Snow White's Adventures

Snow White's Adventures (1971 attraction)
Magic Kingdom
Area Fantasyland
Coordinates 28°25′11″N 81°34′51″W / 28.41984°N 81.58096°W / 28.41984; -81.58096
Status Closed
Opening date October 1, 1971 (1971-10-01)
Closing date October 14, 1994 (1994-10-14)
Replaced by Snow White's Scary Adventures
Tokyo Disneyland
Area Fantasyland
Coordinates 35°37′54″N 139°52′53″E / 35.6318°N 139.8814°E / 35.6318; 139.8814
Status Operating
Opening date April 15, 1983
General statistics
Attraction type Dark ride
Designer Walt Disney Imagineering
Theme Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
Vehicle type Mine car
Riders per vehicle 4
Rows 2
Riders per row 2
Duration 2:30

Snow White's Adventures is an attraction currently at Tokyo Disneyland and formerly the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World that opened on October 1, 1971 and April 15, 1983. It was a much darker version of the Snow White film, with the title character nowhere to be found.

The ride was designed to feel as if you were Snow White, explaining why she did not appear at all in the ride. Very few guests got this point, considering the ride focuses on the Witch character. The ride had 7 Witch models, and only one scene with frightened Dwarfs. It was one of the opening day attractions at the park.

Ride overview

Magic Kingdom

The queue was similar to Tokyo Disneyland's current queue for the ride. It featured the Seven Dwarfs' mine, with their cottage visible in the distance.

Guests got in the vehicles, which capacity was four passengers. They began by entering the castle in a scene very much like the 1994 ride; however, there was no part where Snow White was seen cleaning (the riders were supposed to be Snow White). Instead, they saw a side of the Dwarfs' cottage as "I'm Wishing" played in the background. Upon entering, with the Queen. watching in a nearby window, the guests saw a mirror, but not the magic one. The Evil Queen turned into the Wicked Witch by saying, "Mirror, mirror, on the wall... I AM THE FAIREST ONE OF ALL!". Guest then crashed through the dungeon seen at the cauldron preparing a poison apple. The riders crashed out of the castle, only to bump into the Witch on a boat. Guests then fled through a dark forest with scary trees and alligator logs.

Soon, guests arrived in the Seven Dwarfs' cottage to see forest animals peering in at them. They then passed the Seven Dwarfs, (in their only appearance, using the same Dwarfs figures in the Stormy Climax scene from the Snow White ride in Disneyland) walking up the stairs to their room to investigate a frightening shadow, and the Evil Witch was waiting in the doorway with an apple. Then the guests entered the Diamond Mine, where the witch tried to topple over the timber beams and crash a minecart into the vehicles. Her final appearance was on top of a doorway, pushing an enormous jewel onto the riders and saying "GOODBYE, DEARIE! EEHEEEHEE!". Riders would then enter a room full of flashing cartoon-like strobe lights with the Witch's cackling, bizarrely distorted and sped up and skipping like a broken record, echoing in their ears, thus implying that the witch had killed you (Much like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, where it implies riders that get killed by the approach of a train). Guests then returned to the load area and disembarked.

Disney legend Ginny Tyler did the voice of the Wicked Witch in this version, while Mel Blanc, Paul Frees, Hal Smith, Hans Conried and Dallas McKennon did the voices of the Seven Dwarfs. The same actors also voiced the Dwarfs in the Mickey Mouse Revue (Another Walt Disney World attraction before moving to Tokyo Disneyland as one of its original attractions).

Tokyo Disneyland

Tokyo Disneyland represents a mix of the American versions at the time of the park's opening, although it is largely based on the pre-1994 Walt Disney World version. It begins in the castle where the Queen transforms into the Witch, moving on to the dungeon and passing her on boat. After going through the forest, guests enter the cottage and instead of seeing the dwarfs passing up the stairs seeing the shadow, the Seven Dwarfs are seen Doing The Dwarfs' Yodel song, with Snow White watching from the stairs (similar to the beginning in Disneyland and in Disneyland Paris). Exiting the cottage, guests find the Witch outside waiting for them, then enter the mines (mix in the Disneylands in California and Paris and Similar to the Pre-1994 version). They approach the cottage again to find the Witch is once again waiting. The ride ends like Disneyland's version, with the Dwarfs and Witch on the cliff.

Refurbishment and Aftermath

On October 14, 1994, it was closed for refurbishments and reopened as Snow White's Scary Adventures. This version was a lot more lighthearted and faithful to the original film, with Snow White appearing 5 times, the Dwarfs celebrating, a happy ending, and fewer scenes with the witch. Snow White's Scary Adventures still lives on in Disneyland Park, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris. The Magic Kingdom version closed on May 31, 2012, and was replaced with both the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, and Princess Fairytale Hall, the following years.

On February 2, 2015, rumors claimed that Snow White's Scary Adventures was to be a part of the Shanghai Disneyland Park, along with other old attractions (such as Pinocchio's Daring Journey, and the Mickey Mouse Revue), but have been thrown out of project due to it being extremely intimidating to some visitors at the Disney parks. However, it hasn't been confirmed.

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