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Walt Disney Bets Big On Area It Once Would Not Touch

Walt Disney Bets Big On Area It Once Would Not Touch

Release time:2022-02-28

The Mouse House used to avoid even commenting on this and now it's getting into the business. Walt Disney (DIS) - Get Walt Disney Company Report the company no longer operates under the same family-friendly standards that Founder Walt Disney championed. That's at least partly because societal standards change. What would have once been scandalous has become common, and things that used to be considered outrageous are now fairly ordinary.

In an era where people set themselves on fire or throw themselves off buildings for internet stunts, it's just not that outrageous to be able to order a beer in Disney World's Magic Kingdom. That, of course, wasn't true in 1971 when the park opened.

Now, the drink kiosks at Epcot, Disney World's sister property, no longer make that park not family-friendly. The same goes for adding R-rated content to the Disney+ streaming service along with parental controls. Yes, kids probably should not watch "Jessica Jones," or maybe any of the Marvel shows that originated on Netflix, but they can exist on the same service without having the Wealthy Dowager from "The Simpsons" pass out.

Times have changed and even Disney has changed with them (albeit slowly as you still can't get a to-go beer or hard liquor at Magic Kingdom). Now, Disney plans to go a step further and embrace something it has never embraced before.