If you've ever been to Disney World, you know just how amazing the quality is of every park. One thing that stands out when you take a trip there is the music. Music is everywhere at Disney; it's the background to your good times, the theme songs to your favorite rides, and the fun element that makes parades and fireworks magical. This is a list of songs that you can't get out of your head after a trip or even just a day at Disney.
1. "It's A Small World"
"It's a small world after all, it's a small world after all, it's a small world after all, it's a small, small world..."
Whether you love it or hate it, you'll still be singing it.
2. "Carousel of Progress Theme"
"There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day..."
The Carousel of Progress is one of my all time favorite rides at Disney, and I can't help but hum the song long after my most recent trip to Magic Kingdom.
3. "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)"
"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me..."
This one probably got stuck in your head when you spent 20 minutes waiting to get off the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
4. "Wishes"
"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight.
I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish, I wish tonight.
We'll make a wish, and do as dreamers do, and all our wishes (all our wishes),
will come true..."
Wishes is a classic; you get bonus points for singing the dramatic version that always plays immediately after as people leave the park.
5. "Festival Of Fantasy"
"Away we go, it's a Festival of Fantasy..."
This parade will easily go down as one of Disney's best, and the music is so catchy you'll be singing it before the second float has passed.
6. "Vamos"
"Vamos, vamos, there's a party goin' on..."
It's one of the most difficult songs to know the lyrics to, but you'll always remember the tune and the chorus.
7. "Big Blue World"
"In the big blue world..."
Finding Nemo is a great movie turned into a visually appealing ride and a cute song from "Finding Nemo: The Musical" to accompany the images of Nemo, Marlin, and Dory. You'll be singing it in every aquarium you ever visit.
8. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
"It's the truth, it's actual, Everything is "satisfactch'll"..."
Splash Mountain has one of the most entertaining queues while waiting to unload from the log boats, and this song will either haunt you forever, or have you singing happily for the rest of the day.
9. "Illuminations (We Go On)"
"We go on
to the joy and through the tears
We go on
to discover new frontiers..."
Maybe it's just because I worked at Epcot, but nothing is better than Illuminations.
10. "The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room"
"In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room, all the birds sing words and the flowers croon..."
The Tiki Room song will get stuck in your head no matter what, you should just accept that it's always going to be a part of you.
11. "Baroque Hoedown"
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Disney proudly presents our spectacular festival pageant of nightime magic and imagination in thousands of sparkling lights and electro-synthe-magnetic musical sounds, The Main Street Electrical Parade..."
The song we all love to hate, or hate to love.
