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.
Saw small world and pirates on Saturday.
Lame. They need to focus on preservation for the classics.
They could always build new rides and connect to California Adventure.
The space between CA and Disneyland is a waste as well as the fake ocean boardwalk. Why would they build a ‘recreation of a classic costal boardwalk/amusement park’ and then butcher their own rides?
If it wasn’t for stealing the Electric Light Parade and park hopper tickets, no one would care about CA.
They need to just gut it and add newer disney animated attractions.
A dedicated POTC ride would be cool and they can put the Depp’s they made in that and leave the original alone for the older fans.
Sigh…
Thank you for the post. This is just what I needed today!