rsauer
Visitor to Every Disney Park but Shanghai
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2006
As a new listener to the DIS podcast, I am eager to hear the news about all things Disney. I am a frequent visitor and have been a DVC member since 1993. And I have enjoyed the podcast. However, today I was chagrined to hear about seven minutes in the 7/10 podcast that were extremely offensive. The comments by the podcast crew involved the immigration ceremonies on July 4 at Magic Kingdom. This was not a single misspoken word ala Imus, but an ongoing chuckle and guffaw session mocking efforts of immigrants to become citizens.
Even after the main topic was exhausted on of the moderators managed to use the word "immigrants" as an all-purpose punchline for some later efforts at jokes. I am sorry I cannot attach specific names to specific comments but as you allowed it to go on so long, you all deserve blame.
The section of which I write is especially egregious within a context of a podcast that takes itself so seriously on solemn topics such as "What ticket media are best for a family of four?" and "Why aren't there more perks with annual passes?" I guess citizenship and Disney efforts to acknowledge legal paths to it do not quite meet your standards.
In the future, I urge you to at least have the decency to push the pause button whenever you have a xenophobic moment or have reason to reflect on Florida's southern heritage. Better yet, maybe the DIS podcast staffers needs a little sensitivity session so it will realize that their time at WDW is enhanced by the servers, housekeepers, and park employees who may have lived somewhere else before coming to the United States. As DIS is also affiliated with a travel bureau, I feel that your attitudes that are very unprofessional and could be disastrous to your future business.
Your program today was tacky, offensive, and very contrary to the best Disney traditions.
Even after the main topic was exhausted on of the moderators managed to use the word "immigrants" as an all-purpose punchline for some later efforts at jokes. I am sorry I cannot attach specific names to specific comments but as you allowed it to go on so long, you all deserve blame.
The section of which I write is especially egregious within a context of a podcast that takes itself so seriously on solemn topics such as "What ticket media are best for a family of four?" and "Why aren't there more perks with annual passes?" I guess citizenship and Disney efforts to acknowledge legal paths to it do not quite meet your standards.
In the future, I urge you to at least have the decency to push the pause button whenever you have a xenophobic moment or have reason to reflect on Florida's southern heritage. Better yet, maybe the DIS podcast staffers needs a little sensitivity session so it will realize that their time at WDW is enhanced by the servers, housekeepers, and park employees who may have lived somewhere else before coming to the United States. As DIS is also affiliated with a travel bureau, I feel that your attitudes that are very unprofessional and could be disastrous to your future business.
Your program today was tacky, offensive, and very contrary to the best Disney traditions.
). It is sad how PC people have got and moved away from good old common sense. 
