In preparing for this celebration, I had the opportunity to take a behind-the-scenes tour of “it’s a small world” here at Disneyland park – during which I discovered something pretty incredible.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Moving ‘it’s a small world’ Across the Country and Back Again
In preparing for this celebration, I had the opportunity to take a behind-the-scenes tour of “it’s a small world” here at Disneyland park – during which I discovered something pretty incredible.
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Wow this is really cool! Theatre is very transient, and relics are few and far between. However, the Disney parks and its rides are the closest we can get to permanent theatre. Seeing these signs and labels transport us back to a time where this iconic ride was just starting out. I think that this is also so cool because I, for one thing, didn't know that the ride came from NY or California. I assumed, naively, I guess, that the ride was built on site in Florida. These labels ground us and broaden our scope of the rides of Disney.
This is really cool, I love old treasures like this and finding things that have so much history in it. It's a small world is probably one of the most memorable rides that Disney has. Since disney has been in place for so long you would think there are probably more hidden gems like this around parks. The fact that a small world is also a jigsaw puzzle that has to get pieced together to create its small world is also really ironic and leaves me really happy about the magic of disney.
This is an interesting bit of Disney trivia that I hadn't heard before. It makes a lot of sense that the ride would be built in theatrical style, as it is the cheapest way to build something that people are forced to look at from a certain perspective. I'm also quite surprised that the actual backbone of the structure is still original, I would expect it to have been updated by now. Also, the dolls are still extremely creepy, and the song obscenely annoying.
Oh god, I love Disney soo much. There are so many little Disney secrets and bits of trivia that one person could never know any of it. I knew that It's a Small World was originally a part of the 1964 world's fair, but this whole process of organization and assembly is really incredibly amazing. if anyone could pull this off, it would be Disney. I've ridden through It's a Small World so many times and every time it is still always satisfying (but you have to do it at the end of the day or else you'll have the tune stuck in your head all day). One day I would love to work for Disney and help make magic like this happen all the time.
How cool! Growing up minutes away from Disneyland in California is something I definitely took for granted.. After becoming more immersed in the theatre world and the world of live entertainment, I have grown to respect and be in awe of the sheer imagination and effort put into creating something like a theme park, especially one as all-encompassing as Disneyland. I someday hope to go into the world of building things to this degree, from staging for concerts to theme parks, I think that Disney gives something for everyone to strive for and that truly is magical.
I love how disney took a minute to look into the history of such a popular ride came to be and how it was moved across the country. I always tell people that disney parks are like one giant walk through set, and i think this proves that its been that way from the very beginning. The fact that they were fireproofed at a scenic studio and they are built like a touring set complete with breaks and hinges is really interesting. I can only imagine how difficult it would have been to load in such a complicated moving piece that had come from across the country.
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