Disney+ Users Are Confused Why Movies Like ‘Home Alone’ Are Already Being Removed

I hope you caught Home Alone and the Trump-less Home Alone 2: Lost in New York on Disney+ over the holidays, because they’re not there anymore (instead, you’ll have to settle for watching them on YouTube, or iTunes, or Amazon Prime, or DVD, or a random showing on Freeform). As 2019 turned to 2020, Disney+ users noticed that seemingly random titles had been removed from the streaming service’s library without warning, including the first two films in the Home Alone franchise (don’t worry, Home Alone 3 is still there), The Sandlot, and Pirate of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Disney doesn’t release lists of what’s being removed from Disney+, unlike Netflix, only what’s being added. “But the company has never actually promised that the various offerings on Disney+ would remain there indefinitely,” Polygon reported. “Sources tell Polygon that encumbrances with legacy deals are likely the reason for the departures, and that titles may rejoin the service permanently after those licenses expire.”

Back in November 2019, a Disney+ spokesperson confirmed that “beloved classics from the Disney vault,” including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King (the good one) will have a “permanent home” on the service. But as for less-beloved classics like Meet the Deedles, you may want to watch it now, just in case.

— pee_eye_em_pee (@Dyldonic) January 1, 2020

Just confirmed for myself that DisneyPlus removed Home Alone 1 & 2 (but not 3) after the holidays. Guess folks were foolish to believe that Disney operating its own streaming platform meant the end of The Disney Vault. Wonder what they’ll take away next pic.twitter.com/rMM8DBWO8S

— Henry Gilbert (@hEnereyG) January 2, 2020

Dear Disney Plus,

Why is ANYTHING leaving your service Don’t you own them all Wasn’t that literally the whole point of subscribing, to have access to ALL your films and shows To open the vaults once and for all

What. The. Heck, Disney

Sincerely,

Me https://t.co/Ako6G2gCE8

— William Bibbiani (@WilliamBibbiani) January 1, 2020

No one:

Disney+: *pulls Home Alone and Home Alone 2*

Also Disney+: *keeps Home Alone 3* pic.twitter.com/XGhx3QSv2p

— Christine ★ (@KhFangirl25) January 2, 2020

UMMMM WHERE did home alone go i can’t find it on disney+ what is happening someone help pls

— ~meagan~ (@McclendonMeagan) January 1, 2020