Originally Posted By DlandDug >>You do understand that the people who got most excited about this stuff were the 40 to 50-year-old men who designed them, right?<< Is this an implication that Mary Blair was a cross dresser? The people who have been getting most excited about this attraction are the millions and millions of fans who have been experiencing this since it was first introduced in 1964 at the New York World's Fair.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I think the message of Small World still rings true today. Sure, there are lots of cynical people that will just shrug their shoulders and dismiss it, but I really do think that Small World concept is timeless. The Tiki Room on the other hand...
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<The Tiki Room on the other hand...>> . . . is even more timeless than Small World? Dr. Reinhardt's ADHD kicked in in mid sentence.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>I can't imagine Small World or Tiki Room dazzling anyone over 5 years old.<<< Funny, my wife was 22 before she ever step foot in a Disney park. IASW is her favorite and she loves the Tiki Room. So do I. In fact it was after riding IASW 3 times in a row without getting off that I knew she needed to be my bride.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance ^^^ There must be something to that Dave, because my brother's wife refuses to ride IASW, and she turned out to be a nightmare.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Constance have you ever considered being a comic? You are cracking me up.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance lol I'm just keeping it real! She DOES refuse to ride it, and she IS a nightmare!
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "Is this an implication that Mary Blair was a cross dresser?" I was speaking about WED in general.
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne I was 19 the first time I went inside the Tiki Room and 20 for my first ride on IASW ( thanks to the long refurb in 08).. I cried during both because I had been dreaming of them both my whole life.. Every home video or photo album I'd ever seen from America featured both heavily, in particular IASW.. I was beyond dazzled, I felt like all my dreams had come true and I have gone back to them multiple times in my visits since.. I had nine days in the park last December, aged 22 and they both still took my breath away!
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 " was 19 the first time I went inside the Tiki Room and 20 for my first ride on IASW" Wow - that must constitute THE LONGEST ever "day trip" to DL EVER!!!
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne Haha!! IASW was down in July 08 when I finally got there.. We knew in advance but we still got depressed to be so close yet so far and not knowing if we'd ever return ( my younger brother is still waiting!)
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 I usually only do IASW and Tiki Room once per trip. It isn't that I do not like them, it is that those songs seriously start making me twitchy about halfway through and then I have them stuck in my head for hours, if not days, afterwards.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Picasso said, "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child." The point isn't to celebrate that which is childish (ie: most of what passes for "entertainment" these days on the Disney Channel), but rather that which is childlike. Sophistication knows no age limit. (And that works both ways!)" You realize that you're lecturing someone who has had a DL AP on & off for decades. And has taken solo trips to WDW. And has Cat in the Hat tattoo. I love quality kids' entertainment. And I'm not even saying that the Tiki Room & Small World aren't quality*. That's a huge overstatement. If you want to call them charming, hey, I won't argue. But dazzling? "The people who have been getting most excited about this attraction are the millions and millions of fans who have been experiencing this since it was first introduced in 1964 at the New York World's Fair." That's nostalgia, not dazzle. Shoot, I get nostalgic for the Tiki Room at times. *Although I personally find them kind of cheesy).
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>And has Cat in the Hat tattoo.<< Did you get it on your arm? Does it cause you any harm? Did the needle hurt at all? Did you wince or did you bawl? Is the ink in red and blue? Does the Cat look good on you? Did you get verbal abuse, Teased for wearing Dr. Seuss? If so, don't pay them any mind. I'm sure your tat is quite refined. You've got a tat of the Cat in the Hat, And that is that, now I must scat.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 The very talented Kar2oonMan, ladies and gentlemen! Very impressive sir
