Some say Walt Disney World recently brought back the phrase “ladies and gentleman” in its monorail greeting after eliminating it to be more inclusive. Here’s what we know.
A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse stands Jan. 9, 2019, in front of the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. News stories, social media users and fan blogs are fighting over whether Walt Disney World ’s monorail system eliminated, and then brought back, its"ladies and gentlemen" greeting.
"My favorite small win for sanity today: After a 5-year gender-neutral absence, Disney has restored ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ to the Magic Kingdom monorail greeting," one useron X. The post included a Fox Business headline that said,"Disney World revives ‘ladies and gentlemen’ greeting after years of gender-neutral messages."writing,"It was very nice to hear that ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ has returned to the Magic Kingdom Express Monorail recently!" The post included two videos in which the monorail recording uses the phrase. Disney has been mum about the park’s recorded greetings and did not respond to PolitiFact’s request for comment. Company leaders, however, acknowledged in 2021 and 2022 that Disney was implementing gender-neutral speech throughout the parks, a shift the company said at the time was aimed at providing more inclusiveness for guests and cast members.In April 2021, Disney Parks Blog, the company’s official website for news about its theme parks, published an article titled"" that referenced changes Disney was making to be"a place where everyone is welcome and taking action to create meaningful change." "We want our guests to see their own backgrounds and traditions reflected in the stories, experiences and products they encounter in their interactions with Disney," the blog post, by then-chairman Josh D'Amaro, now Disney’s CEO, said."And we want our cast members — and future cast members — to feel a sense of belonging at work."covered several changes, including reimagining and adding more diverse attractions and initiating gender-inclusive approaches to hairstyles, jewelry and costume choices. In July 2021, Disney confirmed that the"ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls" greeting was removed from Magic Kingdom’s"Happily Ever After" fireworks show. Thewas made at Disneyland’s fireworks show."Good evening, dreamers of all ages" was put in its place. A Disney spokespersonvideo, Disney’s diversity and inclusion manager, Vivian Ware, said starting the previous summer, Disney"removed all of the gendered greetings in relationship to our live spiels," and cast members were being trained to avoid the greetings"ladies and gentlemen" and"boys and girls," and instead use phrases such as"hello, everyone" or"hello, friends." Ware cited the fireworks greeting change as an example of Disney’s new approach and said the company was"in the process of changing over those recorded messages."Disney’s monorail system, a public transportation network connecting Magic Kingdom, EPCOT and select resorts, we found a mixture of examples from 2022 through 2024 when Disney’s cast members and recorded messages did and did not use"ladies and gentlemen" when greeting visitors., one monorail operator could be heard on YouTube footage saying,"Ladies and gentlemen, a very good afternoon and welcome aboard." In the same video, we found no examples of the system’s recorded narration using the language; it simply said"welcome aboard" or"this is the Magic Kingdom monorail system."neither the cast member nor the recording said"ladies and gentlemen" when people boarded the monorail or arrived at Magic Kingdom.video, the recording can be heard saying,"This monorail will be returning to the Magic Kingdom. Ladies and gentlemen, if you’re standing, please hold onto the handrail." But in anNetflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.” “A lot of studies” show that getting measles"boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease." Zero votes for 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Rockland County, New York, precinct proves Elon Musk hacked 2024 presidential election. Video shows White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying Americans can get $4,800 subsidy because Department of Government Efficiency cuts found “extra money.” “83% of us favor requiring a photo ID to vote. In fact, most of the civilized world requires it but not us.”“Moulton voted with Republicans to thank ICE for protecting our homeland. He thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and killed citizens in broad daylight.”
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