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While Snow White's Adventures proved to be popular upon its opening, the attraction was the frequent target of complaints by guests. Like its Disneyland counterpart, the original version of Snow White's Adventures did not feature the title character at all. Instead, the attraction was designed so that guests took the place of the film's heroine and experienced the events as if they were Snow White. Because of the esoteric approach that Imagineers took to telling the attraction's story, many guests did not understand that they were essentially Snow White's stand in, and frequently asked where the princess was. The second complaint that was often lofted at the attraction, was that it was simply too scary. The ethos of Snow White's Adventures was dark and menacing, a tone that many guests did not expect from a Fantasyland dark ride.
In response to guest concerns about the frightening nature of Snow White's Adventures, Disney attempted two remedies in order to warn guests. The first change came in the early 1980s 1983 when Disney began referring to the attraction as "Snow White's Scary Adventures" <ref name="widen"/>. This rename, in conjunction with the addition of a sing warning guests to "beware the Wicked Witch" as she may frighten small children, was Disney's attempt to prepare guests for the dark tone of the attraction that awaited guests<ref name="widen"/>.
===1994 Refurbishment===
The original version of Snow White's Scary Adventures continued to run until the Fall of 1994, when the attraction closed for refurbishment. During the closure of the attraction, Disney attempted to answer the two complaints that often plagued Snow White's Scary Adventures. To this end, a large number of changes were made that changed both the story the attraction told, as well as its ethos.
Finally, the 1994 version of Snow White's Adventures featured a new happy ending as the finale. In this additional scene (which necessitated the shortening of the aforementioned mine scene) Snow White is awaken by a kiss from the Prince. Guests then passed under a waving Dopey, before passing a mural of Snow White and the Prince waving goodbye.
===2012 Closure===
Following the 1994 refurbishment, Snow White's Scary Adventures remained essentially unchanged until May 31, 2012 when the attraction was permanently closed<ref> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/05/snow-whites-scary-adventures-will-become-part-of-magic-kingdom-park-history-may-31/ </ref>. The closure of the ride came in conjunction with the 2012 Fantasyland Expansion that promised to add a new Snow White attraction, the [[Seven Dwarfs Mine Train]]. On May 24, February 2012, Disney confirmed had previously announced that a new meet and greet location called [[Princess Fairytale Hall]] would be constructed in the former location of Snow White's Scary Adventures<ref> https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/snow-whites-scary-adventures/news/23feb2012-snow-white's-scary-adventures-to-close-may-31-2012.htm </ref>.
Following the closure of Snow White's Scary Adventures, some figures from the attraction were moved to aforementioned [[Seven Dwarfs Mine Train]]. These included the two vultures who originally appeared to guests in forest, as well as Bashful, Doc, Happy, Grumpy, and Sleepy which were moved from the Cottage scene to the new attraction's finale. Contrary to popular belief, the Snow White, Dopey and Sneezy were not reused figures, but were created specifically for the [[Mine Train]].
'''Sneezy'''- Bob Joles
'''Raven'''- Candy Candido(unconfirmed) 
==Fun Fact and Trivia==
* When entering the Queen's Castle, guests could see a coat of arms, and the initialls initials WCS. This is a reference to West Coast Scenic, a construciton construction company who helped with the second version of Snow White's Scary Adventures<ref name= "Ken"/>* When guest pass through the Evil Queen's laboratory, they can read her open spell book. The recipe she uses to turn into the Wicked Witch is: Mummy Dust, Black of Night, Old Hag's Cackle, and Scream of Fright <ref name= "trivia"> https://www.wdwradio.com/2010/03/snow-white-poison-apple/ </ref>.  * In the Witch's spell book it says that the antidote to her poson is "Love's First Kiss" <ref name= "trivia"/>. 
==References==