"it's a small world" Disneyland full ride Feb 4, 2024

This is my most recent video of it's a small world, my favorite ride at Disneyland from Feb 4, 2024. In addition to the whole ride, I filmed the façade in the queue, and the start and end of the boat ride. Although it wasn't raining when I filmed this, it did rain for much of the rest of that day. This meant that Disneyland was a lot less crowded than usual and I didn't have to wait more than 5 minutes for this masterpiece. The ride was made by Walt Disney and Unicef to provide a better understanding of the many cultures of the world and their children. Originally designed for the 1964-65 World's Fair, where it opened nearly 60 years ago on April 22, it was enlarged & relocated to Fantasyland on May 28, 1966. I am so glad this absolutely masterpiece of Imagineering has entertained guests for 60 years now. I hope it continues to do so centuries into the future. The Happiest Cruise that ever sailed is a world of fun, laughter, & unity, featuring many audio animatronic children from every continent. During the voyage they serenade guests with their meaningful song, it's a small world. Walt's favorite composers, Richard & Robert Sherman, were asked to create this simple but powerful song for the first version in 1963, and their talent, combined with the compositions of Bobby Hammack and Buddy Baker, as well as the artistic direction of many other great minds, including Mary Blair, Rolly Crump, Alice & Marc Davis, made this cruise unlike any other in Disneyland, or even the world itself. Throughout the ride, there are 5 different languages, which are sung in various portions of the ride in their respective regions. Swedish and British English in Northern Europe, Italian in Southern Europe, Japanese in East Asia, English in Africa, Spanish in Latin America, and English again in the Finale, alongside 35 unique instrumentals native to these, and many other countries and regions around every continent of the globe, in addition to the main instrumentals in the Welcome Finale rooms, and the multicultural queue music. The message of Peace on Earth is portrayed through the many children all having similar kinds of fun in their native regions, followed by a Grand Finale where, with all borders removed, the message of it's a small world and peace on earth is reinforced for many guests, giving them a better perspective of the world around them. This Finale is actually my personal favorite scene for these reasons, and many more. The impressive symphony and children/adult chorus audio, beautiful array of many colors that flash back and forth creating a vibrant symphony of light, the one moon and golden sun above, and the amazing quantity of audio animatronic dolls. One of my favorite improvements to this ride in many years was last November, when two similar dolls in wheelchairs were added to the Finale and Central America scenes. The huge, white & gold façade is also a big draw for many including myself, with its numerous spinning flowers, worldly landmarks, & central clock tower that goes off with a fun parade every 15 minutes. And the great area music is also very well composed, by Buddy Baker in 1966. Actually, much of the soundtrack dates back 2 years further, to the 1964-65 World Fair. The South Pacific, North Pole, Welcome/Goodbye rooms, and façade were added when the ride moved to Disneyland. There were some changes over the first 4 decades, with the façade changing colors from white & gold (1966-77, much like today), white, gold, and blue accents on the clock tower (1977-92), multicolored pastels (1992-2002), and back to white & gold since 2002. The Welcome and Goodbye rooms also changed drastically four times in the late 1960s through the late 1990s, and so did the Finale colors, in the late 1970s, and 2008. In November 1997, it's a small world Holiday overlay was introduced, and has been a yearly hit ever since. For most of 2008, the ride was closed for a major refurbishment. This was to repair the flume, lots of relatively worn down sets and lighting, as well what I consider the pointless decisions of adding the Disney IP characters and Spirit of America room. I feel this way because the America room goes against Walt's wish of not including a major America scene in the ride, and the room isn't as good as the rest of the ride either, while the IP characters feel tacked on, as if their only purpose is to make even more synergy between unrelated films and this ride. However, it remains my favorite ride in Disneyland because of the absolutely amazing way that it gets its wonderful message across to audiences, through extreme levels of color, energy, and happiness. This is my highest quality video of this ride that I've posted so far. I hope you enjoy it!
I do not own any audio used in this video. All audio is owned by Disney. Video taken by me, feel free to use it in your own content if you wish.

[@nicodueroaka.rubbeyscreati8277]

3:17, ths ostrich feather headpieces and the kicking movements aren't consistent

[@smallworldfanmason]

1:01, duck casualties

[@christopherwynn727]

🦆

[@skunkman9815]

5:01 can you take a picture of that dragon kite up there?
I really love it’s design

[@benjaminroberson1924]

I can try to remember next time I go

[@skunkman9815]

@@benjaminroberson1924 okay

[@Kimsdot]

DUCK!!!

[@pizzakiddo]

3:24 What’s going on with the Eiffel Tower? Is it a lighting glitch?

[@benjaminroberson1924]

I think it's my camera

[@joeyBirskovich]

the clock face is not moving

[@benjaminroberson1924]

Bad maintenance strikes again

[@smallworldfanmason]

I guess im the first to watch!

[@smallworldfanmason]

11:59, TRAIN

[@benjaminroberson1924]

Really glad I got that clip

[@joeyBirskovich]

maybe someday I'm could work on this ride like fix russia doll turntable and greece doll

[@benjaminroberson1924]

That would be great

[@joeyBirskovich]

how did russia doll turntable collapsed?

[@benjaminroberson1924]

I don't know if that actually happened

[@skunkman9815]

@@benjaminroberson1924so that’s why the russian dancers aren’t there