Disney Entry Mark 1

[trinityvixen]

My sister's cheerleading team didn't do as well as they'd hoped, and that was disappointing, but I think the trip to Disney was a fun one for them overall. Disney has a (deservedly) bad rap about a lot of things, but I don't fault them on their efficienct, efficacious way of managing a hoarde of teenagers and the entourage about them. Everything was much smoother this year, which is always appreciated given the hectic nature of the time spent down there.

Preliminary report on Disney World:

1) There's something either delightfully innocent or darkly perverted about the Jungle Safari ride. Either the creators didn't realize in 19-whenever that having a rhino shove its horn up a man's butt was sodomy, or they did and left it on a children's ride anyway.

2) Art imitating "life" imitating art imitating "life." The Pirates of the Caribbean ride, originally based on a movie (or so I thought--can't find the thing online), was turned into a movie and now the ride reflects the movie...based on the ride that was based on a movie. The changes aren't substantial, though Johnny Depp is welcome to sing anything he likes at me whenever he choses.

3) EPCOT is possibly the saddest thing in the world. MGM Studios has exactly two rides worth your time, and it isn't as sadly pathetic as the once and future Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (and yes, I remembered that name all on my own).

4) Fun fact: Disney does not sell alcohol paraphernalia. I bought a shotglass and the nice guy who rang it up informed me that it was actually a "toothpick holder." Scan the Mickey-ears etched maragarita glass through and it comes up as a "tumbler."

5) Wait, no, really, did they know about that rhino thing?

More to come!

Comments

[viridian.livejournal.com]

The Pirates ride was never based on a movie. It was just a ride. But it's still silly that they've updated it to reflect the movie, which had very little to do with the actual ride to begin with.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Actually, the ride offered a lot of cinematic and directorial assists to the film. Many of the scenes in the movie are direct lifts from the ride. I realize that this was done on purpose, in a cheesy way of maintaining the connection, but the movie was good enough to actually use most of the homages quite well (the pirates trying to tempt the dog with the keys in its mouth being my favorite). There wasn't a story that the movie could use, so it used thematics and set pieces, and that worked.

That, and the three magic words: Captain Jack Sparrow.

[umeyard.livejournal.com]

Yup the ride came first, the dog with the keys in the first one and the mayor in the foutain in the second one.

I love that ride btw :D

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Who doesn't? I was surprised that we never had to wait long for it. i figured it would be terribly popular.