It's a Small World - Disney Characters and America Additions

innerSpaceman · 02-14-2009, 08:11 AM

Well, it's a sad world after all.

I hated this far worse than I expected to.

I think it's because I saw pictures of some of the new Disney dolls and wasn't repulsed. And in the ride, the first few aren't so bad. Peter Pan's up above with Tink and not in your face. Alice and the White Rabbit are off to the side and looking strikingly MaryBlairish.

But then the dolls start getting right up in your face. Cinderella practically jumps into your much smaller Fisher Price boat. But Jacques and Gus also look MaryBlaired ... except that's the end of that trend.

From then on, you're riding "it's a small world STARRING YOUR FAVORITE DISNEY CHARACTERS" in vaguely dollish style, but dedidedly not Blairic.

The Disney music queues mixed in with the soundtrack are unsubtley annoying. The obvious game of spot-your-favorite will destroy the charm of it's a small world for years to come. It's such a shame ... because the rest of ride that's now decidedly in the background is spruced up nicer than I've seen it in decades. OMG, it may be the first time since the 70's I've seen All Five Tahitian Dancer Girls all there ANd all WoRKinG!

To top it all off - the America section is beyond Streetcorner-Carnival lame and tacky.

What a crushing disappointment. I skipped this attraction entirely during the decade they replaced the real soundtrack with the boring Paris version, and I've a feeling I'm about to miss another 10 years of so of it's a small world.

The really sad thing is this could have been a perfectly acceptable alterative for including in the seasonal Holiday version.

Oh, and I was wondering why Alice, the White Rabbit and Jacques & Gus were done so perfectly Mary Blairish while all the other characters fell flat. Then Isaac reminded me of the wonderful storybooks I read as a child (featured a while back in a Disney Gallery exhibit). Mary Blair did the illustrations for such tales as ... oh yeah, Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland.

They simply CoPiED her designs for those few characters in the new HongKongization of small world. Then went on to display their complete lack of adapting her style.

Piss Freaking Poor.

Sad = Me

02-14-2009, 08:11 AM	#25
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Well, it's a sad world after all. I hated this far worse than I expected to. I think it's because I saw pictures of some of the new Disney dolls and wasn't repulsed. And in the ride, the first few aren't so bad. Peter Pan's up above with Tink and not in your face. Alice and the White Rabbit are off to the side and looking strikingly MaryBlairish. But then the dolls start getting right up in your face. Cinderella practically jumps into your much smaller Fisher Price boat. But Jacques and Gus also look MaryBlaired ... except that's the end of that trend. From then on, you're riding "it's a small world STARRING YOUR FAVORITE DISNEY CHARACTERS" in vaguely dollish style, but dedidedly not Blairic. The Disney music queues mixed in with the soundtrack are unsubtley annoying. The obvious game of spot-your-favorite will destroy the charm of it's a small world for years to come. It's such a shame ... because the rest of ride that's now decidedly in the background is spruced up nicer than I've seen it in decades. OMG, it may be the first time since the 70's I've seen All Five Tahitian Dancer Girls all there ANd all WoRKinG! To top it all off - the America section is beyond Streetcorner-Carnival lame and tacky. What a crushing disappointment. I skipped this attraction entirely during the decade they replaced the real soundtrack with the boring Paris version, and I've a feeling I'm about to miss another 10 years of so of it's a small world. The really sad thing is this could have been a perfectly acceptable alterative for including in the seasonal Holiday version. Oh, and I was wondering why Alice, the White Rabbit and Jacques & Gus were done so perfectly Mary Blairish while all the other characters fell flat. Then Isaac reminded me of the wonderful storybooks I read as a child (featured a while back in a Disney Gallery exhibit). Mary Blair did the illustrations for such tales as ... oh yeah, Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland. They simply CoPiED her designs for those few characters in the new HongKongization of small world. Then went on to display their complete lack of adapting her style. Piss Freaking Poor. Sad = Me
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