Disneyland's DEADPOOL Takes A Shot At Recent Disney+ Terms & Conditions Lawsuit Controversy

Disneyland's DEADPOOL Takes A Shot At Recent Disney+ Terms & Conditions Lawsuit Controversy

With Disney recently making headlines for using Disney+'s T&Cs as a defence in a lawsuit, Disneyland's Merc with the Mouth had a typical Deadpool response which has quickly gone viral on social media...

By JoshWilding - Aug 29, 2024 05:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool & Wolverine

Chances are you've heard about the recent controversy surrounding a Disney lawsuit which saw the company use its streaming platform's Terms & Conditions as a defence. 

The whole thing started when Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan tragically died after suffering an allergic reaction in Walt Disney World Resort's Raglan Road Irish Pub in October 2023. While Disney doesn't own the restaurant, it is on Disney property and was allegedly billed as being allergy-friendly in a park map provided by the House of Mouse. 

Tangsuan's widow, Jeffrey Piccolo, has since filed a lawsuit against Disney, claiming their server had been made aware of his wife's allergies. As a result, he argues Disney is culpable for Tangsuan's death. 

In response, Disney's lawyers tried to force Piccolo into arbitration by claiming a one-month free trial of Disney+ he'd signed up for years earlier meant he couldn't sue them. Why? Because the T&C's fine print stated that he wouldn't ever be able to take Disney or its subsidiaries to court!

The news went viral and legal experts were quick to weigh in with their shock that Disney was essentially saying that anyone who's had or has a Disney+ subscription cannot sue them. As you'd expect, they've since backed down and decided to take a different approach. 

It's a pretty serious situation but one Disneyland's Deadpool has been having fun with. In a viral TikTok posted by @gothgirl_doesdisney, the theme park's Merc with the Mouth tells a Deadpool & Wolverine-inspired version of Cinderella and jokes, "Cinderpool was late, because he had to read every single page of the terms and conditions of Disney+."

That drew gasps and laughs in equal measure from the crowd and, when Wolverine said he didn't get it, Deadpool quickly responded that everyone else there did. While we're not sure who greenlit this line, it has received a lot of attention across several social media platforms and news outlets.

You can watch the video by visiting the @gothgirl_doesdisney TikTok account.

Shawn Levy directs Deadpool & Wolverine, which stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Matthew Macfadyen, and Dafne Keen. The movie is written by Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy.

Kevin Feige, Reynolds, Levy and Lauren Shuler Donner produce with Louis D’Esposito, Wendy Jacobson, Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, George Dewey, Simon Kinberg and Jonathon Komack Martin serving as executive producers.

Deadpool & Wolverine is now playing in theaters.

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Matchesz
Matchesz - 8/29/2024, 6:13 AM
LEAVE DISNEY ALONE

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MarvelousMarty
MarvelousMarty - 8/29/2024, 6:14 AM
Disney is such a horrible company.
Demigods
Demigods - 8/29/2024, 6:52 AM
@MarvelousMarty - [frick]ing for real.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 8/29/2024, 6:39 AM
This was misreported by a lot of outlets as "Man can't sue because he signed up for Disney +" rather than "Disney alleges man can't sue because he signed up for Disney +".
Demigods
Demigods - 8/29/2024, 6:53 AM
And this is the same company that is trying to peddle morals and ethics to us... [frick]ing hilarious
Matchesz
Matchesz - 8/29/2024, 7:49 AM
@Demigods - “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist”
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 8/29/2024, 8:03 AM
@Matchesz - 'Murica.
SATW42
SATW42 - 8/29/2024, 8:45 AM
@Matchesz - SO Disney is the devil, trying to tell us they don't exist? You are so bad at analogies bro.

"Disney is communist! Well I know they are capitalist but I just like to say it" "Review bombing children's clothing for the alcolyte is like double tapping a zombie!" "Disney, a public company and the most recognizable company in the world wants you to think it' doesn't exist!"
Matchesz
Matchesz - 8/29/2024, 10:28 AM
@SATW42 - Disney is more like a fire breathing dragon if u really sit down and think about it
SATW42
SATW42 - 8/29/2024, 10:45 AM
@Matchesz - oh, please explain
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 8/29/2024, 7:00 AM
"I fear I am integrating my people into a burning house"

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


Could you imagine how Feige would've handled MARVEL 100% independent from Disney? The numbers would've likely remained astronomical.... maybe one day.
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/29/2024, 8:48 AM
Hard believe who makes jokes actor playing Deadpool make stuff up as he goes along , does company write this stuff make sure it’s appropriate and be approved
SATW42
SATW42 - 8/29/2024, 9:12 AM
@dragon316 - actually, no, they usually don't script these things and the actors riff. Alot of improv actors played characters and have talked about it on podcasts and some of the things they did at disneyland were wild, pretty funny
AC1
AC1 - 8/29/2024, 11:37 AM
Are we sure this isn't another Tom/Colin Hanks situation and they've actually got Ryan Reynolds' brother Bryan to play Disneyland Deadpool?

Surprised that joke was allowed (if it indeed got an official greenlight) but the whole situation involving that case confuses me.

The most concrete opinion I have on the matter is that that specific clause in the terms and conditions shouldn't exist and it shouldn't be legal for any corporation or entity to include rules stating that customers forfeit their right to take legal action if they use or purchase a product or service. It's disgraceful and disgusting - by American standards (not that I'm American) it seems to be highly unconstitutional and by geopolitical standards it seems to be a massive contravention of not just basic consumer rights but human rights in general.

As far as the specific case, that's where I get a bit more confused, because from what I've read the person who died from the allergic reaction caused by the negligence of the restaurant in question was eating in a restaurant that isn't actually owned by Disney but was renting premises at one of Disney's amusement parks, and it seems Disney are using that specific clause in the Disney+ T's&C's as a very questionable loophole to try and protect themselves and deny liability in something that they consider not to be their fault but rather the fault of the restaurant. So the question is, if that's the case, are Disney liable as the landlords of the restaurant, or are Disney a third party with little to no involvement?

Either way I think it's incredibly shitty of them to use the Disney+ T's&C's to try and weasel their way out of this situation, which is surely causing even more undue stress and pain for the family of the victim. If Disney are indeed not liable then surely that's something that should have been easily provable in court, and Disney themselves could've been helpful in ensuring the restaurant faced the appropriate consequences for what happened.

Basically, if my understanding of any of this was correct, this was an instance where Disney, even if they were only tangentially involved in the case, could have done some good and tried to help the victim's family get some form of justice or at the very least compensation from the restaurant by using their position as both the restaurant's landlords AND the biggest media corporation on the planet; instead they chose to use an already morally objectionable clause found in a completely different part of their business to effectively dismiss not only their involvement in the case, but to suggest the case and the victim's life were unimportant.

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