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This article is about the Disney Parks ride. For the theme song of the same name, see It's a Small World (song).

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Disneyland
Land Fantasyland
Attraction type Old Mill
Theme World peace and unity
Opening date May 28, 1966

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Magic Kingdom
Land Fantasyland
(Castle Courtyard)
Opening date October 1, 1971 (original)
July 30, 2021 (Reopening)
Closing date July 27, 2021 (original)

It's a Small World
イッツ・ア・スモールワールド
Tokyo Disneyland
Land Fantasyland
Opening date April 15, 1983

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Disneyland Park (Paris)
Land Fantasyland
Opening date April 12, 1992
Sponsored by France Telecom

It's a Small World
小小世界
Hong Kong Disneyland
Land Fantasyland
Opening date April 28, 2008


It's a Small World (currently stylized as "it's a small world") is a water-based dark ride located in the Fantasyland area at each of the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts worldwide: Disneyland Park in California, Magic Kingdom in Florida, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Park (Paris), and Hong Kong Disneyland. The ride features over 300+ Audio-Animatronics dolls in traditional costumes from cultures around the world, frolicking in a spirit of international unity and singing the attraction's title song, which has a theme of global peace and harmony.

History[]

Conceived at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank as Children of the World, it was created by WED Enterprises, then shipped to the 1964 New York World's Fair's UNICEF pavilion, sponsored by Pepsi, where it featured at its entrance a kinetic sculpture, called the Tower of the Four Winds, a 120-foot perpetually spinning mobile created by WED designer Rolly Crump. It's a Small World joined four other 1964 New York World Fair attractions — Magic Skyway (Ford), Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln (Illinois), Carousel of Progress (General Electric), and CircleVision 360 (Kodak)—already under development at WED. These attractions were used by WED to fund and test concepts, develop ride systems, and innovate new entertainment options intended to be moved and re-built at Disneyland after the World's Fair closed in 1966. Of these, Carousel of Progress, It's a Small World, and the Magic Skyway's Primeval World scenes would be relocated to Disneyland, with Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln being replicated at Disneyland in 1965, while the original attraction still ran at the Fair.

The Pepsi Board of Directors took so long to agree on what type of attraction to sponsor that then-board member and widow of past company president Alfred Steele, actress Joan Crawford, prevailed upon her longtime Hollywood friend Walt Disney to design such an attraction as would be suitable for Pepsi. Because of the short lead-time to design, create, and construct such an attraction, she insisted that the Board of Directors accept his proposal, seeing as he was already designing attractions for the state of Illinois, Ford, General Electric, and Kodak and knew Walt was the only one who could accomplish such a feat in the short time left until the fair was scheduled to open.[1] The WED Enterprises company was given only 11 months to create and build the pavilion.

Mary Blair was responsible for the attraction's whimsical design and color styling. Blair had been an art director on several Disney animated features, including Cinderella, Alice In Wonderland, and Peter Pan. Like many Disneyland attractions, scenes and characters were designed by Marc Davis, while his wife, Alice Davis, designed the costumes for the dolls. Rolly Crump designed the toys and other supplemental figures on display. The animated dolls were designed and sculpted by Blaine Gibson. Walt was personally involved with Gibson's development of the dolls' facial design; each animated doll face is completely identical in shape.

Arrow Development was deeply involved in the design of the passenger-carrying boats and propulsion system of the attraction. Two patents that were filed by Arrow Development staff and assigned to The Walt Disney Company illustrate passenger boats and vehicle guidance systems with features very similar to those later utilized on the Disneyland installation of the attraction. The firm is credited with manufacturing the Disneyland installation.[2]

Song/melody[]

"Children of the World" was the working title of the attraction. Its tentative soundtrack, which can be heard on the album, featured the national anthems of each country represented throughout the ride all playing all at once, which resulted in a disharmonic cacophony. Walt conducted a walk-through of the attraction scale model with his staff songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, saying, "I need one song that can be easily translated into many languages and be played as a round."[3] The Sherman Brothers then wrote "It's a Small World (After All)"[4] in the wake of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, which influenced the song's message of peace and brotherhood. When they first presented it to Walt, they played it as a slow ballad. Walt requested something more cheerful, so they sped up the tempo and sang in counterpoint. Walt was so delighted with the final result that he renamed the attraction "It's a Small World" after the Sherman Brothers' song.

It is argued that this song is the single most performed and most translated piece of music on Earth.[3] In 2014, it was estimated that the song had played nearly 50 million times worldwide on the attractions alone, beating out the radio and TV estimates for You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' and Yesterday, which were believed to have been played at least eight and seven million times respectively.[5][6]

A third verse celebrating the attraction's 45th anniversary was written and popularized, but not incorporated into the ride.[7] In 1965, an album of folk songs from around the world, which included the title track, "It's a Small World (After All)", was recorded by the St. Charles Boys Choir under the direction of Paul Salamunovich using the name, "The Disneyland Boys Choir". It is available for purchase in the theme park.

Global installations[]

1964 New York World's Fair[]

The first incarnation of It's a Small World, which debuted at the 1964 New York World's Fair, was an afterthought and nearly did not happen. Ford and General Electric had engaged Disney early on to create their pavilions for the 1964 New York World's Fair. WED Enterprises had already long been at work developing a "dancing-doll" designed to reproduce human movement, resulting in a crude early animatronic figure fashioned as Abraham Lincoln when the State of Illinois approached Disney to create the Illinois Pavilion; representatives of the state instantly approved after being "introduced" to the robotic figurehead. A nine wide-screen CircleVision 360° exhibit for Kodak's pavilion was also being planned as an improvement over the existing Disneyland eleven 4:3 format screen Circarama (which later failed the installation deadline for opening) when Pepsi approached Disney with a plan to tribute UNICEF.

Disney seemed to be the showman to give us the package we want ... He's terrific. He's got his hands in more bowls than anyone I've ever seen, but he accomplishes what he sets out to do. — J.G. Mullaly, Ford's World's Fair program manager.[8]

April 22, 1964 – opening day
"A salute to the children of the world, designed by Walt Disney, presents animated figures frolicking in miniature settings of many lands. Visitors are carried past the scenes in small boats. In an adjoining building Pepsi sponsors exhibits by the U.S. Committee for the United Nations Children's Fund. Above the pavilion rises the 120-foot Tower of the Four Winds, a fanciful creation of coloured shapes that dance and twist in the breeze." – 1965 Official Guide Book to the New York World's Fair[9]

The attraction was incredibly successful. Ten million 60¢ and 95¢ tickets for children and adults, respectively, were collected in two half-year seasons and the proceeds were donated to UNICEF.[9] While other attractions had lines out the doors, there seemed to always be a seat available aboard It's a Small World. Its high rider-per-hour capacity was recognized as a valuable innovation and was incorporated indirectly and directly into future attractions. Pirates of the Caribbean had been under construction at Disneyland as a subterranean walk-through. That design was scrapped as concrete was broken out so similar boats could sail past scenes which (because the original walk-through scene length was not shortened) were now different each voyage, another concept which forever influenced attraction design and popularity.

Disneyland[]

After the world’s fair ended, the ride was disassembled and shipped back to Disneyland in 1966. It would be the most expensive ride at the time to ship back to Disneyland. The boats now enter the show building through a tunnel under the Small World clock tower and emerge from the attraction fifteen minutes later. The show building interior is larger than the façade. Voyagers see animatronic dolls in traditional local costumes singing "It's a Small World (After All)" together, each in their native language. Boats carry voyagers as they visit the regions of the world.

Other Disney park installations wind the flume around one large room, emphasizing its theme that the world is small and interconnected. Each installation may vary the countries which are represented and the order in which they appear. The boats are stored behind the facade and go in and out backstage in between the Spanish room.

Exterior[]

When the ride moved to Disneyland in 1966, the Tower of the Four Winds was not relocated after the New York World's Fair in 1964/1965: in its place is an outdoor oval flume and boarding queue decorated with topiary backed by a large, flat façade with stylized cutout turrets, towers, and minarets, which are vaguely reminiscent of world landmarks (such as the Eiffel Tower and the Leaning Tower of Pisa). The façade was designed by Disney Imagineer Rolly Crump, who was inspired by Mary Blair's styling. Walt Disney asked Rolly to design a large 30-foot clock, a central feature of the exterior facade, with a smiling face that rocks back and forth to a ticking sound.

Every 15 minutes, a parade of wooden dolls in traditional costumes dance out from doors at the base of the Small World clock to an instrumental toy soldier version of "It's a Small World (After All)" in preparation for each quarter-hour, reminiscent of a European automaton clock. As the last doll returns into the clock, the parade doors close and the large central pair of doors open to reveal two giant toy blocks – the large block displays stylized numerals of the hour, the small one displays the minutes, while large and small bells toll to count the hours and quarters.

The exterior has been subtly repainted over the years, first in all-white with a gold/silver trim, then in 1976 in various shades of blue, then in 1993 in pink and white with pastel accents. In 1993 of the same year, portions of the left side of the original façade were removed in order to make room for the entrance to Mickey's Toontown. As of September 2002, the façade is white with a gold trim as it was in 1966, except the original gold and silver paint of the clock, the smiling clock face is now entirely gold leaf. The gardens around the building are decorated with topiary animals.

During the 20052006 holiday season, an elaborate multimedia presentation was projected on the outdoor façade which registered colored patterns matched to the façade each quarter-hour after dusk. Guests were encouraged to view the popular Remember... Dreams Come True fireworks presentation from the It's a Small World Mall and nearby parade viewing platform built for Light Magic (which had included a smoking area, now relocated under the Monorail track between the Matterhorn Bobsleds and Autopia) to decrease overwhelming crowds gathered for viewing the fireworks spectacular in Plaza and Main Street.

2008 refurbishment with new dolls[]

Disneyland's "It's a Small World" was closed from January to November 2008 (closed and reopening in holiday version, skipping the summer season) to receive a major refurbishment.[10][11][12] The building's structure was improved, permanent attachments created for the "It's a Small World Holiday" overlay, the water flume replaced and its propulsion upgraded to electric water jet turbines, and the attraction's aging fiberglass boats redesigned in durable plastic. The refurbishment added 29 new Disney characters, each in their native land, similar to the Hong Kong Disneyland version.

Sylvania has agreed to a twelve-year sponsorship. In 2014, the sponsor logo at the attraction's entrance changed to that of Siemens, the parent company of Sylvania.

The Magic, the Memories and You[]

As part of Disney's "Let the Memories Begin" campaign for 2011, a nighttime projection show premiered at Disneyland's It's a Small World in Anaheim on January 27, 2011.[13] The Magic, the Memories and You show projected sequences of classic Disney attractions and characters set to Disney music onto the exterior façade of It's a Small World to fill its architectural features, personalized with exclusive photographs and videos of park guests taken that day by Disney's PhotoPass cast members. The show also existed in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom but was projected onto Cinderella Castle. As the "Let the Memories Begin" campaign drew to a close, the show ended its run on Labor Day, September 3, 2012, at both locations. The Florida version was eventually replaced by Celebrate the Magic.

Magic Kingdom[]

On October 1, 1971, a version of the ride opened in Florida's Walt Disney World Fantasyland within the Magic Kingdom. The toy company Mattel originally sponsored the attraction from opening day until 1998, when it transferred its sponsorship to another Magic Kingdom attraction, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin in nearby Tomorrowland from that attraction's opening in 1998 until 1999, when it also dropped its sponsorship of that attraction, thus ending Mattel's history as a Walt Disney World sponsor.

  • The Goodbye Room, which at Disneyland shows different postcards and parting phrases from around the world, instead displays parting phrases written on highly-stylized flowers.
  • The attraction underwent a major refurbishment from May 2004 to March 2005, reopening with a state-of-the-art sound system, new lighting effects, and an enclosed loading area similar to the attraction's façade at Disneyland. The loading and exit areas were also repositioned to opposite positions.
  • From August until October 21, 2010, this attraction was again closed for refurbishment.
  • In 2016, the ride was closed again. This time, the sound was cleaned up and re-tuned, animatronics were replaced and the Goodbye Room flowers were digitalized with screens showing guests' first names.
  • Previously, the façade was colorful until the 2004-2005 refurbishment, when it was replaced with the colors from Disneyland.
  • In the Africa room, the pink elephant is above the exit instead of on the right wall and has plain white eyes without pupils.
  • The finale room has three hot air balloons that move up and down and were reused on all subsequent versions except Disneyland.
  • During the 2004-2005 renovation, the frowning clown in one of the hot air balloons in the finale was holding the sign "HELP!". After the refurbishment, it was removed and replaced with a happy clown.
  • The song is sung by the different nations spread all around in unison instead of Disneyland's single version.
  • The finale does not represent a specific nation.
  • The entire room is flooded instead of California's flume-style where the water only fills the track and the room is outside the track.
  • On July 27, 2021, following Walt Disney World's reopening, Magic Kingdom announced that the original version would close for refurbishment. It was reopened on July 30, 2021 in time for Walt Disney World's 50th Anniversary celebration. The ride is currently being repainted with a new color scheme outside of operating hours.[citation needed]

Tokyo Disneyland[]

The Tokyo Disneyland version of the attraction is identical to the Magic Kingdom version except for these differences:

  • The façade's design is an almost-complete replica of the California counterpart, but with a different color scheme.
  • The loading area is split into two zones instead of one.
  • The Asian room features radically different sets and dolls for Japan and China compared to the Magic Kingdom version.
  • The ride uses a different, more recent recording of the song sung in Japanese specifically created for this version instead of the original Japanese recording.
  • The walls of the African, South American and Polynesian rooms are painted in colors similar to the Magic Kingdom version before its 2005 renovation compared to the current black walls in the Magic Kingdom version.
  • The African and Polynesian rooms have the song sung in English.
  • The finale is sung in Japanese.
  • The Goodbye Room is shorter than the one in Florida.

2018 refurbishment[]

On March 1, 2017, Tokyo Disneyland's version of "It's a Small World" closed down for refurbishment for its first major update since the park's opening in 1983. The updated version of the attraction reopened on April 8, 2018. Coinciding with Tokyo Disneyland's 35th anniversary, the attraction featured 40 Disney characters similar to its counterparts in California and Hong Kong. It also revealed a redone color scheme for the façade, a new tick-tock sound and parade music (similar to the ones used in Hong Kong and Anaheim), an entirely redone loading area dubbed “Small World Station,” a new Welcome room, an extended Goodbye room, redone set pieces, and music tracks new to the ride including a Mandarin language track added to the China scene formerly exclusive to the Hong Kong version.

The attraction was initially set to be relocated to another area in Fantasyland with a new facade similar to the California counterpart as part of original expansion plans announced in October 2014 for the resort within the next ten years before being revised and updated.

Disneyland Paris[]

The attraction at Disneyland Paris is a departure from the other versions of the attraction. The façade features rearranged and slightly redesigned landmarks with a completely different clock tower. The exterior clock face features a wide-awake sun on its left half and a sleeping moon on its right half. Unlike all other versions of the ride, every scene is housed in one room with arches being used to define sections of the ride. The scenery design is a complete departure from Mary Blair's distinctive style, though the dolls remain identical to all other versions. The ride also uses a newly arranged rendition of the song by John Debney (which was also used for roughly a decade at the Californian version from the early 1990s to the early 2000s), which can be described as more ornate, and with a fuller orchestral sound compared to the original soundtrack. This is the first version of the ride to incorporate a scene for North America with dolls representing Canada and the United States, and a distinct Middle Eastern section with dolls singing in Arabic. In the Finale room, the song is sung not only in English, but also in French.

2015 refurbishment[]

As part of an ongoing plan to refurbish several attractions in celebration of the park's 25th anniversary, this version went under an extensive refurbishment for six months before it reopened on December 19, 2015. The refurbishment included a different color scheme for the façade that was identical to the original color scheme, restored assets, and special effects, refurbished boats, new LED lighting to replace the old stage lighting, and all 176 dolls in the ride being progressively replaced through 2017. The entrance and exit rooms have been completely revamped, being identical to the entrance scene in Hong Kong Disneyland's version and the exit scene in the Magic Kingdom and Hong Kong Disneyland versions (rendered in the Mary Blair style similar to the other parks). The soundtrack has been completely remastered with the base instrumental removed from the majority of the ride's audio except for the finale, making the soundtrack more similar to the original version. Additionally, new audio tracks were added including a new recording of someone yodeling to the tune of the song in the Switzerland scene.[14] Also, the attraction had a post-show area called World Chorus that was sponsored by France Télécom, which opened with the park in 1992 and then closed in 2011 to make way for the Princess Pavilion meet and greet area.[15] At the attraction, guests observed animated children communicating with each other through various uses in technology such as computers, telephone, e-mail, video, fax, and Internet. The scenes included:

  • An Italian pilot driving an airplane sending an e-mail to a German boy.
  • An Egyptian boy sending a facsimile of the song's sheet music through fax.
  • A Russian girl feeding her pet fish when she receives a call from an Italian gondolier.
  • An English girl practicing singing when her watch tells her that it is time to call Austria to watch a cat get fed.
  • Two English kids watching Treasure Island and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea before inserting a card linking them to a concert taking place at the Eiffel Tower.
  • A Spanish boy playing the guitar when a string breaks, so he calls a French girl seated at a French restaurant.
  • An Asian boy sending an e-mail before falling asleep when his Venezuelan correspondent receives his message.
  • An American cowboy calling a Brazilian dancer girl on his phone.
  • An Italian boy dressed as a clown calling a Swedish girl who is riding a bicycle with her dog by telephone.
  • An African boy communicating to his pet parrot.
  • A Belgian boy communicating to an Egyptian boy via computer.
  • A Dutch girl and her dog using the Internet and receiving tickets to the concert at the Eiffel Tower.
  • A children's choir singing the attraction's titular song accompanied by a conductor and the silhouettes of three violinists.
  • A German boy accompanied by bluebirds communicating to his friend via computer.

Hong Kong Disneyland[]

The Hong Kong Disneyland version of the attraction is mostly modeled after the original Disneyland counterpart, using a canal for the boats to travel through instead of the open-ended water track found in the Magic Kingdom, Tokyo, and Paris versions. Some of this version's prominent and unique characteristics include:

  • 38 Disney characters (all rendered in the Mary Blair style) added to scenes where their stories originated.[16]
  • An expanded Asian sequence with the Philippines and Korea represented with children singing in Tagalog, Cebuano, and Korean, respectively, as well as an extended Chinese scene with Hong Kong represented and children singing in Mandarin and Cantonese.
  • A distinct Middle Eastern room, and scenes for North America, similar to the Paris version.
  • Extraordinary fiber-optic lighting effects in the Finale room not seen on any other Disney attraction.[17]
  • Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin, Tagalog, and Cebuano versions of the song that were specifically recorded for Hong Kong Disneyland. The finale is sung in three languages: Cantonese, English, and Mandarin.
  • A Chinese opera singer added to the wooden doll parade.

The attraction is the largest indoor attraction at Hong Kong Disneyland. It is situated beyond the Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad, next to Disney's Storybook Theater where Mickey and the Wondrous Book is performed daily.

Holiday season[]

Main article: It's a Small World Holiday

Since 1997, Disneyland has featured "It's a Small World Holiday" during the end-of-the-year Christmas and holiday season. The attraction is closed in late October to receive temporary holiday decorations inside and outside and reopens in early November before the start of the busy holiday tourist season. The overlay has proved very popular and at one point during its run needed the use of Fastpass machines (which have since been removed). The attraction is the same boat voyage through many regions of the world, though the main theme song is not played in full. Instead, the children sing "Jingle Bells" and a bridge of "Deck the Halls" in addition to the main theme.

Since the holiday 2009 season, the Disney characters and the Spirit of America room (formerly the covered transition room) have joined in the "It's a Small World Holiday" at Disneyland.

Disneyland Paris' version used to add subtle decorations around the attraction and changed the music in the North American area to "Deck The Halls". For the 2009 winter season, Disneyland Paris added "It's a Small World Celebration", a variation of "It's a Small World Holiday" highlighting winter holidays around the world. It includes new costumes, lighting, sounds, decorations, and uses the music from the Disneyland (California) version – "Jingle Bells" and "Deck the Halls". Following the 2015 renovation, "It's a Small World Celebration" used a new soundtrack recorded for winter 2016.[18]

Hong Kong Disneyland's "It's a Small World Christmas" changes the music seasonally and subtly adds a few Christmas decorations as well as an abridged version of the holiday soundtrack. It only ran from 2009-2010.

The holiday overlay has since been implemented at Tokyo Disneyland with similar decorations called "It's a Small World Very Merry Holidays". It ran seasonally from November to January from 2003-2014. Due to damaged set pieces as a result of the 2011 earthquake, the overlay did not take place that year.

The Magic Kingdom does not have its own holiday edition of "It's a Small World", and the regular ride operates continuously through the holiday season.

Attraction facts and figures[]

Disneyland attraction version:

  • Grand opening: May 28, 1966
    • Closing date: January 22, 2008
  • Grand re-opening date: February 5, 2009
  • Boat capacity: 15 passengers
  • Animated/Disney characters/unanimated figures: 437
  • Slogan: The happiest cruise that ever sailed 'round the world.
  • Façade: Clock tower with the smiling face of Glockenspiel.

Magic Kingdom attraction version:

  • Grand opening: October 1, 1971 (Opened with the Magic Kingdom park)
    • Closing date: May 2, 2004
  • Grand re-opening: March 18, 2005
  • Flume capacity: 500,000 US gallons (2,000 m³) of water
  • Boat capacity: 24 passengers
  • Animated/unanimated figures: 472
    • Audio-Animatronics dolls: 289
    • Toys: 147
    • Animated props: 36
  • Slogan: The happiest cruise that ever sailed the seven seas.
  • Facade: Same as Anaheim except, the facade is indoors with the boarding also indoors

Tokyo Disneyland attraction version:

  • Grand opening April 15, 1983 (Opened with the Tokyo Disneyland Park)
  • Slogan:
    1. Welcomes You to the Magic Kingdom of All the World's Children (1983-2013)
    2. the happiest cruise that ever sailed 'round the world (2013-present)
  • Façade: Same as Anaheim but the entrance is on the left of the clock tower and the façade is more colorful. The boarding area is also indoors.

Disneyland Paris attraction version:

  • Grand opening April 12, 1992 (Opened with Euro Disneyland)
  • Slogan: The happiest cruise that ever sailed around the world.
  • Façade: Different clock with a smiling sun and moon.

Hong Kong Disneyland attraction version:

  • Soft opening: April 27, 2008
  • Grand opening: April 28, 2008
  • Attraction area: 83,500 sq ft2
  • Boat capacity: 23 passengers
  • Animated/unanimated figures: 514
    • Audio-Animatronics dolls: 202
    • Disney characters: 38
    • Toys: 220
    • Animated props: 42
  • Slogan: The happiest cruise that ever sailed/Discover a World of Laughter
  • Façade: A colorful façade similar to Anaheim and Tokyo, but the entrance is on the right of the clock tower, with an indoor boarding area.

List of Disney/Pixar films referenced in the attractions[]

Hong Kong Disneyland Disneyland
(since 2009)
Tokyo Disneyland
(since 2018)
Bambi Bambi with Thumper
The Aristocats Marie No Marie
Cinderella No Prince Charming;
includes Jaq and Gus
Peter Pan No Wendy Darling
Pinocchio No Jiminy Cricket
Aladdin includes Genie and Abu in India in India
The Lion King includes Mufasa
The Three Caballeros
Toy Story Woody with Jessie and Bullseye
Pocahontas Pocahontas with Meeko and Flit
The Jungle Book Mowgli with Baloo
Mulan Kite Mushu with no Cri-Kee includes Mushu (non-kite version) includes Cri-Kee
The Little Mermaid No Andrina and Attina
Finding Nemo includes Peach includes Marlin
Lilo & Stitch
Alice in Wonderland Alice with White Rabbit
Frozen
Brave
Tangled
Hercules Hercules with Pegasus
Moana

References in other Disney media[]

The ride and the song have been referenced several times, some of them reflecting on how annoying the song is to many people.

  • In The Lion King, Scar tells an imprisoned Zazu to sing something "with a little bounce in it". Zazu sings "It's a Small World" and Scar cuts him off by saying, "No! No! Anything but that!"
  • In The Lion King 1½, when Pumbaa leaves to get snacks, Timon starts singing the song (just before he picks his nose).
  • In The Return of Jafar, Genie returns from his trip around the world. Aladdin remarks that he didn't take a long time at his trip; Genie then turns into a bunch of Genie dolls and sings "It's a Small World".
  • In Epic Mickey, the Gremlin Village is based on the attraction. The Clock Tower on the ride's facade is the first boss you fight in the game. Wasteland's version of the tower couldn't stand listening to the song over and over again and eventually snapped sometime before the events of the game. When the player reaches the tower, he will unleash a giant pair of arms and attempt to smash the player. The player then has the choice of either destroying the tower by thinning the arms or painting them so that they will let the player paint the tower's face to stop the music and calm him down. The tower appears one last time in the ending, either floating in the thinner pool or cheerfully letting the gremlins dance below him, depending on how the player dealt with him. A mechanical-sounding, music box version of the Small World melody plays at the end of the credits.
  • In Hercules, when Hercules finds Megara's soul in the Underworld, Hades tells him "It's a small Underworld after all." He does not sing it; he just says it.
  • In the nighttime spectacular World of Color: Villainous, Hades sends the protagonist Shelley-Marie on a little "boat ride" through the River Styx. A dissonant version of the song briefly plays with cutout-style clones of the Hydra, but Hades quickly puts a stop to it, commenting: "I'm just kidding. Even I couldn't do that for eternity!"
  • In Beverly Hills Family Robinson, though he doesn't sing it, Brinx tells Jane, "Small world, isn't it?" when trying to ambush her.
  • In Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama, when Dr. Drakken mentions what he's doing in the field of torture, we see that the prisoner in question is being forced to listen to singing dolls like those on the ride.
  • In Kronk's New Groove, when Yzma and Kronk take a boat to their new secret lab, they ride past an Yzma version of It's a Small World. The leisurely boat ride turns into a flume similar to Pirates of the Caribbean and Splash Mountain.
  • The clock tower makes a brief cameo appearance in the Mickey Mouse episode "O Sole Minnie".
  • It was parodied in the Phineas and Ferb episode "The Lake Nose Monster" as "Lair Entrance: The Ride", a ride inside the entrance of a secret agency lair.
    • In Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, Heinz Doofenshmirtz is sent through a theme park-style dark ride as he rides a chair to his second dimension counterpart's office. He rides past animatronic characters and scenes that parody It's a Small World with a Dr. Doofenshmirtz theme as the dolls sing "He's Doof".
  • The retailer incentive cover to Uncle Scrooge #409, drawn by Thom Pratt, features Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, and Louie riding It's a Small World.
  • The song is played as part of the Ice Cream Beat minigame which can be found in Disney Town, in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.
  • In the movie Tomorrowland, the 1964 World's Fair version of the attraction is seen in Frank Walker's flashback.
  • It's a Small World is an important location in the first book of the Kingdom Keepers series, Disney After Dark. The Keepers are searching for references to the sun, the clouds, the wind, and mountains across attractions in the Magic Kingdom. This leads them to It's a Small World because of the big Mayan sun at the end of the Americas scene. Once they start riding the attraction late at night, the Keepers notice the dolls have been brought to life by the Overtakers to attack them. Following the lyrics of the song, "A smile means friendship to everyone" the Keepers are able to easily defeat the mindless dolls by smiling at them. Still, they are not able to find any clue in the sun. After they figure out they need 3-D glasses based on a hint Walt Disney gave to Wayne, they return to the attraction and are able to see three letters painted in the sun: a "Y", an "I", and an "R".
  • The attraction was adapted into a web-series titled It's a Small World: The Animated Series, focusing on kids traveling the world in a balloon to learn about different cultures.
  • A rejected 1977 pitch for a film version of It's a Small World was to have focused on the adventures of the children of United Nations representatives hoping to get their bickering parents to agree on something by staging their own kidnapping. However, a war profiteer seeking to exploit the chaos sets out to capture them to escalate the situation.
  • In the Hamster & Gretel episode "The Earworm", Dave Grant-Gomez reminisces about visiting the Big Big World ride at Diddyland, much to the dismay of his family ("Sorry, I forgot it's the worst earworm song ever written"). Later in the episode, Kevin and Fred lead the cops into singing the song to break the Earworm's hypnosis on Hamster and Gretel.

Incidents[]

Magic Kingdom[]

  • On August 18, 1994, a 6-year-old girl from Miami, Florida fell out of one of the ride's boats while it was in the loading area. It was believed that she was struck by an incoming boat. The girl suffered a broken hip, a broken arm, and a collapsed lung, Paramedics took her to a hospital and she was able to recover fully from her injuries successfully. The ride was closed for inspection and re-opened the following day.
  • On December 25, 2014, a 22-year-old woman lost consciousness after riding the attraction. She later died. The young woman had a pre-existing condition.

Disneyland Paris[]

  • On October 6, 2010, a 53-year-old cleaner subcontracted to Disney was trapped underneath a boat when the ride was inadvertently switched on while it was being cleaned. The man was taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Disney Character Additions[]

Captions are based on which parks certain character vignettes appear. While many characters are shared between parks, staging sometimes changes.

Television Appearances[]

  • A Behind the Scenes look on It's A Small World was featured in the 2021, Disney+ series Behind the Attraction.

References[]

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The Aristocats
Media: The Aristocats | House of Mouse

Characters: Duchess | Toulouse | Marie | Berlioz | Roquefort | Frou-Frou | Edgar Balthazar | Madame Adelaide Bonfamille | Georges Hautecourt | The Milkman | Napoleon and Lafayette | Abigail & Amelia Gabble | Uncle Waldo | Thomas O'Malley | Scat Cat | Alley cats | The Frog

Locations: Paris, France

Songs: The Aristocats | Scales and Arpeggios | Thomas O'Malley Cat (song) | Everybody Wants to Be a Cat


Peter Pan
Films and Television: Peter Pan | Return to Never Land | House of Mouse

Video Games: Kingdom Hearts | Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days | Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep | Peter Pan: Adventures in Never Land | Peter Pan: The Legend of Never Land | Disney Universe | Kinect Disneyland Adventures | Epic Mickey series | Disney's Villains' Revenge

Characters: Peter Pan | Tinker Bell | Wendy Darling | John Darling | Michael Darling | George Darling | Mary Darling | Nana | Captain Hook | Mr. Smee | Pirates Crew | Tick-Tock the Crocodile | Lost Boys | Indian Chief | Tiger Lily | Indians | Squaw | Mermaids | Fairies | Jane | Edward | Danny | Nana II | Octopus

Locations: Bloomsbury, England, UK | Nursery | Big Ben | Never Land | The Jolly Roger | Mermaid Lagoon | Skull Rock | Indian Camp | Hangman's Tree

Songs: The Second Star to the Right | You Can Fly | A Pirate's Life | Following the Leader | What Made the Red Man Red? | Your Mother and Mine | The Elegant Captain Hook | You Can Fly! (reprise) | Never Smile at a Crocodile | I'll Try | So to Be One of Us

Attractions: Peter Pan's Flight | Fantasmic! | Disney Dreams! | Following the Leader with Peter Pan

Spin-offs: Disney Fairies | Jake and the Never Land Pirates

Other: Pixie Dust | Captain Hook's Hooks | Bomb (Peter Pan)| Disney Sing Along Songs: You Can Fly!


Aladdin

Media: Aladdin | Aladdin (Original Soundtrack) | Video game | The Return of Jafar | Nasira's Revenge | Disney's MathQuest With Aladdin | Aladdin (TV series) | Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Hercules and the Arabian Night | House of Mouse | Kingdom Hearts | Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories | Kingdom Hearts II | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days | Kingdom Hearts coded | Kingdom Hearts χ | Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams | Aladdin (musical)

Original Film characters: Aladdin | Jasmine | Genie | Abu | Magic Carpet | The Sultan | Rajah | Jafar/Snake Jafar/Genie Jafar | Iago | The Peddler | Razoul | The Royal Guards | Gazeem | Prince Achmed | Two Hungry Children

Sequel Characters: Abis Mal | Cassim | Sa'Luk

TV Series Characters: Sadira | Merc | Queen Hippsodeth | Scara | King Pector | The Mukhtar | Eden | Sultan Pasta Al-Dente | Dhandi | Hamed | Pharabu | Prince Uncouthma | General Gouda | Brawnhilda | Bud | Runta | Thundra | Machana | Fasir | Riders of Ramond | Samir the "Destroyer" | Squirt | Captain Al Bahtross | Prince Wazoo | Ajed Al-Gebraic | Amal | Abnor Mal | Mechanicles | Zarasto the Marauder | Marauders | Zorasto | Mozenrath | Xerxes | Khartoum | Sirocco | Shaman | Mirage | Haroud Hazi Bin | Fashoom | Saleen | Armand | Ayam Aghoul | Shadow Aladdin | Caliph Kapok | Sootinai | Malcho | Dominus Tusk | Al Muddy Sultan| Al Muddy | Aziz | Minos and Fatima | Nefir Hasenuf | Nefir's Imps | Arbutus | Magma | Amuk Moonrah | Chaos |Evil Genie| Amin Damoola | Nasira | Frigeed | Anubis | Shakata, Razili, and Farida | Sand Monster| Sand Shark | Mothias | Ding and Oopo | Queen Deluca | King Zahbar | Queen Deluca's Brothers | The Great Rift | Mamluks | Kileem

Other Characters: Aladdin's Mother

Locations: Agrabah | Cave of Wonders | The Sultan's Palace | The Vanishing Isle | Odiferous | The Isle of Galifem | Morbia

Objects: Golden Scarab Beetle | Jafar's Snake Staff | Genie's Lamp | Jafar's Lamp | The Oracle's Scythe | Hand of Midas

Songs: Arabian Nights (Reprise) | One Jump Ahead (Reprise) | Friend Like Me | Prince Ali (Reprise) | A Whole New World (Reprise) | I'm Looking Out for Me | Nothing in the World (Quite Like a Friend) | Forget About Love | You're Only Second Rate | There's a Party Here in Agrabah (Reprise) | Out of Thin Air | Welcome To The Forty Thieves | Father and Son | Are You In or Out | Humiliate the Boy | Proud Of Your Boy

See also: The Disney Afternoon


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Media

Films: The Lion King | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | The Lion King 1½ | The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar | Video | The Lion King (live action film) | Hakuna Matata (Disney/Digimon crossover)
Television: Timon and Pumbaa | Timon and Pumbaa's Wild About Safety | The Lion Guard
Soundtracks: Soundtrack | Rhythm of the Pride Lands | The Legacy Collection | The Lion King Collection | Return to Pride Rock: Songs Inspired by Disney's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Best of the Lion King | The Lion King 1½: Songs from Timon and Pumbaa's Hilarious Adventure | Original Broadway Cast Recording | The Lion Guard
Video Games: The Lion King | Timon and Pumbaa's Jungle Games | The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure | Kingdom Hearts II | Animated Storybook: The Lion King | Disney Universe | Disney INFINITY: 2.0 Edition | Adventures in Typing with Timon and Pumbaa | Activity Center | The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride: Active Play | The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride GameBrack | The Lion King 1½ | Disney Crossy Road
Books: Classic Storybook | Disney's Wonderful World of Reading | Golden Sight 'n' Sound Book | Little Golden Book | Marvel Comics | The Art of the Lion King | Simba and the Lost Waterfall | Morning at Pride Rock | Simba and Nala Help Bomo | The Bright Star | Simba and the Big Flood | Simba the Fortune Teller | The Pal Patrol | Simba's Hide and Seek | Far from the Pride Lands | Simba's Daring Rescue | Pumbaa Runs Away from Home | No Worries: A New Story About Simba | How Simba Met Timon and Pumbaa | Way to Go, Simba! | The Lion King 1½

Disney Parks

Rafiki's Planet Watch | Disney's Art of Animation Resort | Disney's Explorers Lodge | Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable | Disney Animation Building | It's a Small World | Mickey's PhilharMagic | Rhythm of the Jungle | Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom | Stitch and Friends Summer Surprise | The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) | The Lion Guard Adventure
Entertainment: Animagique | Animazment - The Musical | Celebrate the Magic | Disney's Believe | Disney's Dreams: An Enchanted Classic | Disney's Wishes | Disney Classics: The Music & The Magic | Disney Dreams! | Disneyland Forever | Fantasmic! | Feel the Magic | Festival of Family & Friends | Festival of the Lion King | Ignite the Dream: A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light | It's Party Time... with Mickey and Friends | Mickey and the Magician | The Golden Mickeys | The Legend of the Lion King | Tree of Life Awakens | Villains Tonight! | World of Color
Restaurants: Restaurant Hakuna Matata
Parade: Disney's Magical Moments Parade | Disney Cinema Parade | Disney Magic on Parade | Disney Stars on Parade | Flights of Fantasy Parade | Jubilation! | Mickey's Soundsational Parade | The Lion King Celebration | The Wonderful World of Disney Parade | Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams
Halloween: Happy Hallowishes

Characters

The Lion King: Simba | Nala | Mufasa | Scar | Rafiki | Timon | Pumbaa | Zazu | Shenzi, Banzai and Ed | Sarabi | Sarafina | The Pridelanders | Hyena Clan | Wildebeests | Cape Buffalo | Gopher
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride: Kiara | Kovu | Zira | Vitani | Nuka | Outsiders | Crocodiles
The Lion King 1½: Ma | Uncle Max | Iron Joe | Meerkat Colony
Timon and Pumbaa: The Native Chief | The Three Natives | Monty | Baampu | Nobi | Timon's Mother | Fred | Quint | The Woodpecker | Bruce | Stinky | Ralph and Eddie | Teds | Savage Lion | Bartholomew | The Tarsier | Toucan Dan | Vulture Police | Ned | Rabbit | Uncle Boaris | Uncle Ernie | Boss Beaver | Boy Beaver | Lester the Whale | The Tigress | Jackal | The Cobra | Speedy the Snail | Smolder the Bear | Little Jimmy | Irwin | El Toro | Count Down | Mr. Pig | Wolverine | Jumbo Jumbo the Elephant | Cheetato and Cheetata | Martin Pardon | Rita Book | Chef Claude | Captain Bloodbeard | Cisco Pig | Cisco Pig's Gang | Dr. Caliostro | Torgo | The Meerkat Angel | Pumbaa Jr. | Nefu | Dr. Happy | Leslie Lambeau | Mr. Buttons | Sharla | Herman | Lara | Mel | Claudius | Bahuka | Tutan Pharaoh | Genie | Madame Credenza | Duke Meerkat | Tatiana | Mother Eagle | Baby Earl | King Leopold | Princess Claudia | Sigmund and Lloyd | Heinrich and Schnitzel | Mad Dog McGraw, Billy the Goat, and Three-fingered Jackelope | Dr. Exceter | Sal Manders | Jungle Inspector | Pimon and Tumbaa
The Lion Guard: Kion | Bunga | Fuli | Beshte | Ono | Tiifu | Zuri | Janja | Mzingo | Cheezi | Chungu | Janja's Clan | Makuu | Pua | Basi | Ushari | Jasiri | Ma Tembo | Reirei | Goigoi | Dogo | Dogo's Brothers | Twiga | Tamaa | Swala | Muhimu | Ajabu | Makucha | Ogpoa | Haya | Badili | Mapigano | Gumba | Nne | Tano | Vuruga Vuruga | Majinuni and Hafifu
Printed Media: Uru | Ahadi | Kopa | Pimbi | Boma | Kula | Zuzu | Joka | Lulu
Crossover: Pain & Panic | T.K Takaishi | Kari Kamiya | Patamon | Gatomon | Mushu | Cri-Kee | Davis Motomiya | Yolei Inoue | Ken Ichijouji | Tai Kamiya | Matt Ishida | Sora Takenouchi | Izzy Izumi | Mimi Tachikawa | Joe Kido | Cody Hida | Veemon | Hawkmon | Wormmon | Agumon | Gabumon | Biyomon | Tentomon | Palmon | Gomamon | Armardillomon | Devimon | Medusa | Coyotemon
Deleted: Diku | Baasho | Iggy | Herr Rhino | Kwashi | Bhati | Mheetu | Banagi | Daabi | Dwala | Naanda | Binti | Lemuta | Timon's Father | Buzz | Tesma | Nala's Father

Episodes

Timon & Pumbaa
Season One: "Boara Boara" | "Saskatchewan Catch" | "Kenya Be My Friend?" | "Good Mousekeeping" | "Brazil Nuts" | "South Sea Sick/The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | "Never Everglades" | "Cooked Goose" | "Yukon Con" | "Doubt of Africa" | "How to Beat the High Costa Rica" | "Swiss Missed" | "Russia Hour" | "You Ghana Join the Club" | "Uganda Be an Elephant" | "To Kilimanjaro Bird" | "Rocky Mountain Lie" | "Amazon Quiver" | "French Fried" | "Big Top Breakfast" | "Madagascar About You" | "Truth or Zaire/Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" | "Mojave Desserted" | "Beauty and the Wildebeest" | "Don't Break the China" | "Can't Take a Yolk" | "Stand by Me" | "The Pain in Spain" | "Frantic Atlantic" | "Unlucky in Lesotho" | "Rafiki's Apprentice" | "Tanzania Zany" | "Guatemala Malarkey" | "Mombasa-In-Law" | "TV Dinner" | "Back Out in the Outback" | "Gabon with the Wind" | "Timon's Time Togo" | "The Law of the Jungle" | "Manhattan Mishap" | "Paraguay Parable" | "Be More Pacific" | "Going Uruguay" | "Let's Serengeti Out of Here" | "Congo on Like This" | "Okay Bayou?" | "Shake Your Djibouti" | "Yosemite Remedy" | "The Sky is Calling" | "Mozam-Beaked" | "Ocean Commotion"
Season Two: "Palm Beached" | "Jamaica Mistake?" | "Oregon Astray" | "New Guinea Pig" | "Isle of Manhood" | "Puttin' on the Brits" | "Klondike Con" | "Isle Find Out" | "Beetle Romania" | "Rumble in the Jungle" | "Wide Awake in Wonderland" | "Zazu's Off-by-One Day" | "Animal Barn" | "Roach Hotel" | "Africa-Dabra!" | "I Don't Bolivia" | "Shopping Mauled" | "Library Brouhaha" | "Catch Me if You Kenya" | "Scent of the South" | "Monster Massachusetts" | "Handle with Caribbean" | "Forbidden Pumbaa" | "Washington Applesauce" | "Alcatraz Mataz" | "Oahu Wahoo" | "I Think I Canada" | "Zazu's Off Day Off" | "Beast of Eden" | "Sense & Senegambia" | "Timon on the Range" | "The Man from J.U.N.G.L.E." | "Maine-Iacs" | "Fiji-Fi-Fo-Fum" | "Rome Alone" | "Amusement Bark" | "Once Upon a Timon" | "Home is Where the Hog Is" | "Beethoven's Whiff" | "Bumble in the Jungle" | "Mind Over Matterhorn"
Season Three: "Whiff" | "To Be Bee or Not to Be Bee" | "Luck Be a Meerkat" | "Just When You Thought You'd Cuisine it All" | "Lemonade Stand Off" | "Big Jungle Game" | "Boo Hoo Bouquet" | "So Sumo Me" | "Now Museum, Now You Don't" | "Visiting Pig-nitaries" | "The Truth About Kats and Hogs" | "Escape from Newark" | "Truth Be Told" | "Circus Jerks" | "Nest Best Thing" | "Super Hog-O" | "Don't Have the Vegas Idea" | "Hot Enough for Ya?" | "Werehog of London" | "Bigfoot, Littlebrain" | "Astro-Nots" | "Robin Hoodwinked" | "Seregenti Western" | "All Pets are Off" | "Two for the Zoo" | "The Swine in the Stone" | "You May Have Already Won Six Million Bakra" | "My Meteor, My Friend" | "Jungle Slickers" | "Don't Wake the Neighbear" | "Recipe for Disaster" | "Going Over-Boar'd" | "Ivy Beleaguered" | "Broadway Bound & Gagged" | "Steel Hog" | "Dealer's Choice Cut" | "Space Ham" | "You Bet Your Tukhus" | "No-Good Samaritan" | "Living in De Nile" | "One Tough Bug" | "Pirates of Pumbzance" | "Miss Perfect" | "Hakuna Matata U." | "Pig-Malion" | "Why No Rhino" | "War Hogs" | "The Big No Sleep" | "Common Scents" | "Mister Twister" | "Don't Be Elfish" | "Lights, Camera, Traction" | "The Running of the Bullies" | "Special Defects" | "Wishy Washy" | "Ice Escapades" | "Guru-Some" | "Jailhouse Shock" | "Nearly Departed" | "Early Bird Watchers" | "The Spy's the Limit" | "Ready, Aim, Fire" | "Timoncchio" | "Ghost Boosters" | "Stay Away from my Honey!" | "Sitting Pretty Awful" | "He's a Bad, Bad, Bad Sport" | "Dapper Duck Burgers" | "It Runs Good" | "Hot Air Buffoons" | "Timon in Love" | "Kahuna Potato" | "Mook Island" | "Cliphangers"

The Lion Guard
Season One: "Never Judge a Hyena by its Spots" | "The Rise of Makuu" | "Bunga the Wise" | "Can't Wait to be Queen" | "Eye of the Beholder" | "The Kupatana Celebration" | "Fuli's New Family" | "The Search for Utamu" | "Follow That Hippo!" | "Call of the Drongo" | "Paintings and Predictions" | "The Mbali Fields Migration" | "Bunga and the King" | "The Imaginary Okapi" | "Too Many Termites" | "The Trouble With Galagos" | "Janja's New Crew" | "Baboons!" | "Beware the Zimwi" | "Lions of the Outlands" | "Never Roar Again" | "The Lost Gorillas" | "The Trail to Udugu" | "Ono's Idol"

Locations

The Lion King Trilogy: Africa | The Zuberi River | Mount Kilimanjaro | Pride Rock | The Pride Lands | The Desert | The Water Hole | The Elephant Graveyard | The Gorge | Jungle | The Great River | Rafiki's Ancient Tree | The Outlands
Timon and Pumbaa: Zazu's Tree | Madame Credenza's Place | Savage Rock | Boss Beaver's Log Land

Songs

The Lion King: Circle of Life | The Morning Report | I Just Can't Wait to Be King | Be Prepared | Hakuna Matata | Can You Feel the Love Tonight | Hawaiian War Chant
Instrumental Scores: This Land | Hyenas | ...To Die For | Under the Stars | King of Pride Rock | Didn't Your Mother Tell You Not to Play with Your Food | We are All Connected | Hyenas in the Pride Lands | Elephant Graveyard | I Was Just Trying to Be Brave | Stampede | Mufasa Dies | If You Ever Come Back We'll Kill You | Bowling for Buzzards | We Gotta Bone to Pick With You | Kings of the Past | Nala, is It Really You? | Remember Who You Are | This is My Home | The Rightful King
Rhthym of the Pride Lands: Kube | Lea Halalela | It's Time | Lala | Busa | Noyana
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride: He Lives in You | We Are One | My Lullaby | Upendi | One of Us | Love Will Find a Way
The Lion King 1½: Digga Tunnah | That's All I Need | Sunrise, Sunset | Grazing in the Grass
Musical: Lioness Hunt | Rafiki Mourns | One by One | Grasslands Chant | Chow Down | The Madness of King Scar | Shadowland | Endless Night
Timon and Pumbaa: Alone Together | Stand by Me | Yummy, Yummy, Yummy | The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The Lion Guard: Call of the Guard | A Beautiful Day (Ni Siku Nzuri) | Zuka Zama | Tonight We Strike | Kion's Lament | Here Comes the Lion Guard | We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa) | Don't Make a Stink | Bunga the Wise | Duties of the King | Outta the Way | Jackal Style | Our Kupatana Community | My Own Way | Utamu | All Hail The Vultures | Your Hero Inside | Bird of a Thousand Voices | Panic and Run | Trail to Hope | Life in the Pride Lands | We'll Make You a Meal | Find Your Roar | Chungu's Lament | Baboons | Beware of the Zimwi | Lions Over All | Stand Up, Stand Out | Kuishi Ni Kucheka | It is Time
Deleted: To Be King | Warthog Rhapsody | The Lion of the Moon | Old Fearless Buzz | The Madness of King Scar | Be Prepared (reprise)

Other

King of the Jungle | Musical | List of Species seen in The Lion King Franchise | Roar of the Elders

See Also

The Disney Afternoon | Find Out Why | House of Mouse | One by One



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Media
Saludos Amigos | Video | The Three Caballeros | Video | House of Mouse | Two Happy Amigos | A Present for Donald | South of the Border with Disney

Books and Comics: The Penguin That Hated the Cold | The Magnificent Seven (Minus 4) Caballeros | The Three Caballeros Ride Again | South of the Border with Disney: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program, 1941-1948

Segments: El Gaucho Goofy | Aquarela do Brasil | Pedro | Lake Titicaca | The Cold-Blooded Penguin | The Flying Gauchito | Baía | Los Posadas | Mexico: Pátzcuaro, Veracuz and Acapulco | Donald's Surreal Reverie

Disney Parks
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros | It's a Small World | Mickey Mouse Revue

Restaurants: Mickey & Pals Market Café
Parade: Mickey's Soundsational Parade
Christmas: Mickey's Most Merriest Celebration | World of Color: Season of Light

Characters
Donald Duck | Goofy | José Carioca | Panchito Pistoles | Pedro | Mama Plane | Papa Plane | Aconcagua | Aracuan Bird | Burrito | Pablo and the Penguins | The Toy Bull | Flying Gauchito | Yaya

Guest Stars: Walt Disney | Frank Thomas | Lee Blair | Mary Blair | Norman Ferguson

Songs
The Three Caballeros | You Belong to My Heart | We Are The Three Caballeros | My Name is Panchito | Saludos Amigos
Locations
South America | Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Chile | Peru | Uruguay
Deleted Concepts
The Laughing Gauchito | Caxanga | Cuban Carnival | The Hornero Bird | Blame It on the Samba | Aurora the Parrot | Miguelito Maracas


Cars
Media: Cars | Cars 2 | Cars 3 | Cars (soundtrack) | Cars - The Video Game | Cars 2: The Video Game | Cars Mater-National | Cars Race-O-Rama | Mater and the Ghostlight | Cars Toons | Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures | Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure | Disney INFINITY

Characters: Lightning McQueen | Mater | Sally Carrera | Mack | Doc Hudson | Flo | Ramone | Sheriff | Finn McMissile | Holley Shiftwell | Luigi | Guido | Sarge | Fillmore | Red | Chick Hicks | The King | Miles Axlerod | Francesco Bernoulli | Professor Zündapp | Grem | Acer | Siddeley | Tomber | Tony Trihull | Lizzie | Victor Hugo | Vladimir Trunkov | Tubbs Pacer | Minny | J. Curby Gremlin | Mia and Tia | Alexander Hugo | Uncle Topolino | Mama Topolino | Van | Ivan | The Queen | Leland Turbo | Crabby | Ichigo | Jay Limo | Mac iCar | Pope Pinion IV | Chauncy Fares | Mario Andretti | Jeff Gorvette | David Hobbscap | Rip Clutchgoneski | Galloping Geargrinder | Tex Dinoco | Petrov Trunkov | Clayton Gentlebreeze | Mel Dorado | Rod "Torque" Redline | Shu Todoroki | Lewis Hamilton | Carla Veloso | Miguel Camino | Snot Rod | DJ | Brent Mustangburger | Nigel Gearsley | John Lassetire | Austin Littleton | Marco | Stu Bop | Sulley | Mike | Boost | Wingo | Dex | Elvis | Kabuto | Harv | Wilmar Flattz | Stanley | Bud | Raoul ÇaRoule | The Delinquent Road Hazards | Max Schnell | Vroomaroundus Bugus | Mama Bernoulli | Darrell Cartrip | Frank | Al Oft | Todd | Donna Pits | Stacy | Greta | Patty | Rusty Rust-eze | Artie | Barney Stormin | Bessie | Giulia | Fred Pacer | Gil | Junior | Kori Turbowitz | Leroy Traffik | Lynda King | T.J. | Screamin' Banshee | Zil | Vern | Tow | Popemobile | Mike Lorengine | Gearett Taylor | Maurice Wheelks | Prince Wheeliam | Sir Harley Gassup| Mary Esgocar | Sajan Karia | Krate Rainson Wash | Kai & Tai Gremlin | Tolga Trunkov | Marcelo & Marco

Locations: Radiator Springs | Flo's V8 Cafe | Luigi's Casa Della Tires | Radiator Springs City Hall | Courthouse & Fire Department | Ramone's House of Body Art | Cozy Cone Motel | Fillmore's Organic Fuels | Sarge's Surplus Hut | Tow Mater Towing & Salvage | Doctor Hudson: Dr. of Internal Combustion | Radiator Springs Curios | Radiator Springs Drive-In Theatre | Wheel Well Motel | London, England | Big Ben | Paris, France | Porto Corsa | Tokyo | California | Los Angeles International Speedway | Piston Cup | Ornament Valley | Motor Speedway of the South | Cadillac Range | Carburetor County | U.S. Route 66

Attractions: Cars Race Rally | Cars Land | Radiator Springs Racers | Mater's Junkyard Jamboree | Luigi's Flying Tires

Songs: Real Gone | Life is a Highway | Our Town | Route 66 | Behind the Clouds | You Might Think | Collision of Worlds


The Jungle Book

Animated Films: The Jungle Book (1967) • The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

Live Action Films: Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994) • The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)

TV Series: Jungle Cubs (1996-98)

Video Games: The Jungle Book (1994) • The Jungle Book Groove Party (2000)

Music: The Jungle Book (soundtrack) (1967) • More Jungle Book... Further Adventures of Baloo and Mowgli (1969)

Characters: The Jungle Book (1967): MowgliBalooBagheeraKing LouieShere KhanKaaColonel HathiWinifredHathi, Jr.Jungle PatrolBuzzie, Flaps, Ziggy, and DizzyAkelaRamaRakshaWolf CubsWolf CouncilFlunkeyBandar-logShanti | Deleted characters: Rocky the RhinoBuldeoTabaqui | The Jungle Book 2 (2003): RanjanRanjan's fatherMessuaShanti's motherLucky | Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994): Grey BrotherNathooKatherine "Kitty" BrydonColonel Geoffrey BrydonSergeant ClaibourneDr. Julius PlumfordWilliam BooneSergeant HarleyLt. John WilkinsIndian BanditsAlice, Rose, and Margaret | Jungle Cubs (1996-98): Arthur and CecilThe CrocMahraNed, Jed & FredMungoLeahCainRed DogsWinifred's Uncle | House of Mouse (2002): King Larry

Locations: JungleAncient RuinsMan VillageIndia

Songs: The Jungle Book (1967): "Colonel Hathi's March" • "The Bare Necessities" • "I Wan'na Be Like You" • "Trust in Me" • "That's What Friends are For" • "My Own Home" | Deleted songs (c. 1964): "Brothers All" • "The Song of the Seeonee" • "Monkey See, Monkey Do" • "I Knew I Belonged to Her" • "In A Day's Work" • "The Mighty Hunters" | More Jungle Book (1969): "Baloo's Blues" • "It's a Kick" • "Jungle Fever" • "If You Wanna See Some Strange Behavior (Take a Look at Man)" | Jungle Cubs (1996): "Take Your Sweet, Sweet Time" | The Jungle Book Groove Party (2000): "The Jungle's No Place for a Boy" • "Join the Ranks" • "Go Bananas in the Coconut Tree" • "A Mood for Food" • "We Are the Vultures" • "Run" • "A Brand New Day" | The Jungle Book 2 (2003): "The Jungle Rhythm" • "W-I-L-D" • "Right Where I Belong"

See also: Disney Sing Along Songs: The Bare Necessities (1987) • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) • TaleSpin (1990-91) • House of Mouse (2001-03) • Disney's Jungle Boogie (1999)


Mulan

Media: Mulan | Soundtrack | Mulan II | House of Mouse | Kingdom Hearts II | Hakuna Matata (Disney/Digimon crossover)

Characters: Fa Mulan | Mushu | Cri-Kee | Li Shang | Yao, Ling and Chien Po | Chi-Fu | General Li | Shan Yu | Fa Zhou | Fa Li | Grandmother Fa | Fa Family Ancestors | The Matchmaker | The Emperor of China | Sha-Ron | Ting-Ting, Su and Mei | Khan | Little Brother | Hayabusa the Falcon | Elite Hun Soldiers | Hun Army

Locations: China | Imperial City | Fa Family home

Songs: Honor to Us All | Reflection | I'll Make a Man Out of You | A Girl Worth Fighting For | True To Your Heart | Lesson Number One | I Wanna Be Like Other Girls | Here Beside Me


The Little Mermaid
Media: The Little Mermaid | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning | TV series | Sebastian and Dory meet Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (crossover) | The Little Mermaid - An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack | NES game | The Little Mermaid (SEGA Genesis) | Ariel's Story Studio | House of Mouse | Kingdom Hearts | Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories | Kingdom Hearts II | Musical | Little Mermaid- Official Comic Adaptation

Attractions: Voyage of the Little Mermaid | Mickey's PhilharMagic | Mermaid Lagoon (Tokyo DisneySea) | The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure | King Triton's Carousel of the Sea | Fantasmic! | Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom

Characters: Ariel | Flounder | Sebastian | Scuttle | Prince Eric | King Triton | Max | Grimsby | Carlotta | Chef Louis | Melody | Tip & Dash | Urchin | Ursula/Vanessa | Flotsam & Jetsam | The Evil Manta | Little Evil | Ursula's Garden | Morgana | Cloak & Dagger | Dr. Vile | Daniel | Merpeople | Flounder's guppies | Glut | Undertow | Queen Athena | King Triton's Daughters | Attina | Alana | Adella | Aquata | Arista | Andrina | Marina Del Rey | Benjamin | Shelbow | Ink Spot | Cheeks | Ray-Ray | Gabriella | Pearl | Moray | Simon | Lobster Mobster and Da Shrimp | The Sorceress | Glowfish | Ebb and Flo | Emperor Sharga

Objects: Prince Eric's statue | Trident | Ursula's cauldron | Ursula's Necklace | Melody's locket | Queen Athena's music box

Locations: Atlantica | Ariel's Secret Grotto | Ursula's fortress | Prince Eric's palace | Prince Eric's palace dining room | The Wedding Ship

Film Songs: Fathoms Below | Daughters of King Triton | Part of Your World | Part of Your World (Reprise) | Under the Sea | Poor Unfortunate Souls | Les Poissons | Kiss the Girl | Vanessa's Song | Down to the Sea | For A Moment | Tip and Dash (song) | Here On The Land and Sea | Just One Mistake | I Remember

T.V. Series Songs: In Harmony | You Got to be You | Just Give Me a Chance | Daring to Dance | The Lobster Mobster's Mob | Sing a New Song | The Sound of Laughter | You Wouldn't Want to Mess With Me | Evil Lullaby



Finding Nemo

Media: Finding Nemo | Finding Dory | Sebastian and Dory meet Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (crossover) | Video Game | Soundtrack | Little Golden Book | Finding Nemo - The Musical | Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage

Characters: Nemo | Marlin | Coral | Dory | Pearl | Tad | Sheldon | Mr. Ray | Bruce | Anchor | Chum | Gill | Peach | Bloat | Bubbles | Deb | Gurgle | Jacques | Nigel | Crush | Squirt | The Dentist | Darla Sherman | Moonfish | Barracuda | Anglerfish | Seagulls | Jellyfish | Whale | Chuckles | Blenny

Locations: Australia | The Ocean | Sydney Harbour

Objects: AquaScum 2003 | Luxo Ball | Pizza Planet truck



Frozen
Film: Frozen

Video games: Olaf's Quest | Frozen: Free Fall | Disney INFINITY

Books: Frozen: The Essential Guide | The Art of Frozen | Frozen (Big Golden Book) | Frozen (Little Golden Book) | A Sister More Like Me | Big Snowman, Little Snowman | Anna’s Act of Love/Elsa’s Icy Magic

Attractions: World of Color | Disney Dreams! | Celebrate the Magic

Characters: Anna | Elsa the Snow Queen | Kristoff | Hans | Olaf | Sven | The Duke of Weselton | Pabbie | Trolls | Bulda | Cliff | Marshmallow | Oaken | Sitron | Wolves | The Duke of Weselton's Thugs | The King and Queen of Arendelle | Kai and Gerda | The Dignitaries

Locations: Arendelle | Elsa's Ice Castle | The Southern Isles | Weselton | Arendelle Castle | Valley of the Living Rock | Arendelle Chapel

Songs: Vuelie | Frozen Heart | Do You Want to Build a Snowman? | For the First Time in Forever + (Reprise) | Love is an Open Door | Let it Go | Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People | In Summer | Fixer Upper | Love Can't Be Denied | We Know Better | More Than Just The Spare | Life’s Too Short | Spring Pageant | You're You | Reindeer(s) Remix | Life's Too Short (Reprise)

Other: Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)


Tangled
Films and shows: Tangled | Tangled Ever After | A Poem Is...

Video games: Tangled (video game) | Disney INFINITY

Books: Tangled: The Essential Guide | The Art of Tangled | Little Golden Book | Sticker Book | Tangled (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading)

Characters: Rapunzel | Flynn Rider | Mother Gothel | Pascal | Maximus | The Stabbington Brothers | Hook Hand | Big Nose | Vladimir | Shorty | Ulf | Attila | Pub Thugs | Captain of the Guards | The King | The Queen | Four Sisters

Locations: Rapunzel's Tower | The Snuggly Duckling | Corona | Corona Castle

Songs: When Will My Life Begin | Mother Knows Best | When Will My Life Begin (Reprise 2) | I've Got a Dream | Mother Knows Best (Reprise) | I See the Light | Healing Incantation | Something That I Want

Objects: Rapunzel's Frying Pan | Magical Golden Flower | Rapunzel's Magic Hair

Attractions: World of Color | Mickey's Soundsational Parade | Disney Dreams! | Celebrate the Magic | Mickey and the Magical Map | Fantasyland

Other: Tangled: Original Soundtrack | Frozen


Hercules
Media: Hercules | Hercules (official soundtrack) | Video game | TV series (Aladdin crossover) | Kingdom Hearts | Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories | Kingdom Hearts II | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days | Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep | Kingdom Hearts coded | Hakuna Matata (Disney/Digimon crossover)

Characters: Hercules | Hades | Pegasus | Philoctetes | Megara | Pain and Panic | Fates | Muses | Zeus | Hera | Hermes | Hephaestus | Athena | Ares | Poseidon | Aphrodite | Demeter | Artemis | Apollo | Dionysus | Titans | Cyclops | Cerberus | Hydra | Nessus | Nymphs | Amphytryon and Alcmene | Icarus | Cassandra | Adonis | Tempest | Triton | Galatea | Pandora | Medusa | Echidna | Typhon | Echidna's Children | Hecate | Nemesis | Mr. Parentheses | Homer | Fear and Terror | Ibid | Minor characters | Minor Gods | Minor villains | Antaeus | Prometheus | Daedalus | Morpheus | Circe | Kronos | Atlas | Gaia

Objects: Armageddon Bow | Trident

Locations: Ancient Greece | Mount Olympus | Underworld | Phil's Island | Thebes | Prometheus Academy | Atlantis City

Songs: The Gospel Truth I | The Gospel Truth II | The Gospel Truth III | Go the Distance | Go the Distance (Reprise) | One Last Hope | Zero to Hero | I Won't Say (I'm in Love) | A Star Is Born

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