Walt Disney pictured in the mid-1950s

Joanna Miller, Walt Disney’s granddaughter, has doubled down on her criticism of Disneyland as it plans to debut an audio-animatronic version of her grandfather at a new exhibit next month.

Miller has previously posted on Facebook, accusing the California theme park of “dehumanising” the iconic filmmaker by using his likeness for what she described as its “robotic grampa”, a move she said made “no sense” and would come off as “empty of a soul or essence of the man”.

She told the Los Angeles Times that while its tough for her to knock the company so dear to her family, it’s important that she speak out.

“He’s ours,” Miller said. “We’re his family.”

Miller revealed that she met with Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger and the Imagineering team behind its theme........

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