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It's a Small World
Dark ride at Disney theme parks / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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, 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]
It’s a Small World | |
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![]() Entrance logo sign and building of It's a Small World at Disneyland in Anaheim, California | |
Disneyland | |
Area | Fantasyland |
Coordinates | 33.8147°N 117.9178°W / 33.8147; -117.9178 |
Status | Operating |
Cost | US$1.5 million |
Opening date | 1966 |
Website | Official website |
Magic Kingdom | |
Area | Fantasyland (Castle Courtyard) |
Coordinates | 28.4208°N 81.5820°W / 28.4208; -81.5820 |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | October 1, 1971; 52 years ago (1971-10-01) |
Website | Official website |
Tokyo Disneyland | |
Area | Fantasyland |
Coordinates | 35.6304°N 139.8812°E / 35.6304; 139.8812 |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | April 15, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-04-15) |
Closing date | Fall 2024 |
Replaced by | it's a small world with Groot |
Website | Official website |
Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
Area | Fantasyland |
Coordinates | 48.8753°N 2.7761°E / 48.8753; 2.7761 |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | April 12, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-04-12) |
Website | Official website |
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Hong Kong Disneyland | |
Area | Fantasyland |
Coordinates | 22.3137°N 114.0391°E / 22.3137; 114.0391 |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | April 28, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-04-28) |
Website | Official website |
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1964 New York World's Fair | |
Status | Removed |
Opening date | April 22, 1964; 60 years ago (1964-04-22) |
Closing date | October 17, 1965; 58 years ago (1965-10-17) |
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 |
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 |
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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.