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It's a Small World

It’s a Small World (stylized in all lowercase and in quotations) is an Old Mill boat ride located in the Fantasyland area at various Disney theme parks around the world, including 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.[1]

For other uses, see It's a Small World (disambiguation).

"it’s a small world"

Operating

US$1.5 million

1966

Fantasyland (Castle Courtyard)

Operating

October 1, 1971 (1971-10-01)

Operating

April 15, 1983 (1983-04-15)

Fall 2024

it's a small world with Groot

Operating

April 12, 1992 (1992-04-12)

Operating

April 28, 2008 (2008-04-28)

Removed

April 22, 1964 (1964-04-22)

October 17, 1965 (1965-10-17)

World peace and unity

"It's a Small World (After All)", written by the Sherman Brothers

Boats

16

4

4

12–15 minutes

Water jets, electric turbine

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The ride features over 300 audio-animatronic dolls[2] 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.[3][4] 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.

The façade's design is an almost-complete replica of the California counterpart under a different color scheme, resembling Disneyland's 1990s version.

The loading area is split into two zones instead of one.

A Welcome room was added during the 2018 refurbishment, resembling the one at the California version.

There are scenes featuring various Disney characters redesigned in Mary Blair's style that were added during the 2018 refurbishment.

The Asian room features radically different sets and dolls for Japan and China compared to the Magic Kingdom version. A Mandarin-language track was added to the China section in the 2018 refurbishment.

The ride uses a different, more recent recording of the song sung in Japanese specifically created for this version instead of the original Japanese recording. The vocal track is used for both the Asian room and finale room.

The walls of the African, South American, and Oceanian rooms are painted in colors similar to the Magic Kingdom version before its 2005 renovation.

The Polynesian room has vocals singing in English.

The Goodbye room resembles the one found at the California version.

It's a Small World Holiday

Operating

November 25, 1997 (1997-11-25)

"It's a Small World" Very Merry Holidays

Removed

2003

2018

"It's a Small World Celebration"

Operating

1999

"It's a Small World" Christmas

Removed

2009

January 1, 2010 (2010-01-01)

Worldwide winter holidays

Jingle Bells and/or Deck The Halls (finale only) featuring "It's a Small World (After All)", written by the Sherman Brothers

Boats

16

4

4

12–15 minutes

Water jets, electric turbine

0

In the 1970s, a planned feature film was going to be a Cold War-tinged comedy adventure where the children of UN leaders try to get their parents to stop squabbling through faking mass-kidnapping, only for a war profiteer to try to take advantage of the fear and start a mass conflict.

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An attraction titled "it's a small world" appears in .[40]

Kinect: Disneyland Adventures

On November 26, 2013, Disney premiered on Disney.com as an online-exclusive series, and the final episode was released on February 4, 2014.[41][42][43][44][45]

It's a Small World: The Animated Series

On April 22, 2014, it was announced that a feature film franchise about the ride was in the works, to be directed by , written by Jared Stern, and produced by Turteltaub, Stern, and Dan Lin.[46] The project was still in development in early 2016;[47] as of 2023, no new information on the film has been released.

Jon Turteltaub

On October 6, 2010, a Disneyland Paris staff member died when the ride restarted unexpectedly while he was working on it. According to police, the 53-year-old man was cleaning the amusement park ride due to an earlier incident with a child guest. The unnamed man, a sub-contractor of the park, was reportedly trapped beneath a boat on the ride when it started up by accident. He was severely injured and transported by helicopter to a nearby hospital where he later died of his injuries.

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List of Disneyland attractions

List of Magic Kingdom attractions

List of Tokyo Disneyland attractions

List of Disneyland Park (Paris) attractions

List of Hong Kong Disneyland attractions

Incidents at Disneyland Resort

Incidents at Walt Disney World

Incidents at Disneyland Paris

List of Disney attractions using Audio-Animatronics

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Richards, Jason (March 13, 2012). . The Atlantic. Retrieved March 13, 2012.

"It's an Annoying Song (After All)"