| It's a Small World | |
|---|---|
 Entrance logo sign and building of It's a Small World at Disneyland in Anaheim, California in 2014 | |
| Disneyland | |
| Area | Fantasyland |
| Coordinates | 33°48′53″N 117°55′04″W / 33.8147°N 117.9178°W |
| Status | Closed |
| Cost | US$1.5 million |
| Opening date | May 30, 1966 |
| Website | Official website |
 Lightning Lane available | |
| Magic Kingdom | |
| Area | Fantasyland (Castle Courtyard) |
| Coordinates | 28°25′15″N 81°34′55″W / 28.4208°N 81.5820°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | October 1, 1971 |
| Website | Official website |
| Lightning Lane available | |
| Tokyo Disneyland | |
| Area | Fantasyland |
| Coordinates | 35°37′49″N 139°52′52″E / 35.6304°N 139.8812°E |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | April 15, 1983 |
| Closing date | September 17, 2024 (temporary overhaul) |
| Replaced by | It's a Small World with Groot |
| Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
| Area | Fantasyland |
| Coordinates | 48°52′31″N 2°46′34″E / 48.8753°N 2.7761°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | April 12, 1992 |
| Website | Official website |
 Disney Premier Access available | |
| Hong Kong Disneyland | |
| Area | Fantasyland |
| Coordinates | 22°18′49″N 114°02′21″E / 22.3137°N 114.0391°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | April 28, 2008 |
| Website | Official website |
| Disney Premier Access available | |
| 1964 New York World's Fair | |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | April 22, 1964 |
| Closing date | October 17, 1965 |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Old Mill |
| Designer | WED Enterprises/Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Theme | World peace and unity |
| Music | "It's a Small World (After All)", written by the Sherman Brothers Composed by Bob Hammack (1964-1971), John Debney (1992-1993) |
| Vehicle type | Boats |
| Riders per vehicle | 16 |
| Rows | 4 |
| Riders per row | 4 |
| Duration | 12–15 minutes |
| Propulsion method | Water jets, electric turbine |
| Number of lifts | 0 |
 Wheelchair accessible | |
It's a Small World (stylized in all lowercase and in quotations or with exclamation mark) is an Old Mill boat ride located in the Fantasyland area at various Disney theme parks around the world. Versions of the ride are installed at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California; Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida; Tokyo Disneyland; Disneyland Paris; and Hong Kong Disneyland. The inaugural version of the ride premiered at the 1964 New York World's Fair before permanently moving to Disneyland in 1966.
The ride features over 300 audio-animatronic dolls[1] in traditional costumes from cultures around the world, frolicking in a spirit of international unity, and singing the attraction's title song, which has a theme of global peace. According to TIME.com, the Sherman Brothers' song "it's a small world" is the most publicly performed song of all time.[2][3] In recent years, the Small World attractions at the various Disney parks have been updated to include depictions of Disney characters—in a design compatible with the original 1960s design of Mary Blair—alongside the original characters.
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