Children gleefully waddle behind Donald Duck into the area and then check out the beloved faux-safari Jungle Cruise ride. "Follow the Leader" from Peter Pan accompanies our introduction to Adventureland. First, the eight previously-seen personalities are joined by Alice and the White Rabbit, Mary Poppins, Bert, and their assorted penguin friends for "I'm Walking Right Down the Middle of Main Street U.S.A.", a catchy, laid-back ode to the turn-of-the-20th-century section of the park that Disneyland visitors first pass through. Having ushered the happy crowds into the park, we now begin exploring the various parts of Disneyland. These aren't as refined or animated as today's ones are (each song features a different basic font), but they serve the purpose and when they are absent, you are assumed to have caught on to the song. Most of the lyrics from these two and subsequent songs appear on screen enabling you to perform the series' essential duty (singing along) with a little bit of effort. The park then opens, and the masses enthusiastically arrive (without bag checks or long lines) to "Step in Time" from Mary Poppins.
While engaging in their duties, they appropriately sing "Whistle While You Work" from Disney's first animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Then, the Disneyland Fun unique to this DVD kicks into high gear.ĭisneyland is about to open, and Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto, Goofy, Chip, Dale, and Roger Rabbit are making sure everything is clean, ready, and just right for the guests' arrival. After they appear to perform the Sing Along Songs Theme, Professor Owl appears to briefly introduce the volume in the same fashion (recycled animation with new matching dialogue). This volume starts with the old Sing Along Songs opening, which features animation of Professor Owl and his music class from the 1953 short Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom. As a result, it offers nostalgia quite different than that which the golden anniversary has mostly provided, since it harks back only fifteen years rather than to the Anaheim park's 1955 launch.įor Disneyland Fun, as much as any of the studio's DVDs, we must hop in our time machines and return to 1990, when Disneyland celebrated its 35th anniversary, The Little Mermaid was classified as a hit rather than the start of a Renaissance, and the zany title character of Touchstone's 1988 blockbuster Who Framed Roger Rabbit apparently assumed a theme park presence as large as icons like Pluto and Goofy. The feature itself has not been updated in any way whatsoever from its first incarnation. While all four titles were initially released to VHS last decade, Disneyland Fun is also the oldest, having debuted on home video in the summer of 1990. Disneyland Fun is the only volume set at the originating park, the one which Walt Disney lived to see realized. A few things distinguish this disc from the rest of the batch. Sing Along Songs: Disneyland Fun - It's a Small World is one of four new Disney DVDs being issued this September to mark the 50th Anniversary of Disney theme parks.
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