| The Disney World castle is the iconic fairy tale fortress | | | | walkthrough was closed in October 2001 and though |
| that serves as the gateway to Fantasyland in Magic | | | | no one was ever given a real reason why, many |
| Kingdom's theme park. It is not only one of the central | | | | people think it had to do with the terrorist attacks on |
| icons of Walt Disney World resort, but its romantic | | | | September 11th 2001 and they wanted to eliminate the |
| beauty has also come to represent all of the Walt | | | | potential dangers. |
| Disney Company. It really is small wonder why Disney | | | | Sleeping Beauty's castle is located in the heart of |
| World will come to most people's mind when seeing an | | | | Magic Kingdom Theme Park, just above the central |
| image of the castle. | | | | hub of the Park. Many Guests can catch their first |
| The Disney World castle, also known as Sleeping | | | | glimpse of the castle from Main Street, U.S.A. When |
| Beauty's castle, has been around since July 17, 1955 | | | | you first see the soaring spires, ornate turrets and |
| and is the oldest of all the Disney castles. It reaches a | | | | shimmering moat, you know you have left the world of |
| height of approximately 77 feet and used to feature | | | | today and entered a magical new land full of fun and |
| an empty upper level that was never intended to be | | | | fantasy. While it may be initially startling to see a |
| used. Walt Disney was not satisfied with the wasted | | | | medieval castle at the end of a street right out of |
| space and challenged his Imagineers to find some use | | | | classic small-town America, the dream-like magic of |
| for the space. Starting in April of 1957 visitors were | | | | the contrasting images captures the promise of the |
| able to walk through the castle and view several | | | | enchanted adventures awaiting you. |
| dioramas depicting the story of Sleeping Beauty. The | | | | |