Os clássicos da Fantasyland

Aproveitando o clima de Fantasyland, fiquei pensando o que mais eu poderia dizer sobre lá além da expansão. Atualmente, com parte da land fechada, decidi selecionar o que é mais legal e com certeza não vai ser alterado.

Acabei me vendo diante de duas atrações clássicas. (E uma relativamente nova e absolutamente imperdível, que veremos no próximo post em breve!)

As clássicas são It's a small world e Peter Pan's Flight, na minha humilde opinião, claro.

A primeira já é até meio estigmatizada e quase um dos símbolos do Magic Kingdom.

Ela é tradicional, histórica e foi inaugurada junto com o parque, em Outubro de 1971, como uma homenagem à UNICEF e às crianças do mundo.

Cada parque da Disney no mundo tem sua versão de "It's a small world": Califórnia, Orlando, Paris, Tóquio e Hong Kong, o que não é muito comum de acontecer com uma atração.

Enquanto ainda estava sendo projetada, a ideia era que em cada setor da atração os bonequinhos cantassem o hino de seu país de origem, o que não funcionou. Quando todas as músicas tocavam ao mesmo tempo, devia ser uma confusão!

Então Walt pediu que fosse feita uma música só, que pudesse ser facilmente traduzida para todos os idiomas e fosse cantada por todos os bonecos ao mesmo tempo.

Assim surgiu a musiquinha infernal típica que fica o resto do dia na sua cabeça depois que você vai na atração.

Ainda assim, como tudo o que é clássico da Disney - e It's a small world é a definição de clássico - , acho que vale a visita. Mesmo que seja uma única vez na vida para saber do que se trata.

E se você não acredita no poder chicletinho da música, aqui vai a letra pra você cantar mentalmente (ou em voz alta, que é mais legal!) e depois me contar quantos dias ficou com ela na cabeça:

It's a world of laughter, a world of tears
it's a world of hopes, it's a world of fear
there's so much that we share
that it's time we're aware
it's a small world after all

CHORUS:
it's a small world after all
it's a small world after all
it's a small world after all
it's a small, small world

There is just one moon and one golden sun
And a smile means friendship to everyone.
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It's a small small world

A segunda atração clássica, Peter Pan's Flight, me leva de volta à infância.

Tenho uma relação pessoal com esses personagens e lembranças maravilhosas de quando era criança e ia passar as tardes na casa da minha madrinha, que lia o livro repetidamente para mim e minha "prima-irmã". (Oi, Rê!) Por isso sou meio suspeita para escrever sobre a atração.

Mas ainda assim, vamos lá.

Só a "placa" que identifica a atração já me ganha. Sabe aquele esquema Jerry Maguire, do tipo: "Você me ganhou com o oi"? É mais ou menos o que acontece comigo aqui...

Mas foco!

Já ouvi dizer que a versão original da atração era pra que os visitantes se sentissem o Peter Pan voando sobre Londres e experimentassem o filme do ponto de vista dele. Então Peter não aparecia na atração!

As pessoas não entenderam a proposta e saíam perguntando onde ele estava. Então a Disney resolveu acrescentá-lo às cenas, o que, na minha opinião, foi uma decisão acertada. Seria como não ver o Mickey na parada ou algo do tipo...

A atração funciona com um sistema de carrinhos supensos por um trilho que passa por cima, o que é ideal porque não atrapalha a visão das cenas, que são todas localizadas abaixo do navio em que embarcamos.

Aí na foto, o trilho está escondido pelas nuvens.

Que eu saiba, essa é uma ideia original para esse tipo de atração e em nenhuma outra da Disney você sobrevoa as cenas, vendo tudo de cima, como acontece aqui.

A sensação é de ter recebido uma pitada de pixie dust e ter entrado de verdade na história!

Primeira cena, no quarto de Wendy

Sim, é verdade que os animatronics daqui não são dos mais modernos, mas na minha opinião isso ainda é um charme, porque coisas clássicas não envelhecem, só ficam mais charmosas.

Talvez eu seja realmente muito suspeita para avaliar Peter Pan's Flight e se você seguir meu conselho e resolver dar uma chance para ela, possa acabar achando meio infantil e sem graça.

Imagino que o mesmo aconteceria comigo se alguém me incentivasse a ir na Snow White's Scary Adventures, da Branca de Neve, já que ela também é das antigas e tão clássica quanto.

Mas sugiro que, visitando qualquer uma dessas, você o faça com o coração aberto, pensando na importância e história de cada personagem e disposto(a) a enxergar a magia que Walt criou em cada pedacinho do parque.

Wendy: But Peter, how do we get to Neverland?
Peter: Fly, of course!
Wendy: Fly?
Peter: It's easy! All you have to do is... ha! That's funny.
Wendy: What's the matter? Don't you know?
Peter: Oh sure. It's just that I never thought of it before... That's it! you think of a wonderful thought!
Wendy: He can fly!
John: He can fly!
Michael: He flew!
Peter: Now you try!
Wendy: I'll think of a mermaid lagoon, underneath a magic moon.
John: I'll think I'm in a pirate's cave!
Michael: I think I'll be an Indian brave!
Peter: Now everybody try!
All: One, two, three!
All: We can fly! We can fly! We can fly!
(They all fall to the ground)
Peter: This won't do. What's the matter with you? All it takes is fate and trust... Oh! And something I forgot!
(Grabs Tinkerbell)
Peter: Dust!
Wendy, John, Michael: Dust?
Peter: Yep! Just a little bit of pixie dust!

(English version below)



Fantasyland classics


Still in Fantasyland mood, I started thinking what else I could write about it besides the expansion. Since part of the land is closed, I decided to select the best things, that certainly won't be changed.

I ended up with two classic attractions (And a relatively new and absolutely must-do one, that we'll be talking about soon!)

The classics are It's a small World and Peter Pan's Flight, in my humble opinion, of course.
The first one has even become stigmatized by some people (mostly because of its song, I guess), but it can actually still be considered one of Magic Kingdom symbols.

 

It's traditional, historic and was opened with the park, in October of 1971, as a tribute to UNICEF and children of the world.

Each Disney park arould the world has its version of "It's a small world": California, Orlando, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong, which is not ordinarily seen.

While it was still being designed, the idea was to have each group of dolls sing their national anthem on the different sections of the ride, which didn't work. When all the songs were played together, it was a mess!

So Walt requested that one unique song was written. One that could easily be translated to every language and sung by all the dolls at the same time.

That's how the annoying typical song that sticks in your head for the rest of the day was made.

Still, like everything else classic at Disney - and "It's a small world" is the definition of classic - , I think it's worth the visit. Even if it's just once, to know what everyone else is talking about.

And if you don't believe the song's earworm power, here are the lyrics so you can sing silently in our head (or out loud, that's even better!) and then tell me how many days you had it playing over and over in your brain:

It's a world of laughter, a world or tears
it's a world of hopes, it's a world of fear
there's so much that we share
that it's time we're aware
it's a small world after all

CHORUS:
it's a small world after all
it's a small world after all
it's a small world after all
it's a small, small world

There is just one moon and one golden sun
And a smile means friendship to everyone.
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It's a small small world

The second classic attraction, Peter Pan's Flight, takes me back to my childhood.

I have a personal thing with these characters and wonderful memories from when I was a child and would spend afternoons at my aunt's house. She would read the book for me and my sister-cousin (Hi, Renata!) over and over. So I'm a bit suspicious to write about this attraction.

But still, here we gooooo!... (Off to Neverland? - Couldn't help myself)

Just the sign itself gets to me. You know that "you-had-me-at-hello-Jerry-Maguire" kind of thing? That's sort of what happens to me here...

But focus!

I've heard that the original version of the ride meant for the guests to be Peter Pan flying over London and experience the movie from hist point of view. So Peter wasn't on the attraction!

People didn't quite grasp the idea and would come out of the ride wondering and asking where he was. So Disney decided to add him to the scenes, which was the right to thing to do, in my opinion. Riding Peter Pan's Flight and not seing Peter would be like not spotting Mickey at the parade...

The ride works with a system of vehicles suspended from tracks above, which is ideal, because that way there's nothing to block the view from scenes below the ship you board.

On the photo, the tracks are hidden by the clouds

From what I know, this is an original idea for this kind of attraction and in no other ride you fly over the scenes, watching everything from above, like here.

The feeling is like having been sprinkled with pixie dust and really gotten into the story!

First scene, at Wendy's room

Yes, the animatronics here are not the most modern, but in my opinion, this is actually charming, because classic things don't get old, they get charming.

Maybe I really am too bias to evaluate Peter Pan's Flight and if you follow my advice and do decide to give it a chance, it's possible that you find it childish and boring.

I imagine the same thing would happen to me if someone encouraged me to ride Snow White's Scary Adventures nowadays, since it's also old and just as classic. (I've been there before, but I'm just not a huge Snow White fan...)

My suggestion is that if you visit any of these attractions, do so with your heart open, considering the importance and story of each character and be willing to see the magic that Walt has created in each corner of the park.

Wendy: But Peter, how do we get to Neverland?
Peter: Fly, of course!
Wendy: Fly?
Peter: It's easy! All you have to do is... ha! That's funny.
Wendy: What's the matter? Don't you know?
Peter: Oh sure. It's just that I never thought of it before... That's it! you think of a wonderful thought!
Wendy: He can fly!
John: He can fly!
Michael: He flew!
Peter: Now you try!
Wendy: I'll think of a mermaid lagoon, underneath a magic moon.
John: I'll think I'm in a pirate's cave!
Michael: I think I'll be an Indian brave!
Peter: Now everybody try!
All: One, two, three!
All: We can fly! We can fly! We can fly!
(They all fall to the ground)
Peter: This won't do. What's the matter with you? All it takes is fate and trust... Oh! And something I forgot!
(Grabs Tinkerbell)
Peter: Dust!
Wendy, John, Michael: Dust?
Peter: Yep! Just a little bit of pixie dust!