Originally Posted By sarahwithbaloo Lilo looks as though she has been on a diet. No sorry not buying it. The whole point of IASW was to celebrate children and unity around the world not advertise Disney characters. Personally I do not think Stitch looks very Mary Blair anyway.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me how adding these characters is really enhancing the Small World experience. How exactly is this making the ride any better than it was before? If you're gonna update an attraction, then shouldn't the change be made in some way that actually makes the attraction better?
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me how adding these characters is really enhancing the Small World experience. How exactly is this making the ride any better than it was before?" That's the same thing I was asking. How do these particular changes make it better?
Originally Posted By jonvn The answer is it does not make it better. However, it does allow them the chance to sell more toys at the exit shop, so for Disney, that IS better.
Originally Posted By danyoung >If it's good enough for Six Flags ...< This is what bothers me about this whole discussion - the idea that if you aren't totally up in arms about this change you are somehow less of a Disney park fan. C'mon, folks - some of us will get pissed about some things, and some of us won't.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>if you aren't totally up in arms about this change you are somehow less of a Disney park fan.<< Nooooo, and you only partially quoted me there. I'm saying that if you haven't given this any more thought than "I think the characters would be cute," then you've not shown that you're qualified to talk about the creation and updating of theme park attractions. Believe it or not, there's a bit more to it than that.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Here's a cute page from the Hong Kong Disneyland page. <a href="http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/en_US/events/landing?name=smallworldPage" target="_blank">http://park.hongkongdisneyland .com/hkdl/en_US/events/landing?name=smallworldPage</a> Note some of the 'Mary Blairized' characters that come out of the clock. Aladdin made me giggle. As did Donald Duck in the Sombrero.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 <<< didn't realize that I wasn't qualified to participate in this important discussion. Dear mawnck your post made me laugh! We are talking about an attraction in a theme park aren't we? It didn't even exist the first time I went to Disneyland. Done.
Originally Posted By Skellington88 she looks different than the other dolls...obviously the imagineers want guests to clearly notice these charecters. There intentionally making them look more detailed and stuff. Its not subtle or tasteful at all. I wasnt expecting it to be anyway.
Originally Posted By Skellington88 Does anyone remember when they painted one of the mermaids in the Submarine Voyage to look like Ariel? That was cool. Was it only in california or florida too? Man i miss the submarine voyage it was so cool now all it is video projections.
Originally Posted By danyoung >I'm saying that if you haven't given this any more thought than "I think the characters would be cute," then you've not shown that you're qualified to talk about the creation and updating of theme park attractions.< Sorry, but this is just ridiculous. I've been riding small world since probably before most of you were born, and have always enjoyed the ride, the message, and the history of the attraction. I'm as fully qualified as anyone else here to have an opinion about a classic Disney attraction. But because my opinion differs from yours, somehow I'm "not qualified" to even have an opinion? Ludicrous!
Originally Posted By jonvn "I've been riding small world since probably before most of you were born" Yeah? And I was riding it before it was open to the public. Guess I win. "But because my opinion differs from yours, somehow I'm "not qualified" to even have an opinion? " No. The point was that saying "it's cute" ignores what the addition of these characters means, how it changes the point of the ride, and how this problem is spreading throughout all the parks.
Originally Posted By danyoung ^^^ You're assuming that adding a Disney character here or there somehow changes the point of the ride. I don't totally dispute this, but it's not in any way a fact. It's merely an opinion - an opinion that is widespread in the Disney fan community, it seems.
Originally Posted By jonvn "You're assuming that adding a Disney character here or there somehow changes the point of the ride" No, I'm not assuming it. It does do it. And, no, it's not an opinion. There is a reason people are saying this. It's been gone over several times now as to why it changes the ride.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Sorry Jonvn, but danyoung's right. Until we actually SEE it, it's nothing but speculation and people's thoughts on the matter, an opinion. How can you or anyone just the merits of these changes if we haven't even seen them yet or know the full extent of them??
