Originally Posted By FerretAfros Wow...totaly brain fart! I thought this was the DL section. I haven't heard anything about them adding the holiday version this year. I would guess that they will have it normal all year for the first year, and then start in with the holiday decorations next year, as part of the Christmas/New Years season.
Originally Posted By Malin HKDL is very much into its Holiday makeovers and have previously given both Jungle Cruise a Pirate re theme and Space Mountain a Halloween re theme. I expect the plan will be to do the same with IASW at some point. But like FerretAfros points out it probarely won't happen this year due to it being the new attraction. But a couple of years down the line it would not suprise me, HKDL needs to offer guest new experiences with a limited budget so this seems like a good choice!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It will be interesting to see when (if) they do it, what changes will be made to the various representations. A lot of it just seems to be Christmas lights and Santa hats thrown everywhere, so it will be neat to see how they change things in places that might have more visitors (like the Pacific Island room, which has a pretty dreadful holiday version in DL) to make them more accurate. I'm not really familiar with many Asian winter celebrations, but I would guess they consist of much more than fireworks and ice sculptures.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris "I'm not really familiar with many Asian winter celebrations, but I would guess they consist of much more than fireworks and ice sculptures." WOW!!!!! Yeah, you're REALLY NOT, are you?!? Since you'd know that for many Asian countries, December is HARDLY winter! For those below the equator, it is actually SUMMER. For those on or just above it is HARDLY winter. And ice sculptures?!? I mean..........just WOW!!!!!
Originally Posted By WorldDisney That was a little harsh Bob. Not everyone knows that and besides Hong Kong/China, it's considered winter there when Australia/New Zealand has your summer. And yes, there are a few winter celebrations with ice sculptures. China has one every winter with huge sculptures (but please don't ask me the city or province lol) along with a big celebration in Hokkaido island in Japan that has a famous Ice sculpture every year in December and January. I tried to see it myself back in 2004 when I lived there. Hope that helps.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney ...when Australia/New Zealand has *their* summer. Sorry, I didn't mean 'you' specifically lol.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney And 95% of Asia is ABOVE the equator, China/Hong Kong WELL above it. Indonesia is really the only major Asian country that's below it and even then, the equator cuts through it, so again, its not a HUGE error in his argument, is it? And I'm not getting snippy, I just hate it when others get snippy with posters for being wrong, but yet wrong themselves.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris It's my reaction to the "We are the centre of the world and anybody that isn't us MUST BE the same as us" American attitude you see all the time.
Originally Posted By Malin <<< It's my reaction to the "We are the centre of the world and anybody that isn't us MUST BE the same as us" American attitude you see all the time. >>> I agree with WorldDisney the coments were harsh. If you have a problem with American's please don't use this thread on Its A Small World to get your point across. The LP Rules state this clearly enough to not go off topic and to not make personal attacks.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 ""I'm not really familiar with many Asian winter celebrations, but I would guess they consist of much more than fireworks and ice sculptures." WOW!!!!! Yeah, you're REALLY NOT, are you?!? Since you'd know that for many Asian countries, December is HARDLY winter! For those below the equator, it is actually SUMMER. For those on or just above it is HARDLY winter. And ice sculptures?!? I mean..........just WOW!!!!!" I don't think this was a serious comment about Asian cultures, but a remark about the Asia secion in "It's a Small World Holiday". Basically, they have fireworks and ice sculptures representing an "Asian" holiday celebration.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "It's my reaction to the "We are the centre of the world and anybody that isn't us MUST BE the same as us" American attitude you see all the time." If we want to go that route, you need to remember that it's "center", not "centre". : )
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: I thought Morva was the center a ev'rybody's dang world 'round here! Is ya all tellin' me I's been wrong?! Careful how ya answers that!
Originally Posted By Bob Paris "If we want to go that route, you need to remember that it's "center", not "centre". : )" Not where I live. I hate to make this an America vs the rest of the world thing but it's only spelled "center" in the US. Please refer to my previous post.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros But you were quoting the American attitude. I'm not sure many Americans would even know what 'centre' means, so their attitude would be that they are the 'center'. : )
Originally Posted By WorldDisney LOL Bob, I think you completely missed FerretAfros joke . And frankly, the man seems to have a veeery good attitude about all of this when its clear to others you went a little overboard on this. To be honest, I'm still not sure how a poster asking how some Asian countries celebrate winter ceremonies and holidays became some kind of form of 'American arrogance' but whatever. Hell, I LIVE in Asia and don't pretend to know how the many dozens of countries here celebrate around certain seasons and holidays, just some of the countries I lived in and tidbits on others I been fortunate enough to visit, but really it was a simple statement he made that was blown WAY out of poportion. Let's move on.
Originally Posted By Malin <<< Let's move on. >>> The Its A Small World website is now up and running, it includes cool features like video, pictures, audio and a couple of nice looking Wallpapers. <a href="http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/html/iasw/en_US/index.html" target="_blank">http://park.hongkongdisneyland...dex.html</a>
Originally Posted By katsmom Lilo's smile isn't as bad as it appears in those pictures. It's a bit more subdued in the ride. It does all work well together. In person, it's much much better than the photos. They don't do the colors justice, and I have a feeling in the Disney pics, they have additional lighting on that you just don't see in the ride.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Oh, katsmom, duckling!! How nice to see you splashing around in the Laughing Place Pond!
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Wow, shows how excited people are for this attraction around here . I find it ironic that a thread for the opening of this ride was started for a few weeks, but then I come back expecting people to talk about the actual grand opening day with pictures, video and etc and nada lol. Oh well, curious how the crowds have been the first few days of opening.
