World Chorus Archive

  The silhouetted children of World Chorus were found on the walls of the attraction, on the outside before people entered the spiral. They were very simple shadow and light effects that acted as the first ‘stage’ in the complexity of the animation (before Small World Small Talk, the room had a sort of progression that acted as shadows -> 2D animation -> 3D doll), and they depicted characters from all over the world using telecommunication to talk to each other, or devices to take photos, record etc. They activated when a fibre-optic shooting star ‘hit’ a building, though this effect didn’t work in the last few years of operation. A similar effect was also used for the shadows surrounding the conductor doll, but in 3D.

  Though there wasn’t much in the realm of merchandise for the attraction, there were a few notable pieces. France Telecom had a pin that showed their sponsorship of the attraction, though not necessarily one that depicted World Chorus. There was also a telecarte, which I happen to own! These were used to make phone calls way back when. My little display, with a tiny Jules plush one of my best friends made me sitting next to the telecarte, on top of the Tokyo popcorn bucket and in front of two small world dolls (there's also a teeny drawing in the corner by my bestie too). ‘France Télécom, Official Partner of Euro Disney, presents, in the Euro Disneyland park, the attraction "It's a Small World" which takes you on a journey around the planet, followed by "The World Chorus", the wonderful world of telecommunications. Discover, by visiting this pavilion, how France Telecom makes the world closer and how, thanks to its products and services, you can be present ...

  My realm of expertise and curiosity alike, here is the section on the conductor doll of World Chorus! He was about as tall as an average adult human’s head, as shown by this image.  This is in contrast to a regular small world doll, which comes up to around a torso, as shown here. We can also deduce his hair isn’t the regular yarn, unlike these small world dolls, and his face is a different sculpt. No image of him has a smile, he seems to be a little serious fella! In terms of his overall design, he seemed to be pale, and had black hair, a black jacket, a white shirt, a red or black bow tie, a red sash, and black trousers and shoes. Other depictions of the conductor give him brown hair, a white bowtie, either a closed or open black jacket. He also sometimes gets a grey sash, as shown in the choir image. Concert poster gave him brown hair, black jacket with tailcoat, black trousers, white shirt and bow. Open tuxedo, brown hair, white bow, white shirt Brown hair, white open tu...

  Small World Small Talk was an interactive feature added to World Chorus in 2001-2006 According to some source code that I translated from French (it may not be perfect but it was incredibly hard to find and translate, I can’t even remember the website now): 'Small World Small Talk The attraction born from a partnership between Disney and France Telecom The Small World Small Talk attraction is the result of a collaboration between Disney's artistic teams and several research entities of France Telecom, including the Creative Studio, the Small World Small Talk attraction was inaugurated on 2 April 2004, in the France Telecom post show of the It's a Small World attraction at Disneyland Paris park. A partnership to boost the It's a Small World attraction  On 18 December 2001, Disney and France Telecom signed a partnership agreement giving France Telecom sponsorship rights for the It's a Small World attraction.  Work was in progress between the project team to rebrand ...