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To draw guests into the pavilion, 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 timefor the fair, construction crews had 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"it's a small world", making it one of the post popular ones attractions at the World's Fair. One of the things that made the attraction ride so popular, was the high capacity it had. By using multiple boats every hour to get guests on the attraction, their there was almost never a wait. This ride system would later be used in other Disney attractions including [[Pirates of the Caribbean]].

Following the conclusion of the World's Fair in 1965, Disney decided to move "it's a small world" to Disneyland. Although the scenes were transported from New York and placed in the same order, the attraction that opened in Disneyland was very different than the one that had been at the fair. Since the show building that was built for the attraction was one third large larger than its predecessor, Imagineers were able to expand on the original attraction. When when rebuilt, their there was a lot of an increase in the space in between the scenes, so Imagineers added . Because of this WED Engineers were able to add new scenes to fill in the spaceempty spaces. For example, Rolly Crump, designed scenes depicting the North Pole and the Pacific Islands, to fill in some of the unused space. The Europe scene was also about 1/3 larger in the Disneyland version of the attraction then it had been in DisneyNew York.

The 120-foot high Tower of the Four Winds, which drew guests into the pavilion Pepsi Pavilion at the World's Fair was not moved to California with the rest of the attraction. It would have coast cost Disney an estimated $80,000 dollars to shipto California, so the tower was simply demolished. The exterior of the attraction in Disneyland was once again designed by Crump, who took inspiration from Mary Blair's artistic style. Blair had actually come up with a facade herself, but it was deemed to be too difficult to maintain. Crump's design featured a stylized three dimensional facade, with abstract towers, minarets, and turrets. Several depictions of landmarks can be seen on the facade including, the Eiffel Tower and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Walt Disney himself came up with the idea for the large smiling clock located on the outside of the building. When the clock strikes the quarter hour, various dolls come out and dance to a version of "it's a small world"the attractions theme song.

"it's a small world" opened on October 1, 1971 with the rest of the Magic Kingdom. the attraction was one of the many Disneyland attractions that were copied for Walt Disney World. Although the attractions two versions of the attraction are very similar and feature nearly identical plots, their are some differences between the twothem. Perhaps most noticeably, the exterior facade in Walt Disney World is much simpler in it's design. The elaborate and memorable facade on the outside of the Disneyland attraction, is actually located in the loading area of the Walt Disney World version. The dancing clock can also be found in the loading area, although dolls do not come out and dance on the quarter hour. The "Goodbye Room" in the Disney World "its a small world" is also unique. In Disneyland, the room holds postcards and goodbye phrases from around the world. In the Magic Kingdom however, parting phrases are painted onto large flowers, leading guests to the exit.

Although the "it's a small world" has not changed much since it opened, the ride went did go under a significant renovation from May 2004 until March 2005. The attraction received a new state-of-the-art sound system, new paint as well as , and new lighting. The loading queue was also changed, giving guests more cover and protection from the elements.

As guests board their boat's the they turn a corner and enter Europe. Here various dolls sing and dance to and sing "its a small world". Various groups of dolls represent European countries including, : Britain, Ireland, France, Italy Spain, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands and more. Here the The dolls sing in Spanish, English, Swedish and Italian. The next room that guests enter is meant to represent Asia. Here dolls representing China, Japan and Korea among others, sing in Japanese. The third scene in the attraction is Africa, Tribal drums set the beat of the song, but the dolls sing in English. In the African scene many wild animals can be seen including elephants, zebras and lions. The fourth scene in the attraction is set in South/Central America. Here the song is sung in Spanish, and Latin instruments such as maracas can be heard. After leaving South America, the boats travel into the Pacific Islands. Here, dolls representing, Polynesia, Hawaii as well as other islands. In this room, guests can see hula girls and hear steel drum music.