Disneyland apologizes for banning boy from being ‘Princess’
PARIS — Disneyland Paris has apologized after barring a three-year-old from participating in its “Princess for a Day” experience because he is not a girl, according to a report in The Guardian yesterday.
Hayley McLean-Glass said she asked Disneyland Paris if she would be able to book the treat as a Christmas present for her son Noah who is a “superfan” of the Disney movie “Frozen” and loves to dress up as Elsa, one of its lead characters, according to The Guardian.
On Tuesday, after having been denied permission, she wrote an open letter to Disneyland, demanding to know what “terrible awful fate may befall” her son if he was allowed to wear a dress.
Responding to The Guardian the following day, a Disneyland Paris spokesperson said: “This experience is available to all children ages three-to-12 and we’ve reached out to the family to apologize to them for the inaccurate information.”
On the firm’s website, the experience is described as an opportunity to “grant every little girl’s wish with a real princess’ make-up and hair-styling session; a fairytale transformation they’ll treasure forever.”
McLean-Glass said Noah was excited when he first heard about it. But the response to her e-mail from Disneyland Paris read: “At this time it is not possible to book ‘Princess for a Day’ for a boy.”