Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub <a href="http://fastcodesign.com/1662640/disney-revives-its-small-world-heritage-for-a-globalized-world" target="_blank">http://fastcodesign.com/166264...ed-world</a> I am providing this link because it is the flip side of the recent outcry over Disney robbing the cradle...I am personally reminded by this article that the small ride was Disney's most profound statement of cultural understanding to date. I realize this is a commercial line sold only at Nordstrom.Each season will feature a different country Spring=Japan Summer=India. It will include a donation to UNICEF the original sponsor. For example a baby bib will provide 75 children with Vitamin A for one year. Most important"It's about sharing the basic theme of Small World & UNICEF with today's mothers." p.s. It begins with our smallest hope for a better world for children. The next time you hear a foreign language spoken at DL or WDW think World Peace
Originally Posted By skinnerbox The new line launches tomorrow: <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/disney-small-world" target="_blank">http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/di...ll-world</a>
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub And Nordstrom has a contest for SW Memory Stories beginning tomorrow and a trip to DL is the prize!
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Wow, this is pretty cool. It's surprisingly not crass at all. I love that they're using Mary Blair's art, donating to UNICEF, and generally releasing a very classy product for kids!
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin But that always makes me think of "Wirled Peas". Where is LS when I need an explanation?
Originally Posted By DlandDug Interesting historical note. The image of Mary Blair that illustrates the Codesign entry is not from it's a small world. It shows her working on the Jules Stein Eye center at UCLA. Walt Disney donated the work for the children's waiting room. Here is an image of the mural: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brassplayer/3929168807/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/b...9168807/</a> The photo shows Mary working on the full scale template for the area directly under the clock.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Though I'm not a fan of commercializing 'it's a small world' .... Doing this line, helps to promote the attraction - nonetheless. Two things that caught me off guard - "a bit creepy" - Yeah .. says the cynical writer - living in a more cynical time period. People back in 1964 .. and up through a couple decades beyond ... didn't think that of 'small world'. And it says - 'bringing it back to life' .. I didn't know it fell to death. There are 5 'it's a small world' attractions in all 5 Disney resorts .. spanning from 1966 to 2005. Celebrating a total of 47 years! If you include the 2 years in NY. I do like the focus souly on the chief characters and design of the ride, and not what some in WDI declared as "relevant to today's audiences!"
Originally Posted By oc_dean correction - 1966 to 2008? '09? since HKDL's opened just a couple years ago.
