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==Attraction History==
===The 1964 World's Fair===
The history of it’s a small world began when executives at Pepsi approached Disney about creating a pavilion for the 1964 World's Fair in New York <ref name= "64"> http://www.nywf64.com/pepsi03.shtml </ref>. Although only a year before the World's Fair would begin, Pepsi wanted to Disney to construct a pavilion that would be a "salute to UNICEF and all the world's children. <ref name= "64"/>. In February 1963, Pepsi executives (encouraged by board member and film star Joan Crawford) approached Disneyland's head of construction Admiral Joe Fowler. Regrettably however Fowler informed the executives that Disney would be unable to work on the pavilion on such short notice, due to the fact that their time and resources were needed for the other three pavilions that Disney was working on at the Fair, these being pavilions for: Ford Motors (the Skyway), General Electric ([[The Carousel of Progress]]) and the State of Illinois ([[Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln]]) <ref name= "mouseplanet"> https://www.mouseplanet.com/8343/The_History_of_its_a_small_world </ref>. When Walt Disney heard that Fowler had rejected the idea of creating Pepsi's pavilion, he was furious. Overruling Fowler, Walt committed the company to a fourth pavilion for the World's Fair.
"Inspired by ideas of Imagineer Bob Gurr, it's a small world" was originally created by WED Enterprises for Walt Disney himself who initially came up with the 1964 World’s Fair. Only concept of a year before boat ride for the fair opened, Pepsi asked Walt Disney to help them create an attraction which he titled "Children of the World". Early designs for their pavilionthe attraction were done by Imagineer Marc Davis. Pepsi was trying to create an exhibit The boat system that would pay tribute to UNICEF, and although Disney the attraction used was designed by Imagineer Bob Gurr who was already working on attractions for Ford Motors (the Skyway), GE ([[The Carousel of Progress]]) and the state of Illinois ([[Great Moments such a system with MrArrow Manufacturing <ref name= "Korkis"> http://allears. Lincoln]]) Walt agreed to take on the Pepsi exhibitnet/ae/issue769.htm. </ref>.
The genesis Although Marc Davis held the title of chief art director for the "attraction, itwas Mary Blair who left her artistic imprint on the ride. At Walt's a small worldsuggestion, Blair was brought onto the project. Eventually she was charged with the attraction's backgrounds, children, and color schemes <ref name= " itself actually began as Walt Disney’s ideaKorkis"/>. Walt wanted Other contributors to create a the attraction included: Claude Coats who did the art directing the layout of the attraction), Rolly Crump who created the toys for the attraction <ref name= "Korkis", Alice Davis who created the costumes for the dolls, and Blaine Gibson who sculpted the dolls <Ref> http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/07/10/in-remembrance-blaine-gibson-1939-2015/#Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-ride </ref>. When Walt originally pitched his boat ride entitled “The attraction, he titled it "The Children of the World", which would feature various and he hoped that all of the different children singing could sing their own national anthemsanthem <ref name= "mouseplanet"/>. Working with that Although this ideawas originally tried, Marc Davis began sketching various ideas for it was eventually deemed infeasible. In order to come up with a song that could continuously play on the attraction, before Disney decided Walt turned to bring in artist Mary Blairthe Sherman Brothers<ref> http://www. Blair had previously worked bmi.com/news/entry/a_conversation_with_richard_m._sherman </ref>, asking them to write a song that could be sung as an art supervisor and color stylist for many Disney films including the Three Caballerosa round like "Row, which Disney particularly likedRow, Row Your Boat" <ref name= "mouseplanet" </ref>. While Blair worked on According to Imagineer Harriet Burns When explaining to the basic design songwriting duo the kind of song that he wanted Walt used the dolls and phrase "it’s a small world after all". Although not intended as a lyric for the color scheme for attractionsong, other WED Engineers were hard at work. Many of the scenes and characters found in Sherman brothers used the attraction were designed by Marc Davis, while his wife Alice phrase as the basis for their song <ref name= "Korkis"/>. Although "it's a small world" was in charge of designing all of the costumes first song that the Shermans wrote for the dolls to wearattraction, they were afraid that the song had come together too quickly. Rolly Crump and Jack Ferses Subsequently, two more songs were in charge of creating written, although they were deemed inferior. With time running out, the Sherman Brothers presented "toysit's a small world" to Walt, who was said to comment "That will work" (everything Disney employees knew that wasn't a dollthis meant Walt liked the song) <ref name= "Korkis"/>. Although he approved the song, Walt did have one suggestion for the attractionSherman Brothers. Initially, while Claude Coats designed the river pattern that brothers had written the boats would followsong as a slow ballad, and after hearing it Walt told the duo to "speed it up" <ref> http://www. Blaine Gibson sculpted each of latimes.com/business/la-fi-small-world-20140804-story.html </ref>. Besides just becoming the dollsattraction’s theme song, giving each one an identically shaped face“it’s a small world” also would give the ride its namesake.
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 a disoriented and unpleasant soundtrack. Walt instead 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 easily translatable. Harriet Burns (another WED employee) 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. Perhaps taking inspiration from this, the Sherman Brothers wrote a song titled "it's a small world after all". Although the brothers were initially unsure about their song, Walt told them "That will work" (which Disney employees knew was high praise). In fact, Walt liked the song so much that he ended up changing the name of the attraction to match it.
[[Image:worldfair.jpg|thumb|250px|'''"it's a small world" as it appeared at the 1964 World's Fair.''']]
