Say NO to crack!

I mentioned to you that I just recently got back from Disneyland....yes?


The picture above....well....it is MILD compared to the show we got while passing a thirty-something lady squatting in Fantasyland. I REALLY wish I would have had my camera. In fact, I could have submitted it to the website where I found THIS picture!


Ya know...seeing the top of a thong without crack is bad enough. Seeing floss and crack is HORRIBLE. But, (no pun intended) seeing so much of a woman's butt crack that you KNOW she is going "commando", is nothing short of repulsive. I know some men may disagree with me...but, as a woman, it's just flat out gross. C'mon gals. Let's show a LITTLE class.....ok?


That being said, I belong to a discussion group of "Re-Imagineers", regarding Disneyland. Several past Imagineers are on the discussion board. There's QUITE a hot topic going on right now, in regards to It's A Small World. If you didn't know already, it's been shut down since January 22, 2008. It is scheduled to reopen November 29th, 2008. One of the longest "renovations" (aside from turning the People Mover into Rocket Rods) in the parks history.

Apparently, Disney's guests overall "girth" has grown since the ride was originally designed in the 60's. (Although, Disney disputes that is an issue. God forbid they stop selling those churros...) Anyhow, they are redesigning the boats to make them larger and "more buoyant", and making the waterways (flumes) wider and deeper to accommodate the new boats. Ok...I can see the need for this. However, that is not the controversial part.

Mary Blair, the original designer of IASM (It's A Small World), was nothing short of brilliant. This ride was put together for the 1964/65 World's Fair. It opened in the park on May 28, 1966. It was Walt Disney's desire to represent a "community" feel for uniting the world. I believe Unicef was a major backer of the ride itself.

Well....the current Imagineers are at it again. Butchering yet another "historical" ride. No matter HOW you feel about the ever annoying song that plays during the 10-14 minute ride (depending on how fast the boats and their loads are moving...)...I think we ALL have a sentimental feel for the ride. It seems as though the new plans are to scrap the rain forest scene (you know...where the plastic strips look like "rain", and the sparkly green crocodile with the umbrella stands...remember??). They want to take that whole room apart, and make a room called "Up with America". Something more patriotic. Barf. Not that I am against patriotism...don't get me wrong. We should have kept "America Sings", instead of that STUPID Innoventions crap they have there now. I simple can't WAIT for them to turn that into something else besides the waste of space that it truly is.

Along with the "Up with America" room, they are planning on bastardizing the remainder of the ride, by strategically placing Disney characters along the ride. You'll find Ariel in the mermaid/underwater area....Lilo & Stitch in the Hawaiian scene...Lion King characters in Africa....Mulan in China...is this repulsing you as much as it is me? I will be on that ride when it opens back up in November/December. But, I am bringing a barf bag...just in case.

This whole thing just brings me back to when they redid Pirates of the Caribbean. The first time they changed it, was due to women's lib'ers who said that it exploited women. DUH! You think the pirates DIDN'T pillage and plunder? At least they didn't show the truth in how they raped they women!! C'mon!! So, they changed a few scenes....and added a bunch of FOOD to the village scenes. Pretty outrageously ridiculous, if you ask me. I sincerely doubt that they had an over-abundance of food...let alone, were overly obsessed with food more than the women. Then, to add insult to injury, they decide to redo the ride AGAIN, in order to incorporate Johnny Depp in the ride. Puh-leeze. Just made me ill.

I don't think that I am the only one who goes to Disneyland for the NOSTALGIA. If I wanted thrill rides, I'd go to Six Flags. If I wanted rides about movies, I'd go to Universal Studios. Disneyland was in an upper class all it's own. Sad to see it bow down to lower standards. Sad to see that they thought they needed to improvise another park as poorly done as California Adventures, also.

The Imagineers could have incorporated the FEW decent rides in CA, somewhere within the DL park, itself.

I'd love to be part of the WED or WDI team....