Approaching the entrance across the Plaza De Los Amigos.
Entrance sign.
In the queue.
In the queue.
In the queue approaching the dock.
An ancient temple rises along the banks of the river.
Entering the temple.
There's a Fiesta today.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Gran Fiesta Tour
To talk about the Gran Fiesta Tour one must begin with the original attraction in this location, El Rio Del Tiempo (The River Of Time). El Rio Del Tiempo took us through the history of Mexico into modern times. The ride was part history, part travelogue, part kid's ride. Kind of a combination of If You Had Wings and It's A Small World. The Gran Fiesta Tour is essentially the same attraction with minor modifications adding Panchito, Jose Carioca, and Donald Duck from The Three Caballeros into the scenes.
Approaching the entrance across the Plaza De Los Amigos.
Entrance sign.
In the queue.
In the queue.
In the queue approaching the dock.
An ancient temple rises along the banks of the river.
Entering the temple.
There's a Fiesta today.
Approaching the entrance across the Plaza De Los Amigos.
Entrance sign.
In the queue.
In the queue.
In the queue approaching the dock.
An ancient temple rises along the banks of the river.
Entering the temple.
There's a Fiesta today.
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"If You Had Wings" meets "It's a Small World" is such an apt description. I have thought of it the same way. However, I hate what the addition of the Three Caballeros has done to the ride. Perhaps, I would tolerate it better if I could discern some genuine effort to integrate them into the theme. Instead, it feels like someone wanted to nullify the darkly mystical tone of the original attraction by haphazardly inserting cartoons. Similar, but not as devastating, to the bowdlerizing of The Pirates of the Caribbean.
ReplyDeleteIt's part of a push over the last several years that seems intent in inserting traditional characters into everything everywhere (including It's A Small World at Disneyland). Tomorrowland used to look optimistically towards the future, today it's just an extension of Fantasyland. In the case of It's A Small World, the dolls of children from the different countries are just as much Disney Characters as Donald Duck. The same thing goes for Jose, Pierre, Fritz, and Michael of The Enchanted Tiki Room. They are Disney characters in their own right and adding Zazu and Iago to the attraction was unnecessary.
ReplyDeleteThis was my daughter's absolute favorite Disney ride - she wanted to just stay on the thing! :D
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