29 Disney characters have been added to the "It's a Small World" attraction, which made it's debut at the 1964 New York Worlds Fair, then was moved to Disneyland in 1966.
All of the more than 300 origninal Audio-Animatronics firgures remain but some were moved to make room for additional characters.
Click on the red dots to see who joined the cast.
Here are some additional fun facts about topiaries:
There were 24 original Disneyland Park topiaries premiering in 1963. They included a waltzing hippo, a poodle, a pig, bears, elephants, seals, and giraffes. In 1966, they were permanently planted at “it’s a small world.”
Growing a typical shrub Character Topiary can take from 3-10 years for completion, depending on the size and complexity of the shape.
Walt Disney got the idea of creating “living” topiaries by seeing traditional topiary gardening in Europe. He asked his film animators and Disneyland landscape team to work together to create the first living sculptures for Disneyland in 1963. They came up with several and one of those included Dumbo making his debut in Fantasyland
