Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 14 minutes ago
As Disney designers struggled unhappily to make Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle a three-dimensianal reality, Herb Ryman, thinking it looked too much like a flamboyant nineteenth-century castle that King Ludwig II of Bavaria built at Neuschwanstein, impulsively turned the castle top so it sat crosswise on its base, in an utterly unauthentic fashion shortly before Walt walked in to see the model. Somehow it worked and Walt loved it. Here is his memory of that time in Disney history.
For all things Disney, be sure to visit www.disneyavenue.com.
As Disney designers struggled unhappily to make Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle a three-dimensianal reality, Herb Ryman, thinking it looked too much like a flamboyant nineteenth-century castle that King Ludwig II of Bavaria built at Neuschwanstein, impulsively turned the castle top so it sat crosswise on its base, in an utterly unauthentic fashion shortly before Walt walked in to see the model. Somehow it worked and Walt loved it. Here is his memory of that time in Disney history.
For all things Disney, be sure to visit www.disneyavenue.com.
