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Snow White's Grotto is located on the west side of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland. The grotto is comprised of statues of Snow White, the seven dwarves, and a few woodland creatures. Snow White is standing at the top of a cascading waterfall. There is a bridge and walkway in front of the waterfall as well as a wishing well (the proceeds of which go to local children's charities). The statues were donated anonymously to Walt Disney, and he was determined to incorporate them into the park. The only problem was that whoever made the statues made Snow White the same size as the dwarves (which she is not). Walt Disney Imaginer John Hench used the optical trick of forced perspective to make the statues work. He put Snow White at the top of the waterfall with a Disney-made small deer and put the dwarves close to ground-level, making Snow appear to be further away, and thus smaller. One rumor as to the origin of the statues is that they were "a gift from an Italian sculptor that had never seen the film, but owned a set of soaps in the form of the princess and the dwarfs. Unfortunately, Snow White was the same size as the dwarfs in the soap set, so the sculptor made her that way." Text from: everything2.com/index.pl?node=Snow White

A miniature imitation of the Matterhorn featuring a bobsled ride is one of the attractions at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Matterhorn Bobsleds opened in 1959 and is a 1/100 scale replica (147 feet in height) of the actual mountain in the Swiss Alps, although not exact. The attraction was one of the first E ticket rides in Disneyland Park, with the Submarine Voyage being the first in the same summer. The Matterhorn is said to be the first roller coaster with metal tracks. It is rumoured that there is a basketball field (or a baseball field) inside the ride. The field is said to create a loophole in the California building height restrictions law (because the law does not apply to sports buildings). Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn

View of a castle on a hill from the Storybookland Canal Boat ride in Disneyland (Fantasyland) in Anaheim, California. Take a laid-back canal cruise past meticulously crafted miniature scenes from classic Disney films. Your live host will point out charming sites that include: Pinocchio's cobblestone village Aladdin's Agrabah Alice's Wonderland The ball where Cinderella met Prince Charming Text after the second paragraph from: disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/attractio...

Made Explore on August 6, 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean is a dark ride at the Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris theme parks that inspired the movie trilogy of the same name. It is one of the most popular and well-known Disney attractions. During the course of the indoor boat ride, guests float through an immersive, larger-than-life pirate adventure featuring gunshots, cannon blasts, and burning buildings, all set to pirates carousing and pillaging while accompanied by Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) written by George Bruns and Xavier Atencio. Originally envisioned in the late 1950s as a walk-through wax museum, the attraction evolved into a boat ride through complex show scenes filled with Audio-Animatronics characters after the 1964 World's Fair, which brought about several advances in Disney's theme park technologies. Additionally, it was planned to feature real pirates from history. Instead, humorous sketches of fictional pirates by Imagineer Marc Davis inspired the animatronic diorama seen throughout the final attraction. Opening on March 18, 1967, Pirates of the Caribbean was Disneyland's largest Audio-Animatronics project to date and was the last attraction which Walt Disney was involved in designing. Since the Disneyland attraction was constructed before the advent of lifelike research skeletons, the original skeletons that made up parts of the show were genuine medical specimens; most still remain today. It is widely rumored that the skull and crossbones mounted on the headboard of the bed featured in the "Captain's Quarters" are genuine as well. The portrait of the female pirate above the bar in the Captain's Quarters scene is an original work by Davis. The pirate captain in the scene where captured women are auctioned as brides is a test bed for updates and developments to Audio-Animatronics technology; many innovations are tried on him first. As a result, his movements are far more lifelike and expressive than virtually any other Audio-Animatronics figure in all of Disneyland. The ride never was intended to be part of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort because of concerns that it would not be exotic enough due to Florida's geographic proximity to the Caribbean and New Orleans, the settings of the Disneyland attraction. Instead, Imagineers developed plans for a similar attraction called the Western River Expedition, which would have featured cowboys and Indians instead. After many Walt Disney World guests complained about the lack of Disney's celebrated pirate attraction, an abbreviated version opened in Florida on December 15, 1973. The ride begins amid glimmering fireflies during an evening abuzz with the croaking of bullfrogs in a swamp. Daring adventurers board their boats at Lafitte's Landing, and are at once afloat in the heart of bayou country. On one side is an actual working restaurant, The Blue Bayou, made to look like the backyard dinner party of a southern plantation. Once past several rickety houseboats, the soft strumming of a banjo melody (which is actually Oh! Susanna) can be heard over the peaceful symphony of nature as guests pass by one houseboat, on the porch of which an old man calmly rocks back and forth in his rocking chair. But then a talking skull and crossbones above an archway provides this taunting warning: Psst! Avast there! It be too late to alter course, mateys. And there be plundering pirates lurkin' in ev'ry cove, waitin' to board. Sit closer together and keep your ruddy hands in board. That be the best way to repel boarders. And mark well me words, mateys: Dead men tell no tales! Ye come seekin' adventure with salty old pirates, eh? Sure you've come to the proper place. But keep a weather eye open mates, and hold on tight. With both hands, if you please. Thar be squalls ahead, and Davy Jones waiting for them that don't obey. Then a more chilling sound becomes audible: the thundering of a waterfall, down which guests plunge. When they reach the bottom of the waterfall guests then get to enjoy the theme for the ride

The Jungle Cruise was one of the twenty-two attractions operating at Disneyland on its opening day (July 17, 1955). In celebration of Disneyland's 50th anniversary, the Disneyland version of the attraction features one gold-painted riverboat, which is the Congo Queen. The attraction is a riverboat journey through the jungles of Asia, Africa and South America. The boat's Skipper provides humorous narration featuring puns relating to the various scenes viewed during the ride. The seemingly ad-libbed comments individual skippers now often include during their recitations make each ride on the Jungle Cruise a substantially different experience. The original spiel, however, is legendary among Disney fans. Competitions in which they compete to say the seven-minute spiel the fastest have been held. Disneyland's version includes a piranha attack scene as well as some explosive effects in a scene where gorillas are ransacking a camp and throwing dynamite into the river. Disneyland Grand opening: July 17, 1955 (Opened with Disneyland Park) Designer: WED Enterprises Size: 5 acres Major refurbishments: 6 1962 - Indian Elephant pool 1964 - African Veldt and Lost Safari scenes 1993 - Additions to the attraction 1994 - Boathouse queue 1995 - Rerouting of river to make room for The Indiana Jones Adventure 2005 - Rebuilding of areas of the attraction and addition of Piranhas and updates to Trashed Camp Boats: 12 Amazon Belle Congo Queen (Painted gold for Disneyland's 50th anniversary) Ganges Gal Hondo Hattie Irrawaddy Woman Kissimmee Kate Nile Princess Orinoco Adventuress Swannee Lady Ucayali Una Yangtze Lotus Zambezi Miss Boat Names Decommissioned in 1999: 2 Magdalena Maiden Mekong Maiden Required ticket: "C" (1955-1956) "D" (1956-1959) "E" (1959-1982) Ride system: Boat Ride Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_Cruise

The Jungle Cruise was one of the twenty-two attractions operating at Disneyland on its opening day (July 17, 1955). In celebration of Disneyland's 50th anniversary, the Disneyland version of the attraction features one gold-painted riverboat, which is the Congo Queen. The attraction is a riverboat journey through the jungles of Asia, Africa and South America. The boat's Skipper provides humorous narration featuring puns relating to the various scenes viewed during the ride. The seemingly ad-libbed comments individual skippers now often include during their recitations make each ride on the Jungle Cruise a substantially different experience. The original spiel, however, is legendary among Disney fans. Competitions in which they compete to say the seven-minute spiel the fastest have been held. Disneyland's version includes a piranha attack scene as well as some explosive effects in a scene where gorillas are ransacking a camp and throwing dynamite into the river. Disneyland Grand opening: July 17, 1955 (Opened with Disneyland Park) Designer: WED Enterprises Size: 5 acres Major refurbishments: 6 1962 - Indian Elephant pool 1964 - African Veldt and Lost Safari scenes 1993 - Additions to the attraction 1994 - Boathouse queue 1995 - Rerouting of river to make room for The Indiana Jones Adventure 2005 - Rebuilding of areas of the attraction and addition of Piranhas and updates to Trashed Camp Boats: 12 Amazon Belle Congo Queen (Painted gold for Disneyland's 50th anniversary) Ganges Gal Hondo Hattie Irrawaddy Woman Kissimmee Kate Nile Princess Orinoco Adventuress Swannee Lady Ucayali Una Yangtze Lotus Zambezi Miss Boat Names Decommissioned in 1999: 2 Magdalena Maiden Mekong Maiden Required ticket: "C" (1955-1956) "D" (1956-1959) "E" (1959-1982) Ride system: Boat Ride Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_Cruise

The Jungle Cruise was one of the twenty-two attractions operating at Disneyland on its opening day (July 17, 1955). In celebration of Disneyland's 50th anniversary, the Disneyland version of the attraction features one gold-painted riverboat, which is the Congo Queen. The attraction is a riverboat journey through the jungles of Asia, Africa and South America. The boat's Skipper provides humorous narration featuring puns relating to the various scenes viewed during the ride. The seemingly ad-libbed comments individual skippers now often include during their recitations make each ride on the Jungle Cruise a substantially different experience. The original spiel, however, is legendary among Disney fans. Competitions in which they compete to say the seven-minute spiel the fastest have been held. Disneyland's version includes a piranha attack scene as well as some explosive effects in a scene where gorillas are ransacking a camp and throwing dynamite into the river. Disneyland Grand opening: July 17, 1955 (Opened with Disneyland Park) Designer: WED Enterprises Size: 5 acres Major refurbishments: 6 1962 - Indian Elephant pool 1964 - African Veldt and Lost Safari scenes 1993 - Additions to the attraction 1994 - Boathouse queue 1995 - Rerouting of river to make room for The Indiana Jones Adventure 2005 - Rebuilding of areas of the attraction and addition of Piranhas and updates to Trashed Camp Boats: 12 Amazon Belle Congo Queen (Painted gold for Disneyland's 50th anniversary) Ganges Gal Hondo Hattie Irrawaddy Woman Kissimmee Kate Nile Princess Orinoco Adventuress Swannee Lady Ucayali Una Yangtze Lotus Zambezi Miss Boat Names Decommissioned in 1999: 2 Magdalena Maiden Mekong Maiden Required ticket: "C" (1955-1956) "D" (1956-1959) "E" (1959-1982) Ride system: Boat Ride Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_Cruise

Boat about to enter the It's a Small World ride in Fantasyland in Disneyland, Anaheim, California.

Disneyland It's a Small World Beefeater "sleeping" on the job.

Gondola ride, anyone? It's a Small World ride in Fantasyland, Disneyland, in Anaheim, California.

Snake charmer, dancers, and musicians from the It's a Small World ride in Fantasyland, Disneyland in Anaheim, California.