'it's a small world' Refurbishment July 27-29

[Minthorne]

From what I understand the all white color in the finale room is to show unity.

Although that room is begging for a projection map treatment. That would be amazing too.

unity or conformity?

 

[RoadiJeff]

I'll never forget the comment I read years ago on another forum from someone who said that Disney should pass out softballs to each guest as they board the boats for this attraction.

I'd want to take the journey early in the morning so there would still be something standing to aim at as I rode through.

 

[MisterPenguin]

There is a reason for the uniformity of color in the finale……

They're all in heaven because the adults destroyed the world.

 

[James Alucobond]

They're all in heaven because the adults destroyed the world.

 

[disneyC97]

The current queue/loading design is from 2005. I don’t think the fountains would fit where they originally were as the 2005 design takes up space across the water where the fountains were. The 1971 design was on the walls only. (There’s a pic somewhere in this thread).

 

[Animaniac93-98]

There is a reason for the uniformity of color in the finale……

That and that's how it was designed by Mary Blair and changing it just cause defeats the point of having her as the lead designer and colour stylist.

 

[DisneyGentlemanV2.0]

They're all in heaven because the adults destroyed the world.

Based on the annoyingly repetitive misery for all eternity, I'd say they are far from heaven...

 

[Haymarket2008]

That and that's how it was designed by Mary Blair and changing it just cause defeats the point of having her as the lead designer and colour stylist.

THIS

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

Rumored to be getting a rainbow, colorful finale.

That’s dumb, it’s always been white, perhaps they keep it white and make the scene go from white to color like Spectromagic . If it’s about what I think it is they obviously don’t go on their own rides nor have they seen the audio animatronics nor do they know much about them.

 

[TTA94]

Wish they would bring back the motion lighting around the archway entrance going into the attraction.

 

[DisneyGentlemanV2.0]

THIS

That and that's how it was designed by Mary Blair and changing it just cause defeats the point of having her as the lead designer and colour stylist.

There are so many places the art of Mary Blair has been destroyed - like Tomorrowland at Disneyland. It's like using Picassos as wet-wipes.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

It certainly looks better with most of the facade painted now (pic taken about 2 weeks ago).

 

[Disone]

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It certainly looks better with most of the facade painted now (pic taken about 2 weeks ago).

Agreed. I was there a few days ago for the first time and it really popped. I did find it odd the wait times at 45 minutes and it was actually 10.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Agreed. I was there a few days ago for the first time and it really popped. I did find it odd the wait times at 45 minutes and it was actually 10.

I had a similar experience with HM. Posted time was 35. Wait was maybe 10.

The most extreme example was Jungle Cruise. Posted wait 55 min, actual wait, again maybe 10 min, but this was shortly before park close and I think they were just stacking the queue.

 

[_caleb]

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It certainly looks better with most of the facade painted now (pic taken about 2 weeks ago).

To me, it looks like a backyard imagineering version of It's A Small World.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

To me, it looks like a backyard imagineering version of It's A Small World.

Shoehorning the clocktower into WDW's load area was never that great an idea, and it will always look "off" to a certain degree, but I don't mind the new paint job.

 

[_caleb]

Shoehorning the clocktower into WDW's load area was never that great idea, and it will always look "off" to a certain degree, but I don't mind the new paint job.

I didn't think about it, but I guess my comment WAS about MK's IASW in general more than about the recent paint job, which I agree looks better than it did.