No worries. Disney has solved our environmental problems by eliminating straws, lids & cutting back on plastic bags. As many will tell you, the fact that they had to pay for those & actually make money on the other plastics is totally coincidental.Let's face it, almost nothing about any theme park is environmentally friendly. DL paved over 85 acres of orange groves, and often packs 70,000 people a day into that space. DW paved over 7,100 acres of swampland and displaced all kinds of wildlife. So not selling balloons could certainly be good for the environment, but would be a needle in a haystack when it comes to protecting the environment.
This post makes me want to organize a balloon release in my South Florida neighborhood. I'm terrified of snakes.Maybe the balloons will kill the pythons...
I'm sorry you've had to experience so much loss.We have had 10 miscarriages and every trip we each write a letter our babies and tie them to a balloon and release it - it’s therapeutic for us; as only someone who has experienced that kind of loss can understand
maybe disneynwill go with a biodegradable balloon option ?
I thought there was a helium shortage?
I could totally ignore the second reason but unfortunately the first one is a deal breaker.I love seeing all the balloons on Main Street but I’ve never purchased one because what the heck am I supposed to with it at the park all day?
( Also, because I’m a grown woman)
They don't sell them at Animal Kingdom because they know they're not safe for animals.
I don't understand the comments about balloons being a drop in the bucket and why try to do anything environmentally friendly when there are other worse things. In my opinion, incremental improvement is still better than no improvement!
I have to say I’ve seen very kids walking with them and very few tied to strollers. I never see people actually buying them, only taking their photo with them. I only recall them in MK .... it’s probable given all the flashing stuff they sell that balloon sales are minimal.
Balloons, plastic bags, straws are not just bad for the environment, but are killing animals. https://www.fws.gov/news/blog/index...nd-wildlife-please-dont-release-your-balloonsThey don't sell them at Animal Kingdom because they know they're not safe for animals.
I don't understand the comments about balloons being a drop in the bucket and why try to do anything environmentally friendly when there are other worse things. In my opinion, incremental improvement is still better than no improvement!
I have to say I’ve seen very kids walking with them and very few tied to strollers. I never see people actually buying them, only taking their photo with them. I only recall them in MK .... it’s probable given all the flashing stuff they sell that balloon sales are minimal.
Yes it is incremental, but like I posted, if you put it in perspective, 7,100 acres paved over at WDW, 52 million visitors a year in a state with a population of 21 million in a county with a population of 1.3 million.....it isn't even a drop in the bucket.I don't understand the comments about balloons being a drop in the bucket and why try to do anything environmentally friendly when there are other worse things. In my opinion, incremental improvement is still better than no improvement!
You're right of course. We should all go out and get a bunch of latex balloons and release them all to the sky, because after all, things are paved, people travel, toothpaste tubes get thrown out, someone will use a single use plastic fork today, and the Pacific has a patch of garbage twice the size of the state of Texas. May as well not make any effort unless we can take care of it all at once. Good plan.