Happy 58th birthday to it's a small world at Disneyland! My favorite attraction opened 58 years ago today. Happy birthday to this absolute masterpiece. To celebrate, I have a special audio tribute of the full original 1966-68 version. This features audio for every area in the ride, usually a few for each room. All of this audio has been remastered by my phone .The clock parade audio is one that I and others have released before, the original music composed by Buddy Baker used from 1966-1997, including the original pitch of the hour and minute chimes, which changed around the mid 1980's. Then there is the rare Welcome spiel. The first part I believe was the same as part of the original 1966 Disneyland main entrance spiel. The second was recreated from a 1970 Disneyland script page. Then there is that rare original safety spiel, before the ride begins. The Welcome room originally featured Banners of the World. Though most prominent in that 1960's, they would remain to a lesser extent until 1991. The many continental parts of the world in the ride have an audio mix. The vocals include the Finale English chorus (3 verses) in Welcome, Swedish (3 verses) in the North Pole room, British English, Italian, and Swiss Yodeler (3 verses each) in Europe, Japanese (3 verses) in Asia, Laughing Nigerians and hyena (3 verses) in Africa, Spanish (3 verses) in Latin America, Mermaid English (1 verse) and Finale English chorus (3 verses) in the South Pacific, and the original Finale chorus (3 verses) in the Finale, followed by the same Finale chorus vocals in the Goodbye room. They are all accompanied by MANY unique instruments from around the world, and their great renditions of the theme song, it's a small world. These are the classic compositions by Bobby Hammack (1964) and Buddy Baker (1966), used from the 1964-65 World's Fair (And 1966 Disneyland opening) until they switched to Disneyland Paris 1992 Debney soundtrack in 1993. That was because they said they lost the original masters, but Florida and Tokyo continued to play them long after 1993 and into the 21st century. In 2002, they found the original masters and reinstalled them the following year at Disneyland, in a soundtrack that is very similar, but not identical to this. (Florida also got it in 2005 and Tokyo in 2018) In 1973 or 74 they removed the laughing Nigerians scene after someone complained about the kids playing with the hyena. That audio was then removed and replaced with the English chorus still there today. Around 1976, they installed the main theme instrumentals throughout most of the ride at various volumes, as they previously were just in the Welcome, Finale, and Goodbye rooms (And an otherwise empty stretch between Mexico and Mermaid scenes). The Finale/Goodbye adult chorus was also removed in the mid 1970's. A few other smaller changes happened in the 1980's, as well as the c.1983 removal of the Japanese chorus for the English one. Thankfully, the Japanese vocals were restored in 2003 with the classic soundtrack. The message of Peace on Earth through understanding other cultures has always been extremely relevant, and this ride brilliantly displays it by showing the similarities of children around the world, as they sing it's a small world in their unique ways. The Finale reinforces it with all the world's children together. The wonderful art direction of Mary Blair makes this ride unlike any other, and the hundreds of audio animatronics, much more than any attraction from the last 30 years by far. Rolly Crump designed the beautiful façade, Marc Davis came up with the various children paired with animals, and his wife Alice Davis made all of the costumes for each of the dolls. The legendary favorite songwriters of Walt, Richard & Robert Sherman, wrote the famous theme song. Their incredible art direction, with the help & personal guidance of Walt Disney, made this ride unlike any other. I absolutely love this version of "it's a small world", which is already my favorite attraction. I hope you enjoy this!

I do not own any of the audio or images used in this video. All of the audio is owned by Disney, and all images are owned by their respective owners.

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