Pinocchio's daring misstep

[Phroobar]

Pinocchio has lots of adventures in his Fantasyland dark ride but one thing has always bothered me. How come the Blue Fairy never turns Pinocchio into a real boy? She waves her wand and just disappears. Pinocchio is still a puppet and everyone is happy. What's with this? I guess this is the reason for Knott's Scary Farm's Pinocchio Unstrung maze.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I would imagine the technology it would take to make the figure look more like a real boy and not a puppet was not available in the early 80's.

He is still a real boy at the end of the ride. Just because it doesn't look like it doesn't mean the story was changed.

 

[networkpro]

The original character in the 1883 children's novel did make the transition to becoming a boy, but it was much more in depth and Pinocchio was a real pain before he straightened up and began acting "human". Much better for children in the Disney adaption and ride as the final scene is a real boy looking at a lifeless puppet.

 

[Brad Bishop]

I was there just this past weekend and thought the same thing: "Maybe your dreams really don't come true - that's the reality, puppet-boy!"

In the last scene he isn't moving. They didn't need any fancy technology to make that happen. They really just needed to make him a real boy, there.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Slightly off topic, but I could live in the final Geppetto scene. Don't you just want to sit in the chair and wave at all the weirdos passing through in carts?

 

[Phroobar]

I rode it once and Geppetto was sitting in that chair in the final scene. He was perfectly still until we got to him. Then he turned and jumped at us!

 

[180º]

Slightly off topic, but I could live in the final Geppetto scene. Don't you just want to sit in the chair and wave at all the weirdos passing through in carts?

I have this exact thought every time I ride.