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

[Ghoulish Delight]

Haven't read the thread since I've been avoiding spoilers/being colored by others' opinions. Finally rode it today. Here are my impressions.

New character dolls: Taken as a whole, they get one big "whatever" from me. I found some more sore-thumbish than others, but nothing awful enough to bother itemizing. I wish they weren't there, but they don't detract from the ride too terribly.

Audio changes: Hardly noticed them. I guess part of it was I was too busy looking so I wasn't really listening. I didn't even notice "when you wish upon a star" until CP said something about it. I don't have a particularly good ear for music, especially when there are multiple things layered on top of each other. I just don't register it.

I've been informed that I'm supposed to have been horrified by Ariel's singing voice. Between he fact that I found her to be the most visually distracting of all the character additions, looking ahead for other characters, and the general cacaphony of that area, I wasn't even aware that she had a separate singing track until we were almost out of earshot, so I can't even really tell you what it sounded like.

Salvaged Gay-tor: Bleh, bleh, bleh. What a mess. Very very sad.

America section: UnbeLIEVAbly awful. Holy hell is that crap. It's like they found some high school theater department that did a play set on a farm and begged them to have their set pieces when they were done. The whole thing is tacky and garish beyond belief. I find it incomprehensible that someone looked at that design and gave it a thumbs up.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm a fan of this ride, always loved it since I was a kid. Already I've been avoiding it during "Christmas" (Nov thru mid-Jan) since I'm not a fan of red and green vomit, but now, I know I'm going to go on it much less than I used to, year round.

I love the new lighting outside, and the colors inside are amazing, as Borneio mentioned. Everything (original) looks gorgeous.

The character dolls were nice looking. I liked the styling on the sidekick characters a lot. Even Abu as Mary Blaired looked good. But, for the most part they were stationary, with a spotlight on them, and they detract from everything else around. (Why does MuShu get TWO representations?)

The only new music I noticed was When You Wish Upon A Star near Pinocchio, but I wasn't listening for it (avoided spoilers). Seemed unobtrusive to me.

Disco Nemo and Fat Dory...wtf?

Even so, I would have been able to get over it. But the sad, squeezed in rainforest. And the worst thing ever, the America Room.

I was in shock, and I almost couldn't look at it, it was so awful. The theme is fine by me, and hell, I could even get behind the idea of a new room, and America room, whatever, but that was a piece of sh.t. It was as if they spent 50 bucks on some cardboard. How can they fvcking do this and not realize how terrible it looks?? I did like Woody and Jesse. But oh, God, not worth it for the awful, awful room.

Getting off the ride, I just felt weary. I remembered protests of the past - the City Hall visit for the teacups, the hand clapping in the Haunted Mansion to resurrect the cymbals monkeys. I feel so angry and yet so defeated. I'm no longer a serious geek, as it took me so long to even get to the park to see this. I don't have the resolve to cause a stink about it.

It's times like these that I'm glad Al is around, though I'm sure he's taken with a grain of salt by Disney. I do hope that those at the other sites are mad too, and perhaps making their voices heard....though it hardly will make a difference, I'm afraid. So says I, Davy Jones.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Salvaged Gay-tor: Bleh, bleh, bleh. What a mess. Very very sad.

What did they do to my Gay-tor?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

What did they do to my Gay-tor?

They took him, and a few other elements from the rain forest, and shoved them at the end of the previous room.

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

They took him, and a few other elements from the rain forest, and shoved them at the end of the previous room.

Except you aren't looking at him due to the giant neon monstrosity that you can see in the next room.