Snow White’s Scary Adventures

Date of visit: January 23, 2016
Shrek: «Dead girl OFF the table!»
Seven Dwarves: «But where are we going to put her?»
It had been a very long while since my girlfriend and I had been on Snow White’s Scary Adventures, and as we’d been through most of the park, we figured it was time to revisit this dark ride in Fantasyland and find out how Snow White ended up like that in Shrek. It was about a twenty minute wait to get in — much shorter than the wait for Peter Pan Flight or Alice In Wonderland; not too shabby for one of Disneyland’s older attractions.
I was surprised at, well, how dark this ride was — pretty much the only part where you get the warm and fuzzies is at the beginning, when the seven dwarves are performing for Snow White. Everything else follows the Wicked Queen Grimhilde and her plans for Snow White, as well as her comeuppance. (Aside: betcha didn’t know Grimhilde’s her real name! If you thought it was Regina, you’ve been watching one too many episodes of Once Upon a Time.) Like Pinocchio, this attraction can be a bit scary for the little ones, but unlike that ride, you don’t see the happy ending… unless you count the painting on the wall at the end showing Snow White, Prince Charming, and the dwarves getting their happy ever after.
Don’t forget to touch the golden apple near the entrance!

First time for all 3 of us. Yeti Moose Lamb didn’t seem impressed on the ride. It was fun, and a little scary. Kind of loud here and there but not too bad and no strobe lights. That’s a good thing. We noticed thought that YML was smiling here and there so I think he did enjoy himself. I know we did.

Wow this ride took me back to when I was a kid. But if I would have rode this as a child I would probably be covering my eyes the whole time. It’s a very very dark themed ride. Haha Kylie got scared in about 2 parts of the ride. But no regrets from her she would ride it again. It was beautiful :)

I like the dark rides at Disneyland. I love Snow White, since childhood, still a favorite of mine (there is something sentimental about it, I remember as a child, having a small booklet from the movie). I like this ride, but my only complaint is the next to the last part skips to the fairy tale ending (there is a large piece of the story missing). Sort of anti-​climactic. If this important detail were fixed, then I’d give it the full five stars. I do enjoy the re-​telling of the story, in colorful detail, though. I feel it’s true to the story, that is, the ones outlined, anyway, for the most part.
Did my little one get scared? I think he jumped at one thing last year. But, not this year.

This one isn’t worth standing in line for. Did the story even finish? I don’t know, the ending was so abrupt! It’s like they ran out of wall space to draw out the rest of the story.

Ok, this ride DOES make me feel a little too old when I ride it. But since it’s one of the older rides in the park, I still plow over people to get on it.
If you love Snow White, you’ll love this ride. It basically takes you through the whole movie in about 10 minutes. I imagine this would be great for kids to expose them to the original movie if they haven’t seen it. It’s a nice reminder of watching the movie on VHS for me.
It’s not a fast-​paced ride like Space Mountain, but it’s a nice, cute ride where I can sit and relax for 10 minutes…

Rode on Snow White’s Scary Adventures for fun because I had some extra time at Disneyland. This ride is definitely for the little ones but I can see it being scary for them. The ride’s theme mainly focuses on the witch. As you work your way through the line, a display of a «dungeon» with a skull, spell book, and other scary items are on your left. You get in a little mine cart and travel on a track. It takes you through the scary scenes of the movie so it gets a little dark. The ride itself is about 5 — 10 min long. Line wasn’t too long when I was there and there is no Fastpass.

This is pretty scary. That section of the ride where you see the Queen looking at her mirror then she turns around and turns into that old witch is the scariest part. I yelled my lungs out because I had no idea that was going to happen.

This short attraction takes you through a few iconic scenes of the classic Disney film, though it mainly focuses on the Evil Queen (hence the name). I’m hoping you know the story by now, because the ride ends pretty abruptly following the Queen’s transformation, speaking of which still terrifies me. Every. Single. Time.
You’d think they’d put in a little more effort considering how important Snow White is to Walt’s legacy, so I’m hoping that with all the refurbishments happening around the park they can create something better. Here’s to wishful thinking! In the meantime, pass on this unless there’s no wait.

This ride is dark and scary — seriously. The entirety of the ride is all the dark parts of Snow White.
Beautiful artwork and well done but could easily give a toddler nightmares!
Wait times for this ride can get quite long — I personally wouldn’t pick it unless it’s a 30 minute wait time or less.

This is one of three rides in Fantaslyland that I really don’t feel are that great for children. The other two being Pinocchio’s Daring Journey and Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. All three of these rides are dark and have scary elements that tend to make children feel uneasy for most of the ride. I’ve been bringing my daughter to Disneyland since she was three months old, she’s now six and still has trouble with these three rides.
At the entrance of the ride you can see the Evil Queen in the second story window. Every few seconds she pulls back the curtain and scowls at the crowd below. Before you enter the dungeon there’s a an open book with an apple above it and when you touch the apple the Evil Queen cackles really loudly and startles people that are around and not expecting it. Inside you can see the Evil Queen’s workshop where she mixes potions behind a grate, and you can throw change inside to try to make it inside of the cups or on the table.
Even if the line is long it moves pretty quickly because there are a lot of cars and they load people every few seconds.
Snow White is only in the ride once and it’s at the very beginning. When you turn the first corner you can see her at the top of the stairs looking into an empty cottage. You never get to see her interact with the dwarfs at all.
The rest of the ride takes you through the Evil Queen’s dungeon where she is making her poisoned apple and turning herself into an old hag (her big reveal was especially scary for my daughter). It then show’s the Evil Queen at the cottage offering the apple.
The last thing you see are the dwarfs fleeing from the Evil Queen (disguised as the old hag) who is trying to kill them by rolling a huge boulder down the hill towards them. You can barely tell that she is struck by lightning and killed because it happens so quickly that it just seems as though the lightning is a part of the dramatic scene in general.
There’s no epilogue, or something to show that everyone is ok afterwards, you just exit the scene and are presented with a painting on the wall that says «And they lived happily ever after.» This is a major disconnect as far as I’m concerned. Especially for smaller children who can’t read. How are they supposed to know what that dramatic scene has resulted in? And if their parents tell them, I thinks it’s still hard for them to completely wrap their heads around what they’re being told vs. what they’ve just seen.
I like this ride because it is one of the originals in the park and Snow White is Disney’s first feature film. But it’s called Snow White’s Scary Adventure and you don’t see Snow White experiencing anything. I’m not sure if I think it should be updated or not, for nostalgic reasons, but I do think it leaves a lot to be desired when considering it a children’s ride compared to other rides throughout the park.
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Snow White’s Scary Adventures is definitely another ride that I’m glad to have ridden once because I will probably never need to ride it again. The wait is great, usually less than 15 minutes, but the ride is extremely short. This attraction takes you through the story of Snow White in chronological order but kind of focuses more on the witch. It definitely has a creep factor and I’m not sure how much younger children would enjoy this.

This is definitely a dark and scary ride (visually). Lots of emphasis on the wicked witch which may be intense for the very young ones. Worth riding if the line is short. Be sure to touch the golden apple near the start of the queue!

I haven’t been on this ride for a long time it’s a really short ride and goes by fast and is more of the darker rides in Fantasyland. The line moves pretty quick. For little kids it could scare them a bit cause of the dark and scary witch. Overall an experience.

«Snow White’s Scary Adventure» actually is sort of a dark ride … in that you see the witch WAY more than you see Snow White. I guess of all the princesses, they gave Snow White her own ride (Jasmine, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty don’t have one) because this was the first Disney movie.
A friend told me that you actually don’t see Snow White very much in this ride because the ride’s designed so YOU imagine that you’re Snow White, the protagonist. My friend (a former cast member) said that all of the rides named after characters (Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan’s Flight) are designed that way, in which you are supposed to pretend to be the main character of that ride. After my friend told me that, that tidbit made a lot of sense. That would be why you don’t see Snow White that much (or Pinocchio … or Alice) in the ride. Actually, the only time you do see Snow White is at the beginning of the ride, when she’s headed up the stairs in the dwarves’ home with her animal friends.
As far as chronological order goes, the ride followed the course of events that happened in the movie pretty well. The ride covers all the highlights: the scary trip into the woods, «Whistle While You Work,» seeing the mines where the dwarves work, the Dwarves «Silly Song,» the witch’s transformation into a hag and the witch’s demise with the huge stone. The only part that’s NOTICEABLY missing is the iconic kiss … I mean, without Prince Florian’s kiss, the story couldn’t end. After the scene with the witch and the boulder, you just see the «And they lived happily ever after bookmark» to the story’s conclusion, and ride ends!
If this ride could be refurbished or redone, I would have a few suggestions. It would probably be good to have that famous kiss at the end of the ride somewhere. It would also be helpful to see Snow White and the Prince at the wishing well at the beginning of the ride, since that’s how they met. And, it would be nice – just for the kids’ sake – to see Snow White at least ONE more time during the ride. I swear, you see the witch/​hag at least three times! You even get a tour of her castle/​dungeon. Like I said, this ride is pretty dark just because parts of it (like the dungeon scenes) are dimly lit, and also because you see the old hag a great deal more than you see Snow White/​happy scenes from the movie.
If this ride is a must-​do because you have youngsters, be prepared to wait, as it’s like many of the other rides in Fantasyland and don’t have a Fast Pass option. A telltale sign that it’s a crowded Park day is when there’s a long line outside of the Snow White ride! Because this ride is also older, the loading process is like that of «Peter Pan’s Flight» or «Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride» — the cars are small and hold about four people at most (sometimes only two), and each one has to be individually stopped and released before your journey can begin. However, if you’re at the Park on an uncrowded day, chances are, this ride won’t have a super long line, since it’s not one of the more popular ones. In fact, when I did have a Disneyland AP, I remember going on «Snow White» and «Pinocchio» in quick succession during a Dland outing because the line for each was 5 minutes. I would say that this ride isn’t as long as «Alice in Wonderland,» but it’s definitely longer than «Peter Pan’s Flight.»
One more cool fact: If you’re around the Peter Pan ride area and looking at the tower by the Snow White ride, you’ll see the Evil Queen move the curtains and glare outside for a bit. I’m not sure how often this happens, but if you’re in line for any of the other Fantasyland rides in the area, it’s sure to happen a few times! That’s definitely one of the cool details of this ride … and a hint of what you’ll see lots of if you do go on this ride!

This is one of the older storybook rides — like Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Mr. Toad’s, Winnie the Pooh, and Alice in Wonderland. It has not gotten the refurbishment that Alice has. nor whatever Peter Pan & Winnie the Pooh are currently getting (which had better be good after a FOUR MONTH closure between January-​May).
I now remember going on this ride as a tiny little kid myself in the late 80s, and remember thinking it was the scariest ride ever. I took my toddler on it not recalling this important detail, and this was the only storybook ride she clearly said «NO MORE» to just as it reached an end.
From a grown-up’s perspective. it does leave much to be desired. Most of the ride seems to take place in the forest during the scene just after Snow White escapes potential death by the huntsman. Then you see the evil witch offer you an apple and really, all of it is generally dark, dreary and a bit of a downer with some mild elements of surprise. You don’t even see much of Snow White, the adorable and personality-​filled dwarves, nor the Prince. I wish they’d at least make changes/​additions to address that. Maybe they should see if they can build an underground level and add a thrilling dip like Little Mermaid or Pirates of the Caribbean.
Still, it’s a storybook ride (which makes it a minimum of good… just relatively not AS awesome) and based on my childhood favorite princess. (I used to wear Snow White costumes all.the.time.) It also has the shortest lines of all the storybook rides so if I wasn’t visiting the park with my toddler, I’d probably find myself riding this a lot more frequently.

This ride is a fun trip through the eyes of Snow White. It’s a little scary which was fun on Friday the 13^th, but the ride ends very abruptly and left a lot to be desired.

This ride is honestly a little weird. It’s the old style «dark suite» style of Fantasyland rides from back in the day. While enjoyable and worth the short line, the ending leaves something to be desired.
The prince does not appear at all, you never see Snow White eat the apple, go to sleep, or wake up.
Originally Walt intended the rider to represent Snow White, and the ride makes more sense when viewed with that mentality.

Oh boy! First things first, if you wanna give someone a quick scare, at the very entrance of this ride there is a golden apple statue looking thing. I dare you to touch it! Just touch it and be ready haha. (if someone touched it prior to you touching it, you might have to wait a bit so it resets)
As mentioned on other reviews and as clearly stated in the title of this ride, it sure is a bit on the ‘scarier” side. This is so not kid friendly and the end of it just sort of leaves you hanging. This is for sure a very dark dark ride and it has that evil witch popping out of random places. I do enjoy it though, I enjoy the ride and how it sort of creeps me out more than the Haunted Mansion. Try to ease your little ones into the ride. Still a fun ride over all. The lines for this ride are hardly ever long, I want to say its mainly because of the ride’s darkness so take advantage of that.
Random info about the ride:
–The holographic apple used to be a fake apple on the witch’s hand but because people used to steal it, they decided to make it a hologram instead.
–Cast member once told me that the reason why you only see Snow White once in the whole ride is because you are suppose to experience the ride from her point of view (in other words, you are Snow White for the ride-​)
Hidden Mickeys:
–Stare at the mural before entering the ride. there is a few all over it (look near the birds and also near Snow White)
–Look at the turtle
–Bushes on the mural

This is one of Disney’s darker rides located in Fantasyland. Definitely not one of my favorites, but my daughter and I have ducked in to jump on the ride many times because of it’s often short lines to get off our feet and out from the heat (or cold).
You basically board your dwarf named vehicle and go for a quick ride through the Dwarf’s cottage then onto the Queen’s castle. Once there you see the Queen standing before her magic mirror on the wall quickly flip and face riders who has completely changed into the wicked witch. Then it’s off through the dungeon filled with skeleton bones and onto the menacing forest. You get the picture. The bad witch keeps popping out on every twist and turn on the ride from there on out. Not exactly a young tot friendly ride. Surprisingly this ride has never scared my daughter and we’ve taken her on it since she was two, but I definitely do not recommend it for other younger tots. The line for this ride is always short for a reason.