Changes to Peter Pan's Flight at Magic Kingdom

[eddie104]

This doesn’t seem long enough to add projection effects to the London and Neverland scenes like at Disneyland. Their 2015 refurbishment in which those were added lasted five months. *Sigh* really hope we’re not stuck with streamer waterfalls, aging tiles representing the sea, and that spinning moon for the foreseeable future.

It might end up being closed longer.

 

[rcapolete]

According to the Walt Disney World refurbishment calendar, Peter Pan's Flight will be closed for refurbishment from July 8 through August 20, 2024. The attraction is currently expected to reopen August 21, 2024.

Ugghh looks like no Peter Pans flight in my upcoming trip.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

Oh for heavens sake! It was closed during my Disneyland trip last year, it's gonna be closed again during this WDW trip! What the heck!!! That sucks..........

 

[bwr827]

Oh for heavens sake! It was closed during my Disneyland trip last year, it's gonna be closed again during this WDW trip! What the heck!!! That sucks..........

That’s bad luck! At least it’s only an old, quaint ride. But if you have nostalgic feelings for it, that would be disappointing.

 

[JohnD]

I think the Indians might disappear from the ride in the next few months. Two months is plenty of time to swipe them out with something else.

I wouldn't be surprised. They really are in remove-retheme "problematic" items mode: Splash>Tiana, Country Bear Jamboree>Country Bear Musical Jamboree, Frontierland Shootin' Arcade>DVC Lounge! Let's not forget JC and Pirates which also had scenes revised. Why should Peter Pan be any different?

 

[aladdin2007]

cmon everybody here we goooooooooooooo ... should be interesting.

 

[Disstevefan1]

They should take the simple and low cost approach and remove the Indians. Put some random critters there. Everyone loves critters, and there could be potential merch opportunity.

 

[JohnD]

They should take the simple and low cost approach and remove the Indians. Put some random critters there. Everyone loves critters, and there could be potential merch opportunity.

Injuns. The funny thing is I was having brunch on Sunday and, for whatever reason, the restaurant had their bar TV set to Freeform which was showing Peter Pan with subtitles. There were references to "Injuns" and "Redskins". LOL.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Peter Pan is one of the most popular attractions as we can see by the consistency high standby wait times.

What’s it going to be like when that’s closed for two years to re theme it to Moana?

We do need more Moana in the parks anyway.

 

[Moth]

All that added capacity for Epcot sounds great to me.

The more I dwell on it the more I want it all... This might be unpopular but I think every country should have a rid-wait this is the Peter Pan thread....

 

[The Colonel]

Everything is problematic. It will never end.

 

[seabreezept813]

If it opens early, multiple animatronics may be malfunctioning when you ride. You know, humidity!

I feel like it should be open for the Halloween parties. I’ve been waiting to ride it at night for years and now my kids are finally able to stay in the park a bit later.

 

[larryz]

I wonder what this mini refurb is gonna involve ?

New coat of phosphorescent luminescent paint on London, most likely.

 

[Kirby86]

The Disney music vevo YouTube page has a Following the Leader sing-along from the original movie. Normally they use the version that says "we won't be home till morning". Peter Pan seems to be in that gray area where yeah it has stuff in it that hasn't aged the best but because it's a classic movie that still has the opportunity to make them money the company seems to be content with letting it hang around.

 

[Ghost93]

The Disney music vevo YouTube page has a Following the Leader sing-along from the original movie. Normally they use the version that says "we won't be home till morning". Peter Pan seems to be in that gray area where yeah it has stuff in it that hasn't aged the best but because it's a classic movie that still has the opportunity to make them money the company seems to be content with letting it hang around.

I remember the Following the Leader segment was played its original for in the Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Sing Along Songs VHS (which featured Song of the South clips). The VHS retained the lyrics about the lost boys being "off to fight the injuns" and also included the Ballad of Davy Crockett referring to injuns. That entire VHS tape probably aged the worse of the sing along songs, lol.

And I think Peter Pan hasn't been banned because Tinker Bell is too iconic (most recognizable Disney character besides Mickey Mouse) and people's memories of the movie tend to forget the racism and sexism, and instead think of the kids flying out of London, Peter and Hook fighting on Hook's ship, the crocodile and mermaids. Unlike SOTS, where the only thing most people remember about the movie outside the animated segments IS the racism and romanticization of plantation life.

Dumbo also gets a pass because the crows, while crucial, are only in a small fraction of the movie's overall running time. People are more likely to remember the Baby Mine sequence than Jim Crow.

 

[wedenterprises]

July is the new January

 

[ToTBellHop]

July is the new January

It’s not that so much as “let’s close this before Big Thunder.”

It was now or late 2025.

 

[wedenterprises]

It’s not that so much as “let’s close this before Big Thunder.”

It was now or late 2025.

Good point, I was also thinking of Test Track...but I think you are correct.

At least it's one less Genie Genie+ Lightning Lane Individual Lightning Lane Rope Drop twenty seven dollar Multi Single pass fastpass that I need to wake up at 7am for next month!

 

[Paulie Cracker]

I agree. I think we should protect our young and delete any references to history

 

[SourcererMark79]

Clearly attendence and occupancy is down, and any hope of recovery for this summer has long sailed past Neverland.

Bob should be walking the plank after the refurb, not Wendy.

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