Evolution Of Disneyland's Flying Tinkerbell - DIStory Ep. 73
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- Опубліковано 9 гру 2022
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The story of Tinkerbell flying is one I’ve been fascinated by for years.
Special thanks to the awesome article by Jim Korkis over on Mouse Planet who have a really great cohesive history of the Disneyland Tinkerbell legacy. You’ve got to read it: www.mouseplanet.com/13125/Dis...
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The idea of some dude yeeting a grandma off the Matterhorn is such a funny way to imagine the original Tinker Bell. Tiny Kline was a legend.
Yeeting grandma off the Matterhorn only to have her crash face-first into a mattress 🤣.
A legend indeed.
Did he get a photo of tinkerbell
Ok, but Tiny Kline saying that she finally crossed Time’s Square safely is actually pretty funny.
I remember seeing that in a Ripley's Museum on a reel with other human wonder acts! So cool.
I chuckled too lol 🤷🏻♀️🤣🤣🤣
When I was ten years old, The Make a Wish Foundation sent me and my family to Disney World because I was going to have a boatload of orthopedic surgeries. One day during this trip while waiting to get on It's a Small World ride, Tinkerbell flew across the sky (without any wires that we could see.) Then, Peter Pan came out of nowhere and asked the crowd (and me,) if we had seen her. When he asked me if I had seen Tinkerbell, he knew my name, took a photo with and gave me his autograph. After that, Tinkerbell came out of hiding and did the same, of course without talking. To this day I don't know how they the cast member fly like that. This is one of the best Disney memories that I have. 🧚🏼♀✨
She’s considered The Green Bird of Disney. That was Before La Nouba, although The Green Bird did freak out and scream for one moment and Tink never says a piece of dialogue until Disney Fairies’ Tinker Bell (2007/8). WHY CAN’T THEY LET THE GREEN BIRD TALK?!? TINK IS ALLOWED TO TALK NOWADAYS BUT DISNEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN RID OF HER MEET AND GREET!!! I’m not saying they did for sure, I know it’s temporarily closed.
I worked with Hungarians at a circus. Tiny Kline fits so well into the people I met: tough, facing fear head-on, and simply incredible. Huge hearts. Thanks for talking so lovingly about her.
Hearing her voice reminded me of my grandma and my step-grandparents! I miss hearing that Hungarian accent. And what a perfect way to describe their spirit. Hungarian women have to be tough. Have you met the men? Every country in the world talks about how stubborn their men are, but Hungarian men are at a whole other level.
I remember my mom making a big deal about seeing Tinkerbell's flight when she took me to Disneyland in the late 70s. I had no idea at how phenomenal this was at the time. My 8-year-old brain was thinking something like "Of course Tinkerbell flew across Disneyland. Why wouldn't she?" but now my 53-year-old brain says "Wow. What a terrifying spectacle it must have been to look down in the blackness of a Southern California night with no good way to gauge exactly how fragile this act was." That was Disney magic.
It always boggles my mind that Tiny was 70
@Disney_Dan Is that legit or a bot? My anxiety ridden brain is too unsure.
As someone who had a bad fear of missing my bus in college and being stranded in SF, that ending story of Tiny Kline infuriated me also. Like how hard is it just to pay for her taxi?!?
Or, here me out, *Anaheim could have had a better bus schedule* so that Tiny and anyone else who wanted to take transit could do so after ten pm.
I get what everyone is saying, and I don't disagree. Tiny absolutely deserved a private car and driver if she wanted one. And while I can absolutely believe that Disney management would screw her over, I also suspect that many of her coworkers would have been more than happy to drop her off at home when their shifts ended. This is speculation, but Tiny might have wanted the independence of commuting home by herself on the bus.
My first time seeing a flying Tinkerbell was when my family went to Disneyland when I was 6 during the firework show. I had a green and white Tinkerbell lollipop that was the size of my face and was just so enchanted by her flying over my head. It was a magical experience.
She really knew how to fly, didn’t she? In Disneyland no pixie dust was needed! All she needed was a cable system and some wires!
#BabyNewYearFlies
A few years back we took my inlaws to Disney World for their first time, while Happily Ever After was showing. When first checking out the castle, they were very curious about what the cable was for. The shock and joy when Tink flew was worth the quick scrambling to change the subject.
Thank you so much for sparking one of my favorite memories!!! Holy cow, I have goosebumps on my goosebumps!!! 52 years ago, I watched Tinkerbell fly at Disneyland. At the jeweler on Main Street, I saw in the window, a necklace of Tink standing delicately on a round cage full of crystals. I "BEGGED" my Mother for that one and only souvenir, promising on my 8 year old life I would keep her forever and never take her off. 2 years later, a classmate and I had a fight where she grabbed my necklace then threw it out into the grass of the playground. I spent hours searching and crying until I finally had to go home. I told my Mom the truth about what happened. Although I was only punished for fighting at school, my head and heart tormented me for what seemed like forever. Now, as a 60 year old woman, not only do I still adore and believe in Disney magic, I hit every jewelry shop at WDW looking for that necklace or something as close as possible. Sorry so windy... but, thanks again. Wishing you and your's an awesome holiday season!!!!!
oh I would love to see this vintage tinkerbell necklace omg
I ADORE Tinkerbell. Seeing her fly is so magical! Every single time I see her I tear up. It never gets old 💚
Loved this video, Dan. The whole story of Tiny Kline is just astonishing, especially that last part.
I love this video, Dan! Tinker Bell is sassy, fabulous, beautiful, magical and absolutely enchanting! BTW my mom is obsessed with Tinker Bell!
I'm disappointed you didn't mention the Pixar-Disney drama from when Buzz Lightyear took over for Tink. Would love to hear you make up rumors for that.
I was literally about to ask for more flying character content and then you hit us with the hashtag hahaha YES! PLEASE! 😂
Dan, thank you for highlighting the cast members who were Tink throughout the years. I applaud them for wearing heavy fairy looks, ziplining over the Magic Kingdom or Disneyland night after night.
The thought of a guy in a tinker bell outfit flying across the sky scares me!
Would be such a shame if Tinkerbell was just an animatronic or something. Something so cool about it being a real person waving the wand and doing the poses. Makes me so emotional to see.
Thank you for putting this video together ,it means a lot to me .I was a kid in the 60s. I always looked forward to seeing Tinkerbell fly. Also my maiden last name is kline. My grandpa born in Hungary ! Please bring Tink back to Disneyland! 🧚♂️🪄✨🏔️
Love this! You should do an entire pixie hollow faries history (like tink and friends)
I love Tinker Bell! Tiny Kline is so iconic but everytime I see Tinkerbell fly across the castle, I get a tiny bit emotional because it makes me remember my childhood
I somehow missed her when we went in ‘90 but I remember going again for the first time on 2005 and seeing Wishes for the first time. We didn’t know what to expect from the show but figured Tinker Bell would be at the beginning like I understood she did in Fantasy in the Sky but when she didn’t and the show went on for a bit my mom turned to my sister to say: “I guess she’s not in the shoe anymore” and just as she did, there she was and there she went! It was a cool moment.
I was aware of the news of Tinkerbell becoming a thing at Disney World. I know I've been there at night and seen fireworks from the Magic Kingdom a couple of times, but I don't remember Tinkerbell. I remember how weird they look when you see the fireworks actually in the park because I was use to being in my front yard about 9 miles away watching them.
I can only imagine how The Tinkerbell Brake System Guys explain what they do to their family. "I, unmmmm..... Help Tink land safely?"
I remember unknowingly standing with the family right under Tinkerbell's path. It was such a shock to see her I forgot that I hadn't finished putting the lid of my coffee cup on .....we all started waving and I walked around the rest of the night drenched in coffee! Still one of my favourite memories🤣🥰😃
Yes, I'm sometimes into Tinker Bell, Dan, as she's one of the spoke characters for Disney! 😀👍🏽
For me, I was obsessed with the Disney Princesses (still am) and I visited Disney World with my dad around 2007. Even though I got to meet I think Belle and Cinderella at this dinner meet and greet thing.. seeing Tinkerbell fly was the most magical and memorable part for me. I can still picture it in my mind, not the dinner with the princesses lol! I couldn’t believe I saw she was actually there and flying above us. I was amazed and I love that I still have this memory 😊✨💕
I remember when I first Tinkerbell flew across the fireworks it was so magical and a really special moment for me as kid 💖
I worked on Big Thunder Mountain from 1980-1984. My favorite moment of the night was when Tinkerbell crashed into that mattress!
Man, I’ve seen aerialist acts where they were suspended by their neck that I always figured was the “real” way they were doing the “hanging by their teeth” routines including in the 90’s when Knott’s had a bunch of circus acts regularly performing throughout the Roaring 20’s area. But man, Tiny Kline is legit!
Iron Jaw acts were very common back in the day. I’ve worked with many Hair Hang acts and that is legit as well. The neck loop is a standard way for hanging by the neck (and typically spinning).
Sora really would fit as a Happily Ever After character, the whole show is about "unlocking the magic" with a keyhole and everything and he's a known flyer too. Put Sora up there!!
Sadly it can’t happen due to it belongs to the people who made the video game, Disney just loan the characters to them.
@@j.j.q1379 We have seen Donald, Goofy and Mickey in their Kingdom Hearts costumes at the parks (with appearances this year too), plus Sora is in Smash Bros. I think anything is possible if Disney allows it... Although I'm not sure if Kingdom Hearts is popular enough to be a central part of a fireworks show.
Ugh....
@@j.j.q1379 Plus, it’s called “Glide” and “Superglide”. Does that count as flying?
@@Big_Dai Most relatable comment
My sister took my two nieces to Disney World in 2019 and during the fireworks when Tinker Bell fly’s out she told the girls “look it’s Tinker Bell”. My oldest niece who was 10 at the time was amazed and said to her younger sister “look she’s flying right at us”. Her sister who was about 5 at the time looked up kinda shrugged her shoulders and said in the most deadpan tone I’ve ever heard a five year old use “I can see the wire from here. She’s just a lady in a dress”. 😂😂😂
It's crazy. Just the other day I was wondering how Tinkerbell flew at all those Magic Kingdom shows and then I find your video!
That would actually be cool if they could have drones done up like Tinkerbell to fly and wiz over guests and get super close to them overhead at night. You've seen those drown shows people put on, imagine something like that at Disney with Tinkerbell and her fairy friends. I've only had 3 Disney vacations and my last one was when I was 16 and I'll be damned if every night seeing Tinkerbell and the music didn't make me start bawling like a baby.
I love seeing the evolution of the characters that you do maybe we could see animatronic Simba on Pride Rock because he's in Festival of The Lion King and parades around the parks
They're doing stunt-robots for other shows in the park; would make sense from a safety point of view to just make an animatronic. That Lawless design looks incredible.
Totally agree with you on Happily Ever After--I cry like a baby every. Single. Time. Absolutely Magic.
When I first saw happily ever after in person, seeing her fly for the first time was an amazing thing and I loved it! I was always curious on how it works and I know now thanks for the video :D I hope whoever is up there is paid well because that is a scary height to be at
I have two Tinkerbell tattoos and my puppy is also named Tinkerbell.
That’s another great DIStory episode, Dan! Well done!
I always get misty-eyed watching Tinkerbell fly from the castle
I recall there once being a wooden tower somewhere in or behind Fantasyland, years ago. Was this the Tinkerbell landing tower before the 50th anniversary upgrade? I just found a photo of my father with the tower behind him, so I know it used to exist... somewhere.
Yes, that was the catch platform for the zip line version of the flight.
I first saw Tink fly in 2017 when I went to WDW for the first time in 20 years. I’m 99% sure I started crying.
Dan What a WONDRFUL story. Love the history. Thank You for sharing.
I've never been to Disneyworld or Disneyland, so I've never seen Tink fly... Great video! I'm going to go cry now. 😭
What hasn't flown at Disney? Magical girls.
@@bloodblues85 Oh man since Disney had the rights to Dic at the time which also meant Sailor Moon and if they actually got to do stuff with it including the so called Disney live action movie something like this could of happened
@@rebeccabranom6258 Only in my dreams.
I believe Julie Andrews who played Mary Poppins “flew” down from the Emporium on Main Street and sang for a televised performance. Thanks for this informative and fun video!
Hi there Dan! Omg my first comment 😭 anyway I love everything you do here with the channel and this has been a highlight video for me. As a quiet soul I can say there are many quiet folk who don’t comment who hear you. There are many shy folks who love your commentary. There are many people out here around the world who are glad to see your videos and watch what characters you are going to cover next! Thank you and this video made me want to fly high! (Btw the foot ball people catching poor tink made me 😂😂😂)
Hi Disney Dan I’m your biggest fan you are the best UA-camr and you make smile every day
The Tink in Paint the Night is not on a robotic arm, there is a guy in all black standing at the back of the float moving that arm up and down.
@Disney_Dan 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Well now with the Spider Man animatronic, and how super realistic it's movements are, I can see them making a Tinker Bell animatronic. Just had to wait for better tech.
Thank you!! Fantastic video!! Really needed those laughs after a really really hard afternoon.
Thanks for all the wonderful retro pics. Dan is in the house. ;).
“I’m light as a feather! I’m the Bake-O-Lite Girl!” - Piella Bakewell, Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
I heard for Disneylands 10th anniversary Mary Poppins flew down! I wish I could see that!
Yes! I saw footage of this and I can’t remember where I saw it from. She came down from the top of the emporium. I believe it was Julie Andrews.
Got to see her fly in July for my first trip to magic kingdom. It was the only part of enchantment I saw because I had better things to do than watch enchantment
Next up: the legend of the mythical flying dragon. Did it really exist?
I have spent SO MANY HOURS going down this rabbit hole. AHHHHHH
Tinkerbell in the parks is just iconic, and learning the history of the tradition was fascinating. I’ll never forget a family trip where my mom managed to get us a perfect spot in Tomorrowland for the fireworks. Tinkerbell flew right above us and we were all in awe. My last trip to the parks was September 2021, and I cried seeing her fly during Happily Ever After.
I was at the 50th anniversary fireworks show earlier this year in April of 2022 in Magic Kingdom and she still donned the same outfit and flight path, even with the new show. I was sitting at a restaurant just next to the building she lands on and it was so close by! Compared to the normal cerca 2005 show, the 50th show made her moment even more spectacular
We’re getting more characters flying in the new 100th anniversary fireworks show at Disneyland next year 🎉❤
17:39 I think you got the date wrong for Happily Ever After. It started in 2017. I met Tinkerbell in the Tunnels in 2005 after Wishes. It was one of the most magical experiences I had as a cast member
Also can confirm the performer was a woman at that time. Just a petite woman sitting in a golf cart covered in lightbulbs. I got her autograph and she magically had a lime green sharpie. It was before she was doing meet and greats and she had the character’s autograph ready to go 😮
If they can have a Spiderman robot whynot a Tinkerbell version
This was REALLY GOOD!! And I TOTALLY AGREE about poor Tiny and the bus, bless her heart.. Subscribed. :)
I'm on Team RoboTink. Thirty miles an hour down a zipline away from the castle Magic Kingdom meant that I almost always missed seeing her.
A drone puppet that could fly toward the castle and maybe do a few loops would be fun to watch and less likely to be missed.
Great video! Thanks for talking all about this!
the random thoughts that Dan has are just ridiculous😂😂
You’re videos have always put a smile on my face. Whenever I’m feeling down your jokes, your laugh, your warm personality makes me feel so happy and joyful and reminds me that better days are coming 💕 thank you for these videos and all you do
Yes! Well put. Disney Dan always on the case. I especially am hooked on his haunted mansion thunderstorm video.
I’m Tinkerbell sized, hire me disney!
Whenever I feel sad, I always watch the opening night of HEA just to hear the joy of everyone as she flies over the hub! It’s contagious
Looks like I just found my new job!
Talk about your unique Disney’s history. Thank you for this video Dan at one of Disney’s iconic characters of the franchise and the parks.
happily ever after is the best version truly. I grew up seeing that one and I got to see the new one recently and it was good, but underwhelming in comparison. It's still amazing, as expected, but it doesn't have the same magic that it used to.
Not them cheering her on to make it to the bus in time when they could just carpool her 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
My poor mother had to take me into a gift shop at WDW when I was a kid because I was so terrified of Tinkerbell just flying like that. Like why I would scream bloody murder!! 😭
That's funny
This was an excellent video Dan! And speaking of rabbit holes, could you do a Distory on The White Rabbit? He doesn't get nearly enough love.
I am so glad you talked about baby new year. I was hoping you were going to bring it up.
Tinkerbell a very attractive brave woman with no fear at all.
Happily Ever After debuted in 2017. I was fortunate enough to be there for the last night of Wishes and the first performance of HEA.
The August 1963 National Geographic from where you pulled two color photos of of Tiny Kline gives the answer to why no one would give her a ride home. She said, "I'm afraid to ride in a car on the freeway. They're not safe." So she wouldn't accept a ride if one was given, unless it was in a larger vehicle. No word on what she thought of parking trams.
I need more of this Tinkerbell robot kite thing
It's seriously one of my worst fears that Tinkerbell just gets straight up murdered by a firework. Also, did they seriously go from "Tinkerbell won't be smashing into a crash pad anymore" to "just kidding, we need the crash pad?"
Yes I'm going to send a video to my mom because she loves tinker bell and so do I!!! Thank you so much for the video, Dan! 😁😁😁
Why hasn't Tiny Kline been made a Disney legend?!
A great video as always Dan! You know, if I had to make a bit of an assumption, Its entirely possible the animatronic Tinkerbell was scrapped because, in the event of radio interference, or if the battery died, Tink could end up crashing to the ground and hurting someone.
Wow, they should use that aerial camera technology for a Broadway musical, possibly one with a popular Marvel superhero.
The Tinkerbell robot kite thing is ruining my life so creepy
Last time I was at the magic Kingdom watching from the lower point of the zip line and I got a good view of Uncle Tink
The best flying thing was that dragon the flew for the opening of MK Fantasyland expansion! That thing was awesome! And the DL flipping Spider-Man animatronic is awesome too!
love it
A lady I know has a niece who was tinker bell at Disneyland in the early 2000's. She is 5 ft and did it for I believe 2 summers. I need to ask to meet her cause that is impressive.
Did you finally meet her?
@@rebeccabranom6258I totally forgot to ask! Thanks for reminding me.
@@gothamsangel You are absolutely welcome! Go and make some Disney history for us and then come back to tell us the story if you did😃😁😆
I’m so glad you mentioned the Tinkerbell in Paint the Night! The funniest part about that float is that the arm isn’t even robotic. There’s a team member dressed in all black manually moving her around, because the rod sits essentially on a fulcrum, so if he moves up, she moves down. Definitely don’t need to go to the gym anymore when you had that job 😂
I went to Disney for the first time back in 2020 and I had no clue that tink flew across the sky. When I tell you my jaw hit the floor 😮😮😮lol no one could pay me enough money to fly on a wire
That was a great video.
You failed to mention, or maybe did not know that for the first Halloween party at the Florida Park, a witched flew down before the fireworks......and prior to that, in 1990, Baby New Year flew down after the 12 bongs of the castle ....played by cast member Kevin Mcgowan who was a little person, performer, and former Ringling Clown. Th3 auction for this role was to be harnessed and hoisted up swirled through the air on a crane backstage of th3 park....
It's so cool to see the history of all this but yeah, major agree that they couldn't get her a ride home at the end of the night instead of letting her run to get the bus?
Happily Ever After in 2005? I think your off by about 12 years there Dan lol.
I have always wanted to be a flying Tinkerbell! I am 4'10" & weigh 100#! I watch as many live streams of the fireworks as I can to see her fly. Makes me cry every time! I have worked for the Circus & done a lot of Vaulting on Horseback. But alas, I am 65 now so they probably wouldn't hire me. It's my Dream to go to WDW when I retire though (we live in Oregon) I am working an extra year to pay for the trip ;) Thanks sooooo much for this video.
Love that Tiny Kline's name sounds like Tiny Klein, so to German speakers it sounds like tiny tiny
I love tinker bell. I love her so much, I got her tattooed on the back of my left shoulder. My older sister loved my tinker bell so much, she got the same tattoo, in the same place
I went to comic con with my friend boy mike and I met tinker bell and bought an autographed 8x10 of her. Boy mike also got an 8x10 but forgot to pay for it then bragged about not paying for it later. Then I felt bad for bringing him anyway my photo is on the wall in my living room