Jaunted

Last Friday, after a year of renovations, the ride reopened to annual passholders. Guests floating through the ride over the weekend got to see characters from Toy Story inhabiting the new section devoted to America. Aladdin and his lady friend fly their magic carpet through the Middle East. Other cartoon favorites, like Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, have been added to the rooftops of London. The original score to the attraction remains, but now also includes portions of classic cartoon soundtracks as well.

Although we haven’t experienced the changes in person, they look pretty good to us. The new additions seem to blend into the existing scenes without overpowering the original design. For those that have only experienced the original ride a few times, they might not even notice the updates. We do understand that changing anything to such an American classic is going to sound the alarms for purists; however, in this instance, we say change is good.