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Snow White to Close Thursday, May 31
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PhoenixSpirit
Member
That video got me all weepy. I hope Ben enjoyed his farewell and that he won't find it to hard to adjust. Can't wait to read your report of the last day!
Lokheed
Well-Known Member
Therein lies a tale, but I don't want to give away the ending to the story. Stay tuned for my blog post about it in a few days. I can safely say it was somewhat more than 3,450.
MissM
Well-Known Member
Aw, thanks AEfx! You're most welcome.
Tom
Beta Return
Be sure to post the link here, or I'll completely forget to go read it :lol:
Tom
Beta Return
Awesome!
Californian Elitist
Well-Known Member
This definitely made me cry. If you guys were at Disneyland and I still worked there in Fantasyland, I would've let you ride three times in a row!
Tom
Beta Return
The applause was awesome. What a heartwarming, and much deserved, finale for SWSA.
Californian Elitist
Well-Known Member
That's exactly what made me cry. That applause. Wow... That was great to watch.
bradleyteacher
Member
Brent Dodge updated his blog with some really great memories about SWSA
http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/blog.aspx
http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/blog.aspx
bradleyteacher
Member
Oh, and it may have been posted somewhere already but is there a ride through video of the ORIGINAL version of the ride??
MerlinTheGoat
Well-Known Member
I can only find one video of the original. Bit dark and shaky but you can make out some of it-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th7LJFzG1o8
Tokyo Disneyland's Snow White ride actually has some similar elements to the original Magic Kingdom ride. Not entirely the same, but similar. It's still in operation as it originally was too-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHWW7_AyLQ8
Witchy Chick
Well-Known Member
Oh man, I am sitting here at my desk with tears in my eyes. That is wonderful that Ben (and your family) were the final riders. Amazing. Bravo, Disney!!
I'm intrigued (and I look forward to your blog post).
Witchy
captainkidd
Well-Known Member
Makes me incredibly sad. That ride was a true Disney classic, one of the remaining few. To see it go almost feels like they killed another piece of Walt from the park.
I'll never understand it. So much dead space in the MK for another meet n' greet. Why it had to go there.
Minnie1976
Well-Known Member
That was so sad to watch. It is like an old friend is leaving.
GLaDOS
Well-Known Member
Running rides and meet and greets at the same time costs more money than closing the ride and replacing it with the meeting and greet. - TDO 3:16
Tod&BigMamaOdie
Well-Known Member
draybook
Well-Known Member
It's not easy holding back tears in our lunch room with a room full of people. God bless you and I'm so glad that Ben was able to enjoy himself and be the last person to ride it.
Californian Elitist
Well-Known Member
Yes, a definite classic and definitely some Walt is gone now. Supposedly there's all this space, but the Magic Kingdom refuses to actually use it, it seems. That doesn't make sense to me, whatsoever. And I'm not buying the whole "You can't have two rides from the same movie" excuse because Disneyland was able to pull that off with the Casey Jr. Train and Dumbo, along with the Teacups and Alice in Wonderland.
Buried20KLeague
Well-Known Member
Too tired to write about the epic day. Will take a few days for me to document the whole thing. But this picture sums it up for Ben's farewell to Snow White's Scary Adventure:
And THIS, ladies and gentleman, is why we keep going back to WDW... Even with the imperfections and frustrations many of us have about the place.
This is a perfect example of the magic of the parks. Even the most callous of us should be able to agree on that.
Bravo to TDO for making this a special day for Ben. They didn't have to do it, but they did.
:sohappy:
Now, let's hope they don't try to exploit it via PR and marketing. I reserve the right to change my opinion, should they do so. :lookaroun