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it's a small world reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for it's a small world, a dark ride in Fantasyland at Disneyland.

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Posted: September 21, 2008

A boat Dark Ride with one continuous theme song. Dolls dressed as children from many nationalities sing the ride's theme, which has been seen as a message of tolerance and understanding for generations.

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48 votes, so far

Our family enjoy's the ride but! we were disappointed when an outside company was hired to re-record the music. I think this was in the late 1990's. The original soundtrack had that "magical" quality that made this ride so appealing. When the music was "cleaned up" with high tech equipment, it lost the warmth and magic and the nostalgia. Our family noticed it right away. I discussed this with some Disney employees and they felt the same way. It's just about impossible to re-record music from the 50's & 60's and still retain the original warmth and feeling. Since then, we have not enjoyed this ride nearly as much as we used to. - Frank Dookun

I like this ride a lot, the song is soo catchy. - daniel reyes

The outside and gardens are brilliant. The inside is nice too, but I was not impressed with the interior scenes as I was with WDW's version. - Skipper Adam

Went on this ride with the little cousins and it was a big hit, not only because my two year old cousin was so thrilled that he "danced" while on the ride, but it was also a perfect opportunity when my dad and I returned alone later (after the fireworks show) to give our tiring legs a break. A very pleasant ride :) - Teddy D.

Liked seeing the movie characters embedded in the ride. - Amy Tupper

Love the character additions. It's like playing a giant Where's Waldo game with dolls and an endless tracking song... - Kurt Larson

It's a small world has grown on me thorughout the years as I get older especially the Christmas edition....It often gets knocked on because of the contineous playing of the (upbeat & positive) song. But like Disneyland as a whole it reminds us of the goodness in this world and what is truly important in life.... - Marc Flothe

Ahhh the song!! i'm sorry, but regardless of how quaint this ride may be i could never enjoy it with the song playing constantly, after my husband and i rode it we had to walk so fast to get away from the 'it's a small world' music playing outside! - Rachelle Beaney

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