Imagine if Aladdin had been made in the early 1950’s and was adapted into one of the three Opening Day FL dark rides...
1955: ALADDIN’S ARABIAN FRIGHTS
Ride scenes:
- CAVE OF WONDERS: Ride vehicle enters through stone tiger’s mouth painted on exterior mural. Abu steals gem. Treasure and rock piles threaten to fall. Genie points the way out to...
- MARKETPLACE: Guards lunge out from behind market stalls. A dark alley leads to...
- JAFAR’S LAIR: Jafar cackles, holding the genie lamp. The eyes in his snake staff light up as vehicle escapes into...
- TRANSFORMED PALACE: As pillars crack and totter, Snake Jafar approaches from the end of a palace corridor. You turn a corner to find Jasmine imprisoned in the big hourglass. You enter a pitch dark room where many giant hourglasses fall and spin. You turn one final corner...
GIANT SNAKE MOUTH: Swallows you. The End.
1983: ALADDIN’S ARABIAN ADVENTURES
Ride scenes:
- CAVE OF WONDERS: Entering though a sculpted stone tiger’s mouth, vehicles find a beautiful cave of treasures. One pile of treasure, with Abu on top, totters a bit. You pass a scene of Aladdin meeting Genie.
- MARKETPLACE: You see Aladdin arrive as Prince Ali in a scaled-down parade scene. Jasmine, the Sultan and Raja watch from palace balcony. A dark alley leads to...
- JAFAR’S LAIR: Jafar laughs evilly as Iago appears in window, holding the lamp.
- TRANSFORMED PALACE: Genie covers his eyes and Jasmine shields her father as Aladdin faces Giant Snake Jafar. Snake bellows, “I WISH TO BE A GENIE!!!” Turn corner to see spinning sculpt of Genie Jafar being pulled into lamp (“Noooooooo!!!)
- HAPPY PALACE: Very small final scene shows Aladdin and Jasmine waving goodbye to freed genie. The End.
2021: ALADDIN’S MAGICAL DREAM
Ride scenes:
- CAVE OF WONDERS: Aladdin is sitting on a big diamond and singing “There’s so much more to meeeeeeeee” while Abu holds up the lamp.
- FRIEND LIKE ME: An awkward attempt to recreate the musical number using a not-great-looking AA genie surrounded by projections lifted straight from the movie.
- MARKETPLACE: A small crowd of guards and merchants watch a film clip of the Prince Ali parade.
- JAFAR’S LAIR: Same as before, but more brightly lit and less threatening.
- MAGIC CARPET: Vehicle passes a lightly animated sculpt of Aladdin and Jasmine sitting on Magic Carpet singing “Whole New World” surrounded by toony clouds. In the background, you can just barely see a tiny cardboard cutout of Snake Jafar looking kinda angry.
- HAPPY ENDING: Projected flowers and sparkles enliven the throne room as Aladdin and Jasmine wave goodbye to Genie.
- HAPPY ENDING (?) PART TWO: On your left, Jasmine waves goodbye to Aladdin (on your right) as he waves back to her while leaving aboard magic carpet. The End.
1955: ALADDIN’S ARABIAN FRIGHTS
Ride scenes:
- CAVE OF WONDERS: Ride vehicle enters through stone tiger’s mouth painted on exterior mural. Abu steals gem. Treasure and rock piles threaten to fall. Genie points the way out to...
- MARKETPLACE: Guards lunge out from behind market stalls. A dark alley leads to...
- JAFAR’S LAIR: Jafar cackles, holding the genie lamp. The eyes in his snake staff light up as vehicle escapes into...
- TRANSFORMED PALACE: As pillars crack and totter, Snake Jafar approaches from the end of a palace corridor. You turn a corner to find Jasmine imprisoned in the big hourglass. You enter a pitch dark room where many giant hourglasses fall and spin. You turn one final corner...
GIANT SNAKE MOUTH: Swallows you. The End.
1983: ALADDIN’S ARABIAN ADVENTURES
Ride scenes:
- CAVE OF WONDERS: Entering though a sculpted stone tiger’s mouth, vehicles find a beautiful cave of treasures. One pile of treasure, with Abu on top, totters a bit. You pass a scene of Aladdin meeting Genie.
- MARKETPLACE: You see Aladdin arrive as Prince Ali in a scaled-down parade scene. Jasmine, the Sultan and Raja watch from palace balcony. A dark alley leads to...
- JAFAR’S LAIR: Jafar laughs evilly as Iago appears in window, holding the lamp.
- TRANSFORMED PALACE: Genie covers his eyes and Jasmine shields her father as Aladdin faces Giant Snake Jafar. Snake bellows, “I WISH TO BE A GENIE!!!” Turn corner to see spinning sculpt of Genie Jafar being pulled into lamp (“Noooooooo!!!)
- HAPPY PALACE: Very small final scene shows Aladdin and Jasmine waving goodbye to freed genie. The End.
2021: ALADDIN’S MAGICAL DREAM
Ride scenes:
- CAVE OF WONDERS: Aladdin is sitting on a big diamond and singing “There’s so much more to meeeeeeeee” while Abu holds up the lamp.
- FRIEND LIKE ME: An awkward attempt to recreate the musical number using a not-great-looking AA genie surrounded by projections lifted straight from the movie.
- MARKETPLACE: A small crowd of guards and merchants watch a film clip of the Prince Ali parade.
- JAFAR’S LAIR: Same as before, but more brightly lit and less threatening.
- MAGIC CARPET: Vehicle passes a lightly animated sculpt of Aladdin and Jasmine sitting on Magic Carpet singing “Whole New World” surrounded by toony clouds. In the background, you can just barely see a tiny cardboard cutout of Snake Jafar looking kinda angry.
- HAPPY ENDING: Projected flowers and sparkles enliven the throne room as Aladdin and Jasmine wave goodbye to Genie.
- HAPPY ENDING (?) PART TWO: On your left, Jasmine waves goodbye to Aladdin (on your right) as he waves back to her while leaving aboard magic carpet. The End.
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