![]() ![]() Īt the rear of the castle, shaded by the archways and driven into the ground is a gold spike that is widely, but wrongly, believed to mark the geographical center of Disneyland as of the addition of Mickey's Toontown in 1993. It is known that the coat of arms was not originally on there, but was placed there sometime between June and July 1965. It is composed of three lions passant in pale. The Disney family's coat of arms hangs above the archway to the castle. This same virtual recreation is included on the Sleeping Beauty 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD. ![]() This room is lavishly themed, and presents the closed-captioned CGI walkthrough recreation on a high-definition TV. Unlike previous incarnations, visitors who are unable to climb stairs or navigate the passageways can still experience the walkthrough "virtually" in a special room on the ground floor. It did so on Novemat 5pm., drawing long lines going as far back as the Hub at the center of the park. On July 17, 2008, Disney announced that the walkthrough would reopen in the style of the original Earle dioramas, enhanced with new technology not available in 1957. The walkthrough was closed for unspecified reasons in October 2001 popular belief claims the September 11th attacks and the potential danger that ensued played a major factor in the closure. The original dioramas were designed in the style of Eyvind Earle, production designer for Sleeping Beauty, and were then redone in 1977 to resemble the window displays on Main Street, U.S.A. The voice of Cliff Edwards singing " When You Wish Upon a Star" is piped into it. It initially featured an empty upper level that was never intended to house an attraction, but Walt Disney was not satisfied with what he viewed as wasted space, and challenged his Imagineers to find some use for the space.īeginning April 29, 1957, visitors were able to walk through the castle and view several dioramas depicting the story of Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty. Though it reaches a height of only 77 feet (23 m), it was designed by Herbert Ryman to appear taller through a process known as forced perspective design elements are larger at the foundation and smaller at the turrets. Its primary inspiration was the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. Opened July 17, 1955, the castle is the oldest of all Disney Park castles. ![]()
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