Sleeping Beauty Castle walk-through to reopen at Disneyland - Travel - LATimes.com

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Construction crews have begun restoration work on Disneyland’s long-shuttered Sleeping Beauty Castle walk-through attraction, which closed “for refurbishment” on Oct. 7, 2001 amid post-9/11 terrorism fears.Mouse Planet columnist David Koenig, author of the definitive “Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland,” reported that portions of the site’s interior were demolished to make way for the installation of the nightly castle fireworks displays.Opened in April 1957, the original A-ticket tour included 10 miniature dioramas with animated figurines that illustrated the Sleeping Beauty story, according to Yesterland. A series of illuminated manuscripts explained how and why Princess Aurora grew up as Briar Rose.At the time, Disneyland gave no reason — safety, costs, popularity or accessibility — for the closure of the second-story attraction. No official date has been set for the reopening.