"it's a small world" (Disneyland Park)

This article is about "it's a small world" at Disneyland Park. For versions of "it's a small world" at other locations, see "it's a small world".

## Water Ride

### Music

"It's A Small World" by the Sherman Brothers

**"it's a small world"** is a water-based boat ride located in the Fantasyland area at Disneyland Park and various other Disney Parks theme parks worldwide, including Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Park Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland, with its inaugural version having premiered at the 1964 New York World's Fair before permanently moving to Disneyland.

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, albeit in a design compatible with the original 1960s design of Mary Blair, alongside the original characters.

Countries in the Disneyland version include The North Pole, Norway, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, England, Wales, France, Spain, Scotland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Greece, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Thailand, China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Egypt, Uganda, Kenya, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Hawai'i (United States), Australia, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea, And The United States.

## "it's a small world" Holiday

Since 1997, Disneyland has featured **"it's a small world" Holiday** during the end-of-the-year Christmas and holiday season. The attraction is closed in late October to receive temporary holiday decorations inside and outside and reopens in early November before the start of the busy holiday tourist season. After the holiday season, "it's a small world" Holiday stays open until late January where it closes to remove the holiday overlay and return to classic "it's a small world" in early February. Almost one million lights are included during the holidays. The overlay has proved very popular and led to the installation of Fastpass machines. The attraction is the same boat voyage through many regions of the world, though the main theme song is not played in full. Instead, the children sing "Jingle Bells" and a bridge of "Deck the Halls" in addition to the main theme. Other versions of this overlay have been implemented at different international versions of the ride since. Since the holiday 2009 season, the Disney characters and The Spirit of America room (formerly the covered transition room) have joined in the "it's a small world" Holiday at Disneyland. During the 2019 holiday season, Disney Imagineering added 3 new scents on "it's a small world" Holiday. Since 1997, the European room has implemented a peppermint gingerbread scent, now accompanied by 3 new scents such as cherry blossoms in Asia, cinnamon in South America, and coconuts in the South Seas. For the 2020–2021 season, the overlay didn't take place due to COVID-19 and the closure of Disneyland Park.

## Gallery

"it's a small world" exterior in Fantasyland at Disneyland.