This is another set a tasty little tid-bits. Enjoy the magic.
-The Snow White figure in her ride wasn’t part of the attraction until it was rebuilt in 1982. Originally, the heroes of the Disney stories did not appear in their own rides. The idea was that the guests took the place of the characters, so it would make no sense to see the characters. To this day, Mr. Toad does not appear in his own attraction.
-The Disney Family crest adorns the front of Sleeping Beauty Castle. It can be found right above the drawbridge entrance. The drawbridge was once functional, though it was only lowered on two occasions: once during the grand opening in 1955 and a second time in 1983 when a renovated Fantasyland was rededicated. At the 1983 ceremony, two of the same children from the original dedication had been invited back, this time as adults, to again be the first to cross the drawbridge.
-The Matterhorn was the world’s first steel tubular roller-coaster. Steel coasters existed before, but they had flat steel tracks rather than a tube, as virtually all steel coasters have today. It was designed and built with help from Arrow Dynamics, now, one of the world’s largest coaster companies. Due to its unique design, a special oil lubricant had to be created for it called the “Matterhorn Special”-it was made just for Disneyland.
-Peter Pan’s Flight was originally designed as a roller-coaster. To convey a sense of being Peter Pan, who flies around quickly, Walt wanted the attraction to move fast along the ceiling; it would have been the world’s first suspended roller-coaster. It was decided that such speed would make the sets and characters pass by in a blur. Show, for Walt, would win out over thrills.
-The Disney Family crest adorns the front of Sleeping Beauty Castle. It can be found right above the drawbridge entrance. The drawbridge was once functional, though it was only lowered on two occasions: once during the grand opening in 1955 and a second time in 1983 when a renovated Fantasyland was rededicated. At the 1983 ceremony, two of the same children from the original dedication had been invited back, this time as adults, to again be the first to cross the drawbridge.
-The Matterhorn was the world’s first steel tubular roller-coaster. Steel coasters existed before, but they had flat steel tracks rather than a tube, as virtually all steel coasters have today. It was designed and built with help from Arrow Dynamics, now, one of the world’s largest coaster companies. Due to its unique design, a special oil lubricant had to be created for it called the “Matterhorn Special”-it was made just for Disneyland.
-Peter Pan’s Flight was originally designed as a roller-coaster. To convey a sense of being Peter Pan, who flies around quickly, Walt wanted the attraction to move fast along the ceiling; it would have been the world’s first suspended roller-coaster. It was decided that such speed would make the sets and characters pass by in a blur. Show, for Walt, would win out over thrills.
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