The Empress Lilly
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Meh.
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Ariel's new look!
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TP2000
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Yeah, I thought Ariel was a blushing bride of 18, not a square-jawed woman of 27.
TP2000
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This topic has come up regularly for years, and it's likely due to the vastly larger pool of applicants you would have in Southern California versus Orlando, and the existing pro entertainment industry built-in around Southern California versus Orlando.
But I think what is happening now in 2013 at WDW is that they have opened up so many new Princess Glitter Meet N' Eat N' Buy Sparkle Pavilions across property in the last 18 months that the already limited pool of Orlando area talent is almost dried up. They just have more Princess shifts to fill every day at WDW than they had two years ago.
Up for some overtime this week, girls? Great, cause we've got shifts to fill!
The Empress Lilly
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She doesn't look all that great in the pic, does she?
But pictures sometimes can be a bit deceiving. There is more to being a good friend of a princess than mere physical likeness, or even attractiveness.
There is intonation, voice, gestures, movement - these all add to the convincingness of the experience. And all the things we can't see - the quality of the experience depends also on a friend's ability to stay in character when interacting with drooling kids, touchy guests, weirdos, bronies and lifestylers, imbeciles pulling on your hair or dress in hopes of shooting a YouTube 4Chan hit video.
I met a great friend of Rapunzel last year who looked nothing like her. (Not Pascal). But she totally acted the role!
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BaconPancakes
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I think she was 16, but not a child!
TubaGeek
God bless the "Ignore" button.
If you don't like someone as a character, fine, buy do not insult a person like that. That's completely uncalled for.
englanddg
One Little Spark...
In the story, I'm fairly sure she is 14.
JimboJones123
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Grown adults barking about a Disney World princess dress. I love the internet.
I hope this gets 40 pages.
I hope this gets 40 pages.
One cool effect: when she twirls, her dress looks like sparkling water!
Animaniac93-98
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Adults were the ones who designed and approved the dress to begin with.
Animaniac93-98
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The Empress Lilly
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Meh. At the Apple forum they discuss two new lines of code of obscure apps.
At the architecture forum they discuss the reflection of sunlight on the new aluminium window bays of obscure skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur.
And at the WDW forum we discuss princess extreme make-overs.
It's what we do, we're fans. Of course its obscure and trivial. Hobbies always are.
The Empress Lilly
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That looks terrific! I need a video of that!
Gah! Why am I not a no-life lifestyler so I can immediately check these things out for real?
Californian Elitist
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Just curious, how is TP's comment considered insulting to the actress?
BaconPancakes
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The sparkly effect is nifty, but that actress looks NOTHIING like Ariel. Sorry 'bout it.
Californian Elitist
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When do the actors and actresses always look like the characters they're playing? Haha.
BaconPancakes
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It looks like they recruited someone off the street. There should at least be a slight resemblance.
TubaGeek
God bless the "Ignore" button.
I can't think of any girls who would appreciate being called "square-jawed". Or that they look too old, for that matter.
Californian Elitist
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It's just a notice of facial features. If someone had a round face, would noticing it be insulting? I would hope not. If someone looks too old to play the part of a young person, I don't understand how mentioning would be insulting. I went in for an audition for a play my friend told me about. I didn't know they were looking for twelve year olds... I was a teenager at the time. They told me I was too old. It's not something to take offense to.