lazyboy97o
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Good point. They also tend to lack names. The Prince, Prince Charming and Once Selfish Little Brat aren't exactly an easy way of communicating who you are seeing.
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MK Rapunzel's tower has arrived.
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ToTBellHop
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And then they built Splash Mountain and that progression was no more. Yes, they made some modifications to make it fit a bit better, but we still have the Deep South right next door to the Old West. So why not now have 1700s Hudson River Valley next to 1600s Germany? It's the Magic Kingdom. The one park where anything goes and always has gone. The Matterhorn in Tomorrowland? Sure. Tom Sawyer Island, clearly set on the Mississippi River, visible from Frontierland, Adventureland, Liberty Square, New Orleans Square, and Critter Country in its various iterations? No problem. And then there is the castle at the end of the road in Marceline, MO. At the end of the day, it looks nice and is good quality (for a restroom). I'm sure trees will be added to help w/ the transition...as they have been added to everything else built recently.
lazyboy97o
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I do not see how one break in thematic cohesion justifies more. The Magic Kingdom was also not a hodgepodge of this and that just tossed together. The lands were separated.
unkadug
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You obviously didn't see the whole post. He named many incongruities in the park...not merely one.
lazyboy97o
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The post was edited after I hit Reply to add in the other examples and I think I've discussed most of them in earlier posts in this very thread.
Timothy_Q
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You don't remember the name "Cinderella"? That's weird
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Is she the one in the blue dress?
She is the one with the glass feet.
Animaniac93-98
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Animaniac93-98
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In some shows like Cinderellabration he was a human, but he is never without Belle in those situations.
JustInTime
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It's supposed to be silver, dammit!
That is light blue and white.
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Of course I "remember" the name Cinderella, I can just seldom recall which one she actually is.
We had breakfast at "her" castle in November, so I finally have a grip on the fact that she is the "blue one".
As the older sister of 3 brothers, and the mother of 2 sons, learning the princesses was never my thing. I used to have my DC and Marvel super heroes down pat, though.
Rose&Crowner
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Yes.
djkidkaz
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And that would be...
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
That wasn't the question....
SilentWindODoom
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I am so lost as to how this relates to details in my post, nowhere did I even mention Beauty and Beast. Confused, but I would be too if I was heading to Buffalo again.
Wow. A long weekend and I completely forgot that I posted in this thread right before I left.
You said that it was a major error to portray Rapunzel with blonde hair. Now, I've never seen the move (need to when I get a chance), but it appeared that you said this was because at the conclusion of the movie, her hair was short and brown, and felt it was such a blatant inaccuracy that it went against Walt's intentions and that the people who perpetrated it need to watch the movie a couple more times.
However, this is not something new. Portrayals in the park and merchandise of the characters are not always or that often portrayed as they appeared at the end of the films, after the main action has ended and the characters go on to their happy ending and things have been tied up. This is because usually the characters or their situation have changed drastically at the end, changing them from what they were during the film, which is what is memorable/nostalgic.
Pinocchio is still shown as a puppet, despite being turned into a real boy at the end. Prince John still wears his crown, despite King Richard coming back at the end. Ariel was a human at the end, but is switched between human and mermaid depending on which is more convenient at the time (although they likely would prefer to always have mermaid Ariel if it were feasible except for the occasional appearance with Eric and the other princesses/princes). Any appearance of the Beast, Lumiere, or any of the castle's inhabitants in their cursed forms goes against their getting transformed back at the end. And it's going to take too long to bring up all the villains that are dead, but still appear.
But, truly, what matters more than their appearance making sense is the experience. Kids and adults alike remember them as they were in the middle of the movie, and that's what they are portrayed as, because that's what they want to see. I think people would be disappointed if they saw Rapunzel and she had short brown hair instead of long blonde, or may just not recognize her.
I'm kinda frightened for myself now. Is it weird that I can usually figure each one out rather easily based on hair color/style and probably can guess by dress color (Pink: Sleeping Beauty (or Ariel if redhead/Rapunzel if blonde with longer hair), Blue: Cinderella.
Magic Lamp
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I don't know what the problem is but Disney characters have always been shown or presented in their most memorable form; Rapunzel has long, golden hair, the Beast is, well, a beast, Pinocchio is a wooden marionette, etc.
RSoxNo1
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Even with the shaved head?
This would be my Disney Princess
phi2134
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Easily