Doug Gordon: This is a story I'll save to show that change is hard... until it isn't. There has been a lot of backlash to re-theming this ride, which was originally based on the very racist "Song of the South." However: "The reaction has been much more positive from those who have ridden the attraction."

This is a story I'll save to show that change is hard... until it isn't. There has been a lot of backlash to re-theming this ride, which was originally based on the very racist "Song of the South." However: "The reaction has been much more positive from those who have ridden the attraction."

Black Disney Princess Ride Replaces Splash Mountain and Its Racist Historywww.nytimes.com The ride was closed last year because of its connection to a racist film. Disney overhauled it to focus on Tiana, Disney’s first Black princess, drawing praise and backlash.

The thing that makes change hard is waiting to change things. Once it happens, the backlash dies, all of the people who benefit from and enjoy the change celebrate, and you bring new people along so they can see a better world. A bit much to load onto a theme park attraction perhaps, but it matters.

I've now merged my congestion pricing posts with my Disney theme park posts. We are reaching the singularity!

The laws of the universe are...u iversal. Like why people find it hard to change doesn't matter what is changing. :)

Just don’t talk about New Coke

Selling "Disney Adults" on change is honestly probably harder than selling congestion pricing.

Ha! Not an exaggeration.

people are afraid of change, even if it will likely be good, because of the *possibility* of it not working out, whereas the current status quo, even if bad, is known. (see, eg "status quo bias")

Also, in the case of this particular ride, some people are just racist.

well yes.

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