#WHEN IS GAY PRIDE WEEK AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 2016 UPDATE#
Celebrating Disney World’s 50th anniversary, at night, Cinderella Castle becomes a Beacon of Magic that illuminates the park with “a dazzling glow that sparkles with pixie dust”.Ĭinderella Castle celebrating the Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary © A diverse cast boarding the Jungle CruiseĪnother classic in the Magic Kingdom Park that just received a major update is Adventureland’s Jungle Cruise.
Like the original Disneyland in Anaheim, this is the park where you will find all the classic Disney rides like Pirates of the Caribean, Peter Pan, and the Haunted Mansion. Magic Kingdom Park has six distinguish themed areas that together make up the park: Mainstreet, Fantasyland, Frontierland, Adventureland, Tomorrowland, and Liberty square. The most visited theme park in the world has a special place in our hearts. All four Disney parks have their own style and theme, but they share the same eye for detail that makes sure you are fully immersed in the story that’s being told.
The resort is imagined as a combination of hotels, shopping areas, two water parks, and the well-known four theme parks: Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Animal Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. “Openly” gay characters Greg and Manuel in the heartwarming and hilarious Pixar Spark Short Out © Disney+ Our LGBTQ+ highlights at Disney Worldīack to the most magical place on earth! The Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida is not just one theme park. Each short film zooms in on a different form of an underrepresented minority, and it feels so good to have this kind of representation available for so many people. Tip: Definitely check out these Pixar Spark Shorts on Disney+: Purl, Loop, Out, and Twenty Something. With a new generation of creatives, let’s wish for more characters like Roberto, Guilia, and Luca and stories that outgrow stereotypes and just show the many rainbow colors that diversity has in store for us. Elsa from Frozen was a great step in the right direction, and with LeFou in the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast, we got our first openly LGBTQ+ side character in a Disney feature film. Yes, most of the time they are the villains, but don’t forget the Genie or Timon and Pumba, supportive side characters for the hero figure in Disney movies! Thankfully, also, Disney is catching up and being a little more transparent about who these characters are. Representation might not always have been very visible, but through the queer coding lens we got remarkable characters like Ursula, Scar, and Hades. She told families to expect to see "cross-dressing men parading public displays of perversion" during their visit.11 All Blog Articles about Disney Celebrating the Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th anniversary with a kiss in front of Magic Kingdom’s Cinderella Castle © Coupleofmen Queer Disney characters?!Īs members of the LGBTQ+ community, we always had a soft spot for Disney, and we can’t imagine we are the only ones. She encouraged families to re-think visiting Walt Disney World. Janet Porter, president of the Christian organization "Faith 2 Action", is highly critical of the event. The Florida Family Association flew banner planes one year warning families of gay events at Disney that weekend, citing emails from people nationwide who unknowingly booked their vacation during Gay Days. The Southern Baptist Convention boycotted Disney for eight years. While Disney does not sanction Gay Days (and officially tells employees to treat it as any other summer day), conservative Christian groups accuse Disney of not doing anything to stop the event. Gay Days have attracted criticism from religious groups. Ī local Doubletree resort has dubbed itself the "official" hotel for the event, with convention space rented to various businesses (bathroom remodelers, gourmet cooking suppliers, sex toys, etc.) and organizations (free health tests, vaccinations, etc.) pitching to attendees. Growth in attendance also reflects the growing number of LGBT families with children as well as increasing number of LGBT marriages, since Disney World is also a top honeymoon destination.
The popularity of the event is seen by some attendees as a way of "reclaiming" normal joys of childhood lost to homophobia in their earlier years.
As of 2010 approximately 150,000 LGBT people, their families, friends and supporters attended the six-day gathering (including various pool parties, conventions, festivals, a business expo, activities for kids, etc.) with 20,000 to 30,000 going to Disney on the final day. By 1995, the event had grown to 10,000 gays and lesbians traveling for the gay day at Disney. The first documented event, in June 1991, had 3,000 LGBTQ+ people from central Florida going to area theme parks on one day wearing red shirts to make their presence more visible.