By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer
Friday, March 16, 2012
LAKE BUENA VISTA — The new Dumbo ride won over Tina Busch after one spin conjured memories of a childhood rite of passage. "It's the first ride our family takes every time we come here," said the 32-year-old mother of two from Beaumont, Texas. "I was 5 the first time I rode Dumbo on my first big vacation away from home." The new retro-style spinning ride that opened at Walt Disney World last week sports lighted fountains, Dumbo's mom's adoring face and golden storks delivering the flying cartoon elephant. Soon, Disney will open a second Dumbo ride next door to shorten the notoriously long lines. And parents will find some relief once the lines move inside a new air-conditioned tent outfitted with a themed play area to occupy their young kids.
It's just the start of the ...