| # | Author | Message |
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| Roger55
Mon 1/12/2009 12:00p | Well for as much bashing of the pin traders there has been around here lately... here is something out of the pin trading community that might interest you all.
The official Disney Pin Trading site has just released images of pins depicting the upcoming IASW Disney characters. Not sure if these are truly representative of what the characters will look like... but take a look.
Aladdin and Jasmine
http://eventservices.disney.go...id=42167
Ariel and Flounder
http://eventservices.disney.go...id=42233
Cinderella
http://eventservices.disney.go...id=42243
Lilo and Stitch
http://eventservices.disney.go...id=42164
Peter Pan and Tinker Bell
http://eventservices.disney.go...id=42165
Mulan
http://eventservices.disney.go...id=42246
Pinocchio
http://eventservices.disney.go...id=42249
Woody and Bullseye
http://eventservices.disney.go...id=42252
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| utahjosh
Mon 1/12/2009 1:04p | I like 'em. I look forward to seeing the characters in the ride. I don't think it will take away from the rest of the ride one bit, nor it's grand purpose here on earth. |
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| oc_dean
Mon 1/12/2009 1:05p | We'll all find out come mid February! |
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| oc_dean
Mon 1/12/2009 1:08p | I'll say this.....
on a superficial level ....
I believe the characters are going to look fine.
It's what the ride represents to people .. is where the opinions are going to stem from.
On face value ...
I'll say ..
Oh, they blend in okay.
Then on a deeper level ....
I may think it turns the ride into one giant commercial to promote their (already heavily promoted!) characters.
Again ...
we'll see in a month. |
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| oc_dean
Mon 1/12/2009 1:14p | I think all the debating over the course of the year comes down to this:
Those who see it as a cute ride with cute dolls and a cute song .. and has room for re-interpretations, all the time.
To those who see it for it's original intent ... As a celebration of one united world .. through the eyes of children of the world.
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| utahjosh
Mon 1/12/2009 1:25p | I guess I'm in-between.
I do see it as a cute ride with cute dolls and a cute song. I loved the Christmas re-interpretation. I don't think I'll mind the few characters thrown in. But I'm sure I'd reach a fighting point with too many changes.
I also understand its original intent. The song is profound, I love the celebration of one united world, through the eyes of children of the world. I don't think adding some child-version-Disney characters changes that. |
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| FerretAfros
Mon 1/12/2009 1:33p | They pretty much look like the ones already installed in HKDL. Some of them will blend in very well, while others (Stitch especially) stick out like a sore thumb.
And I'm not entirely sure, but I think that Mulan might have been in there for the holiday overlay. I noticed a doll in the Asian section near the end that was dressed in armor, holding onto a dragon kite. It didn't seem to be anything that I remembered from before, so it kind of stood out as being out of place. It was also up on a little pedestal (maybe 2-3 feet above the flume) right next to the boats, in an area where the rest of the set wasn't nearly as close. If it's what I'm thinking of, she will be on the left side of the boat, just before making the left turn on the way out of the Asian room (just before the sparkly panda but on the other side, near where the fireworks are for the holidays). |
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| Hans Reinhardt
Mon 1/12/2009 1:49p | Once again I have to agree with oc_dean. I think the new dolls, though incongruous with the world unity theme and a blatant example of Disney's corporate mandate to put characters EVERYWHERE at their parks, will probably be okay. As much as I don't like it they could have done worse. |
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| utahjosh
Mon 1/12/2009 2:05p | How funny would that be....if Mulan was there all through Christmas, and nobody even noticed. I didn't notice. |
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| lesmisfan
Mon 1/12/2009 2:37p | i thought the same thing about that doll! |
