A Small Section of the World

It's a Small World (stylized in all lowercase and in quotations or with an exclamation mark) is an Old Mill boat dark ride located in the Fantasyland area at various Disney theme parks around the world. Versions of the ride are installed at Disneyland in Anaheim, California; Magic Kingdom in Bay Lake, Florida; Tokyo Disneyland; Disneyland Park (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 in regalia 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, 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.