It's A Small World
Written by @NigelChanning09 & @Mickeynerd17
Building Exterior
The facade is reminiscent of the exterior of the building, with a modern twist to the Mary Blair style. The left side of the ride and exterior facade features more curves with a subtle cartoon style and playful shapes. The middle of the facade is reflective of the real-life small world facade from Disneyland, and then the right side becomes more modern with sharp edges and a subtle Picasso style as a transition into nearby Tomorrowland. The entire facade is a reflection of our folklore and legends of old, plus, as we transition from left to right, our style of art and design becomes more clean, orderly, and modern, representing the corrections we've made to our old ideas about the world as we keep learning about the planet we call home.
Boat ride/flyer ride queue
The queue starts with the boat ride entrance on the right and the flyers entrance on the left. Both pathways reach out into an arc across a river before wrapping back around into two circles, with each circle representing a face of Planet Earth. The flyers queue goes up a small flight of stairs while the boat ride queue goes down a small flight of stairs to the dual load area, which is situated on a river running between the main pavilion space and the facade of the ride.
Ride - flying/Boat Track
The North
The first scene depict the North as dolls dressed as eskimos skate around on ice as Santa Claus flies in his sleigh. We continue into the North Pole as elves craftily make toys and Mrs. Claus heats up the oven, which releases the smell of freshly baked cookies.
Europe
We enter the European section as we first enter Denmark. First, three headed Troll dolls raise their staffs and Valkyries prepare for battle. We cross the rainbow bridge into Asgard and see a doll dressed as Thor and his trickster brother, Loki.
Now in Eastern Europe, we come across a friendly Dracula doll as he waves his wand and smiles from his dark castle in the fictional world of Transylvania. We enter a fairytale environment as Ogres dance around and Wizards cast spells of fireworks and glee. A knight battles a large dragon as it attempts to infiltrate a castle.
Gnomes open up their small homes and throw a feast. A large basilisk also towers over us as we enter the next scene.
We enter Greece where we’re welcomed by singing dolls in Togas as we see Unicorns and Greek gods like Hermes, Zeus, and Hades, who is accompanied by Cerberus.
We enter Ireland and see Leprechauns on rainbows and near large pots of gold. We pass over a bridge and enter Scotland. As a friendly Loch Ness Monster waves goodbye with it’s large tail.
Asia
We enter Japan and come across magical Yokai in the streets. We see the turtle-like Kappa and the Fox creature, Kitsune. Finally, Nurikabe, the living wall, blocks our path but decides to let up move forward.
Now in China, we see large and happy Pixiu Dragons dance around and breath fire while flying among the clouds. Other creatures dance around like water dragons and pixiu Unicorns!
This leads us to India where Genies appear and Magic Carpets fly amuck. A large Roc bird stares down at us as we pass by. We pass by scenes of Sinbad and his journey.
After we exit China, we find ourselves in the Himalayan mountains as a friendly yeti dances to disco music atop a mountain.
Africa
We enter Africa as we see the Lightning Bird and the large Grootslang and happy water spirits known as Zin!
We enter Egypt and see a large Sphinx staring at us surrounded by Pyramids. Mummies creep out from their tombs and wave hello.
North America
Now in North America, we see a large Paul Bunyan doll and his bill chopping wood. Bigfoot wanders around an Oregon forest having a cookout with his family. Witches (that bare a resemblance to the ones found in Hocus Pocus) fly around Salem, Massachusetts. The Mothman flies around as bystanders quickly rush to get a picture. A Superman type hero saves a cat from a tree as grateful civilians dance around with excitement. UFOs all hover over Area 51 as a cow gets lifted up.
The Tropics
After arriving in Hawaii, we see the tricker demigod, Maui shape shift into all sorts of creatures while singing hula dancers and Tikis sing the classing tune. We end up under the sea and are approached by Mermaids and Krakens as bubbles fall from the sky.
The White Room
We meet back up with the boat riders in the final scene in the White Room as we depart from our journey and learn that our world’s, fictional or not, are not so different after all.
