Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise ride to finally reopen sans racially insensitive stereotypes 

After beingcriticisedforyears overthe attraction's controversial depictions of Indigenous people,Disneylandis finallyset to reopen its Jungle Cruise ridewithoutthe racially insensitive stereotypes, according to a CNN report.

Disneyland hadannounced it would rethink the Jungle Cruise ride inJanuary. In it,a skipper ferried visitors along a waterway while makingjokes.

In the past, it featured a scene, where'natives’ weredepicted as primitive and threatening.In a statement at that time,Carmen Smith, creative development and inclusion strategies executive at Walt Disney Imagineering, said, “As Imagineers, it is our responsibility to ensure experiences we create and stories we share reflect the voices and perspective of the world around us."

According to a news release from Disney,the ride willbeopen once more in Disneyland,CaliforniafromJuly 16.The updated versionof the ride will get completedat Disney World in Floridabylater this summer.

The announcementwas madeahead of the July 28 release of a'Jungle Cruise'movieadaptation, whichstarsDwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.

In this ride,both new scenes and new characters have been added,the company said. Thisincludesa safari group stuck in a tree,etc.