How long has Fiona been waiting in her tower?

[Parks]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 6:19pm

In the song "I Know It's Today," the the number has changed from Seattle to Broadway--a big difference. I noticed this difference when I was watching their Good Morning America performance--

In Seattle, the number of days was in the 4,000's, while on Broadway it is in the 8,000's.

(I thought I noticed a difference between the Seattle performance and when I saw it on Broadway).

So this HUGE change would make Fiona much older... In Seattle, she would have been in her mid to late twenties, I guess. With this new age, she would probably be in her mid thirties. Was a reason for this change? Am I reading deeper into this than it really is?

[B3TA07]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 6:40pm

Parks...don't think about it.

[Anakela]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 6:42pm

young Fiona = "day number 23"
teen Fiona = "day number 958"
Fiona = "day number 8,423"

Which would mean 'teen' Fiona is actually only about 10 years old, first of all, if young Fiona was locked away at age 7, and we're assuming a year = 365 days in their world. So maybe we don't know how many days = a year in their world, maybe it's not 365, and so we don't really know anyone's age? lol.

(Completely had this conversation when I saw the show this week. Now, if someone would like to get into the whole Lord Farquaad's father bit, *that* is the part that I totally wasn't getting.)

[rich.hanson59]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 10:15pm

If she was 7 when she was locked away, 8,423 days later she would be 30. I don't think that's unrealistic. In Seattle, I'm pretty sure it was 4,823, which would make her 20, that I think is a little more unrealistic.
Updated On: 1/1/09 at 10:15 PM

Posted: 1/1/09 at 10:26pm

Well from what I've seen, it's more plausible that a single woman in her 30's would marry the first ogre that comes along.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 10:33pm

When I saw the Seattle version, I actually pulled out a calculator afterwards and figured it out. I'm glad they changed it for Broadway, because Fiona being 20 is a little silly.