Editing It's a Small World (section)

{{short description|Dark ride at Disney theme parks}}
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| name                = It's a Small World
| logo                = <!--Use ONLY the filename, not a full [[File:]] link-->
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| image               = IASW DL Facade.png
| imagedimensions     = 250px
| caption             = Entrance logo sign and building of It's a Small World at Disneyland in Anaheim, California in 2014
<!--INDIVIDUAL PARK STATISTICS-->
| location            = Disneyland
| section             = [[Fantasyland]]
| coordinates         = {{coord|33.8147|N|117.9178|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline}}
| status              = Operating
| cost                = [[US$]]1.5 million
| soft_opened         =
| opened              = {{start date and age|1966|05|28}}
| previousattraction  = <!--If there is an appropriate article, this should be linked.-->
| replacement         = <!--If there is an appropriate article, this should be linked.-->
| location_website    = {{Official website|disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disneyland/its-a-small-world}}
| location2           = Magic Kingdom
| section2            = [[Fantasyland]] (Castle Courtyard)
| coordinates2        = {{coord|28.4208|N|81.5820|W|region:US-FL_type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline}}
| status2             = Operating
| cost2               =
| soft_opened2        =
| opened2             = {{start date and age|1971|10|01}}
| closed2             =
| previousattraction2 = <!--If there is an appropriate article, this should be linked.-->
| replacement2        = <!--If there is an appropriate article, this should be linked.-->
| location_website2   = {{Official website|disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/its-a-small-world}}
|location_virtual_queue_name=[[Virtual queue systems at Disney Parks#Lightning Lane|Lightning Lane]]
|location_virtual_queue_name2=[[Virtual queue systems at Disney Parks#Lightning Lane|Lightning Lane]]
|location_virtual_queue_name4=[[Virtual queue systems at Disney Parks#Disney Premier Access|Disney Premier Access]]
|location_virtual_queue_name5=[[Virtual queue systems at Disney Parks#Disney Premier Access|Disney Premier Access]]
|location_virtual_queue_image=Lightning Lane Icon Logo.webp
|location_virtual_queue_image2=Lightning Lane Icon Logo.webp
|location_virtual_queue_image4=Disney Premier Access Icon Logo.svg
|location_virtual_queue_image5=Disney Premier Access Icon Logo.svg
|location_virtual_queue_status=available|location_virtual_queue_status2=available
|location_virtual_queue_status4=available|location_virtual_queue_status5=available
| location3           = Tokyo Disneyland
| section3            = [[Fantasyland]]
| coordinates3        = {{coord|35.6304|N|139.8812|E|region:JP_type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline}}
| status3             = Temporarily removed
| cost3               =
| soft_opened3        =
| opened3             = {{start date and age|1983|04|15}}
| closed3             = September 17, 2024 (temporary overhaul)
| previousattraction3 = <!--If there is an appropriate article, this should be linked.-->
| replacement3        = It's a Small World with Groot (Jan 15–Jun 30, 2025)
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| location4           = Disneyland Park (Paris)
| section4            = [[Fantasyland]]
| coordinates4        = {{coord|48.8753|N|2.7761|E|region:FR_type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline}}
| status4             = Operating
| cost4               =
| soft_opened4        =
| opened4             = {{start date and age|1992|04|12}}
| closed4             =
| previousattraction4 = <!--If there is an appropriate article, this should be linked.-->
| replacement4        = <!--If there is an appropriate article, this should be linked.-->
| location_website4   = {{Official website|disneylandparis.com/en-us/attractions/disneyland-park/its-a-small-world}}
| location5           = Hong Kong Disneyland
| section5            = [[Fantasyland#Hong Kong Disneyland|Fantasyland]]
| coordinates5        = {{coord|22.3137|N|114.0391|E|region:HK_type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline}}
| status5             = Open
| cost5               =
| soft_opened5        =
| opened5             = {{start date and age|2008|04|28}}
| closed5             =
| previousattraction5 = <!--If there is an appropriate article, this should be linked.-->
| replacement5        = <!--If there is an appropriate article, this should be linked.-->
| location_website5   = {{Official website|hongkongdisneyland.com/attractions/its-a-small-world}}
| location6           = 1964 New York World's Fair
| section6            =
| coordinates6        =
| status6             = Removed
| cost6               =
| soft_opened6        =
| opened6             = {{start date and age|1964|04|22}}
| closed6             = {{end date and age|1965|10|17}}
| previousattraction6 = <!--If there is an appropriate article, this should be linked.-->
| replacemen6        = <!--If there is an appropriate article, this should be linked.-->

<!--GENERAL STATISTICS-->
| type                = [[Old Mill (ride)|Old Mill]]
| manufacturer        = <!--Must not be linked.-->
| designer            = [[Walt Disney Imagineering|WED Enterprises]]/[[Walt Disney Imagineering]]
| model               =
| theme               = [[World peace]] and unity
| music               = "It's a Small World (After All)", written by the [[Sherman Brothers]] Arranged by [[Bobby Hammack]] (1964–1971), [[John Debney]] (1992–1993)
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| vehicles            =
| riders_per_vehicle  = 16
| rows                = 4
| riders_per_row      = 4
| duration            = 12–15 minutes
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'''It's a Small World''' (stylized in [[all lowercase]] and in quotations or with [[exclamation mark]]) is an [[Old Mill (ride)|Old Mill]] [[boat ride]] located in the [[Fantasyland]] area at various [[Disney Experiences|Disney theme parks]] around the world. Versions of the ride are installed at [[Disneyland|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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/10/quiz-its-a-small-world-at-magic-kingdom-park/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724050405/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/10/quiz-its-a-small-world-at-magic-kingdom-park/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2018|title=QUIZ: '"it's a small world"' at Magic Kingdom Park|website=Disney Parks Blog|last=Montgomery|first=Allison|date=October 4, 2016 }}</ref> in [[traditional costume]]s from [[culture]]s 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.<ref name="Time-Song Plays" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/fact-checking-saving-mr-banks-with-disney-historian-jim-korkis/Content?oid=2240838|title=Fact-Checking Saving Mr. Banks with Disney Historian Jim Korkis|last=Kubersky|first=Seth|date=January 7, 2014|work=orlandoweekly.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817120412/https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/fact-checking-saving-mr-banks-with-disney-historian-jim-korkis/Content?oid=2240838|archive-date=August 17, 2017}}</ref> 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.