Blanche Neige et les Sept Nains 또는 Snow White's Scary Adventures.

The Paris version of this classic 디즈니 'dark ride' is the version I have most recently ridden. However, I will take a look back at the 디즈니 World version, as well as using some online sources to compare and contrast the Disneyland California and Tokyo 디즈니 versions.

The 'English' 제목 for this ride is incredibly apt. Scary is what it is. After the usual twisty-turny queue line (no fastpass for this one) 당신 are placed into minecarts decorated with squirrels and the like. The ride first leads 당신 through the dwarves' cottage where 당신 see 동물 cleaning (as in Whistle While 당신 Work); Snow White climbing the stairs to the bedroom; and the seven dwarves 노래 and dancing to The Silly Song.

당신 then leave the cottage to pass the 퀸 outside before heading down the mines full of colourful, glittering jewels. A minecart full of gems heads towards 당신 before leaving the mine and heading through the great wooden doors of the Queen's castle. Two vultures wait sinisterly on an overhanging branch. The 퀸 is in front of her mirror and as 당신 approach she turns, transforming into the old hag.

당신 continue through the dungeon, past rattling skeletons until 당신 meet the witch again, brewing a potion in her cauldron to enchant the apple. She appears again, moments later, with a basket full of apples, tempting the riders as they pass by.

Leaving the dungeon, the riders enter the dark, forbidding wood Snow White finds herself in when running away from the Huntsman. Huge, leering trees with horrific faces and clutching branches hang over the track. Again the hag appears and then we see all seven dwarves chasing her up the mountain as lightning flashes - and she falls to her death. Suddenly, we pass through a pair of doors to see the Prince's 성 glistening on the horizon and finally the riders pass under a bridge, atop which are the Prince and Snow White, astride a horse, waving as we leave.

It is an effective ride - and very dark and scary. After the initial scene in the cottage, the rest of the ride is focussed on the frightening scenes - the Queen's transformation into the witch; her dungeon and poisoning of the apple; the terrifying wood and the witch's death a 상단, 맨 위로 the mountain. The final 'happy ending' is incredibly brief and the rider barely has time to catch their breath after the horrors they have been presented with before trundling back out into the real world.

One detail I had missed, which has only come to light watching 유튜브 ride-throughs, is the 퀸 standing at a window above the entrance to the ride, drawing the curtains back to gaze over the visitors below. I'm disappointed I didn't notice this on visiting the park as I would have loved to point it out to my children. It's so true that one visit to these theme parks is never enough because of all the details 당신 miss.

My main criticism of this ride, and of all the dark 'story' rides (Peter Pan's Flight and Pinocchio) is that they are simply far too short! They are over in a matter of minutes. No sooner have 당신 taken in one scene, than 당신 are rushed through to the next.

There are some highly effective scenes, though, in this ride. The most striking is the Queen's transformation. The 카트 travels through large double doors entering a long, straight corridor at the end of which can be seen the back of the 퀸 looking into her mirror, her image reflected for the riders. As the 카트 approaches, the 퀸 swivels round, revealing the witch and the mirror image fades to show her back. It's an effective illusion.

Less effective is the final scene with Snow White and the Prince. The figures for Snow White and the Prince are bizarrely emotionless, with slightly blank faces and the room itself is flat and uninspiring. Someday my Prince will come plays over this scene and the picture of the 성 glimmers, but there is no depth to the scene as a climax to the ride is is a little disappointing after the intense scariness of the rest of the ride.

So how does this ride differ from the other versions. The only other iteration I have ridden is in 디즈니 World in Florida and I must admit to my memories being a little hazy. This is where 유튜브 ride-throughs come into their own. I have sometimes wondered what the point of people filming their experience on rides is, but in 글쓰기 this blog and trying to remember what rides (and very short rides at that) were like, I have found these 비디오 to be invaluable.

The 디즈니 World version adheres closer to the film. The opening sees the carts travel around the well Snow White sings into in the opening scenes of the film before the riders meet Snow White herself sitting on the steps of the 성 노래 to a dove. From there we travel through doors and into the Queen's dungeon, passing the Magic Mirror (a character missing from the Paris version) quoting his famous phrase before heading down the corridor towards the Queen's transformation into the witch - exactly as it is in the Paris version.

This scene then continues 더 많이 또는 less the same as the Paris version as we travel through the dungeon, passing the witch as she enchants the 사과, 애플 in her cauldron. Next, though, we find ourselves on the outskirts of the forest being urged 의해 the Huntsman (another character absent from the Paris version) to flee. We see Snow White in the woods and then eventually arrive at the Dwarves' cottage for The Silly Song sequence seen in the Paris ride. The 디즈니 World version, however, includes Snow White at the window receiving the poisoned 사과, 애플 from the witch. We then enter the mines before following the dwarves up the mountain side to witness the witch's death.

This leads to us discovering a sleeping Snow White being leant over 의해 the Prince before entering a final scene, similar to the final room of the Paris ride. However, now only Dopey is atop the bridge waving at us and Snow White and the Prince are, instead, a two-dimensional painting on the 벽 riding off towards his castle.

Of course, this ride is no longer at 디즈니 World as it has been 로스트 to the Fantasyland expansion.

Aside from the extra scenes, the most marked difference between the 디즈니 World and Paris versions is the presence of Snow White. In Paris she appears twice - once in the cottage and once at the end, riding away with the Prince. In Florida we see her on the 성 steps, in the wild wood, receiving the 사과, 애플 and in her 마법에 걸린 사랑 sleep. Apparently, the original version of this ride, way back in the early days of Disneyland in California, didn't feature Snow White at all. The concept was that the riders were Snow White and they were seeing the story from her point of view. This confused visitors who expected to see Snow White on the Snow White-themed ride and so the ride was re-tooled to insert her.

The Disneyland California version is very similar to the Paris version. The entrance facade is almost identical and the ride begins with the dwarves' cottage and The Silly Song sequence. It then takes 당신 into the mine before 당신 enter the Queen's dungeon and watch her transform into the witch - just as she does in the Florida and Paris rides. The rest of the dungeon sequence is practically identical before 당신 find yourself in the terrifying wood. This is followed, again, 의해 the dwarves pursuing the witch up the mountain to her death.

The final scene is very different though in that it lacks any figures at all, merely being a giant storybook with an illustration of Snow White and the Prince heading off towards his 성 with the legend 'and they lived happily ever after' inscribed beneath. This means that Snow White only appears once in this ride in the first scene in the cottage.

The Tokyo Disneyland version (which I will probably never get to ride, but who knows) is very similar to the California and Paris rides with a slightly rearranged order of scenes (the Dwarves cottage is near the end of the ride rather than at the beginning). Oddly there doesn't seem to be a finale showing a revived/reviving Snow White which seems a bit of an omission - indeed the Prince is conspicuous 의해 his absence.

In all 4 versions of this ride, the focus is very much on the witch. She appears time and again, popping out around corners, leering at visitors and cackling all around you. In a way I understand this focus. As I commented on in my review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Snow White herself is a twee, relatively ineffectual heroine. The Queen/Witch though is a classic 디즈니 creation and very much the mould from which other 디즈니 villains, such as Maleficent, Ursula and Mother Gothel, were formed from. Even the dwarves aren't a huge focus of the ride, maybe because there are too many of them to give anyone justice - although it's telling that Dopey, possibly the most recognisable of the seven, is who waved goodbye to riders at the end of the 디즈니 World version.

It is right and proper that 디즈니 theme parks have a ride based on the company's most iconic film and I find it surprising that 디즈니 World have removed it (although it has been replaced, to some extent, 의해 the Mine Train rollercoaster). It's just a shame it is such a short experience.

But Snow White's Scary Adventures is not the only attraction of this theme across the park, so I'm going to also have a quick look at some of the others.

Please feel free to jump in with your own experiences of these rides and attractions - I'd 사랑 to hear from other 디즈니 fans