Walt Disney theme parks reopened in July with new rides and additions, including a wording change in their widely recognized Magic Kingdom fireworks show.
The phrase at the start of the show began with, “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, dreamers of all ages,” and will now read as “Good evening, dreamers of all ages.”
Visitors first heard the revised wording last Wednesday when the parks began testing the fireworks show, the Orange County Register reported.
The change is “part of a broader effort,” a Disney spokesperson told CBS News. “It’s not about one or two things.”
Other revisions to well-known rides including the Jungle Cruise and Splash Mountain appear to be part of the “broader focus” of inclusivity.
When the Jungle Cruise returns July 16, negative depictions of native people will be removed, according to the Register. Splash Mountain will also ditch its racist connotations, using themes from “The Princess and the Frog” instead of from the 1940 Disney movie “Song of the South.”
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