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For the holiday season, Disneyland dresses up the classic it’s a small world ride, adding lights and seasonal songs. Here is what is needed to decorate the ride, according to Disneyland’s “Backstage Pass” magazine for annual passholders:
- Twenty employees work for 17 days, 10 to 12 hours a day to decorate the ride.
- The facade has 50,000 lights in six colors, as well as 2,000 clear flashers.
- Altogether, that produces 350,000 watts of light
- About 150,000 mini lights go on the trees, hedges and topiaries nearby.
- The decorations require 60,000 cable ties, 3,000 connectors, 25,000 feet of extension cords and 18,000 feet of electrical tape.
The made-over ride is open until Jan. 3.
