Silly Symphony Swings
Mickey's
conducting and Donald's disrupting — until a tornado hits the orchestra! Swing
through the air in your
air musical
chair as Mickey's barnyard orchestra plays William Tell's "The
Storm"!
The Swinging Sensation
When the
tornado takes hold, your seat rises higher, the carnival top tilting this way
and that to give you a unique view of Disney California Adventure Park. For a
minute and a half, your feet dangle free as the swings fly through the around
the tower topped by the Maestro Mickey himself! Scenes from the short painted
on the ride's tower transform from still to storm as the central tower
telescopes upward.
"The Band Concert"
The ride
was inspired by the classic Mickey Mouse cartoon short, "The Band
Concert." Released in 1935, it featured a frazzled Mickey trying to
conduct an outdoor orchestra as Donald Duck becomes a sort of Pied Piper,
leading the strings astray with his flute to play a more patriotic tune. But it
all goes haywire when they strike up William Tell's "The Storm." In
the mistral of minstrels, Mother Nature ties the tune in knots with her winds,
landing the ever-so-dedicated players in a tree. Somehow, Donald manages to get
the last note.
Let this
trilling experience sweep you off your feet!
Guest
Policies
·
Supervise
children at all times. Children under age 7 years must be accompanied by a
person age 14 years or older.
·
Guests
must transfer from their wheelchair or Electric Convenience Vehicle to the ride
vehicle by themselves or with assistance by members of their party to
experience this attraction. A transfer device is available for this attraction.
·
Service
animals may not accompany Guests on this attraction.
·
Guests
with young children may take turns experiencing attractions. See a Cast Member
for additional information.
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Guests
between 40" and 48" must ride in a tandem swing with a responsible
person. Guests who do not meet the height requirement may not ride.
Silly
Symphony Swings is a "wave swinger"
attraction in Paradise Pier, at Disney California Adventure, at the Disneyland Resort in California.
Themed to Disney's The Band
Concert[1]conductor Mickey Mouse conducts the attraction from high
atop, synchronized with the music. Although "The Band Concert" was
not part of the 'Silly Symphonies' film series, the name was applied to the attraction
due to its apparent symphony storyline. Closely following the plot of "The
Band Concert" the main column of the ride rises revealing a tornado which
spins the riders to the tune of the William Tell Overture and William Tell's
"Storm". Once the tornado safely passes, the music comes to an end
and the ride slows and lowers riders to the ground. It is speculated that the
new voice of the Silly Symphony Swings is that of the fictitious Mr.
Tinkershmidt, the supposed new owner of Paradise Pier. Tinkershmidt and the
Silly Symphony Swings update is part of the multi-year, $1.1 billion (US)
expansion plan for Disney's California Adventure Park.[3] Previews
of the attraction are offered at California Adventure's Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky
Cellar.
The attraction was originally slated to replace the Orange Stinger
on May 28, 2010. Although the attraction soft opened on May 28, 2010, it had an
Official Grand Opening on June 11, 2010.
Previous attraction history
The Orange
Stinger, the predecessor of "Silly Symphony Swings", was an off
the shelf Zierer Wave Swinger enclosed in a large orange and themed as bees. Riders swung on
suspended seats inside the enclosure which offered views of nearby Paradise
Pier and Paradise Bay through large openings in the walls. These openings were
made to look like peeled sections of an orange peel. The original bumblebee
seats were removed on February 10, 2001 due to damage during use. After
removal, the seats were unthemed swing seats. Initially an orange scent effect was introduced into the
attraction giving it the smell of a 'real' orange, but was later removed
because it attracted real bees.
The giant orange was a tribute to the orange fields that Disneyland was built on, as well as Orange County, where the Disneyland Resort is located.
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