[sickoflibs]

RE :”A wheelchair-bound man was awarded $8,000 by Disneyland after the “It’s A Small World” ride broke, stranding him for a half hour while the theme song played continuously, according to an attorney for the plaintiff.”

“It’s A Small World” was Disney’s main attraction at the 1964/1965 Worlds Fair in Flushing (Queens) NY. My parents took 8mm home movies when we visited that Fair, no sound though. Still remember home movies of that ride.

We are talking a ~ 45 year old ride

[DManA]

I was there. Except for that ride it was a pretty cool trip.

[Political Junkie Too]

Me, too. I even bought the 45rpm record.

-PJ

[married21]

We were stuck on Small World at Disneyland for 20 or 30 minutes the last time we went (September 12). The music stopped, IIRC, but the animatronic figures kept on moving, with a creepy clicking noise. And you really didn’t know how long you would be there, although I think they made an announcement about maybe needing to walk out, but they got it fixed before that was necessary.

A friend of ours who is a long time Disney employee said if they make an announcement like that, it is a major breakdown.

Maybe the ride needs some major rebuilding.

[Focault's Pendulum]

It's A Small World was Disney's main attraction at the 1964/1965 Worlds Fair in Flushing (Queens) NY.

I went there when I was 9 or 10. Even then I thought those animatronic figures were pretty creepy.