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110. Snow White History - Part 3 - Making Disneyland's 1983 Snow White's Scary Adventures
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What was therealreason Disneyland’s Fantasyland rides were expanded in 1983?
In this episode of Distory, we time travel to Disneyland in the early 1980s to look at some original WED Imagineering documents that tell the story of New Fantasyland’s construction, including Snow White’s Scary Adventures. From demolition to the inspiration for the new design, we discuss the changes from Walt’s Fantasyland to the updated version before heading inside the attraction to find a (purposefully) frightening queue, a fascinating (for Kirk) stump, and an early ride concept that didn’t actually come to pass. In the dwarf's cottage, Kate gets on several soapboxes, we marvel at the dwarf’s shaving rituals, and Kirk enlightens us about the unique candle holder that Snow White is carrying as she heads to bed.
(Note: We had to pause this episode earlier than planned due to some unpredictable weather knocking out our wifi, but we will be back after D23 with the rest of Disneyland's Snow White’s Scary Adventures!)
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