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It’s a Small World-Disney’s quintessential attraction…
Here is the quintessential attraction perhaps in all of Disney. “It’s a Small World” is another example of a classic, low tech offering that is made more special in the fact the Walt Disney himself nurtured into fruition. Even after its debut in the New York World’s Fair in 1964 55 years ago, it still delights, amuses and entertains thousands of guests, proving that you do not need high-tech to be enjoyable, but sound and meticulous planning by the one and only Walt Disney is what the doctor ordered… Everyone jokes about how after riding Disney’s “It’s a Small World” attraction, its iconic theme song stays in their…
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Disney Artist, Pioneer, and Legend Mary Blair
For all Disney fans who love the classic attraction “It’s a small World” and many of the beautiful murals and artwork seen around the parks, you can thank gifted artist Mary Blair. Mary was credited with introducing the Modern and the “Cartoon Modern” style art forms to Walt Disney and the studios.
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Disney Planning Movie Based on ‘It’s a Small World’
Disney is ramping up a movie version of its venerable “It’s a Small World” theme park ride with Jon Turteltaub directing. Jared Stern is writing the script and will produce with Turteltaub and “The Lego Movie” producer Dan Lin. The ride was created by WED Enterprises and debuted at the New York World’s Fair in 1964. It was rebuilt after the fair, installed in Disneyland and now operates as a boat ride in five Disney parks. “It’s a Small World” features over 300 audio-animatronic dolls from all over the world singing the upbeat title song, which promotes peace and understanding. The song was written by Disney’s staff songwriters Robert S. Sherman and Richard…
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New Disney Attraction Poster-Inspired T-Shirts Coming to Disney Parks Online Store
From April 15-20, the Disney Parks online store will release two T-shirts – a purple shirt celebrating Fantasyland at Disneyland park, and a green shirt featuring the Sunshine Tree Terrace at Magic Kingdom Park. The original Fantasyland attraction poster referenced for the purple tee was created in 1955 by Bjorn Aronson. For the green t-shirt, many readers may recall seeing this attraction poster when the Orange Bird returned to the Sunshine Tree Terrace in April 2012. Then, from April 22-27, Disney salutes the 50th anniversary of two classic Disney attractions – “It’s a Small World” and Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress. Both attractions debuted at the 1964 New York World’s Fair and later found their way to…