The Walt Disney Company on Monday told TVwithThinus it's not involved with and had no prior knowledge of the shocking Winter in Disneyland Polokwane sham show in South Africa that took place this weekend and that the company is investigating the disgusting Disney brand theft.
Shock turned into outrage as children and parents who've paid R250 stared in disbelief on stage at a botched Mickey Mouse, a lethargic, yellow front-zipped Winnie the Pooh, and an orange awfulness looking like a Tigger rip-off, dressed in what looked like Chinese shop-bought onesies and badly dancing to house music.
TicketPro sold tickets ranging from R50 to R250, promising "Winter in Disneyland Polokwane" while paid visitors got trash-bad performances to inappropriate music on a barely-there stage, like a Chinese-in-Africa mimicking Disney event.
While people wanted and paid for Disney, they got trash, as well as organisers hiding in a room without wanting to face paid customers who wanted to know what is going on. TicketPro had no statement on Monday.
The Walt Disney Company Africa on Monday told TVwithThinus that "Disney Africa confirms that this event was neither run nor sanctioned by The Walt Disney Company Africa." Disney said it's currently investigating.
Here it is us pic.twitter.com/P42Z8KVBRc— SG❄️π³️ππΏπ¦ (@Seago_SG) August 4, 2019
So Disney is here in polokwane n this is what we got. R80 adult R50 child.— sabina (@BontleWaMatsie) August 3, 2019
What an immature event.
So disappointing π₯π₯π₯ pic.twitter.com/8XeAl4V6VQ
#disneypolokwane the organizer couldn't even explain herself, guys I want to know the company that was responsible they must be named and shamed such failure is unacceptable pic.twitter.com/XZ3lmAnGGo— Motheo (@Motheo61626652) August 5, 2019
Organizers don't want to come out pic.twitter.com/FEIXVD1KML— Legodi Tiego (@LTiego) August 3, 2019