Building the Dream: The Making of Disneyland Park – Sleeping Beauty Castle – Part One

From George Savvas, Public Relations Director, Disneyland Resort and posted on the Disney Parks Blog.

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Although inspired by several medieval castles, with the help of forced perspective, Sleeping Beauty Castle was proportioned more to the imagination than to history. Walt Disney wanted this castle to be a friendly and welcoming presence in his new park so it was built on a smaller scale than its European counterparts.

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I’m not sure if the people who were building the castle knew that they were creating one of the world’s most iconic structures, or that it would inspire unique Magic Kingdom parks around the world, but they did know that this 77-foot-tall beauty was the centerpiece of Disneyland park, around which everything that followed would be built.

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We’ll check the progress on the building of the original Disney Parks castle in our next update.

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Scott

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