Pinocchio's Daring Journey is a dark ride that doesn't get a lot of love here; today I will attempt to rectify that with photos from my last ride through.
Get into your vehicle and awaaaaaay we go!
Welcome to Stromboli's Puppet Theatre!
The happy faces you see…
hide the evil Stromboli that runs the show.
Jiminy Cricket attempts to warn Pinocchio.
But to no avail. He enters Pleasure Island anyway.
Looks good so far, doesn't it?
Do you think it's buttered?
Things start to get a little seedier...
and then the truth is revealed.
Watch out for Monstro!
Jiminy Cricket returns to the scene.
The Blue Fairy arrives to make it all right.
Our last vision of Pinocchio shows him as a puppet still. No real boy on this attraction.
Last shot of Jiminy Cricket.
To grainy to get a good view of his medal.
A few closing shots of Gepetto's Workshop.
The exit mural:
Hope you enjoyed your ride through!
More of the wooden boy that became human on my main website.
I love Pinocchio's Daring Journey. The Pleasure Island section is always my favorite and I wish just once that my ride vehicle would breakdown in Gepetto's Workshop finale. So much to look at there with such a fleeting glimpse.
ReplyDeleteThe Fantasyland dark rides are like the Disneyland Railroad, Jungle Cruise and Mark Twain to me. "Walt" attractions that are the heart and soul of their respective lands. Hope they will always be there at Disneyland. Thanks, Dave.
I love this ride, and it is often a "walk on"... not sure why it isn't as popular as some of the other dark rides. In my opinion they did this one right!
ReplyDeleteIt has always bothered me just a little that Pinocchio is still a wooden puppet at the end of the ride (as you pointed out). I wonder if the Pinocchio attraction will eventually get "enhancements" added to it like "Alice" and "Peter Pan" did.
ReplyDeleteThe Blue Fairy "Pepper's ghost" effect is especially well done, I think.
ReplyDeleteI agree, this is a good little ride and undervalued for some unaccountable reason.
Even though it was added at the 1983 remodeling, long after Walt's death, it has very much the same feel as the original dark rides.
Thank you, Dave.
JG
Pinocchio features 6 Native American stereotype statues.
ReplyDeleteTo Daveland I was looking at your Pinocchio's Daring Journey ride and I noticed that in one of your photos, it features 2 Native American stereotype statues smoking peace pipes, by Honest John and Gibbons.
Is Disneyland planning on retheming Pinocchio's Daring Journey ride? I'm partially Native American and I find the Native American stereotype statues to be embarrassing and uncomfortable.
Crosswalker - That sounds like a question you should be asking the Disney Corporation, of which I have no part of (which is clearly stated on this blog). Ben - I feel that your blog post about your desire to have black and white movies from television banned to be extremely ageist and makes me feel uncomfortable. I'm offended.
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