It's A Small World Holiday Articles
California vs. Paris: It's A Small World
This month, in my article comparing the two Disneylands closest to my heart (California and Paris), I shall be looking at "it's a small world", the ride which according to Walt Disney Imagineering's international Ambassador Marty Sklar- has a "song [which] will drive you bananas if you hear it often enough, but from a message standpoint is a timeless attraction".
Both versions of the attraction ...
Six Disney Attractions Temporarily Closing
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Three attractions at Disney California Adventure and three at neighboring Disneyland are scheduled to close during October for holiday decorating and routine maintenance.
Disney spokesman Kevin Rafferty, Jr. said Disney California Adventure's California Screamin' is closed until Oct. 14 for routine maintenance.
California Screamin' is the only roller coaster at the Disneyland Resort that has a ...
Mickey Mouse Gets A Toon-Themed Tree For The Holidays
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Mickey Mouse celebrates the holidays with a cartoon-style Christmas tree this season as new decor adds merriment to Mickey's Toontown for the 2011 holidays at Disneyland Resort. The holidays shine brightly throughout the resort from Nov. 14, 2011, through Jan. 8, 2012, as guests create memories for a lifetime.
Those holiday memories might even appear in the nightly "The Magic, The Memories, and You!" ...
Holiday Season Opens For Disneyland Today
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People dressed as reindeer rehearse their dance moves and work crews in cherry-pickers add lights to Sleeping Beauty Castle as the Disneyland Resort prepares for the holiday season.
Each year, Disney's theme parks, hotels and Downtown Disney undergo a transformation that begins right after the last visitor clears the gates from Disneyland's Mickey's Halloween parties on Oct. 31. Over two weeks, ...
Rain, Rain Stay Away At Least 'Til Sunday
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I'm counting on the rain to hold off until at least Sunday so I can get to Disneyland this weekend, the first with the park decked out for the holidays.
I want to get in there before the Thanksgiving and then Christmas crowds arrive.
If you have never been, no kidding, it's the most amazing time to go. Especially if you're like me and sometimes have a hard time getting into the holiday ...
Tips For Taking The Kids To Disneyland During The Holidays
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Every year, Disneyland magically transforms into a winter wonderland for families to enjoy.
There are almost 700 festively-decorated trees located throughout the park, including the popular one at the beginning of Main Street. Guests can enjoy visiting Santa Claus and even get a rare opportunity to see live reindeer in Frontierland.
The holiday times at Disneyland are sure to whisk you and your ...
Merry Holidays At Disneyland
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The magic of the holiday season is made all that more magical with cheap flights to Disneyland. Disney goes all out to create a winter wonderland at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure theme parks. Expect holiday-themed attractions and parades, decadent decorations and sweet treats, and even snow at this popular sunny Anaheim, California tourist destination.
Two rides are given a complete ...
Disneyland At Christmas It's Not Just For Kids
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If there's a better place to immerse yourself in the Holidays than Disneyland I don't know where it could be. And that's especially true if you can stay at one of Disney's resort hotels.
Once again this year, California residents can take an easy drive to Anaheim and enter a world of lights, color, music, rides and even Christmas "snow."
Familiar attractions like the Haunted Mansion and It's a ...
It's A Small World Holiday Guests Lining Up At Disneyland
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The Disneyland tickets need to be bought to see one of the biggest holiday traditions sailing at the Happiest Place on Earth. On Sunday, the It's A Small World Holiday attraction had guests waiting over an hour to share a ride on the boats. Everyone wants to see inside where kids on displays sing about the holiday season and on Friday the lines are only bound to get longer the closer it gets to Christmas. ...
Walking In A Winter Wonderland
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Having grown up in Southern California, I can't remember a time when I wasn't aware of Disneyland.
I've loved the amusement park and all things Disney since I was itty bitty. I can remember being carried out to the car while it was still dark out when I was a little girl only to wake up again at Disneyland in awe. Now as an adult, I still find the "Happiest Place on Earth" just that.
There's no ...
Disney Sets Closing Date For The Magic The Memories, And You Show
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On Aug. 22, Disney Parks Blog announced the ending date for "The Magic, The Memories, and You." The nighttime projection show will have its last performances at Walt Disney World and Disneyland on Labor Day, Sept. 3.
"The Magic, The Memories, and You" debuted in early 2011. It features music, lights and an innovative display of park images including those of guests enjoying their vacations ...
6 Disney Venues To Close Temporarily
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A half-dozen venues at the two local Disney parks are scheduled to temporarily close for at least part of this month.
Crews will start installing holiday decorations in It's a Small World on Oct. 22. The Disneyland ride will reopen Nov. 8 with Christmas songs, lights and other holiday decor.
Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure, Casey Jr. Circus Train and Storybook Land Canal Boats will remain ...
Disneyland Park Releases Dates Details Of Christmas Holiday Season
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Always a magical place, Disneyland Park becomes extra festive during the Christmas season. The theme park will celebrate the holiday from Nov. 12, 2012 through Jan. 6, 2013 with the return of its seasonal offerings, announced Disneyland Resort on Oct. 23.
Visiting Disneyland Park is an annual tradition for many guests who come to see the park's festive decor and seasonal overlays, its special parade ...
Disneyland Holidays 2012
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Halloween is over and the Holiday season has arrived to Southern California .The decorations have been brought out, great meals are planned and with family and friends arriving to celebrate, there is so much left to do! Favorites are coming back and new additions to the Parks are going to be showcased with seasonal flair. During the Holiday season, it seems that Disneyland tries to top the year before and ...
Disneyland And California Adventure Most Festive Place On Earth?
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Many people in Southern California lament that there is no distinct change of seasons and that winter holidays are lacking because there isn't any snow.
But area theme parks have everything to get even the "bah, humbug!" types in a festive mood.
For starters, there's Disneyland, "The Happiest Place on Earth," from its tall ornament-bedecked tree at the beginning of Main Street U.S.A. to the ...
Holidays At Disneyland Are Truly The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
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To be sure, the holiday season wasn't created by the Walt Disney Company, but the folks who encourage us to believe in magic have certainly put their stamp on "the most wonderful time of the year."
Having spent countless hours enjoying what Walt Disney World has to offer during this special time of year, we entered the Disneyland Resort recently somewhat apprehensive. Frankly, we have been spoiled by ...
California vs. Paris: It's A Small World -- At Christmas
In an article for this very site, published August 2011, I discussed the it's a small world attractions in the Disneylands in Anaheim and Paris, mentioning that at "a more seasonal time of year" I would take a look at how their festive overlays compare.
For Christmas, both versions have placed a Santa hat on the Gregory S. Marinello-designed clock, but to the untrained eye, this seems to be the only ...
Disneyland Ride Review Small World For The Holidays Is Joyous
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The holiday version of it's a small world debuted at Disneyland in 1997.
The facade looks the same, except for the Santa Claus hat on the smiling clock. But at night, the attraction undergoes a dramatic change as thousands of colored lights illuminate the facade.
As you approach the turnstiles, the music has changed to a mix of the classic song the attraction is known for, along with a mix of ...
Changes And Closures At The Disneyland Resort
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The Disneyland Resort is undergoing a few changes, some temporary, others permanent.
It's A Small World is closed as its holiday overlay is removed, while the Haunted Mansion is open after its holiday overlay has already been removed.
Scrims have been erected around the Hungry Bear Restaurant at Disneyland to block views of the Rivers of America while construction proceeds for "Star Wars" Land.
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This Is How Disneyland Changed In The 1990s
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It was a "Fantasmic!" start for Disneyland in the 1990s, and the decade ended with a new Tomorrowland and the disappearance of the parking lot.
1990-92
Not much happened for the first two years in terms of changes or additions of new attractions until 1992. Mission to Mars had its last flight and was grounded. In New Orleans Square, something new was coming to the waterfront of the Rivers of ...
Disneyland And California Adventure Start Looking To Christmas With Halloween Nearly Over
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As the holiday season approaches, Disney Imagineers get busy modifying some of the attractions at Disneyland for the holidays.
First up: It's a Small World. The boat ride with the infamous song is closed until Nov. 9 so lights and holiday music can be installed for its holiday overlay.
The Jungle Cruise will be closed Nov. 1-9 to be redressed as the Jingle Cruise, the annual holiday overlay ...
Disneyland Resort Celebrates Festival Of Holidays
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It's the season for celebrations as Holidays at the Disneyland Resort launches Nov. 10, inviting family and friends to make magical memories together.
This year, guests will have even more to celebrate as they discover the new Festival of Holidays, with music, dance, food and heartwarming holiday festivities inspired by cultural traditions from around the world.
Also new for the season is the ...
Bah Humbug Disliking Disneyland Its A Small World Holiday Version
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Disneyland's It's a Small World Holiday debuted 20 years ago and today remains a favorite of theme park fans for its fun overlay of a classic attraction.
So of course I'm going to go full curmudgeon on it.
Complaining about It's a Small World is to writing about theme parks what the layup line is to a basketball game. It's a can't-miss warm-up that everyone else just ignores anyway. So before I ...
8 Tips For Celebrating The Holidays At Disneyland
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Get the most out of your Disneyland vacation with these insider tricks.
The holiday season truly is magical at Disneyland, bustling with special events, parties, parades, entertainment and elaborate decorations. Plus, Disneyland Resort offers special annual events, from the Festival of Holidays entertainment to the "World of Color -- Season of Light" spectacle at Disney California Adventure Park. ...
How Disneyland Installs The Holiday Version Of Its A Small World
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As the Halloween season was winding down, Disneyland's famous canal boat ride, "It's a Small World," closes and goes through a transformation.
Inside the ride, a crew of 24 people is busy at work turning it into a holiday version complete with scenic Christmas trees, festive decorations and lights, lots of lights. On the outside another 11-person crew is working at night, when the park is closed, ...
Would Disneyland Ever Do A Christmas Overlay Based On The Horrible Star Wars Holiday Special
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Christmas is coming to the Disneyland Resort this weekend. Given that some theme parks kick off their annual Halloween celebrations in late August, waiting until the second week in November to start Christmas seems almost an act of restraint. But an early, pre-Thanksgiving start to the Christmas season allows Disney and other theme parks more time to lure holiday-loving visitors with special shows, food ...
Walt Disney World vs Disneyland It’s A Small World What Is The Difference
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Sail around the world with one of the most famous songs ever, but do you really need to ride both?
It has one of the most recognizable songs in the entire world, and people from all parts of the globe know it, but is one "It's a Small World" better than the other? Both Walt Disney World and Disneyland have versions of their own even though the one in California is the original. Even though they have ...
Deck The Halls At Disneyland 2018 Guide To The Holidays
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The Happiest Place on Earth just got much merrier! The Holidays at Disneyland Resort are just around the corner, and this year will be the most magical season to date. Disneyland Resort celebrates the holidays from November 9, 2018, through January 6, 2019, providing park guests with nearly two months of holiday cheer.
Magical Decor and Guided Tours
Disneyland Resort does not skimp on decorating ...
It Takes A Small Army To Transform Its A Small World For The Holidays
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Inside an empty pool known as "The Plunge," Joe Peters and his team of Disney technicians repair scenic props, replace burned-out Christmas lights and paint dinged-up decor in a makeshift workshop as holiday decorations used during It's a Small World Holiday hang from the ceiling above.
"It's that race to the finish line every year," said Peters, the technical director responsible for the Small World ...
Its A Small World Holiday At Disneyland Is Filled With Magical Details Heres A Closer Look
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Celebrate the holidays at one of Disneyland Resort's most iconic attractions as it transforms its façade and receives a festive seasonal overlay that could put any grinch in the Christmas spirit. Fantasyland's seasonal it's a small world Holiday offers season's greetings from more than 300 children around the world in addition to many smaller yuletide details that makes "the happiest cruise that ever ...
Why Disneyland Is the Best Place On Earth To Celebrate The Holidays
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Unless you nab a ticket to the North Pole, there's no better place to celebrate winter than at Disneyland Resort. Holiday time at the parks is so much more than Christmas trees, parades and hugs from Santa Goofy - which happens to be a very real thing. Between the nightly snowfall, majestic gingerbread houses and celebrations of every seasonal holiday beyond just Christmas, there's plenty worth coming back ...
