Sleeping Beauty Castle

This article is about a structure at Disneyland. For the structure at Disneyland Park in Paris, see Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant. For the structures at the Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland, see Cinderella Castle. For the structure at Hong Kong Disneyland, see Castle of Magical Dreams. For the structure at Shanghai Disneyland, see Enchanted Storybook Castle.
Sleeping Beauty Castle
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Park in 2019
Disneyland
AreaFantasyland
Coordinates33°48′46″N 117°55′08″W / 33.81276°N 117.91894°W / 33.81276; -117.91894
StatusOperating
Opening dateJuly 17, 1955
Hong Kong Disneyland
AreaFantasyland
Coordinates22°18′45″N 114°02′28″E / 22.31262°N 114.04113°E / 22.31262; 114.04113
StatusRemoved
Opening dateSeptember 12, 2005
Closing dateJanuary 1, 2018
Replaced byCastle of Magical Dreams
Ride statistics
Attraction typeCastle
ThemeSleeping Beauty
Height77 ft (23 m)

Sleeping Beauty Castle is a fairy tale castle at the center of Disneyland and formerly at Hong Kong Disneyland. It is based on the late 19th century Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany.[1] It appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures logos from 1985 to 2006 before being merged with Cinderella Castle, both familiar symbols of The Walt Disney Company. The version at Disneyland is the only Disney castle whose construction was overseen by Walt Disney.

A redesigned and larger version of the castle is used as the symbol of Disneyland Paris.

  1. ^ Imagineers (1998). Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look At Making the Magic Real. Disney Editions. ISBN 0-7868-8372-3.