Tinker Bell

**Tinker Bell** is a character from the J.M. Barrie's 1904 play *Peter Pan* and its 1953 Disney adaptation.

## Appearances and allusions

### The American Adventure

During the finale of this attraction, Tinker Bell appears alongside Walt Disney.

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

A rock formation in Walt Disney World's Big Thunder Mountain is made to resemble Tinker Bell.

### Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa

There is an imprint of Tinker Bell in the ceramics decorating this resort.

### Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

Tinker Bell's silhouette is in the marble-flooring of this resort, originally constructed by S.E.A. member Merriweather Adam Pleasure.

### Disney Springs

Tinker Bell is shown to inhabit the World of Disney store, a former animation studio for Walt Disney Studios in the town of Disney Springs, Florida. She flies around the paint-and-ink area where she manipulates artwork of classic Disney films. An illustration of Tinker Bell is etched onto an animator's table in the World of Disney, inferred to be a table previously having belonged to Marc Davis.

### Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye

A figurine of Tinker Bell adorns a skull candle in the Temple of the Forbidden Eye.

### It's a Small World

Tinker Bell and Peter appear in It's a Small World in Hong Kong Disneyland, Disneyland and Disneyland Paris.

### Main Street, U.S.A.

There is a posting in the Disneyland Casting Agency for, "One Talented Pixie" which reads as, " *Aerial artist to fly in nighttime Extravaganza! See T. Kline for further info*". T. Kline is an allusion to performer Tiny Kline who used to portray Tinker Bell in the nighttime shows of Disneyland.

### Pixie Hollow

Pixie Hollow is a themed meet 'n' greet area set in Neverland's Pixie Hollow.

### Soarin'

Tinkerbell appears in the climax of Soarin' at EPCOT and Grizzly Peak. She flights in-front of guests' hang-gliders and does some magic either in-front of Spaceship Earth or Sleeping Beauty Castle depending on the park. In Soaring: Fantastic Flight, Tinker Bell is replaced by Camellia Falco's pet falcon Aletta while in *Soaring Over the Horizon* she is replaced by an Arbori priest.

### Tinker Bell's Magical Nook

This is a meet 'n' greet area for Tinker Bell and her friends which is set in an estate decorated with art of Neverland.

### Voyage of the Little Mermaid

The lantern used by Hook to imprison Tinkerbell is on display in the queue for *Voyage of the Little Mermaid*, presumably as part of Ariel's collection.

## Connections

### Pirates of the Caribbean

A lantern appearing to be that used by Captain Hook to imprison Tinker Bell appears alongside other famous pirate's paraphernalia in the Tortuga Tavern of Adventureland, being located in the tavern of Arabella Smith on Tortuga.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.buildabettermousetrip.com/tinkerbell
2. ↑ https://themouselets.com/5-secrets-and-facts-thunder-mountain
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4. ↑ https://findmickeys.com/hidden-mickeys/walt-disney-world-resort/disneys-grand-floridian-resort-spa/2020/02/14/disneys-grand-floridian-resort-spa-hidden-tinkerbell
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6. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/FunFindFriday.aspx
7. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/whatzup/6898567589/in/photostream/
8. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2016/07/now-casting.html
9. ↑ https://allears.net/magic-kingdom/magic-kingdom-archives-tinker-bells-magical-nook-adventureland/
10. ↑ https://allears.net/2009/04/08/voyage-of-the-little-mermaid/