For the first time in Disneyland's 67-year history, there are now characters in wheelchairs represented on an attraction.
On Friday morning, two dolls in wheelchairs were unveiled on the theme park's "It's a Small World" ride, a project that took more than half a year and involved both Disney creatives and the park's accessibility team.
The same ride was added to other Disney parks around the world, where guests board a boat and sail through multiple countries, featuring more than 300 Audio-Animatronics figures representing children from around the world."What a wonderful story that Walt and Mary Blair, and the original Imagineers, put together about the children of the world and our unity all under one bright sun -- and how we really should rejoice together in that.
But because each resort's version of the ride has a different layout and different sets, those new dolls and wheelchairs will be designed with the specific version of the ride in mind. "I know we never want our attractions to become so predictable that you could ride them with your eyes closed and know what's going on in there. We like to constantly be surprising you with new things and important things, especially relevant things."
Quintanilla said her team had been approached by Disneyland creatives who wanted to add these dolls. Her accessibility team made sure the look was authentic, down to the angle of the dolls' feet on the wheelchair footplates.
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