The Adventures of Pinocchio

[Big Disney Fan]

This is a much more elaborate version of the Pinocchio ride at Disneyland. I was considering putting this ride in parks that don't already have this ride, namely, Walt Disney World and Hong Kong Disneyland, as well as a Disney park I have thought up for Germany.

The differences between this ride and Pinocchio's Daring Journey in California begin even before you board your ride vehicle (the same design as in DL, but instead of having two benches across per car to seat four, there will be three benches to seat six, just like the WDW version of Snow White). Anyway, the exterior design will not be themed to Stromboli's theater. Instead, it will be themed to Geppetto's workshop (think the little Pinocchio-themed store right next door to the Pinocchio ride in DL). Anyway, I gotta go now; be back later. Peace!

I'll post more soon.

[Big Disney Fan]

Seriously, before I go on, I want to go on record as saying I want your opinions at any time during this time. Anyway, here's the complete verbal tour for my improved Pinocchio ride...


The differences between this ride and Pinocchio's Daring Journey begin even before you board your ride vehicle (the same design as in California, but instead of having two benches across per car to seat four, there will be three benches to seat six, just like the WDW version of Snow White). Anyway, the exterior design will not be theme to Stromboli's theater. Instead, it will be themed to Geppetto's workshop (think the little Pinocchio-themed store right next door to the Pinocchio ride in CA).

You wind through the queue, which is of Geppetto's workshop, much like the closing scene in the Pinocchio ride at Disneyland, namely, the clocks, toys and such. When you reach the end of the queue, you find a large mural depicting the characters from the film. Here, you board your six-seater cars. One difference between this version and the version in CA is that instead of entering the ride building on the left and coming out on the right, here, it's the other way around (a la Peter Pan). As you board, you hear Jiminy Cricket providing the safety spiel:

JIMINY CRICKET: Hello, friends. Cricket's the name. Jiminy Cricket. And you're about to embark on a journey with my close friend, Pinocchio. But first, a few words of advice: remain seated with your hands, arms, feet and legs inside and parents, watch your kids. And remember, always let your conscience be your guide.

Once seated in your car, you face a closed door leading further into the workshop before you.

You leave the load area and head toward the closed door, which opens into the area of the workshop showing the workbench. Pinocchio is seated on the bench, listening to Jiminy Cricket as he sings, "Give a Little Whistle". You then head out the front door and onto the cobblestone street where you see Pinocchio meeting up with Foulfellow and Gideon. Foulfellow holds Pinocchio's schoolbook away from him; Gideon holds a mallet behind his back. "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" plays in the background while Foulfellow tells Pinocchio that he should be an actor. Meanwhile you head toward the entrance to Stromboli's Puppet Theatre.

You then enter the puppet theatre and see Pinocchio dancing onstage to your right singing "I've Got No Strings". The Dutch puppet is on his right and the French puppet on his left. Then you enter the backstage area where you see Pinocchio in the cage and the menacing Stromboli towering over him (and you). "This will be your new home, my little wooden gold mine!" Stromboli yells at Pinocchio. You go past the both of them, past Jiminy Cricket pointing the way out. You go through the giant cage and out into the cobblestone street.

You head past the signs pointing between "Pinocchio's Village" and "Pleasure Island". Jiminy appears and tells you to wait up. "Wait!" he shouts. "Stop! Get back here!" You then go through the main gate of Pleasure Island.

Here, the sequencing of events is different than California. Instead of seeing the boys riding the merry-go-round first, you see the candy cane Ferris wheel first. Foulfellow and Gideon playing the hi striker game produces a different donkey bray than in California. Also, instead simply the music of "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" playing, you hear a chorus actually singing the Pleasure Island version.

As you approach the Rough House, you can tell you're passing down Tobacco Road, because the floor is paved like a giant strip of chewing tobacco. Then you pass through a scene not seen in CA: the Model Home. As you pass beneath the sign saying that it's open for destruction. You pass through the front door (the stained glass window above already smashed).

Inside is all the things seen in the junkyard-type scene in CA's ride. There is no such scene here. You pass by smashed furniture and mud tracks are seen crisscrossing the floor here. You also pass by a mustache-wearing Mona Lisa. Then you head into the Billiard Room where you see Lampwick turning into a donkey while Pinocchio covers his mouth with laughter. The Coachman is seen in the booth nearby.

You leave the Billiard Room and enter the boat dock scene full of crates in which the sad boys-turned-donkeys are imprisoned. They are saying stuff like, "I wanna go home!" and "I don't wanna be a donkey!" You pass by Jiminy Cricket as he points the way out. You narrowly avoid the Coachman as he tries to force you into an open crate being sent to the salt mines.

You then leave the boat dock and head down to the sea, where Jiminy Cricket warns you to watch out for Monstro. Now here's where it really gets different from California. You then head forward through pitch blackness and then suddenly lightning flashes while you hear the roar of Monstro. You then enter the wide open jaws of this great behemoth (think Storybook Land).

You go down the throat of the monster and find yourself in the belly. Here, you see Geppetto's small schooner. Pinocchio has made it inside the beast. A fire is already built. "I've come to save you, Father!" Pinocchio says. "But how?" Geppetto asks. "We'll make him sneeze us out with the fire here," Pinocchio replies. You go through the raft and then head back up the throat and out the mouth where more lightning flashes as well as a slight burst in speed are used to simulate Monstro sneezing.

You then swing around through the rocky crevice nearby and the rest of the ride from here on continues as in California. Here Jiminy says that they made it home to the village and you enter the workshop. Inside, you witness the holographic Blue Fairy disappear, leaving a trail of fairy dust behind. Here, Pinocchio will actually look like a real boy instead of just a puppet. "It's my dream come true!" Geppetto cries. "You ARE a real boy!" You then pass by Jiminy Cricket with the oversized gold conscience badge on him and then head straight for the unload area. The ride ends.


So like I said, what do you think?

[phd516]

Sounds absolutely beautiful!
It would seem that it'd need quite a bit of space to accomplish, but as a strong fan of Pinocchio, I feel that this would be an excellent rendition of the ride (not that the Disneyland one isn't good already). :smile:

[Brer_Rabbit]

Bravo! Bravo! I can completely imagine that being a ride! It sounds better than DL's (not that it isn't perfect) but yah. You must really know the movie!

[Big Disney Fan]

Bravo! Bravo! I can completely imagine that being a ride! It sounds better than DL's (not that it isn't perfect) but yah. You must really know the movie!

You bet I do. It's one of my all-time favorite Disney movies, that and "Alice In Wonderland".

[candystandman]

the only thing i would change to that
(just a suggestion)
is that cricket shouldnt say that we are gonna have an adventure...
maybe make it like a surprise....

[Big Disney Fan]

the only thing i would change to that
(just a suggestion)
is that cricket shouldnt say that we are gonna have an adventure...
maybe make it like a surprise....

What do you mean by that?

[candystandman]

JIMINY CRICKET: Hello, friends. Cricket's the name. Jiminy Cricket. And you're about to embark on a journey with my close friend, Pinocchio.

i mean like instead of saying that were gonna go on an adventure....
make it like.... a surprise...
like you dont know whats gonna go on....
its just kinda corny that he says were gonna go on an adventure...

[Brer_Rabbit]

its just kinda corny that he says were gonna go on an adventure...

Hahahahaha. Srry.. that just made me laugh

[candystandman]

im just saying... but its all good

[Big Disney Fan]

the only thing i would change to that
(just a suggestion)
is that cricket shouldnt say that we are gonna have an adventure...
maybe make it like a surprise....

How about this then:

JIMINY CRICKET: Hello, friends. Cricket's the name. Jiminy Cricket. And you're about to embark on a journey with my close friend, Pinocchio. But first, remember that this trip will have surprises at every turn, since we don't know what we'll encounter here, so a few words of advice: remain seated with your hands, arms, feet and legs inside and parents, watch your kids. And remember, always let your conscience be your guide.

It's the same safety spiel as before, but with the caution of surprises, which further motivates the safety regulations here.

[Brer_Rabbit]

Very nice! ^

[Big Disney Fan]

Can anyone explain to me who should do the voices of these characters in the ride? Thus far, all I could think of were Eddie Carroll, the present voice of Jiminy Cricket and maybe have Malcolm McDowall as the voice of the Coachman. Unfortunately, the reason I'm asking is because A) Tony Pope (who voiced Geppetto in the Kingdom Hearts series) had deceased in 2004 so I can't use him; and B) Seth Adkins (the voice of Pinocchio in the Kingdom Hearts series) was born in 1989 and so it's possible that his voice has matured a little too much for the role now. So who can portray those roles and the roles of the other characters.

Like I said, I thought of Eddie Carroll as the voice of Jiminy Cricket (all media after Cliff Edwards passed away) and Malcolm McDowall as the Coachman. I think McDowall fits perfectly as the Coachman.

Who can voice the other characters, though?

[Brer_Rabbit]

Uuuuumm.. hmmm. That might be a problem. The Disney company probobly has somebody to voice... right?

[Wig]

Unknown voices, choosen from a audition, are allways the best...
There NEVER is a need for known voices... (That is mythology...)

[imagineer_me]

Sounds awesome!

[Big Disney Fan]

Oh, yeah, I've also decided that the Pinocchio ride I've thought up will never stop moving. It will be a continuous moving set of cars, Omnimover-style, not unlike the loading procedures for WDW's Peter Pan ride.

[monkey4057]

Would they blast you with air in the ride?

[Big Disney Fan]

Would they blast you with air in the ride?

What do you mean?

[monkey4057]

What do you mean?

If you went on Pinocchio, you've probably been on the Indy Jones ride
Before the boulder part you go through a hallway and you narrowly miss being hit by poison darts.
In the room are little holes
Air is shot out to simulate darts
Also on the "demodeled" POTC, air is shot out of the cannons
on the Wicked Wench (i.e., Barbossa's ship)
Blow onto your hand and imagine the effect on your body
So would that effect be used in your Pinocchio ride?
P.S.:icon_arro I only know about the IJA ones from reading about them
Those are the only things that keep me from riding it
I am not too fond of being blasted with air

[Big Disney Fan]

If you went on Pinocchio, you've probably been on the Indy Jones ride
Before the boulder part you go through a hallway and you narrowly miss being hit by poison darts.
In the room are little holes
Air is shot out to simulate darts
Also on the "demodeled" POTC, air is shot out of the cannons
on the Wicked Wench (i.e., Barbossa's ship)
Blow onto your hand and imagine the effect on your body
So would that effect be used in your Pinocchio ride?
P.S.:icon_arro I only know about the IJA ones from reading about them
Those are the only things that keep me from riding it
I am not too fond of being blasted with air

Well, maybe I was considering a short of blast of air, as well as a short burst in speed (only for a few seconds), to simulate you emerging from Monstro the whale as he sneezed, but that's it.

[monkey4057]

Could ducking avoid the airblast?

[Big Disney Fan]

Could ducking avoid the airblast?

Maybe, but no one can avoid the speed burst.

[Big Disney Fan]

Here's a shot of what the exterior of the Pinocchio ride should look like. As you can see, it's really the exterior of Geppetto's store found at DLP, but it should give an idea of what the exterior of WDW's ride should resemble. If you can imagine the words "The Adventures of Pinocchio" in place of "La Bottega di Geppetto", you should have an idea of the signage here. Also, in the display window of WDW's Pinocchio ride will be some dancing puppet versions of Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket. Anyway, here's the exterior shot of the building that should be the one to contain the ride:

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6244/geppettosworkshopuw3.jpg

What do you think?