Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech I don't remember seeing this posted before, but it could be old news too. I noticed that several effects on the Alice ride have been upgraded with snazzier technology. For example, the moon that turns into the Cheshire Cats smile is now a fully animated digitally projection, whereas before it was simply a moving spotlight. A similar upgrade was done to the Caterpillars smoke letters- they are now more fully animated. Seems like there were a couple of other things which I'm blanking on right now but it's nice to see these little upgrades. I notice that Mr Toad is going down for rehab for about a month. I know that they could easily use that time to simply clean up what's there, but is anyone aware of similar upgrades for Toad? Or an active plan to enhance all the Fantasyland Dark Rides?
Originally Posted By disney411 i noticed these changes to on the ALcie ride to. They really need to update Pnocchios daring journey YIKES!!!! that ride needs help
Originally Posted By ChampDisney Agreed with Disney411 but I also think that Mr. Toad has a good advantage of repairing for that month refurb.
Originally Posted By sgennawey Glad somebody brought this subject up. Maybe I have just missed it over the years but when did Alice find herself across from the caterpiller? Was she always there?
Originally Posted By bcoffing Here's a fun fact about this ride. I just rode it two days ago. The new changes are nice. I thought, being the daring 23-year-old that I am, it would be fun to bail out of my car and join my friends behind me on this ride. Turns out, the CM's didn't think it was very funny. They shut the ride down, called security, and I was escorted out of the park.... Not my favorite Disney memory =(
Originally Posted By DlandDug Alice herself was added to the ride when Fantasyland was massively remodeled in 1982. I have been told that the figure is from the Mickey Mouse Review that used to play in the MK, but now plays in TDL.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 This is the first time I've seen this mentioned here, and it's very nice to see. I love it when Disney plusses its rides and doesn't make a big deal about it - you find out when you ride. "Hey... that wasn't there before..."
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I thought, being the daring 23-year-old that I am, it would be fun to bail out of my car and join my friends behind me on this ride." That was a dumb thing to do. You put yourself and others in danger. Someone else did the same thing once on the Peoplemover and was run over, dragged by the car and killed.
Originally Posted By bcoffing Thanks for the heads-up, Hans. I'm pretty sure the interview with security and being escorted down Main Street to be kicked out of the park was enough to get the point across... But, who knows, maybe your little lecture will help.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo >>Glad somebody brought this subject up. Maybe I have just missed it over the years but when did Alice find herself across from the caterpiller? Was she always there?>> I think she's out of place frankly. You're supposed to sort of 'become' Alice as you fall down the rabbit hole while she narrates. Seeing her standing there removes the sense of immersion. If they are going to put her in, she should be there more than once. Having a single Alice makes her seem like an odd character you meet along the way.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <But, who knows, maybe your little lecture will help.> I find Hans' lectures extremely helpful.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Thanks for the heads-up, Hans." You're welcome. We've all done stupid things at one time or another without seriously thinking about the possible outcomes. Sorry to hear that your actions resulted in your being asked to leave Disneyland.
Originally Posted By bean Sorry but that was more than stupid. jumping out of a moveing transport vehicle and at the age of 23.
Originally Posted By tigger_twin89 >>I think she's out of place frankly. You're supposed to sort of 'become' Alice as you fall down the rabbit hole while she narrates. Seeing her standing there removes the sense of immersion.<< The whole point of all the dark rides was the audience was supposed to see the ride through the eyes of the main char, however not many people got it so each character was added in one place in their ride.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>I'm pretty sure the interview with security and being escorted down Main Street to be kicked out of the park was enough to get the point across<< Did you remember to tell them that you've been kicked out of better theme parks ;-)
Originally Posted By dresswhites i never understood why Pinnochio gets ragged on so much. It is actually my favorite of the fantasyland dark rides. i think there are alot of cool effects, particularly in the pleasure island scene and the workshop scene. i love all the loving detail with the clocks. they could of easily just put some painted flats of clocks, but luckily this is not the case. i also like the effect of the the sea gulls flying across the sky. Mr Toad is fun too, i hope with the rehab they make Hell hot again.
