{"id":74015,"date":"2021-01-25T21:25:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T21:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelbaseonline.com\/?p=74015"},"modified":"2021-01-25T21:25:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T21:25:33","slug":"disney-world-disneyland-to-update-jungle-cruises-depictions-of-indigenous-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelbaseonline.com\/holiday-guides\/disney-world-disneyland-to-update-jungle-cruises-depictions-of-indigenous-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney World, Disneyland to update Jungle Cruise’s depictions of Indigenous people"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Jungle Cruise is getting an update at Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World\u00a0in Florida and Disneyland in California, and the attraction will better\u00a0“reflect and value the diversity of the world around us,” according to a post on the Disney Parks blog. <\/p>\n
The ride, which takes passengers on “scenic and comedic boat tour of exotic rivers across Asia, Africa and South America,” according to its\u00a0Disney World’s description, had been criticized\u00a0for its depictions of Indigenous people.<\/p>\n
Twitter users characterized the ride as “legit jaw-dropping in its offensiveness” with “racist caricatures.”<\/p>\n
According to IGN, the ride included animatronic human characters depicting some Indigenous characters\u00a0as headhunters and\u00a0insensitive language that refers\u00a0to\u00a0them\u00a0as “savages.”<\/p>\n