IN the the past few months reporting on disrepair at “it’s a small world” in Disneyland Park.
Some dolls have come up missing, while others suffer in disrepair.
But it seems the California Disney Park isn’t alone.
On a recent visit to Walt Disney World Resort, one of our reporters noticed a missing doll on the historic Fantasyland ride.
A cut-out patch in the blue carpet makes the issue more glaring.
Disneyland Resort’s “it’s a small world” has experienced similar issues with its hula dancing animatronics, so much so that one TikToker devoted themselves to tracking the status of the dolls.
This week, a Disney TikToker revealed that when the park closes for the night, the lights and music in "It's a Small World" shut off, but the more than 300 animatronics do not
When the ride was moved to Disneyland in 1966, a scene representing Oceania was added to the ride, which was not included at the World's Fair due to time and budget constraints.
At the same time, hello and goodbye rooms were added to the attraction, which have also seen several changes over the years.
In the 1960s–’70s there were stylized cutouts of flowers saying hello and goodbye in different languages; these were then changed to stylized rainbows with cutout butterflies in the 1980s–’90s, before changing to a nautical theme with stylized boats with different greetings at the turn of the millennium.
When Bank of America sponsored the ride, there was also a message in the goodbye room that read:
Wherever you go Around the World You're never far From Bank of America.