Snow White ride closing at Disney World in May
Snow White’s Scary Adventures, one of the original rides from Walt Disney World’s opening in 1971, will close for good on May 31.
The location will become the home for all the Disney princesses, Disney announced this week on its Disney Parks Blog.
The change is part of the massive Fantasyland renovation. The first phase will open in late March with one carousel of Dumbo the Flying Elephant, a re-themed Barnstormer starring the Great Goofini and the reopening of the Walt Disney World Railroad’s Fantasyland station.
The Dumbo ride is part of the Storybook Circus area, which will include multicolored circus tents and the famous locomotive Casey Jr.
The Snow White ride, which will continue operation in Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland, first opened with guests going through the ride as Snow White. This caused some confusion to riders who wondered why Snow White (the heroine of the 1937 movie “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”) never made an appearance in the ride that bore her name. It was also considered a bit scary, with the witch offering the cursed red apple to passing guests. In 1994, Snow was finally added, the story line slightly modified and the ride’s fearsomeness toned down.
