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Inside the world of 'Disney adults' - The Saturday Story

Inside the world of 'Disney adults' - The Saturday Story

The grown-up superfans fueling Disney bottom line

The Story · The Times

April 4, 202616m 8s

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Show Notes

For millions of people, Disney was a huge part of their childhood. But, for a great number of people that love never went away, and today, it's those people who have become central to Disney’s bottom line. They are the so called “Disney adults”. But their world isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, it's a passionate subculture marked by competition, criticism - and high costs.


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