News New Verse Being Added to "it's a small world"

[mickEblu]

Rode it in person as my first ride today and it was seamless. Very touching tribute.

As a side note, Small World has truly never looked better. We Small World fans are so lucky.

Good to hear. Yes this was my main takeaway from my trip in May where I rode right after it reopened. Looks better than ever. Indy looked great too.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Good to hear. Yes this was my main takeaway from my trip in May where I rode right after it reopened. Looks better than ever. Indy looked great too.

We can complain about lots of things, but I do think they put their money where their mouth is when they said they’d be investing in the parks, and that included maintenance and refurbishments.

Proof is in the pudding, and the amount of refurbishment work they’ve been doing.

 

[mickEblu]

We can complain about lots of things, but I do think they put their money where their mouth is when they said they’d be investing in the parks, and that included maintenance and refurbishments.

Proof is in the pudding, and the amount of refurbishment work they’ve been doing.

True but I hope they keep it up long term and that wasn’t just for the 70th only to let things go until the 75th.

 

[Brer Oswald]

It’s a downgrade. I’m sorry, I know people want to treat it like an undisputed win, but the adult singing sounds so monotone. They didn’t even have to change that part since the adult choir only sings the chorus, not the new verse.

 

[mickEblu]

It’s a downgrade. I’m sorry, I know people want to treat it like an undisputed win, but the adult singing sounds so monotone. They didn’t even have to change that part since the adult choir only sings the chorus, not the new verse.

I haven’t heard it yet but I do know that the words dont seem to flow as well when I try to sing them. Like with the repeating sound here… Mother Ear(th)

 

[Brer Oswald]

And just like that, a fan did it 1000x better than Disney themselves.

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

Honestly I think this is an incredibly tasteful enhancement they’ve done to the ride. I think the new written lyrics sound good and the vocals are very good aswell. Sounds nearly indistinguishable from the rest of the original audio. Gotta give props to the team in charge of this, I do agree though on the adult vocals at the very end though, add the 60s adult vocals back into the mix, and it’d sound much better. Thankfully, that’s an easy little plussing they can make hopefully soon.
I’ll say though, my experience seeing the ride was different than another poster here. I noticed some animatronics not animating properly or props not working as they should. That was a bit sad to see. ‘But’ again, ultimately a very tasteful enhancement and am happy the team did as well as they did overall. In the end, I’m just glad these classics are still operating and getting these kind of enhancements over anything else. Gotta be grateful they’re as well done & implemented as they are, all things considered. It’s a blessing in all honesty. And again, most of these issues can be fixed w easy routine tweaks & maintenance & a little plussing to the audio.

 

[Disney Irish]

Boat timing matters with the new verse. When I rode today my boat was almost out by the time the new verse started so I didn’t get to hear it all.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

It’s a downgrade. I’m sorry, I know people want to treat it like an undisputed win, but the adult singing sounds so monotone. They didn’t even have to change that part since the adult choir only sings the chorus, not the new verse.

I think both you and whomever made this video are really overselling the difference. It's barely distinguishable.

 

[Brer Oswald]

I think both you and whomever made this video are really overselling the difference. It's barely distinguishable.

It’s quite noticeable.

 

[PiratesMansion]

Having experienced the new verse in person over the past few days, I think the new verse has been integrated well enough. I could do with the adult choir being mixed in a bit more prominently on the last chorus, but otherwise I have no real complaints. And apart from that, the ride looks better than I have ever seen it. Some of those colors are really popping now in a way that I don't remember ever seeing on the ride before. And Tapestry of Happiness is a perfect, cute little minishow that works well for the 70th.

I imagine the third verse might be quite weird at WDW, where now you may not hear the main song at all during the ride (as IIRC the only place they played the English version of the song at all in that version of the ride was the finale).

 

[Too Many Hats]

I agree that there’s a particular note (timestamp is 1:21 in Brer Oswald’s link) that IMO is a downgrade in the new mix. Something is just momentarily off. “Monotone” is a good descriptor. Should be a warm and fuzzy moment but instead it’s harsh and abrasive. I can’t elaborate at the moment but wanted to voice my agreement.

Honestly it could’ve been SO MUCH worse, and I’m so relieved the instrumentation is unchanged. But idk I feel like WDI should just restore the original singing/mix for that part lol, why’d they even need to change it?

It’s a downgrade. I’m sorry, I know people want to treat it like an undisputed win, but the adult singing sounds so monotone. They didn’t even have to change that part since the adult choir only sings the chorus, not the new verse.