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Snow White's Scary Adventures was an attraction in [[Fantasyland]] at the [[Magic Kingdom]].
==Attraction History==
When Disney was initially planning out Walt Disney World's Fantasyland, Snow White's Adventures was not going to be included in the new park. Although a popular Disneyland ride since 1955, Imagineers decided that they did not want to simply copy Disneyland's Fantasyland dark rides including (Snow White's Adventures, [[Mr. Toad's Wild Ride]], and [[Peter Pan's Flight ]]) <ref name= "Korkis"> This information comes Imagineer Tony Baxter, as interviewed here: https://allears.net/wdw-chronicles-year-one-the-wdw-that-almost-was/ </ref>. Instead, Disney planned on replacing Snow White's Adventures with a Sleeping Beauty attraction that would have had guests come face to face with Maleficent in her dragon form <ref name="Korkis"/>. Imagineers were overruled by Roy O. Disney however, when the later stipulated that the Fantasyland dark rides be copied brought into the Magic Kingdom <ref name="Korkis"/>, and thus Snow White's Adventures opened with the rest of the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971 <ref name="widen"> http://www.omniluxe.net/wyw/swa.htm </ref>.
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 when Disney renamed 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's on the ride, was Disney's attempt to prepare guests for the dark tone of the attractionthat 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 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.
