It's a Small World
"It's a Small World" (stylized in all lowercase) 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.
| It's a Small World | |
|---|---|
It's a Small World at Disneyland | |
| Disneyland | |
| Area | Fantasyland |
| Coordinates | 33.8147°N 117.9178°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Cost | US$1.5 million |
| Opening date | May 28, 1966 |
| Website | Official website |
| Magic Kingdom | |
| Area | Fantasyland |
| Coordinates | 28.4208°N 81.5820°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | October 1, 1971 |
| Website | Official website |
| Tokyo Disneyland | |
| Area | Fantasyland |
| Coordinates | 35.6304°N 139.8812°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | April 15, 1983 |
| Website | Official website |
| Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
| Area | Fantasyland |
| Coordinates | 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 | 22.3137°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" by the Sherman Brothers John Debney (France only) |
| 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 |
| Sponsors | Mattel (United States; 2024-present) Bic Camera (Japan; 2024-present) Orange S.A. (France; 1992-2011) |
Premier Access (outside USA) available | |
Disney Genie+ Lightning Lane available | |
Single rider line sometimes | |
The ride features over 300 audio-animatronic dolls 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. 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.