Originally Posted By wildghostz I just read a local major newspaper, finally we heard some official voices about IASW for HKDL. i tried to translate the summary into English. "Bill Ernest was interviewed recently about the future plan for HKDL. Ernest said the next attraction IS going to be in Fantasyland after those 3 new things in Tomorrowland this summer, and the "new attraction" will take 2 years to finish. When he was asked if the next attraction to be ISAW, he said he will announce it very soon, and he also said he would like to ask HK people if they really want ISAW to be in HKDL." so, i think ISAW is not a rumor anymore, it is going to happen very soon.
Originally Posted By Mr X *Yawn* Sorry to the Small World fan club, but charming though it might be I don't think it's a great idea to be putting it in ahead of more compelling attractions like the Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Big Thunder, Splash Mountain, or, dare I say, something NEW!? Though, I admit, every little bit has GOT to help. Did I read a rumor that they ARE going ahead with Pirates soon?
Originally Posted By wildghostz "what is this IASW ride I keep hearing about?" It's A Small World or some people may comment HKDL is: "It's A Suck World" ... lolzzz
Originally Posted By oc_dean Well ... isn't it they were going to do a replica of the "1964 World's Fair" sets with a cheazy flume .. instead of the elaborate show building in versions found in WDW,Paris, and TDL?
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 How is the flume cheesy? I find it no less lacking than the "immersed" versions at TDL and WDW. I find Disneyland's, flume included, to be the most charming of all. I guess "cheesy" is a matter of opinion!
Originally Posted By HongKongDisneyLand The Original Mary Blair Design is the most charming of all...
Originally Posted By oc_dean The beauty of flooded showbuildings .. is you cannot see the "under workings" that often become dirty, and scuffed with several weeks of maintainance crews doing their thing. Seems everytime I go on DL's "it's a small world" ... the illusion is messed up with all the ugliness off of each side of the flume. No matter how many black velvet sheets they try to use ... I still see equipment, supports, dirty stairs, etc ...... Then I went on WDW's for the first time in '92 .. and have seen pics of TDL's and DLP's ... and I'm just in awe how much TOTALLY BETTER flooded showbuildings are for this attraction. Not a flume!
Originally Posted By oc_dean The shimmering reflections seen here in TDL's version demonstrate my point .. that the way of the "flooded showbuilding" ADDS to the overall "magic" of 'it's a small world'. <a href="http://www.tdrfan.com/tdl/fantasyland/small_world/sw_ride4.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.tdrfan.com/tdl/fant asyland/small_world/sw_ride4.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.tdrfan.com/tdl/fantasyland/small_world/sw_ride8.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.tdrfan.com/tdl/fant asyland/small_world/sw_ride8.jpg</a> And then we look at this........ DL's version: <a href="http://dewey.cac.washington.edu/ken/pictures/disney/P4290025.html" target="_blank">http://dewey.cac.washington.ed u/ken/pictures/disney/P4290025.html</a> There is nothing so "charming" and "enduring" of an aqua colored fliberglass canal, with the supports and other "behind the scenes" Prettiness shown. So .. I really don't understand the notion that recreating a "1964 Original" is going to ~capture~ some magical quality ... when progress has clearly shown the Flooded Showbuilding was an invention created out of progress - therefore rendering the Fliberglass Flume obsolete. Going "retro" .. is more like regression, as far as I'm concerned for this particular attraction.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney ZZZZzzzzzz Wake me when they put in POTC, BTM, Splash or even something out of DCA. NOT a IASW fan .
Originally Posted By mrichmondj Would it be total blasphemy to suggest a completely different take on IASW? I am think of getting rid of the boats and coming up with a ride system that suspends you above the show scenes like flying in a hot air balloon. I wouldn't change the overall artistic direction of the ride, just the perspective that you get from the ride system.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Well, I think it would be a great idea if they used animatronic Disney characters to do the singing and dancing inside the attraction for a change--instead of the usual dolls that all look alike. There's even a pin set at Walt Disney World and Disneyland that shows how this had once been a concept Imagineers had thought about way back when the ride was first being planned. Pinocchio characters could represent Italy, Lion King Characters could represent Africa, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella could represent France and so on.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo That's sacreligious ladies. The whole point of IASW is the children basically look the same, because essentially we are the same.
Originally Posted By leemac <<There's even a pin set at Walt Disney World and Disneyland that shows how this had once been a concept Imagineers had thought about way back when the ride was first being planned.>> The artwork isn't from the sixties. It was considered as a makeover more recently.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: We didn't say the artwork was from the sixties nor did we mean to imply it. Only that the concept of using the Disney characters in the attraction was one that was considered a long time ago.
Originally Posted By irishfan >>once been a concept Imagineers had thought about way back when the ride was first being planned. << This was a concept from only a couple of years ago wansn't it? Just before the complete refurbishment of the attraction at the Magic Kingdom.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I'm not really sure how I would feel about a character invasion of IASW... Maybe on a new version, like the one being built for Hong Kong, but not on an existing version. If it was built that way from the start, I guess I couldn't complain because it had not been the original in the first place.
Originally Posted By leemac I believe you are right irishfan. I don't really understand what the witches are trying to say. I don't believe that WED ever planned to have the Disney characters in iasw in the '60s.
