It's a slightly less small world

Straight from the "I swear I'm not making this up" folder is this tidbit of information. Disneyland will be closing the "It's a small world" ride for the next year. The reason? The ride is very old, and it was built assuming that the average male on the ride would be 175 lbs, and that the average female would be 135 lbs. Simply put, too many people have gotten too fat to ride "It's a small world." The ride has been experiencing frequent problems of boats bottoming out because the passengers were too heavy, resulting in delays and angry customers. The ride is now going to be retooled so that even the morbidly obese can be driven crazy by that annoying song. While I continue to insist that Disney should ditch that stupid song and replace it with "Thriller", it doesn't seem like they will. You can read the whole story at the following link:

http://calorielab.com/news/2007/10/29/small-world-ride-revamped-for-bigger-passengers/