At Chinese amusement parks, you can ride terrifying bootleg versions of “It’s A Small World”

Disneyland ’s It ’s A Small World ridewas never the apotheosis of normal , what with its chirpy stagnant - eyed marionette and hypnotically communitarian mantra . But Chinese theme parks take the sing - songy boat ride to raw frontiers of uncomfortable .

improbably , these rides makeWilly Wonka ’s sauceboat ridelook like an enviable option in comparison . Here ’s one of the rive - off Small Worlds at Suzhou Amusement Land — this one has the original music but adds Voltron and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for more copyright - infringing playfulness !

And this one reside at Shanghai ’s Jin Jiang Action Park . Notice the inexplicable retentive stretches of silence , the journey into deep space , and how Santa Claus and Satan ’s rooms cryptically abut each other .