Old Walt has been rolling in his grave since 1984.
1991 would be more on the mark, as that’s when they had gay days at Disney starting up, not to mention thanks in large part to Jeffrey Katzenberg a whole lot of left-wing pushing starting with Beauty and the Beast when Katzenberg tried to shove in a needless second wave feminist message into the film. The Little Mermaid was definitely a LOT more conservative in its messaging, actually pro-traditional marriage, pro-Christianity, even pro-family values (say what you will about King Triton, but at least he actually TRIED to take his duties as a father seriously and actually made an attempt to save his daughter directly and wasn’t depicted as an idiot or a goofball, unlike the Sultan or to a certain extent Maurice), not to mention their films during the 1980s had largely conservative messages in its films. Even The Rescuers, which was pretty much UN propaganda, nonetheless had Penny being a devout Christian and showcasing child abuse in a horrific light.