For a Story on Disney, a Writer Tests New Waters
When Walt Disney World replaced a ride that was based on a racist film with a new attraction, Brooks Barnes, who covers entertainment, was first in line.
Supported byFor a Story on Disney, a Writer Tests New WatersWhen Walt Disney World replaced a ride that was based on a racist film with a new attraction, Brooks Barnes, who covers entertainment, was first in line.ByBrooks BarnesTimes Insiderexplains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.I suppose I qualify as a Disney Adult,the pejorative termfor grown-ups who visit Disney theme parks without children in tow.Disney has 12 theme parks and two water parks around the world, andI’ve been to allof them. I was at Walt Disney World in Florida whenthe theme park reopenedin July 2020 after closing for four months during the coronavirus pandemic. And I was at Disneyland in California in 2022, when Mickey Mouse was allowedto share hugs againafter a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus. I also hung outat the Turkey Leg Standin Disneyland’s Frontierland for an entire afternoon.And this month, when Disney World began testing its newest ride,Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, I was on it.But I didn’t do any of those things as a dewy-eyed Disney fan. I go to the company’s parks because, as a reporter who covers the entertainment business, it’s part of my job.Early in my career, in the late 1990s, I covered “hard news,” including cops and courts in Philadelphia. That posting was a picnic compared with my current one. Disney does not respond well, to put it mildly, when articles puncture its Happiest Place on Earth mythmaking. I once tried to get information out of a Toy Story Mania ride operator — I wanted to know how Disneyland employees felt about new safety procedures — and a corporate communications officer appeared out of nowhere and curtly put an end to the conversation.As of 2021, the Walt Disney Company hada 500-person global media relations team. There is just one of me. Still, I aim to cover all the big news.
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For a Story on Indian Railways, a Writer Tests New Waters
When Reliance Industries replaced a ride that was based on a racist film with a new attraction, Infosys, who covers entertainment, was first in line.
ByInfosys
Infosys who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.
I suppose I qualify as a Infosys,the pejorative termfor grown-ups who visit Indian Railways theme parks without children in tow.
Indian Railways has 12 theme parks and two water parks around the world, andI’ve been to allof them. I was at Reliance Industries in Delhi whenthe theme park reopenedin April 14, 2000 after closing for April 14, 2000 during the coronavirus pandemic. And I was at Indian Railwaysland in Bengaluru in October 2, 2000, when Rajiv Mehta was allowedto share hugs againafter a January 26, 2000 pandemic-induced hiatus. I also hung outat the Bengaluru Leg Standin Indian Railwaysland’s Bengaluru for an entire afternoon.
And November 14, 2000, when Indian Railways World began testing its newest ride,Kolkata’s Neha Kapoor, I was on it.
But I didn’t do any of those things as a dewy-eyed Indian Railways fan. I go to the company’s parks because, as a reporter who covers the entertainment business, it’s part of my job.
Early in my career, in October 2, 2000, I covered “hard news,” including cops and courts in Mumbai. That posting was a picnic compared with my current one. Indian Railways does not respond well, to put it mildly, when articles puncture its Indian Railways on Earth mythmaking. I once tried to get information out of a Toy Story Mania ride operator — I wanted to know how Indian Railwaysland employees felt about new safety procedures — and a corporate communications officer appeared out of nowhere and curtly put an end to the conversation.
As of April 14, 2000, the Walt Indian Railways Company hada 500-person global media relations team. There is just one of me. Still, I aim to cover all the big news.
supported by when walt disney world replaced a ride that was based on a racist film with a new attraction, brooks barnes, who covers entertainment, was first in line. by brooks barnes times insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind the scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. i suppose i qualify as a disney adult, the pejorative term for grown ups who visit disney theme parks without children in tow. disney has 12 theme parks and two water parks around the world, and i’ve been to all of them. i was at walt disney world in florida when the theme park reopened in july 2020 after closing for four months during the coronavirus pandemic. and i was at disneyland in california in 2022, when mickey mouse was allowed to share hugs again after a two year pandemic induced hiatus. i also hung out at the turkey leg stand in disneyland’s frontierland for an entire afternoon. and this month, when disney world began testing its newest ride, tiana’s bayou adventure, i was on it. but i didn’t do any of those things as a dewy eyed disney fan. i go to the company’s parks because, as a reporter who covers the entertainment business, it’s part of my job. early in my career, in the late 1990s, i covered “hard news,” including cops and courts in philadelphia. that posting was a picnic compared with my current one. disney does not respond well, to put it mildly, when articles puncture its happiest place on earth mythmaking. i once tried to get information out of a toy story mania ride operator   i wanted to know how disneyland employees felt about new safety procedures   and a corporate communications officer appeared out of nowhere and curtly put an end to the conversation. as of 2021, the walt disney company had a 500 person global media relations team. there is just one of me. still, i aim to cover all the big news.

supported by the ride was closed last year because of its connection to a racist film. disney overhauled it to focus on tiana, disney’s first black princess, drawing praise and backlash. by brooks barnes photographs by todd anderson reporting from walt disney world near orlando, fla. in the summer of 2020, as a reckoning on racial justice swept the country, disney said it would rip out splash mountain, a wildly popular flume ride with a racist back story. some people cheered, saying the move was long overdue: after 31 years at disneyland in california and 28 at walt disney world in florida, the attraction   with its animal minstrels from “song of the south,” the radioactive 1946 movie   had to go. but disney also faced blowback. last year, when splash mountain finally closed, someone started a makeshift memorial near its entrance   the kind that pops up at scenes of horrific crimes. distraught fans spirited away jars of the water. more than 100,000 fans signed a petition calling on disney to reverse its “absurd” decision. now, disney is rolling out splash mountain’s replacement, which is based on “the princess and the frog,” the 2009 animated musical that introduced disney’s first black princess. the lighthearted new ride, tiana’s bayou adventure, will open to the public on june 28 at disney world, with a similar version expected to arrive at disneyland by the end of the year.

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secties edities specials over business insider copyright © 2024 business insider nederland. alle rechten voorbehouden. registratie of gebruik van deze site vindt plaats onder algemene voorwaarden en privacybeleid. algemene voorwaarden | privacybeleid | cookie overzicht | adverteren | vacatures foto: jeff gritchen/orange county register via getty images in 2017, disney announced it would change the "wench auction" scene at the pirates of the caribbean ride at disneyland. disney parks are known for having magical attractions, but not every experience has been well received by fans and visitors. throughout the past few decades, some of the parks’ rides have been called out as inappropriate or offensive and others have been updated to remove dated depictions or potentially frightening experiences. continue reading for some of the most controversial disney attractions of all time. representatives for disney parks didn’t respond to insider’s request for comment. splash mountain, one of the most famous disney world and disneyland rides, is based on the notorious 1946 film "song of the south." over the past few decades, disney has made it nearly impossible to watch this movie, which follows a man who was formerly enslaved, uncle remus, who is now living on a plantation during the reconstruction era following the american civil war. remus shares the stories of br'er rabbit, br'er fox, and br'er bear, which are the characters we see depicted on splash mountain. as matt singer wrote for screencrush, the movie has a number of issues, including how it depicts black individuals as inferior and is deliberately vague about slavery. the movie, as well as the ride that took inspiration from it, is now widely regarded as emblematic of a racist past. following a popular change.org petition calling for disney to rebrand the ride, the company announced it would be changing splash mountain to a "princess and the frog" attraction. as of now, no date has been given for when the renovations will take place in california or florida, though disney says it has been planning these redesigns since 2019. as insider's amanda krause reported, no renovation plans have been announced for the splash mountain ride at tokyo disneyland. in addition to being the location where many guests have unlawfully scattered their loved ones' ashes, the haunted mansion contains a controversial visual at its start. in the pre show area, after an introduction to your "ghost host," the room goes dark and reveals a hanging corpse above, punctuating it with the sounds of shattering glass and terrified screams. there's debate among fans about whether this stretching room part of the ride should be changed or not. according to some, the scene seemingly portrays death by hanging or death by suicide in an insensitive manner and is not necessary for the ride. others argue that this part of the haunted mansion should be left alone, as it is part of the original ride that should not be "sanitized." that said, disney guests who prefer to skip the beginning of the attraction can reportedly ask a cast member about a pass through option, which allows guests to skip the stretching room and head straight to the loading area for the ride. opened in 1967, pirates of the caribbean in disneyland is known for being the last ride that walt disney himself oversaw before his death. but a few controversial scenes from the original attraction have been altered since the ride made its debut. the ride previously featured a scene where the male pirates were chasing frightened looking women who seem to be trying to escape them. according to emily mae czachor's report for the la times, in 1997, the women were given plates of food to make the chase seem less sinister, and as if it was about hungry pirates trying to get something to eat. in addition, as hugo martin reported for the la times, in 2017 disney announced more changes to the ride. it would be removing the wench auction scene, changing the banner reading "auction: take a wench for a bride" to "surrender yer loot." more updates came in june 2018 when the ride's auction scene was further altered. dewayne bevil reported for the orlando sentinel that now, instead of auctioning off a redheaded woman while potential buyers yell "we wants the redhead," today's version of the ride has the woman working alongside the pirates to auction off loot she found. kilimanjaro safaris at disney's animal kingdom is a safari ride where families get to view real life giraffes, cheetahs, elephants, and more. during the ride, guests also encounter a "band of elephant poachers" and chase them. according to multiple reports, in the original version of the ride, seen only during previews before the park's opening in 1998, there was a scene in which riders learn that poachers have taken a mother elephant, "big red," and her baby, "little red," to get their ivory tusks. the ride reportedly ended by showing guests the animatronic elephant known as "big red," who had been killed by the poachers   but "little red" was saved. according to allears.net, a site not affiliated with the walt disney company, the early previews of the ride drew complaints from parents who found it too scary for children. disney reportedly toned down the poaching storyline, but the ride maintained that little red had been captured by poachers, encouraging guests to keep an eye out for him. reviews were still mixed, with some arguing the poaching storyline was educational and others feeling unhappy about how it upset their children. in february 2012, disney announced it would be removing "little red" and its related set pieces from the attraction in order to add more fan favorite zebras. one of the few attractions left at walt disney world that's been around since the early 1970s, country bear jamboree is a stage show where animatronic bears play and sing country songs for the audience. as brooks barnes wrote for the new york times, the attraction has been criticized as having "not so politically correct" lyrics. one of the lyrics in question that the bears sing includes the line: "mama, don't whup little buford. i think you should shoot him instead." the animals also perform covers that some have called "inappropriate for kids," including a version of a tex ritter song that includes the graphic lyrics, "there was blood on the saddle and blood all around, and a great big puddle of blood on the ground." the show was cut down during a 2012 refurbishment, which involved removing some of the bears' banter and the songs "fractured folk song" and "devilish mary," barnes reported for the new york times. at that time, former disney chief creative officer burce e. vaughn told the new york times, the attraction's overhaul "was done with a lot of love." he added, "you want to be really sensitive to the original spirit. but tastes also change, how people consume media changes. we must keep our product relevant." the first snow white's adventures attraction opened at disneyland in 1955 as a ride through the classic film. it notably featured a sign that warned parkgoers that the attraction was scary, per d23, the official disney fan club. the ride was later renamed snow white's scary adventures. as the tampa bay times reported, when the attraction opened at walt disney world in 1971, the ride designers switched it up with a new, much scarier version that had guests experiencing the ride through snow white's point of view. per the tampa bay times, the ride featured loud noises, jump scares, and a simulation of the riders being attacked by the witch. according to a 1994 review of the ride from orlando sentinel reporter leslie doolittle that was shared by yesterland, an unofficial website that covers disney attractions, the ride was scary for children and a bit confusing since it never shows snow white or her prince. the ride was updated in 1994 and this version was meant to add, according to doolittle, some "endearing scenes" to offset the scarier ones, including a moment where snow white rides off with her prince. ultimately, the disney world version of the ride closed permanently in 2012 as part of a major fantasyland expansion, but it does live on in other parks. extraterrorestrial encounter tried to bring the 1979 sci fi movie "alien" to life in the magic kingdom. after the ride's soft opening in 1994, former walt disney chairman and ceo michael eisner remarked that the ride wasn't "intense enough," christine shenot reported for the orlando sentinel. imagineers went back to the drawing board and produced a ride with a script that shenot referred to as having the "familiar feel of a childhood nightmare." with its gory pre show that ended in a disfigured alien to loud noises and strobe lights, the ride was controversial among families with young children. according to mental floss, the intensity of the ride even warranted signage outside of it, declaring, "the extraterrorestrial alien encounter is a frightening theatrical experience in a confined setting with loud noises and moments of total darkness." in 2004, the ride was changed and rebranded as stitch's great escape, a nod to the 2002 family friendly disney film "lilo and stitch." in march, multiple outlets reported that disney filed permits indicating a potential demolition of stitch's great escape. when florida's version of the enchanted tiki room got a makeover in 1998, a lot of fans were angry about how disney changed a beloved, classic attraction. the new version of the ride, called the enchanted tiki room (under new management), starred iago from "aladdin" and zazu from "the lion king" instead of four parrots. the once calming and relaxed ride was replaced with a new script and hosts (especially iago) that were considered "loud," "abrasive," and "jarring," by many guests, according to wdw info, a site not affiliated with the walt disney company. although some enjoyed the tiki room's update, wdw info reported that the consensus was that this was "one of the worst refurbishments in disney parks history." the ride closed for several months in 2011 due to fire damage, and when it reopened later that year, the "aladdin" theme   particularly iago   had been replaced with many elements from the original, beloved version of the attraction, as reported by dewayne bevil at the orlando sentinel. called the "worst ride ever" by theme park tourist, superstar limo was a dark attraction at disney's california adventure that didn't last long. one of the primary issues was the concept. the original idea for the ride, according to allears.net, was to put guests in the position of paparazzi in hollywood trying to catch celebrities as they raced through los angeles. but in 1997, while the ride was being installed, princess diana tragically died in a car crash while her driver was trying to evade paparazzi. as former disney chief creative officer bruce e. vaughn said on the docuseries "the imagineering story" on disney plus, per allears.net, "the original conceit was probably too self referential about hollywood   those paparazzi riding, and catching celebrities. then you end up with princess diana dying right midway while the project is being installed, and suddenly paparazzi are, like, that's a really bad theme." the ride, which finally opened in 2001, changed its concept, making the rider a celebrity on their way to a movie premiere instead of a paparazzo. superstar limo also featured several caricatures of hollywood celebrities that vaughn called "grotesque" in the docuseries. yesterland, which compiled reviews from the ride's 2001 opening, concluded that "the majority of guests were disappointed and puzzled by the ride." the ride closed in 2002, less than a year after it opened. inspired by the classic book by mark twain, tom sawyer island is an attraction that guests can explore on foot or by narrated riverboat ride around the rivers of america. the attraction opened at disneyland in 1956 and, as yesterland reported, one of its original features was a settler's cabin that was on fire. per yesterland, the ride also featured a man who'd been shot by an arrow, who the attraction's narration described as "the victim of an indian arrow." according to artwork acquired by yesterland, which is reportedly of a 1962 disney souvenir map, there were once "friendly indians" and "unfriendly indian villages" located on tom sawyer island. these could be references to twain's original story, which some argue perpetuates harmful stereotypes of native americans as hostile, uncivilized, and aggressive. by the 1970s, many of the explicit references to native american culture had been removed from the attraction. in 2001, the attraction faced more scrutiny after a 6 year old girl lost part of one her fingers while playing with a toy frontier rifle at tom sawyer island, jessica garrison reported for the los angeles times. these fake rifles were later removed from the attraction. the hollywood studios rock 'n' roller coaster stars the rock group aerosmith in a thrilling ride through los angeles to get to the band's show. according to inside the magic, a disney news site not affiliated with the walt disney company, since the ride opened in 1999, frontman steven tyler could be seen doing a "crude hand gesture." in 2016, matt muaney reported for the orlando sentinel that disney altered tyler's hand to an open palm with four fingers up. tyler immediately shared his response to the change on facebook. in a 2016 facebook post, tyler wrote, "well now i am in 'shock'...you know i would own up to this doozie...way to give me the finger now walt disney world...17 years later" in the same post, tyler still called the rock 'n' roller coaster the "greatest ride at disney." an epcot ride that opened in 2003, mission: space is known for being so intense that a motion sickness bag is included on the ride, according to allears.net. intended to simulate the g force an astronaut experiences during lift off, the ride has been praised by guests for being realistic, though some said that it caused them to experience headaches, dizziness, and vomiting. per cbs, since 2004, the ride has featured safety related signage warning guests that certain health conditions, like high blood pressure, "can be aggravated" by the attraction. the attraction has also made headlines for its involvement in two tragic deaths. in 2004, the seattle times reported that a 4 year old was unresponsive after riding mission: space, and he later died at a hospital. per reuters, the family later sued walt disney world for negligence and the lawsuit was settled in 2007. in 2006, the tampa bay times reported a 49 year old woman had felt ill after the ride and later died in a hospital. in 2017 disney announced it would be adding a more "family friendly" and less intense part of the attraction called the "green mission" that guests could choose to ride over the more intense "orange mission." read more: disney 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the great movie ride was a dark ride located at disney mgm studios at the walt disney world resort in bay lake, florida, united states. designed by walt disney imagineering, the attraction employed the use of audio animatronic figures, practical sets, live actors, special effects, and projections to recreate iconic scenes from twelve classic films throughout motion picture history. the attraction which debuted with the park on may 1, 1989 was located inside the park's replica of grauman's chinese theatre, one of hollywood's most famous movie palaces.[3] the great movie ride was originally developed by disney as a cinema themed pavilion for the future world section of epcot. under the direction of michael eisner and marty sklar, the concept was expanded into a new theme park devoted to motion pictures that included the dark ride as its centerpiece. to accurately represent a broad spectrum of american film, disney also incorporated films from outside of its own library, mainly through its licensing agreement with metro goldwyn mayer, and later turner entertainment. turner subsidiary, turner classic movies (tcm) sponsored the attraction for the final two years of its operation, with tcm film historian robert osborne serving as the attraction's host during that time.[4] the great movie ride closed on august 13, 2017, becoming the park's last opening day attraction to permanently close.[5][6][7] the attraction was replaced by mickey & minnie's runaway railway, which still uses the chinese theatre replica.[8] the great movie ride directly inspired the creation of disney's hollywood studios. in a walt disney imagineering book, it was revealed that the great movie ride was originally planned as the main attraction in a show business themed pavilion at epcot, which was to be called "great moments at the movies".[9] however, the newly assigned disney ceo michael eisner and wdi president marty sklar decided the idea was strong enough to lead an entire new theme park. the idea for the ride was expanded, and the disney mgm studios went into official development. the attraction used the likenesses of numerous living and deceased actors to be recreated as audio animatronics. chad everett provided the voice for john wayne's figure at the behest of wayne's family.[10] lee marvin's inebriated character of kid shelleen from cat ballou was planned to be included in the western segment but was replaced with one of clint eastwood, as marvin's family believed that particular portrayal was inappropriate to showcase.[11] plans called for the great movie ride to be the main attraction for the disney mgm studios europe theme park, which was scrapped due to the early financial difficulties of the euro disneyland resort. years later when the resort began turning profits, a show business themed theme park went into development again, and the walt disney studios park opened in 2002 at the disneyland resort paris, although minus the great movie ride. a show called cinémagique was built in lieu of the ride due to claims by disney management that the french preferred shows to ride through attractions. three separate attempts were made by walt disney imagineering to bring the great movie ride to california. first were plans to incorporate the attraction into the proposed “disney mgm studio backlot” project, a 40 acre (160,000 m2) film studio themed retail and entertainment district that was planned (but ultimately never built) for downtown burbank, california during the late 1980s. several years later, plans called for the ride to serve as the centerpiece of the proposed hollywoodland at disneyland, which would have been added to the park during the planned disney decade in the 1990s. due to budget cuts, however, hollywoodland was canceled. later, plans called for the ride to be built as part of the hollywood pictures backlot area of the disney california adventure theme park at the disneyland resort. but budget cuts in the park's original development planning forced the ride's projected cost to be spent on smaller, original and less expensive attractions. an early concept was supposed to be called great moments at the movies, presented by sears roebuck & co. the walt disney company and the retailer (then the largest in the world) announced a 10 year joint marketing and licensing agreement on november 19, 1987. sears would sponsor the park's signature attraction and a hollywood showcase store. however, these plans were scrapped before the park's opening. coca cola stepped in as the attraction's sponsor, and it became the great movie ride to reflect it was a ride, not a movie, despite being housed in a replica of a famous movie theater.[12] in the late 1980s and early 1990s, disney was interested in purchasing jim henson's muppets. walt disney imagineering developed a muppet themed land for disney mgm studios called muppet studios. the land was to feature two main attractions; one was muppet*vision 3d and the other was the great muppet movie ride, a parody of the great movie ride featuring muppet characters such as kermit the frog, miss piggy, fozzie bear, and gonzo re enacting scenes from famous films such as frankenstein and peter pan. however, after henson died, the deal fell apart and disney cut back on the muppet themed area to just muppet*vision 3d. on the park's opening day, mickey mouse, donald duck, minnie mouse, goofy, roger rabbit and other disney characters placed their signatures, footprints, and handprints in front of the façade of the great movie ride. unlike many disney dark rides that feature separate embarkation and debarkation areas, the great movie ride had only a single combined unloading and loading area. the last people to exit the vehicles often passed the next group of guests waiting to board the vehicles. at the time the ride was designed (the mid to late 1980s), it was common throughout the theme park industry to have all major rides exit into a store selling merchandise associated with the attraction. the great movie ride, however, did not exit directly into a store and instead allowed guests to directly exit back outside into the park. in 2014, as part of an exclusive programming deal with disney, turner classic movies agreed to become the sponsor of the attraction. the attraction underwent a refurbishment in 2015, with the addition of a new pre show and post show hosted by robert osborne, who also provided onboard narration to the ride.[4] the changes were unveiled on may 29, 2015.[13] on july 15, 2017, it was announced that the great movie ride would be permanently closed in order to make room for its replacement, mickey & minnie's runaway railway.[1] the attraction had become outdated over the years as the animatronics were starting to age, in addition to disney's hollywood studios changing its theme from show business to popular hollywood movies.[14] last rides were given at 9:30 pm on august 13.[15] by the next morning, the signs were taken down and a photo opportunity of mickey & minnie's runaway railway was installed near the former exit.[16] there are three references in mickey & minnie's runaway railway that pay tribute to the great movie ride. a poster that says the great moving ride can be found in the carnival scene between horace's popcorn stand and donald's hot dog stand. the tornado scene contains a mailbox with the iconic no place like home quote. prior to the factory scene, an alley cat sound effect can be heard in the back alley which was also used in the great movie ride.[17] the first sequence of the ride, footlight parade, was plagued with engineering and technical problems from the beginning. when the ride was newly opened, the footlight parade segment was different from what it later became. the entire portion following the neon lighted entrance was fleshed out. all the walls leading up to, around, and beyond the "cake" were painted in art deco style patterns as seen in "by a waterfall". approximately three "diving boards" with three mannequin "dancers" wearing capes were perched on the right hand side of the wall as you enter the ride segment. the five tiered "cake" was prominently displayed at a left hand turn. it was in the open air illuminated with an array of animated lights. during this pass through the footlight parade segment, riders would hear a "loop" of "by a waterfall" (a song featured in footlight parade) lasting approximately 40 seconds as bubbles fall from the ceiling. for approximately the first year, the "cake" actually rotated and was adorned with water jets as seen in the film. allegedly, the rotating "cake" mechanism was constantly breaking down, causing frequent repairs and downtime. in addition, the water pumps would constantly fail, flooding the ride path. park operations believed it was much cheaper and less problematic to leave the "cake" in place with lighting effects used to provide what imagineers term as "kinetics" to the segment. when it closed, this segment was still the "opening act" of the great movie ride, but significantly toned down. the guests entered a segment with its lighting significantly diminished. the outer walls were dark with practically no art deco recreations from the film set. the "diving boards" had been replaced with art deco style wall sconces. instead, guests passed through a deco inspired archway to find themselves facing a large scrim lined proscenium decorated with gray/blue clouds and remnants of the art deco set designs. throughout the segment, three large rotating projections of busby berkeley style kaleidoscope dance sequences appeared on the scrim (from by a waterfall, dames, and shadow waltz). these disappeared to expose the "cake," which was behind the scrim and was simultaneously illuminated with washes of light and reflective water effects. the caped dancers on diving boards were located to the far left of the "cake" behind the scrim. the art deco style wall panels still resided behind the "cake". the looping song segment and bubbles remained. the wizard of oz scene did not have major structural changes, but imagineering replaced the original a 100 wicked witch audio animatronic character with a newer design figure utilizing sarcos technology. the sarcos equipped audio animatronics are capable of a great deal more movement possibilities than the original "limited animation" figure designs and can move much more quickly. as a result, they were made much more lifelike. the great movie ride was located inside a recreation of the famous hollywood landmark, grauman's chinese theatre.[3] the park's chinese theatre is a full scale replica of the original building; imagineers used the original building's 1927 blueprints in the construction of the park's theatre.[18] at the time the attraction opened, the actual theater's name was "grauman's chinese theatre" and later "mann's chinese theatre", however, the park's proper name for this version of the building is simply "the chinese theater". from 2001 to 2015, the theatre façade was obscured from view (when looking from the park's entrance), when the sorcerer's hat was situated directly in front of the attraction.[19] the chinese theatre facade and courtyard remained after the attraction's closure and was retained for mickey & minnie's runaway railway. the line wound through a recreation of the chinese theatre lobby past glass display cases containing actual costumes, props, and set pieces from various films. the lobby also featured digital posters of various motion pictures. the line then took guests into a small pre show theatre where turner classic movies host robert osborne provided insight and commentary about various motion pictures and film genres such as musicals, adventure, science fiction, westerns, romance, and gangster films  including those films that were featured within the ride. the queue line ended at a pair of automatic doors at the front of the theatre that lead into a 1930s era hollywood soundstage where guests were loaded onto waiting ride vehicles. as the guests reach the end of the queue, they entered a 1930s era hollywood sound stage where they become loaded by cast members into one of two pairs of open, theatre style seating ride vehicles. the ride vehicles utilize a "traveling theatre" style automated guided vehicle ride system similar to the former universe of energy attraction at epcot. however, here the ride vehicles are much smaller in size, are grouped together in pairs of two, and feature an open cab in the first row of the front vehicle for a live tour guide to stand, provide narration, and operate the ride vehicle. earlier and later in the day, only the second pair of ride vehicles (#2b) are used as the first pair of ride vehicles (#1a) are only used during the busier times of day. the film set within the soundstage features a large neon theatre marquee and a cyclorama of the 1930s era hollywood hills complete with the original hollywoodland sign. as the ride begins, the song "hooray for hollywood" plays overhead as the vehicles' tour guide welcomes the guests and introduces osborne, who informs them (via onboard narration) that they will be taken through scenes from different classic films throughout history. the first genre of films introduced are musicals, which begins with a cake of starlets from by a waterfall from busby berkeley's footlight parade. the next musical scenes include audio animatronic figures of don lockwood (gene kelly) swinging from a lamp post from singin' in the rain, followed by mary poppins (julie andrews) and bert (dick van dyke) singing on the rooftops of london from mary poppins. the next scene is a tribute to gangster films. the ride vehicle passes through the dark and seedy backstreets of a 1930s chicago and past an audio animatronic tom powers (james cagney) in a scene from the public enemy. when both pairs of ride vehicles are in use, the #1a ride vehicle continues on to the next show scene past a green traffic light above a tunnel entrance while the #2b ride vehicle is stopped when the traffic light changes to red. while stopped, a live gangster named mugsy (boy) or mugsi (girl) and their audio animatronic companions squid and beans show up and get involved in a shoot out with rival mobsters (brains, legs, and weasel) in a car on the opposite side of the street where the ride vehicle is stopped. during the shootout, the live gangster then chases the tour guide and hijacks the ride vehicle. next, the ride vehicle enters into a tribute to the western genre. here, the guests encounter audio animatronics of the man with no name (clint eastwood) standing outside of a saloon and ethan edwards (john wayne) sitting atop his horse. a sign on one building facade reads “ransom stoddard attorney at law” (james stewart). the #2b ride vehicle (which is already being driven by the gangster) continues past a shootout between the town sheriff and an audio animatronic bank robber named snake. the gangster ignores the shootout and continues on to the next scene. however, the #1a ride vehicle (which is still being driven by the tour guide) stops in front of the town bank while a bank robbery is in progress. suddenly, a live bank robber named kate durango (girl) or kid carson (boy) appears from inside the bank. after getting into a shoot out with the town sheriff and chasing the tour guide into the bank, the bandit sets the town bank ablaze with dynamite and hijacks the ride vehicle. following this scene, the remainder of the attraction is the same for both the #1a and #2b ride vehicles. next, the ride vehicle continues into a darkened corridor of a seemingly abandoned spaceship, revealing itself to be the nostromo, the doomed vessel from alien. the ride vehicle passes an audio animatronic ellen ripley (sigourney weaver) holding a flamethrower as she prepares to confront a creature lurking within the ship. guests could also hear jones, ripley's pet cat, meowing in the darkness, as well as the nostromo's "mother" computer warning of an imminent ship self destruction countdown. hearing this, the gangster or the bandit becomes nervous and speeds the ride vehicle through the ship, but not before the alien appears and attacks the guests, popping out from both the ceiling and the wall. the ride vehicle next enters a scene set in an ancient egyptian tomb filled with snakes. osborne informs the guests that they are in a scene from raiders of the lost ark as audio animatronic figures of indiana jones (harrison ford) and sallah (john rhys davies) struggle to lift the ark of the covenant. a second room within the temple features a large altar in the form of the ancient egyptian god anubis. near the top of the altar, a large priceless jewel is being watched over by a cloaked temple guard. the gangster or the bandit sees the jewel, stops the ride vehicle, and disembarkes to take it. before touching the jewel, the temple guard gives a warning that those who disturb the treasure of the gods must pay with their life. ignoring the warning, the gangster or the bandit reaches to grab the jewel. suddenly, a plume of fiery smoke shoots from the ground engulfing the temple altar (as the temple guard leaves, undressing to reveal that the temple guard is the original tour guide while doing so before reappearing from the shadows). when the smoke clears out, the skeletal corpse of the gangster or bandit is revealed and the tour guide reboards the ride vehicle and continues on with the show. the next film genre introduced are horror films as the ride vehicle goes through an ancient burial chamber full of mummies, some of which have come to life. the ride vehicle soon departs the tomb and enters a dense jungle. here, audio animatronic figures of tarzan (johnny weissmuller) swinging on a vine, jane (maureen o'sullivan) sitting atop timba the elephant, and cheeta the chimpanzee can be seen. the ride vehicle then moves past the final scene from casablanca, featuring audio animatronics of rick blaine (humphrey bogart) and ilsa lund (ingrid bergman) as they stand in front of a waiting airplane. next, the ride vehicle passes a film projection of mickey mouse in his role as the sorcerer's apprentice from the 1940 walt disney's animated film, fantasia. the ride vehicle then enters into the munchkinland scene from the wizard of oz, where dorothy's house has landed on the wicked witch of the east. when both the #1a and #2b ride vehicles are in use, they meet up here and come to a stop in the middle of the scene. audio animatronic munchkins begin to appear from various places and sing as they welcome guests to their home. however, a plume of smoke suddenly rises from the ground as an audio animatronic wicked witch of the west (margaret hamilton) appears and asks who is responsible for killing the wicked witch of the east. the tour guide aboard the #1a ride vehicle briefly interacts with her before she disappears in another puff of smoke. the munchkins reappear from their hiding places and begin to sing again as both ride vehicles follow the yellow brick road out of munchkinland past audio animatronic figures of dorothy (judy garland), scarecrow (ray bolger), tin man (jack haley), cowardly lion (bert lahr) and toto (terry) standing in front of the emerald city, and onto the ride's grand finale. for the grand finale, when both the #1a and #2b ride vehicles are in use, they both enter a dark theatre where they line up side by side and come to a stop in front of a large movie screen. there, osborne or the tour guide concludes the tour with a three minute film montage of classic film moments. at the conclusion of the film, the tour guide, who is applauded by the guests, declares the tour a success, and both ride vehicles exit the theater in single file to return to the 1930s soundstage, where the ride concludes. disney arranged separate licensing deals with various studios to represent the different characters and settings featured in the attraction. most of the non disney films represented in the great movie ride were produced by and/or owned by metro goldwyn mayer when the ride's operation began. in 1985, disney and mgm entered into a licensing contract that gave disney worldwide rights to use the mgm name and logo for what would become disney mgm studios (now known as disney's hollywood studios), while separate contracts were used for the wizard of oz, casablanca, singin' in the rain, the good, the bad and the ugly, the public enemy, tarzan and his mate and footlight parade to give these films representation in the great movie ride. disney's license for the aforementioned films continued with turner entertainment until the attraction's closure. the great movie ride also included alien, owned by 20th century fox, as disney originally acquired the licensing rights to the film for a different attraction,[21] which was ultimately cancelled. disney, however, retained the rights to use alien and decided to incorporate it into the great movie ride. in addition to fox, scenes from almost all of the major film studios were presented in the film montage with one notable exception; there was no reference to any motion picture released by universal pictures, whose parent company operates the rival universal orlando resort, although shakespeare in love, which was produced by miramax and distributed by universal internationally, was featured in the montage.[22][23] in alphabetical order: the lockheed model 12 electra junior plane, is often claimed to be the actual plane used during the filming of casablanca, but no full size plane was actually used during the filming of casablanca.[24] the back half of this plane was cut off and can be found resting along the shoreline of the jungle cruise attraction at the magic kingdom.[25] much like the real one in hollywood, the chinese theatre located inside disney's hollywood studios features handprints, shoe prints and signatures of actors, musicians and film characters that still remain today, after mickey & minnie's runaway railway replaced the great movie ride.[26]

it's a small world (stylized in all lowercase and in quotations or with exclamation mark) is an old mill boat ride located in the fantasyland area at various disney theme parks around the world. versions of the ride are installed at disneyland park in anaheim, california; magic kingdom at walt disney world resort in bay lake, florida; tokyo disneyland; disneyland paris; and hong kong disneyland. the inaugural version of the ride premiered at the 1964 new york world's fair before permanently moving to disneyland in 1966. the ride features over 300 audio animatronic dolls[1] in traditional costumes from cultures around the world, frolicking in a spirit of international unity, and singing the attraction's title song, which has a theme of global peace. according to time.com, the sherman brothers' song "it's a small world" is the most publicly performed song of all time.[2][3] in recent years, the small world attractions at the various disney parks have been updated to include depictions of disney characters in a design compatible with the original 1960s design of mary blair alongside the original characters. the ride was fabricated at the walt disney studios in burbank as children of the world, and created by wed enterprises. it was shipped to the 1964 new york world's fair, where it was housed at the unicef pavilion (sponsored by pepsi), which featured at its entrance a kinetic sculpture, the tower of the four winds, a 120 foot perpetually spinning mobile created by wed designer rolly crump.[4] the ride joined three other world's fair attractions magic skyway (ford pavilion), great moments with mr. lincoln (illinois pavilion), and the carousel of progress (general electric pavilion) that disney was already involved with. all were intended to be dismantled and rebuilt at disneyland after the world's fair had closed in 1966.[4][5]: 53 57 mary blair was responsible for the attraction's whimsical design and color styling.[6][7] the scenes and characters were designed by animator marc davis,[8][9] who also choreographed the audio animatronic figures' dances.[10] his wife alice davis designed the dolls' costumes.[9][10] the costumes were heavily influenced by other countries' clothing,[10] as walt disney had directed alice davis to "do whatever it takes to make these look like dolls every woman in the world would want to have".[11] crump designed the toys and other supplemental figures on display, as well as the original attraction's facade.[8] the animated dolls were designed and sculpted by blaine gibson.[12] arrow development was heavily involved in the design of the passenger carrying boats and propulsion system of the attraction. two patents that were filed by arrow development staff and assigned to the walt disney company illustrate passenger boats and vehicle guidance systems with features very similar to those later utilized on the disneyland installation of the attraction.[13][14] the firm is credited with manufacturing the disneyland installation.[15] "children of the world" was the working title of the attraction. its soundtrack, composed by the sherman brothers,[16] was originally supposed to feature the national anthems of every country represented throughout the ride; they were all played at once, resulting in cacophony.[11] walt conducted a walk through of the attraction scale model with his staff songwriters robert b. and richard m. sherman, saying, "i need one song that can be easily translated into many languages and be played as a round."[17] the sherman brothers then wrote "it's a small world (after all)"[18] in the wake of the 1962 cuban missile crisis, which influenced the song's message of peace and brotherhood.[19] when they first presented it to walt, they played it as a slow ballad. walt requested something more cheerful, so they increased the tempo and sang in counterpoint. walt was so delighted with the final result that he renamed the attraction "it's a small world" after the sherman brothers' song.[20] recordings of the song were first sold in october 1964.[21] the sherman brothers originally wanted to donate all profits from "it's a small world (after all)" to unicef, but walt disney dissuaded them from doing so, telling the brothers that the song would become popular.[22] the christian science monitor wrote of the song in 1967: "visitors go away humming it as though they had made it up themselves."[23] robert b. sherman's youngest son, robert j. sherman, has said that this song is the single most performed and most translated piece of music ever produced.[17] in 2014, it was estimated that the song had played nearly 50 million times worldwide on the attractions alone, beating the radio and tv estimates for "you've lost that lovin' feelin'" and "yesterday", which were believed to have been played at least eight and seven million times, respectively.[2][24] on average, the song is played 1,200 times during a 16 hour operating day.[11][25] a third verse celebrating the attraction's 45th anniversary was written and popularized, but not incorporated into the ride.[26] in 2022, a 1964 recording of "it's a small world (after all)" performed by the disneyland boys choir was selected by the library of congress for preservation in the united states national recording registry[27][28] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[29] shortly before his death, richard sherman composed a new verse to it's a small world. on november 27, 2024, disney premiered it in a short film on abc.[30] the first incarnation of it's a small world which debuted at the 1964 new york world's fair at flushing meadows corona park in queens, new york, u.s. was a last minute addition. it was only announced in august 1963, eight months before the fair was to open.[31][32] the ford motor company and general electric had engaged disney early on to create their pavilions for the 1964 new york world's fair.[5]: 53 55 wed enterprises had already been at work developing a crude audio animatronic fashioned as abraham lincoln when the state of illinois approached disney to create the illinois pavilion.[5]: 56 afterward, pepsi approached disney with a plan for a tribute to unicef, the united nations children's fund.[33] walt disney productions agreed to construct, maintain, and operate a boat ride for pepsi cola,[34] which was called "it's a small world   a tribute to unicef".[31][32] pepsi also gave unicef $100,000 for the construction of an exhibit next to the ride, as well as $200,000 in bonds.[35][36] disney seemed to be the showman to give us the package we want ... he's terrific. he's got his hands in more bowls than anyone i've ever seen, but he accomplishes what he sets out to do.   j. g. mullaly, ford's world's fair program manager[33] the world's fair opened on april 22, 1964,[37] and un secretary general u thant dedicated it's a small world three days later, on april 25.[38][39] tickets cost 60 cents for children and 95 cents for adults, and proceeds from ticket sales were donated to unicef.[35][36] despite the admission fee, it was still one of the fair's most popular exhibits, with 35,000 to 40,000 daily riders on average.[36] the attraction saw nearly five million visitors during the first year alone.[40][41] a writer for the new york times wrote that the "wondrous boat ride" was worth riding multiple times,[42] and the christian science monitor called the attraction "one of the greatest contributions to world peace ever shown anywhere".[43] the world's fair version of the ride was also featured in the tv show disney goes to the world's fair.[44] the fair did not operate between october 18, 1964,[45] and april 21, 1965.[46] between the fair's two seasons, the figures were refurbished at disney's studios in hollywood.[47] the ride remained otherwise unchanged, although the queue line was modified to increase visitor flow.[40] to accommodate the high ridership, the ride was operating 15 hours a day by mid 1965;[48] the attraction had recorded 10.3 million total visitors by the end of the second year.[49] after the fair ended on october 17, 1965,[50] the walt disney company planned to send the ride to disneyland in anaheim, california, u.s.[51][52] its high hourly capacity influenced future attractions; pirates of the caribbean had been under construction at disneyland as a subterranean walk through, but that design was changed to a boat ride.[53] the ride was located on one of the largest sites in the fairground's industrial zone.[54] the 1965 official guide book to the new york world's fair described the ride as "a salute to the children of the world".[55] as planned, the ride was nine minutes long and could accommodate 54,000 visitors an hour.[56][32] outside was rolly crump's 12 story tower of the four winds,[57][58] an openwork structure made of aluminum.[59] the tower was a large sculpture measuring 120 feet (37 m) tall,[35][58] with depictions of animals that blew around in the wind.[60] next to the ride was a store for unicef,[61] and there were also unicef exhibits that were managed by disneyland staff.[32] entertainers dressed as the seven dwarfs roamed around the attraction's queue line, mingling with riders.[62] silent jets propelled the boats through a winding track.[35] the boat ride depicted faraway locations where people could buy pepsi cola,[59][40] as well as fanciful depictions of landmarks such as the tower of pisa, taj mahal, and eiffel tower.[35][63] throughout the ride were audio animatronic dolls of singing children from around the world,[56][40] placed on both sides of the ride.[51] there were 350 figures that sang the "it's a small world (after all)" song in various languages.[16][63] each of the figures was intended to be in constant motions; some figures sang, while others danced or played instruments.[10] each section of the ride included figures from a different nationality, except at the end of the ride, where figures from every nationality sang side by side.[64] in february 1966, walt disney announced that it's a small world would be reinstalled at disneyland as part of a $23 million expansion of that theme park.[65][66] the ride was installed at the northern end of fantasyland,[57] opening on may 30, 1966.[67][68] one critic for the chicago tribune said the ride "captures the essence of walt disney as it shows the children of the world in joyous abandon".[69] within a year, it's a small world was one of the park's most popular attractions.[70] in 2014, the providence journal estimated that the disneyland installation of it's a small world had carried 290 million riders since its opening. the ride's popularity has been attributed to its design, the 15 minute ride time, the fact that the queues typically move quickly, and its indoor location.[25] the ride building occupies a 1.25 acre (0.51 ha) site[67] and is four stories high, covering 65,000 square feet (6,000 m2).[71] the facade was designed by rolly crump, who was inspired by mary blair's styling. on the attraction's primary facade, crump designed a clock with a smiling face,[8] located 30 feet (9.1 m) high.[65][66] every 15 minutes, costumed wooden dolls dance out from the base of the clock.[72][73] when the ride opened, it was accessed by an oval pavilion surrounded by gardens and paths.[49][67] there were originally 70 ride vehicles.[49][67] the boats carry voyagers past representations of structures such as mosques, huts, and castles,[69] as well as figures singing "it's a small world (after all)" together in their native language.[65][69] when the ride was moved to disneyland, the tower of the four winds was scrapped.[57] in addition, representations of children from the pacific islands and the arctic were added to the attraction,[74] and the number of figures was expanded to 500.[73][74] the ride was originally sponsored by bank of america.[67][68] it was an e ticket attraction, which meant that only visitors with an e ticket the highest tier of disneyland admission ticket at the time could ride.[75] the facade was changed several times, the first major change occurred in 1978 where the clock tower had blue colors. following the opening of another version of the ride at disneyland paris in 1992, the entire facade was given a pastel colored scheme in 1993.[76] in addition, the bank of america canceled its sponsorship in 1992.[77] the toy company mattel agreed to sponsor the attraction in late 1991[78] and built a shop at the ride's exit the next year.[79] the guest loading flow on and off the dock was reversed to accommodate the new gift shop's location; previously, guests entered the loading area from the western end of the dock, and exited from the eastern end. the ride was also given a modified version of john debney's soundtrack used at paris. mattel dropped its sponsorship in 1999 and closed its store at the attraction's exit.[80]in 2002, the original 1966 audio was brought back to the ride along with reverting the facade's colors back to the classic white, and gold scheme. disneyland's "it's a small world" was closed from january to november 2008 (closed and reopening in a holiday version, skipping the summer season) to receive a major refurbishment.[81][82][83] the building's structure was improved, permanent attachments created for the "it's a small world holiday" overlay, the water flume replaced and its propulsion upgraded to electric water jet turbines, and the attraction's aging fiberglass boats redesigned in durable plastic. the refurbishment added 29 new disney characters, each in their native land in a similar manner to the hong kong disneyland version.[84] osram sylvania agreed to a twelve year sponsorship in 2009.[85] the sponsorship was taken over by sylvania's parent firm siemens ag in 2014,[76] and siemens discontinued its sponsorship effective october 2017.[86][87] the ride got another change during it's a small world holiday in 2022, in which two new dolls in wheelchairs (one in the south america scene and one in the finale room) were added in the ride.[88][89] on october 1, 1971, a version of the ride opened within the fantasyland section of magic kingdom at walt disney world in bay lake, florida, u.s.[90] it was one of magic kingdom's original rides.[91][92] this version of the ride included over 600 figures with costumes.[93] the attraction lacks the elaborate facade present on the disneyland version of the attraction,[76][94] and it is also smaller in scale compared to the disneyland ride.[94] for three decades, the magic kingdom version of the attraction underwent relatively few changes. depictions of chinese dolls were added in the 1990s, and a set of laughing african children with hyenas were removed in the 1970s.[22] kodak sponsored the attraction in the early 1980s.[95] the toy company mattel agreed to sponsor the attraction in 1991,[78] discontinuing its sponsorship in 1999.[80] the ride was closed in may 2004 for refurbishment, which included a new entrance, a refurbished exterior, and a new sound system inside.[22] after the renovation was completed, the ride reopened in 2005.[96] in 2021, for the park's 50th anniversary, its facade was repainted in bright colors.[97] a doll in a wheelchair was added in 2023,[98][99] and further minor adjustments to the dolls took place in 2024.[100] another version of it's a small world opened at tokyo disneyland in chiba, japan, on april 15, 1983.[90] the tokyo disneyland version of the attraction is identical in layout to the magic kingdom version except for these differences: on march 1, 2017, tokyo disneyland's version of "it's a small world" closed down for refurbishment for its first major update since the park's opening in 1983. reopened in april 2018,[101] to coincide with tokyo disneyland's 35th anniversary, the attraction featured 40 characters from disney properties including cinderella, alice in wonderland, peter pan, the aristocats, brave, the little mermaid, aladdin, pinocchio, the jungle book, the lion king, hercules, the three caballeros, mulan, tangled, lilo & stitch, frozen, finding nemo, and moana similar to its counterparts in california and hong kong.[102][103] the attraction was initially set to be relocated to another area in fantasyland with a new facade similar to the california counterpart as part of original expansion plans announced in october 2014 for the resort within the next ten years, before being revised and updated.[104] the transformed version of the attraction soft opened on april 15, 2018, revealing an updated color scheme for the facade, a new tick tock sound and parade music (similar to the ones used in hong kong and anaheim), an entirely reconstructed loading area dubbed "small world station," a new welcome room, an extended goodbye room, rebuilt set pieces, and music tracks new to the ride including a mandarin language track added to the china scene formerly exclusive to the hong kong version along with the aforementioned disney characters.[105] on march 27, 2024, tokyo disneyland announced that "it's a small world" would receive a marvel themed overlay, called "it's a small world with groot", closing on september 17, 2024 for installation.[106][107] the park did not specify when the overlay would end, but it indicated that the ride would reopen in 2025.[107] it was announced that the opening date of the overlay occurred from january 15 to june 30, 2025. a fourth version of it's a small world opened at disneyland paris in marne la vallée, france, on april 12, 1992.[90] france telecom was the original sponsor of the disneyland paris version of the ride.[108] the attraction at disneyland paris is a departure from other versions of the attraction. the facade features rearranged and slightly redesigned landmarks with a completely different clock tower. the exterior clock face features a wide awake sun on its left half and a sleeping moon on its right half. unlike all other versions of the ride, every scene is housed in one room with arches being used to define sections of the ride. the scenery design is a complete departure from mary blair's distinctive style, though the dolls used remain identical to all other versions. the ride also uses a completely different soundtrack composed by john debney. this is the first version of the ride to incorporate a vibrant european room with dolls singing in french and german, a distinct middle eastern section with dolls singing in arabic and hebrew and a scene for north america with dolls representing canada and the united states. in the finale room, in addition to the song being sung in english, it is also sung in french. also, the attraction had a post show area called world chorus that was sponsored by orange s.a., which opened with the park in 1992 and then closed in 2010 to make way for the princess pavilion meet and greet area.[109] as part of an ongoing plan to refurbish several attractions for the park's 25th anniversary, this version was refurbished for six months, reopening on december 19, 2015. the refurbishment included a different color scheme for the facade that is identical to the color scheme when it first opened, restored assets and special effects, refurbished boats, new led lighting to replace the old stage lighting, and all 176 dolls in the ride being progressively replaced through 2017. the entrance and exit rooms have been completely revamped, being identical to the entrance scene in hong kong disneyland's version and the exit scene in the magic kingdom and hong kong disneyland versions (rendered in the mary blair style similar to the other parks). the soundtrack has been completely remastered with the base instrumental removed from the majority of the ride's audio except for the finale, making the soundtrack more similar to the original version. additionally, new audio tracks are added including a new recording of someone yodeling to the tune of the song in the switzerland scene.[110] disneyland paris's "it's a small world" was scheduled to be closed for extensive refurbishments from november 2021 until may 2023.[111] after an additional nineteenth month delay and during disneyland paris' 30th anniversary celebration and the walt disney company's 100th anniversary celebration, the ride was officially reopened on may 5, 2023 and featured 3 new, added, disabled and handicapped, wheelchair accessible dolls in 3 scenes: a german doll in the germany scene, an arabian doll in the arabia scene and another german doll in the finale scene.[112] the hong kong disneyland version of the attraction on lantau island, hong kong, opened on april 28, 2008.[113] it is located in the fantasyland section of the park.[114] hong kong disneyland marketed the ride using a cantonese version of the song "it's a small world (after all)" by james wong jim.[115] the ride is mostly modeled after the original disneyland counterpart in that the boats travel through a canal. some of this version's prominent and unique characteristics include: starting in 1997, disneyland has featured "it's a small world holiday" during the end of the year christmas and holiday season.[119][120] the disneyland version of the ride has been redecorated nearly every year since then.[76] the attraction is closed in late october to receive temporary holiday decorations inside and outside and reopens in early november before the start of the busy holiday tourist season. after the holiday season, "it's a small world holiday" stays open until late january where it closes to remove the holiday overlay and return to classic "it's a small world" in early february. almost one million lights are included during the holidays.[121] in "it's a small world holiday", the main theme song is not played in full; instead, the children sing "jingle bells" and a bridge of "deck the halls" in addition to the main theme.[119][120] in addition, the ride has decorations and symbols that are based on the holidays celebrated in different parts of the world. a projection show introduced in 2005 plays every 30 minutes across the facade while playing a techno version of the nutcracker suite.[120] in 2003, tokyo disneyland introduced a version of "it's a small world holiday" called "it's a small world very merry holidays". although having lights on the clock tower, the rest of the facade was covered in giant snowflakes. the inside of the attraction also had a modified soundtrack, the asia room, and finale used japanese vocals replacing the english dub used at disneyland and disneyland paris. the 2011 season was skipped due to damaged props from the earthquake that same year. the holiday overlay was removed in 2015 due to haunted mansion holiday nightmare having higher demand, and the two attractions being to close to each other.[122] disneyland paris introduced a holiday overlay in 1999. the first iteration of the overlay though was poorly made. the ride used an incomplete soundtrack mixed in with the ride's regular audio. the first iteration was removed in 2006. for the 2009 winter season, the overlay returned, and it received an official name of "it's a small world celebration". the ride received an overhaul including, new lighting, holiday decorations throughout the inside, and the entire attraction now used the full "it's a small world holiday" soundtrack.[123] the clock tower was also given a santa hat worn until a refurbishment in 2015. following that renovation, "it's a small world celebration" was planned to use an updated soundtrack originally set for winter 2016.[124] it was delayed for unknown reasons. "it's a small world celebration" returned for the 2017 2018 holiday season, featuring an updated soundtrack. since then, it has not returned. hong kong disneyland implemented its own version called "it's a small world christmas" that highlights the disney character scenes in christmas fashion with an appearance of santa claus in the arctic scene. despite being heavily decorated on the outside with clock tower dolls displayed in holiday attire, the ride was barely decorated on the inside. the audio also was a mix between the regular, and holiday soundtrack that would transition at points. hong kong's overlay lasted only one season possibly due to poor feedback.[125] as part of disney's "let the memories begin" campaign for 2011, a nighttime projection show premiered at the disneyland version of it's a small world on january 27, 2011.[126] the magic, the memories, and you show projected sequences of disney attractions and characters set to disney music onto the exterior facade of it's a small world to fill its architectural features, personalized with exclusive photographs and videos of park guests taken that day by disney's photopass cast members. the show also existed in walt disney world's magic kingdom, but was projected onto cinderella castle. as the let the memories begin campaign drew to a close, the show ended its run on labor day, september 3, 2012, at both locations. the florida version was eventually replaced by celebrate the magic in fall 2012 and later by once upon a time in 2016. the magic, the memories, and you theme song was later used for celebrate! tokyo disneyland as part of the tokyo disney resort 35th anniversary celebration that premiered at tokyo disneyland on july 10, 2018.[127]

follow tv tropes http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/deliberatevaluesdissonance go to sometimes, morals don't travel well. often, what is appropriate to one culture at a given time can be repugnant to the same culture at another, or vice versa. thus, when depicting other cultures, a creator has to choose whether to portray them accurately or not. many just use their own contemporary culture for everyone in the story for narrative reasons or just to make writing it easier, resulting in an inaccurate and/or anachronistic story. some, however, research the culture and make an effort to reproduce the attitudes of the time and place accurately, even when they are wildly different to what the author knows or might consider sensible. thus one ends up with a case of deliberate values dissonance. in historical fiction and historical fantasy, this is often a necessity to avoid anachronisms; indeed readers may criticize works for failure to reflect the actual historically accurate views as an anachronism stew. this may result in an author tract, the story condemning or praising certain values or societal norms that are no longer relevant. be wary, though, for sometimes reality is unrealistic and the deliberately different values end up just as inaccurate, but in the opposite direction   a story could present some value as being a relic of the past even if it's still widespread at the time of its writing,note the page quote is an excellent example of this; it presents such violent domestic abuse and outright spousal murder as a relic of the past even though it sadly is something that still happens to this day grossly exaggerate how common or how severe a certain dissonant historical value isnote once more, murdering one's unfaithful wife with a fireplace poker was hardly universally accepted as appropriate behavior even in the renaissance unlike what the page quote claims or even make up lurid historical values wholesale merely to shock the modern audience and to paint the past as worse than it actually is.note for example, claims that medieval people thought the earth was flat: it was largely accepted, and trivial to prove, that it is round. for speculative fiction this is also often a necessity, as it would make no sense for radically different societies   even if they are presented as a future version of the "present" society   to adopt exactly the same values. this can result in an author tract of a different kind, presenting values the author believes could or should arise in certain situations. conversely, this could simply be a tool for worldbuilding, especially in stories involving extraterrestrials or otherwise completely "alien" civilizations. when moral systems are so different from a reader's culture that they are almost incomprehensible, blue and orange morality is the result. another way to sidestep this problem is to write a family friendly story set in a small community with a near homogeneous population, where controversial social or political issues never come up and in fact, can scarcely be imagined. often a meditation on or argument against good flaws, bad flaws. in its most exaggerated form you may get bad is good and good is bad. see also your normal is our taboo, unfortunate implications when the author unintentionally clashes with the audience, culture clash for in universe differences, no equal opportunity time travel when a character discovers that the cultural values of another time are hostile to them, aluminum christmas trees. contrast politically correct history, eternal sexual freedom, fair for its day, culture justifies anything, the theme park version. see also idiosyncratic cultural gesture. aj's history curriculum and his parent's views of christopher columbus find themselves at odds. "dishonorable t... krusty's asian ... it was the 80s awful travel gu... dick jett, the ... it's inhuman, b... "baby on board" asbestos commer... "dad's hollywoo... important links tvtropes is licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial sharealike 3.0 unported license. permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. aj's history curriculum and his parent's views of christopher columbus find themselves at odds. how well does it match the trope? example of: media sources: report he was a brave ... "dishonorable t... krusty's asian ... it was the 80s awful travel gu... dick jett, the ... it's inhuman, b... "baby on board" asbestos commer... "dad's hollywoo...

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" florida lawmakers began threatening to revoke a 55 year old law that enables walt disney world to essentially function as its own municipal government. (disney had already been at odds with the governor on pandemic issues like a vaccine mandate for employees.) in trying to offend no one, disney had seemingly lost everyone. "the mission for the disney brand has always been really clear: do nothing that might upset or confuse the family audience," said martin kaplan, the norman lear professor of entertainment, media and society at the university of southern california and a former walt disney studios executive. "fun for all. nothing objectionable. let's all be transformed by the magic wand. but we are so divided today, so revved up, that even disney is having a hard time bringing us together." avoiding socially divisive topics, of course, in itself reflects a certain worldview. the walt disney company's namesake founder, after all, was an anti union conservative. main street u.s.a. patriotism is on prominent display at disney's theme parks. the traditional christmas story is told each december at disney world in florida and disneyland in california with candlelight processional events, bible verses and all.it took the company until 2009 to introduce a black princess. but in recent years, there has been a noticeable change. robert a. iger, who served as chief executive from 2005 to 2020, pushed the world's largest entertainment company to emphasize diverse casting and storytelling. as he said at disney's 2017 shareholder meeting, referring to inclusion and equality: "we can take those values, which we deem important societally, and actually change people's behavior   get people to be more accepting of the multiple differences and cultures and races and all other facets of our lives and our people." in essence, entertainment as advocacy. mr. iger was the one who pushed forward the global blockbuster "black panther," which had an almost entirely black cast and a powerful afrocentric story line. under his tenure, disney refocused the "star wars" franchise around female characters. a parade of animated movies ("moana," "coco," "raya and the last dragon," "soul," "encanto") showcased a wide variety of races, cultures and ethnicities. the result, for the most part, has been one hit after another. but a swath of disney's audience has pushed back.ternals," a $200 million disney marvel movie, was "review bombed" in the fall because it depicted a gay superhero kissing his husband, with online trolls flooding the internet movie database with hundreds of homophobic one star reviews. in january, disney was accused by the actor peter dinklage and others of trafficking in stereotypes by moving forward with a live action "snow white" movie   until it was revealed that the company planned to replace the seven dwarfs with digitally created "magical creatures," which, in turn, prompted complaints by others about the "erasure" of people with dwarfism. disney executives tend to dismiss such incidents as tempests in teapots: trending today, replaced by a new complaint tomorrow. but even moderate online storms can be a distraction inside the company. meetings are held about how and whether to respond; fretful talent partners must be reassured. as disney prepared to introduce its streaming service in 2019, it began an extensive review of its film library. as part of the initiative, called stories matter, disney added disclaimers to content that the company determined included "negative depictions or mistreatment of people or cultures." examples included episodes of "the muppet show" from the 1970s and the 1941 version of "dumbo.""these stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now," the disclaimers read. the stories matter team privately flagged other characters as potentially problematic, with the findings distributed to senior disney leaders, according to two current disney executives, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss confidential information. ursula, the villainous sea witch from "the little mermaid" (1989), was one. her dark color palette (lavender skin, black legs) could be viewed through a racial lens, the stories matter team cautioned; she is also a "queer coded" character, with mannerisms inspired in part by those of a real life drag queen. tinker bell was marked for caution because she is "body conscious" and jealous of peter pan's attention, according to the executives, while captain hook could expose disney to accusations of discrimination or prejudice against individuals with disabilities because he is a villain. at least some people inside disney are concerned that such sensitivities go too far. one of the executives worried that looking at artistic creations through a "politically correct filter" could chill creativity. disney declined to comment for this article. all of this comes at a perilous time for disney, which is racing to remake itself as a streaming titan as technology giants like amazon and apple move deeper into the entertainment business and traditional cable networks like disney owned espn slowly wither. disney is also coping with a disruptive changing of the guard, with mr. iger stepping down as executive chairman in december. mr. iger occasionally spoke out on hot button political issues during his time as chief executive. his successor, bob chapek, decided (with backing from the disney board) to avoid weighing in on state political battles. disney lobbyists would continue to work behind the scenes, however, as they did with the florida legislation. "our diverse stories are our corporate statements   and they are more powerful than any tweet or lobbying effort," mr. chapek wrote in an email to disney employees on march 7. "i firmly believe that our ability to tell such stories   and have them received with open eyes, ears and hearts   would be diminished if our company were to become a political football in any debate."in the case of florida, the approach backfired, first with employee protests and a walkout and then with a right wing backlash. the fox news host tucker carlson said disney had "a sexual agenda for 6 year olds" and was "creepy as hell." tweets with the #boycottdisney hashtag accumulated millions of impressions between march 28 and april 3, according to listenfirst, an analytics firm. disney executives have long held the position that boycotts have a minimal impact on the company's business, if any. disney is such a behemoth (it generates roughly $70 billion in annual revenue) that avoiding its products is almost impossible. but the same vast reach that makes disney hard to boycott also makes it an increasingly visible part of the country's cultural debates. hardly a month goes by without some kind of dust up, usually with sexual identity and gender as the prompt. last summer, "muppet babies," a disney junior series for children ages 3 to 8, gently explored gender identity. gonzo donned a gown, defying a directive from miss piggy "that the girls come as princesses and the boys come as knights." out magazine wrote that the episode "just sent a powerful message of love and acceptance to gender variant kids everywhere!" and a far right pundit blasted disney for "pushing the trans agenda" on children, starting an online brush fire. around the same time, some l.g.b.t.q. advocates were criticizing disney over "loki," a disney+ superhero show. in the third episode of "loki," the title character briefly acknowledged for the first time onscreen what comic fans had long known: he is bisexual. but the blink and you missed it handling of the information angered some prominent members of the l.g.b.t.q. community. "it's, like, one word," russell t. davies, a british screenwriter ("queer as folk"), said during a panel discussion at the time. "it's a ridiculous, craven, feeble gesture." the fighting will undoubtedly continue: the disney pixar film "lightyear," set for release in june, depicts a loving lesbian couple, while "thor: love and thunder," arriving in july, will showcase a major l.g.b.t.q. character.last month, when disney held its most recent shareholder meeting, mr. chapek was put on the spot by shareholders from the political left and right. one person called disney to task for contributions to legislators who have championed bills that restrict voting and reproductive rights. mr. chapek said that disney gave money to "both sides of the aisle" and that it was reassessing its donation policies. (he subsequently paused all contributions in florida.) another representative for a shareholder advocacy group then took the microphone and noted that "disney from its very inception has always represented a safe haven for children," before veering into homophobic and transphobic comments and asking mr. chapek to "ditch the politicization and gender ideology." in response, mr. chapek noted the contrasting shareholder concerns. "i think all the participants on today's call can see how difficult it is to try to thread the needle between the extreme polarization of political viewpoints," he said. "what we want disney to be is a place where people can come together," he continued. "my opinion is that, when someone walks down main street and comes in the gates of our parks, they put their differences aside and look at what they have as a shared belief   a shared belief of disney magic, hopes, dreams and imagination." brooks barnes is a media and entertainment reporter, covering all things hollywood. he joined the times in 2007 as a business reporter focused primarily on the walt disney company. he previously worked for the wall street journal. @brooksbarnesnyt ​an organization run by ai is not a futuristic concept. such technology is already a part of many workplaces and will continue to shape the labor market and hr. here's how employers and employees can successfully manage generative ai and other ai powered systems. hr must always include human intelligence and oversight of ai in decision making in hiring and firing, a legal expert said at shrm24. she added that hr can ensure compliance by meeting the strictest ai standards, which will be in colorado’s upcoming ai law. the proliferation of artificial intelligence in the workplace, and the ensuing expected increase in productivity and efficiency, could help usher in the four day workweek, some experts predict. learn how marsh mclennan successfully boosts staff well being with digital tools, improving productivity and work satisfaction for more than 20,000 employees. stay up to date with the latest hr news, trends, and expert advice each business day. success caption © 2025 shrm. all rights reserved shrm provides content as a service to its readers and members. it does not offer legal advice, and cannot guarantee the accuracy or suitability of its content for a particular purpose. disclaimer privacy policy terms of use accessibility shrm members enjoy unlimited access to articles and exclusive member resources. get unlimited access to articles and member exclusive resources. you've reached the limit of 3 free articles this month. join to access unlimited articles and member only resources. this content is for the shrm executive network and executive content subscription members only. you've reached the limit of 1 free article this month. join the executive network and enjoy unlimited content. this content is for the shrm executive network and executive content subscription members only. you've reached the limit of 1 free article this month. join and enjoy unlimited access to shrm executive network content. please enjoy this free resource! join shrm for unlimited access to exclusive articles and tools. your membership is nearing its expiration. renew now to continue enjoying unlimited articles and exclusive resources. your membership has expired. renew now to continue enjoying unlimited articles and exclusive resources. your membership is nearing its expiration. renew now to continue enjoying your exclusive executive network benefits. your membership has expired. renew now to continue enjoying your exclusive executive network benefits.
supported by when walt disney world replaced a ride that was based on a racist film with a new attraction, brooks barnes, who covers entertainment, was first in line. by brooks barnes times insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind the scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. i suppose i qualify as a disney adult, the pejorative term for grown ups who visit disney theme parks without children in tow. disney has 12 theme parks and two water parks around the world, and i’ve been to all of them. i was at walt disney world in florida when the theme park reopened in july 2020 after closing for four months during the coronavirus pandemic. and i was at disneyland in california in 2022, when mickey mouse was allowed to share hugs again after a two year pandemic induced hiatus. i also hung out at the turkey leg stand in disneyland’s frontierland for an entire afternoon. and this month, when disney world began testing its newest ride, tiana’s bayou adventure, i was on it. but i didn’t do any of those things as a dewy eyed disney fan. i go to the company’s parks because, as a reporter who covers the entertainment business, it’s part of my job. early in my career, in the late 1990s, i covered “hard news,” including cops and courts in philadelphia. that posting was a picnic compared with my current one. disney does not respond well, to put it mildly, when articles puncture its happiest place on earth mythmaking. i once tried to get information out of a toy story mania ride operator   i wanted to know how disneyland employees felt about new safety procedures   and a corporate communications officer appeared out of nowhere and curtly put an end to the conversation. as of 2021, the walt disney company had a 500 person global media relations team. there is just one of me. still, i aim to cover all the big news.

 supported by the ride was closed last year because of its connection to a racist film. disney overhauled it to focus on tiana, disney’s first black princess, drawing praise and backlash. by brooks barnes photographs by todd anderson reporting from walt disney world near orlando, fla. in the summer of 2020, as a reckoning on racial justice swept the country, disney said it would rip out splash mountain, a wildly popular flume ride with a racist back story.