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Snow White's Scary Adventures was an attraction in [[Fantasyland]] at the [[Magic Kingdom]].
==Attraction History==
Snow White's Scary Adventures originally opened as Snow White's Adventures on October 1, 1971 with the rest of the [[Magic Kingdom]]<ref name="widen"> http://www.omniluxe.net/wyw/swa.htm </ref>. Like many of the Magic Kingdom's opening day attractions, Snow White had originally been a Disneyland attraction, and was copied for inclusion in Disney's newest park.
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 when Disney renamed the attraction "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's on the ride, was Disney's attempt to prepare guests for the dark tone of the attraction<ref name="widen"/>.
===1994 Refurbishment===
The original version of Snow White's Scary Adventures continued to run until the summer Fall of 1994, when the attraction closed for refurbishment. During the closure of the attraction, Disney attempted to make 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.
The first noticeable change to Snow White's Scary Adventures was the addition of a third row in the ride vehicles<ref name="Ken"> http://www.kennetti.fi/swscary_12.html </ref>. Inside the attraction itself, the Castle Courtyard scene was expanded so that a vignette showing Snow White lazing in the sun was now present. The Evil Queen in this scene was also moved to a new window and no longer parted the curtains. While the original 1971 Evil Queen figure was still used, she was repositioned to be leaning on the window now<ref name="Ken"/>.
Further in the attraction, inside the Queen's castle, guests now came face to face with Slave in the Magic Mirror before entering the throne room. After making a sharp turn away from the mirror, guests would enter the Throne Room, where the Queen stood in front of the original 1971 Magic Mirror<ref name="Ken"/>. The room itself was more fully adorned in the 1994 version of the attraction, with blue curtains and the queen's raven atop her fluorescent throne.
Deeper in the Queen's Castle, the dungeon was also heavily modified. The second half of the dungeon, where a skeleton was seen chained to the wall, was replaced with the Wicked Witch at her Cauldron (which was had previously been featured later in the attraction). In this scene, much of the laboratory equipment was no longer present (although the raven remained). [[Image:SnowWhiteFigure.jpg|thumb|300px|Snow White herself was finally added to the attraction in 1994. Photo by [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rain0975/ Rain0975]]]Furthermore, a huge Book of Spells could now be seen. Finally new dialogue was added to this scene, with the Witch exclaiming "When Snow White bites the apple, she will sleep forever, awakened only by Love's First Kiss."<ref name="Ken"/>.
Following the dungeon scene, entirely new scenes were added to the 1994 version of Snow White's Scary Adventures. First, the Huntsman was featured, warning Snow White to run into the woods. Further ahead, Snow White was added, terrified in the forest.
As opposed to the original attraction, the Dark Forest area was toned tone and much less scary. Further ahead, the Wicked Witch on the boat still appeared, however the majority of the Castle Lake scene was removed<ref name="Ken"/>. In their its place were a couple of the "monster trees", with less frightening appearances.
Inside the Seven Dwarf's Cottage, guests could now see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs could be seen dancing and having a celebration. The Dwarfs were located in the first room of the cottage, that originally featured eerie eyes<ref name="Ken"/>. Further into the cottage, scared animals could now be seen in the window and the original 1971 cottage staircase (where the dwarfs were originally seen), now sat empty. Finally, in this portion of the cottage, audio animatronic figures of Snow White and the Wicked Witch now were featured, with the Witch offering Snow White a bite of the poison apple, proclaiming , "That's right, dearie! Now, take a bite and all your dreams will come true."
Having apparently succeeded in getting Snow White to bite the apple, the Wicked Witch now screeched "Now I am the fairest one of all". Leaving the cottage and reentering the woods, Doc now yelled ""It's the Quicked Ween -- the Wicked Queen! Come on men!"
Back in the woods, dialogue was added to indicate that the Dwarfs were chasing the Witch through the woods. The attraction then transitioned to a shortened version of the Diamond Mine scene. Here, Bashful and Sneezy were seen searching for the the Witch. These were the same figures that had originally appeared in the 1971 Seven Dwarf's Cottage scene<ref name="Ken"/>.
Quickly leaving the mine, and heading to the cliffs, guests passed by the other five Dwarfs pointing towards the Witch, who was perched on a cliff above. These five figures were again reused from the original 1971 Seven Dwarfs cottage scene<ref name="Ken"/>. The other change to come to the cliff scene, was that the Witch now shrieked "I'll crush you, fools" to guests, as she tried to drop a giant boulder on them. At this point however lightning struck the hag.
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.
