If you read parkeology enough, you know that I'm a huge fan of Peter Pan's Flight, in spite of painted shadows and tin foil volcanos. I recently noticed something odd though. Check out these images from Walt Disney World:
A little blurry, because it's tough to take good dark ride pictures (unless you're the only one on the ride and have a flash). But if you've ridden the ride enough times, these should be familiar. The first one is Hook dueling Peter Pan on the yard arm. The second is the finale, with Hook balancing precariously on the Crocodile. I have absolutely no complaints about these scenes.
However, if we were to take a quick 4 hour plane trip over to Anaheim, we'll see pretty much the same scenes. Only something's different.
No, I'm not referring to the fact that Hook's pants are purple in the duel, but blood red on the crocodile. But I do think something's up with Hook's workman's comp claim. Who's insuring this guy? And whatever happened to due diligence?
At least each coast is consistent. Oh wait, here's the mural from Anaheim's loading area:
And in case you were wondering which coast has it right, here's a still from the movie:
Finally! Something that Walt Disney World does better than Disneyland!
Although as Frank Thomas (Hook's original animator) will testify, even the movie is not consistent within itself.
Now that I think about it, Hook does appear in one other spot in the ride: In miniature, onboard the Jolly Roger, firing his cannon at you. Could that be the tie-breaker? I'll leave it to you to find out.
Photo Credits from the Awesome Folks at Flickr:
WDW Croc: Express Monorail: http://www.flickr.com/photos/expressmonorail/2700605934/
WDW Duel: Hyku: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyku/538985224/
DL Duel: Loren Javier: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorenjavier/3850454273
DL Croc: Loren Javier: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorenjavier/3496352567/
DL Mural: ATIS547: http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2510779824
9 comments:
haha oh my gosh I have NEVER noticed in all my trips that the hook switches hands. That is HILARIOUS!
love your blog! super cute!
- Disney Diva
Awesome! Looky looky, Anaheim got snookied!
Thanks for the love, WDWDisneyDiva!
Another thing that's odd to me is that Hook's pose while dueling Pan is pretty much the same on both coasts, but in WDW he's leading with his hook rather than his sword. Seems like an odd choice.
And Phil, that line usually means you're about to be reamed thru the heart by Dustin Hoffman.
Yea I guess that’s never a good thing. Any chance that those were originally planned to be used with mirrors? Now there's an excuse.
Shane- what a fantastic discovery! And after all these years, I've never heard of anyone noticing this before now. Nicccccccceeee.
I admit I'm a little proud of this one. But surely the Imagineers know... right???
Hysterical! And one of my favorite rides, too!
And the truth is that the "wrong" one is correct, if one goes by the original story by J.M. Barrie.
Yep, Disney changed the hand that the hook is on! If you haven't read the 'real thing' - please do so! You'll find that Disney nissed the mark on a lot of the finer nuances of it. Barrie does such a great job of mixing the darkness and the whimsy, the sweet and the bittersweet. Plus, Captain Hook is not a 'bumbler' AT ALL as he is in Disney.
And here are two other cool Pan books worth reading -
A story based on Barrie’s own idea for more:
Click!
And a great 'What if?' adventure (but it's not for the kids!): Click!
BELIEVE!
Great info, Never Fairy! I could not remember which hand was the hook in the book (but I agree that the book is very awesome).
And DisneyBabies, I'm glad there are others out there who love Peter Pan's Flight. It's far and away the best Fantasyland dark ride for my money.
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