Editing It's a Small World (section)

==World's Fair{{Anchor|1964 New York World's Fair}}==
[[File:It's a small world+Ticket+Logo+64World'sFair.jpg|thumb|140px|right|1964 World's Fair "It's a Small World" ticket, logo portion]]The first incarnation of It's a Small World—which debuted at the [[1964 New York World's Fair]] at [[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]] in [[Queens]], New York, U.S.—was a last-minute addition. It was only announced in August 1963, eight months before the fair was to open.<ref name="p226776028">{{Cite news |date=17 Aug 1963 |title=Pepsi's Fair Site Done By Disney |work=New York Amsterdam News |page=9 |id={{proQuest|226776028}}}}</ref><ref name="p1017107670">{{cite magazine |date=Aug 14, 1963 |title=Vaudeville: N.Y. Fair Getting Walt Disney Touch |magazine=Variety |page=59 |volume=231 |issue=12 |id={{ProQuest|1017107670}}}}</ref> The [[Ford Motor Company]] and [[General Electric]] had engaged Disney early on to create their pavilions for the 1964 New York World's Fair.<ref name="Tirella" />{{Rp|pages=53–55}} WED Enterprises had already been at work developing a crude [[Audio-Animatronics|audio-animatronic]] fashioned as [[Abraham Lincoln]] when the state of [[Illinois]] approached Disney to create the Illinois Pavilion.<ref name="Tirella" />{{Rp|page=56}} Afterward, [[Pepsi]] approached Disney with a plan for a tribute to [[UNICEF]], the United Nations Children's Fund.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last1=Disney |first1=Walt |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm59360033 |title=Walt Disney: conversations |last2=Jackson |first2=Kathy Merlock |date=2006 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-57806-712-1 |edition=1st |series=Conversations with comic artists |location=Jackson |pages=83 |oclc=ocm59360033}}</ref> Walt Disney Productions agreed to construct, maintain, and operate a boat ride for Pepsi-Cola,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1963-10-20 |title=Disney Official's Answer: It Was Just a Business Deal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-register-disney-officials-answer-i/153972814/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |work=The Register |pages=18}}</ref> which was called "It's a Small World&nbsp;– A Tribute to UNICEF".<ref name="p226776028" /><ref name="p1017107670" /> Pepsi also gave UNICEF $100,000 for the construction of an exhibit next to the ride, as well as $200,000 in [[Bond (finance)|bonds]].<ref name="n154035431">{{Cite news |last=Crews |first=Watson Jr. |date=1964-08-09 |title=The Big Kid Hit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-big-kid-hit/154035431/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=Daily News |pages=5}}</ref><ref name="nyt-1964-08-21">{{Cite news |date=1964-08-21 |title=Advertising: Fair 'Hits the Spot' With Pepsi |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/21/archives/advertising-fair-hits-the-spot-with-pepsi.html |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 
<blockquote>Disney seemed to be the showman to give us the package we want&nbsp;... He's terrific. He's got his hands in more bowls than anyone I've ever seen, but he accomplishes what he sets out to do.&nbsp;— J. G. Mullaly, Ford's World's Fair program manager<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>

=== Operations ===
The World's Fair opened on April 22, 1964,<ref name="The Sun 1964">{{Cite news |date=April 23, 1964 |title=World's Fair Opens To Picketing; Stall-In Fails: Johnson Foresees Global Peace Soon Rain, Racial Troubles Keep Crowd To 90,000; More Than 290 Integrationists Seized |work=The Sun |page=1 |id={{ProQuest|540050678}} |postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |date=April 23, 1964 |title=Rain Soaks Crowd; Sit-Ins Mar Festivities at Some Pavilions—Attendance Cut |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/23/archives/rain-soaks-crowd-sitins-mar-festivities-at-some-pavilionsattendance.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514000810/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/23/archives/rain-soaks-crowd-sitins-mar-festivities-at-some-pavilionsattendance.html |archive-date=May 14, 2024 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and UN Secretary General [[U Thant]] dedicated It's a Small World three days later, on April 25.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lelyveld |first=Joseph |date=1964-04-26 |title=Children at Fair Ride and Shriek; And Some Get Very Weary Sooner or Later |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/26/archives/children-at-fair-ride-and-shriek-and-some-get-very-weary-sooner-or.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="p540115498">{{Cite news |date=26 Apr 1964 |title='Epoch-Making' N.Y. Fair Is Saluted By U Thant |work=The Baltimore Sun |page=3 |issn=1930-8965 |id={{ProQuest|540115498}}}}</ref> Tickets cost 60 cents for children and 95 cents for adults, and proceeds from ticket sales were donated to UNICEF.<ref name="n154035431" /><ref name="nyt-1964-08-21" /> Despite the admission fee, it was still one of the fair's most popular exhibits, with 35,000 to 40,000 daily riders on average.<ref name="nyt-1964-08-21" /> The attraction saw nearly five million visitors during the first year alone.<ref name="p226833259">{{Cite news |date=27 Mar 1965 |title=Disney Fantasy Tour At Pepsi-Cola Pavilion |work=New York Amsterdam News |page=56 |id={{proQuest|226833259}}}}</ref><ref name="p964064565">{{cite magazine |date=Jul 7, 1965 |title=Vaudeville: Soft Drink Workers Local Throws Pepsi Exhibit to Milk and Juice |magazine=Variety |pages=49 |volume=239 |issue=7 |id={{ProQuest|964064565}}}}</ref> A writer for ''The New York Times'' wrote that the "wondrous boat ride" was worth riding multiple times,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-04-22 |title=A Visitor's Guide to 5 Main Areas; Systematic Approach Will Cause Less Fatigue |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/22/archives/a-visitors-guide-to-5-main-areas-systematic-approach-will-cause.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'' called the attraction "one of the greatest contributions to world peace ever shown anywhere".<ref name="p510567114">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Everett M. |date=16 May 1964 |title=Wonders of Tomorrow With Audio-animatronics At the World's Fair |work=The Christian Science Monitor |page=15 |issn=0882-7729 |id={{ProQuest|510567114}}}}</ref> The World's Fair version of the ride was also featured in the TV show ''Disney Goes to the World's Fair''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-05-17 |title=Walt Disney 'Goes to the Fair' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-walt-disney-goe/154036276/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |pages=182}}</ref>

The fair did not operate between October 18, 1964,<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 19, 1964 |title=Young Employes Say Farewells Gather to Reminisce on Six Months at Fair — Few Expecting to Return |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/19/archives/young-employes-say-farewells-gather-to-reminisce-on-six-months-at.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516194354/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/19/archives/young-employes-say-farewells-gather-to-reminisce-on-six-months-at.html |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |postscript=none}}; {{cite news |last=Cassidy |first=Joseph |date=October 19, 1964 |title=Fair's Last Day Draws Crowd |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-fairs-last-day-draws-crowd/147511723/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516195531/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-fairs-last-day-draws-crowd/147511723/ |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |work=New York Daily News |pages=67 |via=newspapers.com |issn=2692-1251}}</ref> and April 21, 1965.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alden |first=Robert |date=April 22, 1965 |title=158,000 Open the Fair's Second Year; Paid Admissions Are 3 Times More Than First Day's in '64 158,000, Half of Them Children, Attend World's Fair on Crisp, Sunny Opening Day |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/04/22/archives/158000-open-the-fairs-second-year-paid-admissions-are-3-times-more.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516213745/https://www.nytimes.com/1965/04/22/archives/158000-open-the-fairs-second-year-paid-admissions-are-3-times-more.html |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |postscript=none}}; {{cite news |last=O'Neill |first=Maureen |date=April 22, 1965 |title=The Natives Return—They're Hardy Lot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-the-natives-re/147516845/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516213738/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-the-natives-re/147516845/ |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |work=Newsday |pages=91 |via=newspapers.com |issn=2574-5298}}</ref> Between the fair's two seasons, the figures were refurbished at Disney's studios in Hollywood.<ref name="p913625981">{{cite news |last=Wiemer |first=Robert |date=30 Nov 1964 |title=Fair Is Anything But Fair As It Awaits Snow |work=Newsday |page=11 |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|913625981}}}}</ref> The ride remained otherwise unchanged, although the queue line was modified to increase visitor flow.<ref name="p226833259" /> To accommodate the high ridership, the ride was operating 15 hours a day by mid-1965;<ref>{{Cite news |date=1965-07-18 |title=Pavilion Hours Are Extended As Fair Attendance Soars |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-pavilio/154042964/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=The Central New Jersey Home News |pages=2}}</ref> the attraction had recorded 10.3 million total visitors by the end of the second year.<ref name="n153989293">{{Cite news |date=1966-07-04 |title=Disney's 'It's Small World' Makes Real Treat for Youths |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-post-disneys-its-small-wor/153989293/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |work=Daily News-Post |pages=7}}</ref>  After the fair ended on October 17, 1965,<ref name="Abrams 1965">{{cite news |last1=Abrams |first1=Arnold |last2=Smith |first2=Edward G. |date=October 18, 1965 |title=Drunks and Vandals Close the Fair: They Dig the World's Fair on Its Last Day |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-drunks-and-van/149444310/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |work=Newsday |pages=5, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-drunks-and-van/149444344/ 79] |via=newspapers.com |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|914444914}} |postscript=none}}; {{cite news |last=Alden |first=Robert |date=October 18, 1965 |title=Vandalism Mars Last Day Of the Two-Year Exposition; Weeping Children, Sad Employes and Vandalism Abound as World's Fair Closes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/10/18/archives/vandalism-mars-last-day-of-the-twoyear-exposition-weeping-children.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516215354/https://www.nytimes.com/1965/10/18/archives/vandalism-mars-last-day-of-the-twoyear-exposition-weeping-children.html |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> the Walt Disney Company planned to send the ride to [[Disneyland]] in [[Anaheim, California]], U.S.<ref name="p179386193">{{cite news |last=Vernon |first=Scott |date=16 Feb 1964 |title=Disney Puts His Magic in N. Y. Fair: Speaking Lincoln to Cave Men |work=Chicago Tribune |page=H17 |issn=1085-6706 |id={{ProQuest|179386193}}}}</ref><ref name="p962973627">{{cite magazine |date=12 May 1965 |title=Pictures: Those Disney 'Dolls' At N.Y. World's Fair Part of 'Gnomobil' Film |magazine=Variety |pages=22 |volume=238 |issue=12 |id={{ProQuest|962973627}}}}</ref> Its high hourly capacity influenced future attractions; [[Pirates of the Caribbean (attraction)|Pirates of the Caribbean]] had been under construction at Disneyland as a subterranean walk-through, but that design was changed to a boat ride.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fanning |first=Jim |title=Disneyland Challenge |publisher=Disney Editions |year=2009 |isbn=978-14231-0675-3 |pages=28}}</ref>

=== Description ===
The ride was located on one of the largest sites in the fairground's industrial zone.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bennett |first=Tom |date=1963-08-26 |title=Scope |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/buffalo-courier-express-scope/153974060/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |work=Buffalo Courier Express |pages=17}}</ref> The ''1965 Official Guide Book to the New York World's Fair'' described the ride as "a salute to the children of the world".<ref name="designing">
{{cite web |title=Designing "It's a Small World" – The 1964 New York World's Fair |url=http://www.designingdisney.com/content/designing-its-small-world-1964-new-york-worlds-fair |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101121553/http://www.designingdisney.com/content/designing-its-small-world-1964-new-york-worlds-fair |archive-date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=November 28, 2011}}
</ref> As planned, the ride was nine minutes long and could accommodate 54,000 visitors an hour.<ref name="p914356109">{{cite news |last=Ommerman |first=Betty |date=23 Jan 1964 |title=UNICEF Aide Seeks Fair Volunteers |work=Newsday |page=49 |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|914356109}}}}</ref><ref name="p1017107670" /> Outside was Rolly Crump's 12-story ''Tower of the Four Winds'',<ref name="MacDonald 2024">{{cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Brady |date=April 22, 2024 |title=Disneyland Pays Tribute to Tower of the Four Winds During Pixar Fest |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2024/04/22/disneyland-pays-tribute-to-tower-of-the-four-winds-during-pixar-fest/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601212313/https://www.ocregister.com/2024/04/22/disneyland-pays-tribute-to-tower-of-the-four-winds-during-pixar-fest/ |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |website=Orange County Register}}</ref><ref name="PSH 2014 z923">{{cite book |last1=Pearce |first1=Celia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x4shBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA410 |title=Meet Me at the Fair: A World's Fair Reader |last2=Schweizer |first2=Bobby |last3=Hollengreen |first3=Laura |publisher=(Carnegie Mellon University) ETC Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-312-11587-3 |page=410 |access-date=August 25, 2024}}</ref> an [[openwork]] structure made of aluminum.<ref name="Stern (1995) p. 1044" /> The tower was a large sculpture measuring {{Convert|120|ft}} tall,<ref name="n154035431" /><ref name="PSH 2014 z923" /> with depictions of animals that blew around in the wind.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Pat |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RV2hAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT425 |title=How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life |last2=Denney |first2=Jim |publisher=Health Communications Incorporated |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-7573-9446-1 |page=425 |access-date=August 25, 2024}}</ref> Next to the ride was a store for UNICEF,<ref name="Pepsi-Cola">{{cite web |date=December 27, 2022 |title=Pepsi-Cola |url=https://www.worldsfairphotos.com/nywf64/pepsi.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524203024/https://www.worldsfairphotos.com/nywf64/pepsi.htm |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |website=The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair}}</ref> and there were also UNICEF exhibits that were managed by [[Disneyland]] staff.<ref name="p1017107670" />

Entertainers dressed as the [[Seven Dwarfs#Disney Dwarfs|Seven Dwarfs]] roamed around the attraction's [[queue line]], mingling with riders.<ref name="nyt-1964-06-04">{{Cite news |date=1964-06-04 |title=Dwarfs at Fair Vie for Laughs; Young Men in Disney Roles Have Fun Being Funny |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/04/archives/dwarfs-at-fair-vie-for-laughs-young-men-in-disney-roles-have-fun.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>  Silent jets propelled the boats through a winding track.<ref name="n154035431" /> The boat ride depicted faraway locations where people could buy Pepsi-Cola,<ref name="Stern (1995) p. 1044">{{Cite New York 1960|page=1044}}</ref><ref name="p226833259" /> as well as fanciful depictions of landmarks such as the [[Tower of Pisa]], [[Taj Mahal]], and [[Eiffel Tower]].<ref name="n154035431" /><ref name="p371609254">{{Cite news |date=25 Apr 1964 |title=Disney World Of Fun, Fantasy Featured At The World's Fair |work=New Pittsburgh Courier |page=20 |id={{ProQuest|371609254}}}}</ref> Throughout the ride were audio-animatronic dolls of singing children from around the world,<ref name="p914356109" /><ref name="p226833259" /> placed on both sides of the ride.<ref name="p179386193" /> There were 350 figures that sang the "it's a Small World (After All)" song in various languages.<ref name="p962663036" /><ref name="p371609254" /> Each of the figures was intended to be in constant motions; some figures sang, while others danced or played instruments.<ref name="n154035702" /> Each section of the ride included figures from a different nationality, except at the end of the ride, where figures from every nationality sang side-by-side.<ref name="n154040645">{{Cite news |last=Raynolds |first=Ron |date=1965-07-08 |title=Walt Disney for President |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bennington-banner-walt-disney-for-presid/154040645/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=Bennington Banner |pages=4}}</ref>