Hundreds turned out to protest JD Vance's family vacation to Disneyland. The next day the park shut down rides

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Sunday 13 July 2025 02:23 EDT


After news that Vice President JD Vance had a family visit planned to Disneyland, hundreds of people turned out to protest his trip to the Happiest Place on Earth while Trump administration’s immigration policies result in ICE raids across Los Angeles.

“No family vacation while we deal with family separation,” read one protester sign, adorned with Vance’s face.

Protesters gathered outside the nearby Grand Californian Hotel where the Vice President and his family were staying, waving flags and chanting. “I would tell [Vance] to go home,” one protester told Fox 11. “Get the hell out of here. We don't want him here."

But the following day Vance, his wife, Usha, and their two kids were spotted strolling through the California park’s Bayou Country section. Other park goers complained that regular guests were experiencing delays and long lines because of the additional security and rides being shut down for the Vance family.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-disneyland-protest-b2787969.html

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Full headline: Hundreds turned out to protest JD Vance’s family vacation to Disneyland. The next day the park shut down rides for his visit

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. I do not understand your post.

[Lovie777]

5. I've notices a few post from new members that are somewhat suspect............

[mdbl]

11. They seem to be using a new technique -"Trolling Light"

Not as heavy as regular trolling but just as stomach irritating.

[Skittles]

67. flyng under the radar

alas, what they are preaching, or denying, is so increasingly ridiculous it gives them away very quickly

[Lochloosa]

15. 4 post hidden in 90 days. I've had 2 since 2004. Hummm

[mopinko]

22. now frr.

[Fiendish Thingy]

27. That statistic is not always a valid indicator of a MAGA disruptor

I mean, it could be (especially considering the user name), but…get on the wrong side of the Joe Manchin Fan Club and you’ll see what I mean.

[Skittles]

68. or BS

yes indeed

[sinkingfeeling]

6. What are you talking about? Protesting JD?

[Lochloosa]

17. So, what you are saying is sit back on our asses and ignore the pain he is causing

kids by snatching their parents away from them?

Yeah, his kids deserve an uninterrupted day at the park. Fuck that.

[MayReasonRule]

38. Yep

[happy feet]

18. Policies and actions have

Consequences. He delights in the misery of the families torn apart by deportation., including the children.

Karma

[MayReasonRule]

37. Yep

[Americanme]

19. I disagree.

This is why they have family discussions before running for office. Because they know life will be different. You want a normal life, get a normal job. You want a private life, don't run for public office. He could have sent his wife and "her kids" to the park without him, nobody would have a problem with that.

[MayReasonRule]

39. Yep

[Javaman]

21. nice try. get back to us when you have look at aligator auchwitz. nt

[AverageOldGuy]

23. What did . . .

. . . The families and children of people snatched off the street do to deserve their treatment?

Maybe if he got a small taste of what others are going through . . . But I doubt that will affect him because he is evil to the core.

[MayReasonRule]

40. Well Said And Dead On Point - Look At Tolerance As A Social Contract

[electric_blue68]

55. Ah... that's interesting (as social contract) TY

[Susan Calvin]

24. No, his kids do not deserve this.

However, he does, and he unfortunately chose to bring his kids along for the ride. I would say the same about Hitler's kids, if he had any.

[MiHale]

25. You're correct...in NORMAL times...these times are not normal...

His children did nothing…neither did a lot of the kids he’s deporting…if not the kids then the kids parents, leaving them with a broken family.
They didn’t deserve that action either.

These times are not normal.

[Fiendish Thingy]

28. Fascists deserve no peaceful public life

No service in restaurants, civility etc.

This isn’t a simple political disagreement of some mundane policy, it’s about the destruction of democracy and human rights.

[MayReasonRule]

41. I Wholly Agree!

[Fiendish Thingy]

53. Excellent explanation! Nt

[The Grand Illuminist]

69. Question is how far will we go?

I would cross ALL lines to end fascism.

[Fiendish Thingy]

70. I'm suggesting just what I said:

No peaceful public lives for fascists- no service in restaurants, jeering in public spaces, sports events, shopping malls, etc.

The only peace fascists should find is within their homes, and even then, protestors should occupy the public sidewalks outside.

[Ritabert]

29. His kids better get used to people protesting his presence

They're snatching people off the street for crying out loud.

[S/V Loner]

32. His kids are getting more consideration...

than the kids whose parents are being dragged away and sent off to god knows where. He doesn’t care and his boss Peter Thiel would not care if they died. If he cares about his family and the public backlash to his agenda then it is easy. Just be a decent human being. All he has to say is this treatment of immigrants needs to stop…Now!
Fuck him! This country would be a much better place if people like him, and related to him, would be uncomfortable to show their face in public rather than striving to be in the publics face. There is a difference.
The truth is that these stunts are really all about him and his family are just props.

[cate94]

35. JD chose California

He picked the park in California very near to LA. Why would he do that if he didn’t want to get a rise out of the people who live there? It was a purposeful choice. I can only assume he wanted that reaction. Ask yourself why.

[MayReasonRule]

42. Yep

[sop]

48. JD should have taken the family to Six Flags over Jesus in Texas.

[Captain Zero]

72. Yeah, it is like JD is trolling LA with his family vacation. Fuck him.

Call him a scumbag! every time you see him in public.

[MayReasonRule]

36. The Answer To The Paradox Of Intolerance Applies In This Situation And Many, Many More

Those that would deprive others of life and liberty deserve neither life nor liberty.

This is literally that.

Don't be schtupid be a schmarty never join the Nat-C party!

Stay true, vote blue!

[wryter2000]

46. I care more about the children losing parents to ICE

Ore being taken themselves. Vance should know what sort of greeting he’s going to get in LA.

[PatrickforB]

47. The problem is that Vance is a monster, owned by Peter Thiel and other billionaires, and

that we have lost our republic to a fascist government - and yes, I do know the definition of fascism. Oligarchs are robbing the treasury, corporations are being deregulated right and left, and the Bannon/Miller Nazi faction of the party are busy creating a secret police complete with camps so people can be brought to heel through fear.

Just like Hitler back in the 30s.

The feelings of Vance's kids and wife kind of have to take a back seat to that giant Nazi elephant in America's living room.

[Javaman]

20. please, proceed governor...nt

[tanyev]

2. Vance family vacation in California???

Why on earth wouldn’t they self-righteously choose Disneyworld in Florida?

[Lovie777]

4. To taunt Californians.........................

he is just and not more cruel than shithole (if that's possible).

I'm pretty sure there were more than "hundreds" there, a sizable amount, and the park closing the rides the next day?

I'm am proud of what the opposition is doing against this evil regime.

[llmart]

7. Yes, why California?

They hate California so much and everything it stands for and yet decide to vacation there?

I'm glad protesters are dogging him wherever he goes. He's such a fraud and hypocrite.

[Prairie Gates]

30. His wife is from California

Her parents live in San Diego.

Her mother was the provost of UCSD.

His kids grandparents live in California. It's amazing that he spends so much time attacking his wife's home state.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Either park should be "too woke" for christofascist racists!

[Wiz Imp]

34. His wife was born in San Diego and I assume she still has family there

Disneyland is only about 90 minutes from San Diego. I'm guessing that is why they went there.

[llmart]

60. Why don't they vacation in Ohio?

They could take the family to Cedar Point. I guess that would be too "hillbillyish" for him now that he's reached the big time.

[Wiz Imp]

61. Would you want to vacation in Ohio?

Seriously, I assume his kids have lived in Ohio most if not all of their lives. They're pretty young so I don't think they'd view going back to Ohio as a great vacation. I'm sure the kids would be much more excited to visit Disneyland.

[llmart]

64. Ha! I think the kids would love Cedar Point.

Mine did. I was born and raised in Cleveland and both my parents were born and raised in Cleveland. My two children were born there too though they weren't raised there due to a job transfer. My siblings still live there.

People from NE Ohio always considered southern Ohio to be where the rednecks lived, not counting the areas around OSU and OU.

[Wiz Imp]

65. Living in Ohio, I'd bet they've been to Cedar Point, probably multiple times.

[llmart]

66. Maybe not.

I really don't know or care where they lived in Ohio, but I did read Vance's book when it first came out. I don't remember all the details but I think he was one of those hillbillies (his term) whose family came from W. Va. and moved to southern Ohio. Cedar Point is about as far as you can get from southern Ohio. From Cleveland it's only about an hour and a half give or take, depending on where you live. So it was a day trip for us.

[William Seger]

52. The Vance family should only vacation at Turning Point USA

Anywhere else, they're likely to encounter normal people.

[twodogsbarking]

8. Maybe he will fall out of the roller coaster.

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. Disney allowed the protest on private property?

Any place someone could gather outside near the Grand Californian hotel is on private property…

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Here's a local news report

Also this has a series of protests in a vignette -

[Fiendish Thingy]

26. The video does not show protestors anywhere near the Grand Californian hotel

It shows them on the public sidewalk on Harbor blvd., outside the Disney resort property.

That’s a very visible location, as all guests staying at the many hotels on Harbor would see them.

The report says the protestors intended to March to the Grand Californian, but to do that, they would have to enter Disney property, go through at least one security checkpoint, and then make their way to the GC. If they did, and exhibited signs or chanted, they would immediately be escorted off the property- Disney does not mess around with people disrupting the park experience- I’ve witnessed twice Trump supporters (likely drunk, since the parks now serve alcohol )being escorted off the property wearing MAGA swag and screaming pro-Trump nonsense.

My guess is the protestors didn’t go to the GC.

[miyazaki]

31. Proper entrance to GC is on Disneyland Drive. Could protest there.

-not sure if they did though.

[Fiendish Thingy]

33. I believe Disney Drive is no longer public property

The city council voted to allow Disney to take over ownership and maintenance of that and a couple of other roads just a few months ago as part of their approval for expansion of the resort.

Disney Drive is almost entirely surrounded by Disney property. (Once you cross Harbor, it is definitely completely surrounded by Disney properties.

[miyazaki]

45. Ya I thought it may be private now but with all the legal wrangling...

Wonder what the average price is now at Grand Californian, $1000 a pop?

[Fiendish Thingy]

54. I think it's a little less than $1000/night, but not much.

Considering the Best Westerns right across the street run $350-400/night.

[BumRushDaShow]

43. When I was last in L.A. almost 40 years ago for a training course

it was during the week when Pope John Paul II was there so that day of the session (I think a Wednesday) was cancelled because the federal offices were also closed, along with many streets. I was trying to decide whether to go down to Anaheim to see Disneyland or go to one of the studios - either Paramount or Universal. I ended up going to Universal. Had no idea what that area looked like at this point outside of the videos and it looks to be more "urbanized". About 50 years ago, a few years after they opened, I did go to (swampy) Disney World and even with all the recent expansions there since then, that park in metro Orlando, seemed to be easier for LEO to "secure" as "private property".

[mountain grammy]

49. Bravo!!!

many thanks to all protesters..

[et tu]

12. it's a small world after all nt

[sheshe2]

14. Buuuut...Disney is WOKE!

https://insidethemagic.net/2025/05/disney-adults-want-more-woke-content-from-the-company-rl1/

[Gimpyknee]

44. The protestors were outside of park.

I doubt Vance or his family were aware of them.

[Torchlight]

71. Cool doubts.

[Exp]

50. Just a reminder - Chelsea was harassed and harassed by all Wingnuts including the Fox News Smear Machine.

So yeah, Lil JD can take it up the you know where.

[Dave Bowman]

51. Make Fascists Pariahs Again.

[riversedge]

56. Trump sure chose a real prick as his VP!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

57. Closing rides for the Vance family will piss off some Disney fans

My older two children are headed to California in August to hit the Disney parks. I am glad that they are not going be there with the Vance assholes

[not fooled]

58. So...Disney chose to cater to the fascist

the next day by closing some rides to the public so that he could be spared any inconvenience? Is that accurate? If so, ABC/Disney caving once again.

[PSPS]

59. Too bad the kids have a sadist for a parent.

[Takket]

62. This is a stunt by JD..........

He knows exactly what he is doing. There is symbolism here, in Vance, going to an iconic symbol of Americana, right in the heart of the city that he is currently waging war again. It is a fuck you to all the families he is destroying right now. Look at me and my kids enjoying the happiest place on earth, while you are packed into a concentration camp, then shipped out of the country for the heinous crime of picking my food and scrubbing my toilet.

[Cha]

63. Mahlo to the Protesters! At least they were

nearby to let it be known that we're Not Okay with Nazi ***** Vance.