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Disney Day Drinkers Club feud with theme park about mascot Binny
A feud has erupted over a bin which is the mascot of a Disney fan club that meet at an English-themed pub in the Orlando theme park.
Based in the Epcot resort, which represents different areas of the world, the Disney Day Drinkers Club was set up for adults who enjoyed a drink in the Rose and Crown pub, and consuming alcohol in various areas of the park.
During the pandemic, when visitors had to drink outside, and with a lack of tables and chairs, members of the club embraced a nearby bin as its mascot as a gathering place, and even had it baptised by a local Roman Catholic priest.
On the club’s official website, it states about Binny: “As most people know it’s hard to find a table when you need to set your drink down as you are day drinking. Usually the nearest trashcan will suffice. On one of our first meet ups , we were drinking around the world and we discovered the perfect Disney Day Drinkers club mascot. The trashcan at the exit ( not in the front ) of Rose and Crown pub!
“We were lucky enough at the moment to have a priest on hand drinking with us to officially bless it.”
Father Sean Knox from Tallahassee, Florida, officially initiated Binny by sprinkling some of his pint over the bin and proclaiming “I now bless you the official mascot of the Disney Day Drinkers Club”. He told Insider: “I had a Smithwick’s beer, and I dipped my fingers in it, and sprinkled it on the can. Herein lies the origin of Binny.”
Due to the spreading of images of the bin on social media, and the overall popularity of the club, which even has several sub-groups, members of began to queue to have their pictures taken alongside the bin, posting videos and pictures on TikTok and Facebook, causing issues with entry into the pub.
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As a result of the crowding and blocking the entrance, the theme park decided to move Binny to outside a retail shop, with a spokesperson from the park saying it was moved for safety reasons.
But in a strange turn of events, the bun was temporarily moved back to outside the pub, with club members even booking flights upon the discovery of its return to have a picture with Bunny.
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Yet the mascot was moved again following the short reprieve.
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Father Knox said about the incident: “People were just going crazy, saying, ‘Oh my gosh—why would they do this?’
“It’s something you had a part of at the very beginning, then someone takes it away.”
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