A rumor that Disney is banning people from wearing U.S. President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again," or "MAGA," hats at its Disney World theme parks circulated on social media in June 2025.
For example, the TikTok account Mouse Trap News posted a video (archived) on June 19, 2025, with overlaid text that read, "Disney World Bans MAGA Hat in Their Parks!" The video claimed that "anyone seen wearing a MAGA hat will be immediately detained and banned from all Disney theme parks from at least a year."
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The Mouse Trap News Instagram (archived) account also shared the claim.
Similar claims circulated elsewhere on TikTok (archived) and X (archived). Snopes readers also emailed us and searched our website to ask if the claims were true.
There's no evidence Disney implemented a policy banning people from wearing MAGA hats. Instead, the rumor originated from Mouse Trap News — a website that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature.
The website's About Page reads, in part:
Mouse Trap News is the world's best satire and parody site, and authors of The Ultimate Guide to an Affordable Disney Trip, a best-seller. We write fake stories about Disney Parks stuff. From Disney Park announcements to Disney Hotel and resort news to made-up Disney partnerships, you can be assured that anything you read here is not true, real, or accurate, but it is fun. So technically our slogan The Moused Trusted Name in Disney News isn't true, but we thought it was creative and funny, so we are running with it.
The bio of Mouse Trap News' TikTok, Instagram and X accounts read, "Real Disney News That is 100% FAKE." The same message also appears in the intro for its Facebook page.
Snopes reached out to Disney for comment and will update this story if we receive a response.
Mouse Trap News has a long history of sharing satirical and fake stories online. For example, Snopes debunked a rumor stemming from Mouse Trap News about Disney adding mandatory tipping to Disney World rides in January 2025. We also addressed the website's satirical claim that Disney banned women from driving at Tomorrowland Speedway.
For background, here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that call their output humorous or satirical.