Disney is great! Yes it's commercial, yes it wants your money. I think they give you a pretty high quality experience for your money too. My husband and I do lots of low key "free" type stuff with the kids. Lots of museums, cycling in national forests, and National Trusts visits and the like. BUT, we have taken them to Disney, we do let them watch the movies, and we have had no problem with grannies and aunties buying princess costumes at Tescos. We have two daughters, and we are already seeing that they move on from "pink" and "princess" very quickly.
When your children watch a Disney movie or show, you don't have to worry about it being too complex, too dark, or sexual for them. If you are fortunate enough to afford a Disney vacation (the cost is eye-watering), you get a nice hotel, beautiful grounds, well thought out details and friendly staff. Everything is child friendly; you need never fear feeling frozen out of a decent restaurant because people won't tolerate children while on Disney property. At Disney, they tolerate even hellions!
Next, I really don't know what Walt and Roy Disney's political views were. There have been persistent rumours that they were anti-semites. It is, however, a fact that they produced anti-Nazi propaganda during WWII. It is also a fact that the CEO of Disney has been a Jewish man for the last 27 years! (First Eisner, then Iger) So, I seriously doubt that the Disney Corp has been pumping out anything anti-semtic during my adult lifetime.
Finally, the "classic" Disney princess movies did have women in passive, traditional female roles. The more recent ones have fiesty (Little Mermaid), intelligent (Belle), hard working (Tiana) females.