Originally Posted By Disneydanny i'm surprised there isn't a thread about this yet but apparently the flying carpet used in "A Whole New World" returned to the "Aladdin" show last Friday
Originally Posted By phruby I hear CAL/OSHA has forced Disney to put large hand rails around the flying carpet and blinking lights so low flying planes will see it.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I completely agree with Manfried's sentiment. As long as the show's running, I'm glad they're fixing it and keeping everything operational. However, I'd much rather see a new show than this one that's been running for nearly a decade (and I never much cared for it in the first place).
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I hear CAL/OSHA has forced Disney to put large hand rails around the flying carpet and blinking lights so low flying planes will see it." Might not be a bad idea after the near disaster that happened. On another note, I always hold my breath when Tinkerbell flies over the Castle. I know it's silly, but I'm always thinking "please don't let her fall, please don't let her fall, please DON'T LET HER FALL!!"
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Thank you for posting Disneydanny. Last time we saw the show, while enjoyable with the flying "over" the stage, it felt kind of creepy knowing that there had been an accident. I look forward to seeing the flying carpet again
Originally Posted By KCCHIEF Hans, I have always thought that myself....just chalked it up to being the overly protective mama bear in me
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm terrified of heights Kcchief. I get sweaty palms just thinking about ziplining from the top of the Matterhorn.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 <<<On another note, I always hold my breath when Tinkerbell flies over the Castle. I know it's silly, but I'm always thinking "please don't let her fall, please don't let her fall, please DON'T LET HER FALL!!">>> My reaction is usually "Please can I do that? Oh please, oh please, oh please!" I think she has the most awesome job of any of the characters in the park!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt She really does. Seems so dangerous though. But I guess if you're a trained aerialist it's no big deal.
Originally Posted By ksargen My mother still talks about the lady the did the Tinkerbell flying job when she was young - she swore she had to be in her 50s! Always made her wonder what you had to do to GET that job. *LOL*
Originally Posted By Dabob2 She was a former circus aerialist named Tiny Kline. She had worked on a wire before, and it made perfect sense to hire someone like that for the first Tinkerbell.
Originally Posted By phruby Ever see the youtube video of Tiny Kline crossing Time Square on a wire by holding on with her teeth? Walt should have had her do that at Disneyland!! <a href="http://youtu.be/0iq8qeDnnOQ" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/0iq8qeDnnOQ</a>
Originally Posted By Indigo That video looked familiar, I wrote a post on Tiny Kline back in 2010 - <a href="http://thedisneyblog.com/2010/09/02/finding-tiny-kline/" target="_blank">http://thedisneyblog.com/2010/...y-kline/</a>
Originally Posted By believe >>>>>>I'm terrified of heights Kcchief. I get sweaty palms just thinking about ziplining from the top of the Matterhorn.<<<<<< What a great idea! Do you know how much money disney can make to zip line from the Matterhorn.?! I don't think Disney has zip lining yet at any park. It's about time... As a comparison, at the Vegas Downtown Fremont street, they charge $20 to zipline about 200 feet. If you can send someone down every 2 minutes, that's about $600/hour. Might take about 6CMs to operate, at about $15/CM/hour, so roughly $100/hour to operate. In a 10 hour day, you'd make $6000 minus $1000 = $5000. Then, you can also make money on videos, Tshirts, etc. That's over a million in profits per year!
Originally Posted By ksargen Does anyone know what years Ms. Kline was Tinkerbell? I'd love to share with my mom!
