Princess for a day

 

Disneyland apologises for banning boy from Princess experience | Walt Disney Company | The Guardian

What do you see in the picture, what do you notice? What do you think this story might be about?

Noah is a Frozen superfan. Who do you think he loves dressing up as?

Noah loves dressing up as Elsa.

Noah’s mum booked a holiday to Disney land and Noah was really excited to hear about the “Princess for a day” experience and his mum booked him on. Noah and his mum were surprised with the first response from Disney.

What do you think the first response from Disney was when mum booked the Princess for a day experience?

Disney replied to Mum and said Noah could not book the princess for a day experience because he was a boy. He was offered a cuddly toy instead.

What do you think about that?

Mum was angry. She wrote to Disney and said, “What terrible, awful fate may befall my son if he wears dresses?” 

What does she mean by that, why choose those words?

“If a little girl wants to be a superhero, she can be. If she wants to be a jedi, she can be. She can be whatever she wants.”

Do you agree or disagree with mum?

How do you think Disney responded to the letter?

Disney responded immediately by apologising to Noah and his mum and changing the rules for the Princess for a day experience. The experience is now open to all children aged 3 to 12. They released a statement:

“Diversity is near and dear to our hearts and we want to make sure that all our guests enjoy their experience at our resort. Of course, both  boys and girls are welcome to enjoy the Princess for a day” experience in addition to all our other special activities.”

Disneyland also changed the wording on their website. It used to read,

“Grant every little girl’s wishes with a Princess experience”

What do you think the wording has been changed to?

Today the website reads:

“Grant every child’s wishes with a princess experience”.

It’s interesting that Disney apologised and changed their policy. Why do you think they chose to do that. They could have replied, “Sorry, the Princess experience is only for girls.”

Why do you think Disney chose to start their statement with “Diversity is near and dear to our hearts.”?

This happened in America a few years ago. Is there a law about today this in the UK?

 Noah’s mum wrote on social media, “Now every boy SHALL go to the ball!”

Where does that line come from, why does Noah’s mum write that?

What does this story show us about Disney and about the world in 2026?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Which British Value is this about?

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