Scary Adventures in Paris

Snow White's ride in Paris is patterned after the design in Anaheim, but it also has it's own unique feel.

Disneyland Paris:

DLP, Early morning in the SWSA courtyard. Image courtesy of Ken Sundberg. Used with permission.

DLP, Front Facade. Image courtesy of Jon Fiedler via PeterPanFan. Used with permission.

DLP, Hanging Light. Image courtesy of Jobaplayer.Used with permission.

DLP, Squirrel Pillar. Image courtesy of Jobaplayer. Used with permission.

DLP, Spell Book. Image courtesy of Starberryshyne. Used with permission.

DLP, Dwarfs' Cottage. Image courtesy of Disney Showcase Key. Used with permission.

DLP, Vultures. Image copyright piscatortje. Used with permission.

SWSA at Disneyland Resort in next post.

It's In the Details - Snow White's Tokyo Adventures

With the closing of the Scary Adventures ride somewhere on the horizon for Walt Disney World, I thought it apropos to post some pics from it and the other Snow White attractions around the globe. We'll start today with thoughts of hope and recovery going out to the Japanese people.

Tokyo Disneyland:

TDL, SWSA Facade. Photographer unknown. Image via Kurt Raymond.

TDL, Queue Area. Photographer unknown. Image via Kurt Raymond.

TDL, Facade at Night. Image courtesy of Jon Fiedler via PeterPanFan. Use with permission.

DLR, Squirrel Detail. Image courtesy of ATIS547. Creative Commons License. (Photo from 1984 or '85)

TDL, Mural. Image copyright disneyphilip. Used with permission.

TDL, Log Crocs. Image copyright disneyphilip. Used with permission.

TDL, Haunted Trees. Image copyright disneyphilip. Used with permission.

More Scary Adventures pics coming up from Disneyland Paris.

Vintage Steel Housekeeping Toys by Wolverine

Wolverine Toy of Booneville, Akansas was licensed by Disney, circa 1970, to produce a line of metal housekeeping toys featuring lithographed images of Snow White and the dwarfs. The set included a stove, refrigerator, sink, and iron with ironing board.

NOTE: Illustrations of a kitchen cabinet and a clothes washer were also shown on the cardboard packaging for these toys. However, these two toys don't appear to be part of this Snow White-themed set.

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Stove NO. 500. The stove measures approx. 11.5" x 6.5" x 11.5" tall and comes with a hinged plastic door. Authenticity imprints are found on one side and read : "© WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS WOLVERINE TOY BOONEVILLE, ARKANSAS 72927 U.S.A., DIVISION SPANG INDUSTRIES, INC NO.500". It also has the letters "A, B, C" with a series or dots after each.

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Refrigerator NO. 510. The refrigerator measures approx. 7.5" x 6.5" x 15" tall and comes with hinged door. Same authenticity imprints as those above with "NO.510".

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Sink NO. 520. The sink weighs 3 pounds and measures approx. 11" x 6.5" x 11.5" tall. Same imprints with "NO.520".

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In additional to being sold separately, the stove, refrigerator, and sink were all packaged and sold together as a 3-piece "Kitchen appliance set".

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Ironing Board NO. 26 and Iron No. 301. The ironing board is larger, measuring approx. 27" long x 21.5" tall. Authenticity imprints similar to those found on the other toys.

Iron measures approximately 6" in length.

Another iron has been seen with yellow and orange coloring. Measures approximately 7" in length. Attached by a cord to the board.

"7D" Television Pilot Announced

Disney unveiled it's 2011 television plans for Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior at its annual presentation to advertisers last week in New York. The news included a pilot for a new animated series entitled 7D. According to Nancy Kanter, Senior Vice President, Original Programming and General Manager, Disney Junior Worldwide, the television program would star the Seven Dwarfs.

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As reported by Animation Magazine...

7D takes a new creative approach to the beloved Brothers Grimm tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, re-imagining it in a comic and contemporary storybook world. The new music-filled stories introduce the whimsical world of Jollywood, where the kind-hearted Queen Delightful calls upon the 7D – Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey, Grumpy and Doc – for assistance. Emmy Award-winning Tom Ruegger (Animaniacs) directs the pilot written by Craig Shemin (Tasty Time with ZeFronk) with character design by Noah Z. Jones (Fish Hooks). It is a production of Disney Television Animation.

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From Jim Hill Media...

7D would chronicle the Seven Dwarfs' adventures before they met up with Ms. White. Back when Doc and Co. still lived in the kingdom of Jollywood and were regularly recruited by Queen Delightful to come help out around the castle.

The end result will hopefully be an original animated series that still feels familiar to Disney Junior's 2 to 7-year-old target audience. "7D" - as Nancy Kanter describes it - is supposed to be a ...

... comic take on the world of fairytales and storybooks ... (where the Seven Dwarfs) are (Queen Delightful's) go-to guys. (But) what the queen doesn't realize is that while (the Dwarfs) do eventually save the day, it's less about their skill and more about their ingenuity and luck that gets them through.

Anyway, the pilot for "7D" has just gone into production. Later this year, Ms. Kanter and her team at Disney Junior Worldwide will formally review this test episode and then make a decision about whether or not they should proceed with full-blown production of a new animated series which would star the Seven Dwarfs.

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I personally am apprehensive whenever there's talk about tampering with characters from the original Snow White film. However for the time being, I will reserve judgment, keep my mouth shut, and see what develops.