Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2014/04/14/walt-disney-worlds-its-a-small-world-celebration/" target="_blank"><b>4/14/14: Walt Disney World's "it's a small world" Celebration</b></a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Although nothing they did was especially huge, it's nice to see each castle park make an effort to recognize the attraction. It's nice to see the effort being made for the charming attraction. If only WDW's version were slightly longer and more impressive like the other versions of it around the world (though at least it's still character-free, so that's a plus!)
Originally Posted By Yookeroo WDW's version is awful. But then I think most of IASW's appeal to me is the façade. As far as the ride itself, the Paris version was the best one I've been on.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I've always thought the facade of IASW is the biggest draw for me too.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros A agree that the facade is a huge draw (there's a reason why the parks built after MK decided to give it the full facade), but at least what they have now is better than what they originally had in the loading area (though they can never seem to make up their mind which side is the entrance and which is the exit): <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/it's%20a%20small%20world%2002.jpg">http://land.allears.net/blogs/...2002.jpg</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/it's%20a%20small%20world%2003.jpg">http://land.allears.net/blogs/...2003.jpg</a> Supposedly the thought was that most of the east coast visitors would have seen iasw at the World's Fair, and would have been pleasantly surprised by the new design (since the original was rather austere, with the exception of the Tower of the Four Winds), but it ended up being quite disappointing for anybody who had seen the ride at DL so they redid the loading area during an extended refurb in 2004
Originally Posted By HauntedMansionFan The facade at the Magic Kingdom is almost the same as at Disneyland -- just indoor, I thought.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The MK loading area is decorated similar to the DL façade (on a smaller scale), however the outdoor façade of the attraction is generic medieval-inspired tournament tents, similar to much of MK's Fantasyland: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111226105854/disney/images/3/3a/Fantasyland_of_Magic_Kingdom.jpg">http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net...gdom.jpg</a> All of the other versions of the ride have something similar to DL's facade as the building's main facade, even if the loading area is indoors (like TDL and HKDL). Arguably, MK is the only one that really makes sense within the Fantasyland setting, since the white and gold stylized buildings at DL (copied at altered for the other parks) have always seemed like something from the 1960's, rather than the medieval era (even if it is a lot more fun than the tents)
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "The facade at the Magic Kingdom is almost the same as at Disneyland -- just indoor, I thought." If it's indoor does it count as a façade?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance From the pictures in post five, WDW's version isn't nearly as nice.
