fantasmicsyd
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Man, I wish we had a clearer photo of the pillar scene. I just looked at the Ken Anderson illustrations and for the first time it was clear to me how the scene was meant to be staged. Hopefully they turn up one day!
As far as I know, it was a mirror effect upon reopening in 1983.I'm trying to remember when the physical apple was replaced with the holographic apple.
I just discovered that the "Have an apple, dearie" that Stefano said he was able to make out at 1:05 in the 1972 recording is not the same "Have an apple, dearie" that I always thought I heard at the cauldron scene at 0:54/0:55. The line I hear at the cauldron is delivered with a subdued demeanor and a lower-pitched voice, but if you listen very closely, you can hear that the one at 1:05—playing for riders one car behind at the cauldron scene assuming no part of the ride is missing from the recording—is identical to the familiar, high-pitched, maniacal versions of the line. It's unmistakable once you hear it.
So as it turns out, there was indeed a high-pitched "Have an apple, dearie" (possibly even the same one used in Forty Pounds of Trouble) in the ride at the time of the 1972 recording, and it just happens that the reel didn't play when it was supposed to. I still think the line was meant to play at the cauldron scene (at least at the time of the recording) as opposed to the pillar, as not only would this match the pace of the recording, but you can in fact hear the squeak of crash doors opening at 1:02, which virtually confirms that the sinister laugh at 1:00 is at the pillar vignette. As for the sound heard at 0:54/0:55 at the cauldron... I have no idea what it could be, really.
My new hypothesis is that the "Have an apple, dearie" line was originally used for the pillar, moved to the cauldron at some point, and then moved back to the pillar. I'm not sure why this would have been the case, but it's fairly plausible considering the confusing inconsistencies between the recording and Stefano's recollection.
To clear up any confusion, the sound I thought I was hearing at 0:54/0:55 in the recording (which I'm still under the impression is at the cauldron scene) was a very muffled, lower pitched "Have an apple, dearie?" that sounds nothing like any other version of that line.Are these the same voicelines you are talking about:
Forty Pounds of Trouble version heard here at 1:09 next to the boat witch. Though I don't know if the audio track even matches the video.
And the Alternate take heard at the 1991 WDW cauldron at :47.
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