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"it's a small world"

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"it's a small world" is an attraction located in [[Fantasyland]].
{{Infobox Disney ride
| image=smallworldmural.jpg|200x
| caption=The exterior of "it's a small world" in Disney World is different than any other version of the attraction.
| land=Fantasyland
Although Walt's original idea called for all of the dolls to sing their own national anthem, this idea proved unsuccessful. The dolls singing different songs led to disoriented and unpleasant soundtrack. Walt then turned to the Sherman Brothers to create a song for the attraction. He showed the brothers a scale model of the attraction and told them he wanted something like "Row Row Your Boat" which would be catchy and also easily translatable. Imagineer Harriet Burns has since stated that she heard Walt say “it’s a small world after all” to describe the tone that he wanted the song to have. Although the Sherman Brothers were not sure about the song they had written, titled "it's a small world after all", Walt said "That will work" which Disney employees knew was high praise. In fact Walt liked the song so much that he changed the name of the attraction to mach it.
 
[[Image:worldfair.jpg|thumb|"it's a small world" as it appeared at the 1964 World's Fair.]]
 
To draw guests into the pavilion, Imagineer Rolly Crump designed the 120-foot high Tower of the Four Winds. The tower featured a total of The 52 different mobiles which “represented the constant energy of the young". In order to create the attraction on time, construction crews worked seven days a week. Due to these efforts, the pavilion was ready for the opening of the World's Fair. Although Pepsi was not a fan of the attraction Disney had created, the pavilion proved to be extremely popular. Over it's two year run an estimated 10 million people rode the attraction, making it one of the post popular ones at the World's Fair. One of the things that made the attraction so popular, was the high capacity it had. By using multiple boats every hour to get guests on the attraction, their was almost never a wait. This ride system would later be used in other Disney attractions including [[Pirates of the Caribbean]].