It’s a Small World returns at Disneyland after flood threatens to ruin the holiday tradition

The acquainted strains of the earworm taxable opus of It’s a Small World are erstwhile again playing successful the beloved classical Disneyland attraction aft a flood threatened to ruin the vacation contented this year.

It’s a Small World reopened astatine Disneyland aft all-hands effort to reconstruct the attraction successful clip for the holidays pursuing a flood that shuttered the vessel thrust astir the satellite conscionable earlier its November launch.

The vacation mentation of It’s a Small World returned connected Monday, Dec. 6 — much than 3 weeks aft it was scheduled to debut for the Christmas season.

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A squad of 75-plus Disneyland employees from much than 20 departments worked 24/7 to get It’s a Small World opened for the vacation play aft the flood.

The Small World task squad was swiftly assembled aft an underground attraction country was inundated portion the h2o thrust was being refilled successful the aboriginal greeting hours connected Nov. 10 conscionable earlier the vacation mentation of the attraction was acceptable to marque its 2021 Christmas debut astatine the Anaheim taxable park.

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It’s a Small World undergoes a seasonal translation for the holidays each twelvemonth that typically takes weeks of enactment mostly by overnight crews. The Small World sets were not damaged during the flood.

The vacation mentation of It’s a Small World was expected to reopen connected Thursday, Nov. 11 for the archetypal Merriest Nites after-hours lawsuit and beryllium acceptable for the kickoff of the vacation play astatine Disneyland connected Friday, Nov. 12.

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After the flood repairs, Small World returned successful clip for the past 2 Merriest Nites events of the twelvemonth connected Tuesday and Thursday, Dec. 7 and 9 arsenic good arsenic the remainder of the vacation play that runs astatine Disneyland and Disney California Adventure done Jan. 9.

The wintertime festivities see the instrumentality of “A Christmas Fantasy” parade and “Believe successful Holiday Magic” fireworks amusement astatine Disneyland and the Festival of Holidays nutrient festival and Viva Navidad thoroughfare enactment astatine Disney California Adventure.