In 1956, Walt Disney attended a conference, along with many other notable celebrities of the time, at the invitation of President Eisenhower. The conference was about founding a national organization to help promote world peace through international civilian travel. (This dream became a reality in 1956, when Eisenhower founded the People to People Student Ambassador Program.) Inspired by the ideas from the meeting, Disney returned to California and set to work, creating the It's A Small World ride at Disneyland.

• It's a Small World originated with the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (it was Pepsi's pavilion.)
• Many of the dolls were created by Joyce Carlson who is honored with a shop window along the Magic Kingdom's Main Street U.S.A. The sign there reads: "Dolls by Miss Joyce, Dollmaker for the World
• A major feature is a gigantic three-dimensional clock with a happy face On the quarter-hour, wooden dolls representing different cultures parade out of the clock. After the last dolls exit the clock, a pair of giant doors swings open to reveal two large toy blocks — one block with the hour, and one block with the minutes, written in highly stylized numerals — then a bell tolls indicating the time.
• The name of the ride was originally "children of the world". When Walt Disney demonstrated it to songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, the ride's soundtrack featured numerous national anthems all playing at once. Disney said, "I need one song." In response, the brothers wrote one of the best known Disney tunes of all time: It's a Small World (After All). It is argued that the song may be the most performed and translated song on earth.
• On Opening Day May 28,1966 (42 years ago In May) Walt Disney poured water from the 7 seas of the earth into the canal in the opening ceremony.

It's a small world has always been our favorite ride when we are tired and want to take some to relax. The 14 minute ride is refreshing and soothing to aching feet that have trekked from Main Street to New Orleans Square to Fantasyland. After It's a Small World we always are ready to jump back in a tackle some more rides.

In 1959 several new rides opened in Tomorrowland. They were the Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Monorail, the Motor Boat ride (no longer there), the rebuilt Autopia and our topic for today the Submarine Voyage. The Submarine Voyage consisted of 8 submarines. Walt Disney boasted at the time the ride opened that he had the 8th largest peace time submarine fleet. The subs were diesel powered boats and for a time women dressed as Mermaids would swim in the water and wave to guest.
For 30 year the ride took voyagers to the depths of the sea. Voyagers saw many creatures of the sea including a sea serpent. Today however after a 10 year break the ride has re-opened as the "Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage" At the attraction's entrance, guests enter the Nautical Exploration and Marine Observation (NEMO) research center. There are three seagulls perched on a nearby buoy, bellowing out the phrase "Mine! Mine! Mine!" every few seconds. Nemo Finders relive the wonderful voyage that Nemo's Dad Marlin had when trying to find Nemo all our friends from the movie are there. Check out the link to see all about it (Way too much to include). No ride through video for this one so nothing is given away! Just a teaser.

By the way: The ride is actually under neath most of Autopia and the Monorail tracks in Tomorrowland.

Pirates of the Caribbean has been the traditional "First" ride at Disneyland. Keeping tradition is important so the first ride we will blog about will be those devils and black sheep, really bad eggs of the Pirates of the Caribbean.

• POC is the last ride that Walt Disney actually helped design before he past away.

• Originally the Blue Bayou restaurant which you past as you leave the docks was an Apartment for Walt and his Family to entertain guest at the park.
  

• Originally POC was suppose to be a walk through but After the 1964 Worlds Fair (where It's a Small World Premiered) Walt felt that including "Audio-Animatronic" Pirates was the only way to go.
• In 2006 the ride was refurbished to include Capt Jack Sparrow and others from the Movie.