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Disney revamping Jungle Cruise ride to eliminate "negative depictions of natives"

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Popular Disneyland and Disney World ride « needed a refresh, » according to an executive with the entertainment giant.
Walt Disney Co. is revamping one of its oldest theme park attractions to address long-standing concerns that the ride is culturally insensitive. For decades, the « Jungle Cruise » at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland in Anaheim, California, has ferried visitors on imaginary river safaris set in Africa, Asia and South America. In parts of the ride, native peoples are portrayed as subservient savages and even cannibals, long drawing criticism from some park goers. Chris Beatty, creative portfolio executive with Disney, said in an interview posted on its site that the company wants riders to disembark from the Jungle Cruise feeling like it was « respectful of the diverse world we live in. » « When you look at the Jungle Cruise, as it is today, there are just a couple of scenes that don’t do that and needed a refresh, » Beatty said.

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