I am something of a Disney purist (a ‘dis-nerd’, if you insist), so you can imagine my dismay when I read an article this morning that Disneyland is updating their “It’s a Small World” ride at the Anaheim park. This appears to be similar to the changes that they made to Hong Kong Disneyland’s ride last year.
Here are a couple of pictures of the new and ‘improved’ ride.
I only hope that Walt Disney World doesn’t follow suit and update their ride as well. I would hope that there is one thing in the park that is ‘off-limits’ to updates. I thought that it was the castle in Walt Disney World, but with the addition of the extra-special guest bedroom, that is apparently not the case. What’s next? Updating the Peter Pan ride to reflect Tinkerbell’s adventures in her schlocky direct-to-DVD adventures? Throwing Jack Sparrow into the Pirates of the Caribbean ride (oh, too late, they did that already). I know times are tough, Disney, but this isn’t the answer.
