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Where is the real life Sleeping Beauty Castle?

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.



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The fairytale-like Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria is, with 1.4 million visitors per year, one of the three most visited tourist attractions in Germany. The Disney castle is located in the village of Hohenschwangau in the hills of the green region Allgäu in Bavaria.

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Neuschwanstein Castle Neuschwanstein, a Bavarian castle commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, was the inspiration for King Stefan's castle in Sleeping Beauty.

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If you've never visited a Disney theme park, you may not know how Disney World and Disneyland compare. Though they have a lot in common, there are also some big differences. For example, you may know that the castles featured prominently within Disney's parks are different from each other.

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In 1697, he published a collection of fairy tales pulled from French oral folklore, which was in vogue among intellectuals of the age. Legend has it that he was inspired by the Chateau d'Ussé, where he stayed as a guest, to write Sleeping Beauty.

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The Dream Suite is the one and only place guests can spend the night inside the park, but it's certainly not easy to score residence there. There is no price tag; the suite is for invited guests only, which means you need to be a celebrity, a dignitary, a president, or very, very lucky.

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There are a few rules of the house to bear in mind that are covered before dinner. Up until the end of 2022, a 21 Royal reservation was priced at $15,000; it is now $18,000.

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There are six Disney castles in total, one at each of the resorts globally: Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Resort. Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World Resort. Cinderella Castle at Tokyo Disneyland.

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It is based on the late 19th century Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany. 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.

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Even with all its inspired towers, turrets and flying pennants, Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle stands at just 77 feet tall, making it the smallest in stature of all the Disney parks in the world, and that was intentional.

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Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park is a zoological theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences and Products division, it is the largest theme park in the world, covering 580 acres (230 ha).

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Disney Imagineers used the famed forced perspective method to help make it appear taller. To put this in perspective, your average 2-story house is 35 feet tall, so the Disneyland castle is about the size of two 2-story houses stacked on top of each other. The Magic Kingdom castle is 189 feet tall.

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