It's a Small World

Robert Sherman, who wrote iconic songs for Disney such as "It's A Small World (After All)," Mary Poppins' "Chim Chim Cher-ee" and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," passed away in London at the age of 86 three years ago today. He wrote over 150 songs at Disney, including the soundtracks for such films as "The Sword and the Stone," "The Parent Trap," "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," "The Jungle Book," "The Aristocrats" and "The Tigger Movie." Perhaps his most famous song, It's A Small world,  was Written in 1964 at the behest of Walt Disney himself, the song was made for a ride featuring audio-animatronic children from all over the world. Disney asked for one song that could be easily translated into many languages and be played as a round, so the Sherman Brothers wrote "It's a Small World (After All)." I would like to post a video I made four years ago; in honor of Robert Sherman- It was four years ago this month that we went to Disneyland and I think I rode It's a Small World ride 2 or maybe 3 times with Caitlyn?

It's A Small World opened May 28, 1966 and is a 15 minute boat ride. It was refurbished between Feb and November of 2008. It features 437 characters. Jan first attended Disneyland with her parents in 1966 and remembers, It's A Small World, as a brand new attraction. (Disney has only one ride, all the rest are attractions- can you guess the ride?) I was able to borrow photos taken by Darcie and Jan to add to the photos I took and make this slideshow to highlight our May 17th day at Disneyland Park four years ago. We all need to remember that it is a small world after all, and to always see things through eyes of a child.