing Walt from Disney World I think is just because most people call it “Disney World” and it fits better with “Disneyland” but I find them adding the extra two minutes of Walt to ‘Enchantment’ interesting in it’s timing.
If it is damage control it’s working. WDW fans are praising the new footage. However, many are saying that given it’s the park’s 50th Anniversary it should have been done last October when the ‘Disney Enchantment’ show debuted. We are headed for the 51st anniversary of the park on October 1, 2022.
NEW: Video of the new Walt Disney intro added to Enchantment: pic.twitter.com/Jm9YrmBlQ3
— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) August 23, 2022
Because now people are calling them out for “erasing Walt” and they need to deflect.
Yeah, I can’t understand why the 50th anniversary show did not focus more on the HISTORY of the past 50 years. This was definitely needed, but the fact that it wasn’t included in the show starting last October… I don’t get it.
— Katie (@rn_katie) August 23, 2022
I’m glad they added Walt. It was brutal that they left him out of the 50 year fireworks tribute show. Just missed it!
— vinnyv07 (@tvvola) August 23, 2022
What’s so frustrating is the company clears knows what to do. Why wasn’t this show like this from day one?
— Mike Albanese (@Malbanese1922) August 23, 2022
Day late and dollar short….or better late than never…I can’t decide. Ought to have been there from the start.
— pengwinn (@pengwinn) August 23, 2022
I agree Roy Disney does not get enough credit!
Finally, FINALLY Disney honored Roy with his dedication speech 🥹
— AMagicProduction (@AMagicProductio) August 23, 2022
This should of been done from the beginning!
— Robin Jefferson (@RobinJefferson) August 23, 2022
A very late one but I warmly welcome this ❤️
— Jacobus (@MikaelPutin21) August 23, 2022
The timing is very odd. This all should have been there from the debut of the show back in October, 2021. When you see the backlash and consumer complaints about erasing Walt Disney, it’s too convenient for me to believe it’s all coincidence. Or maybe they are doing this to prove they aren’t erasing Walt from Walt Disney World when they change the name to “Disney World?” Who knows.
Like others have said “Better late than never.”
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