The Disneyland Paris version is called Blanche Neige et les Sept Nains: L'Attraction (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Attraction).
This attraction, then renamed Snow White's Scary Adventures, and the other dark rides were modified to include the main characters of the films they represented.
[7] Other new elements include a dancing Snow White, the scent of pies baking, a new queue with storybooks, and the evil Queen's collection of spell books and bubbling potions.
[8][9] The ride officially reopened to the public on April 30, 2021, the same day Disneyland allowed guests to return to the park following its lengthy closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[10][11] The original version of the ride, uniquely titled Snow White and her Adventures, was designed by Claude Coats and Ken Anderson, both largely responsible for the look of the 1937 feature film.
[12] In response to guests' confusion, a single Snow White figure was added in the early 1970s, as photographic evidence suggests.
All was dark at first, but riders soon ventured through underground tunnels fitted with rows of wooden beams, with gems shining along the rock wall.
Heading to the left, riders encountered Dopey again (this time a fully dimensional animated figure), pointing worriedly to a sign reading, "BEWARE OF THE WITCH."
The scene then shifted from a peaceful and pleasant forest into one of gnarled tree roots, dead vines, and muddy colors as riders passed under two vultures perched overhead.
Directly ahead, within the castle's dim interior, was a passage leading back outside, where another wooden sign signified the Dwarfs' cottage.
Riders then veered away under a stone arch and saw the hunched shadow of the Witch in front of them, creeping across a wall plastered with a large spider web.
Rounding a sharp turn, riders encountered the Witch at her cauldron offering them the poisoned apple, before being jolted away into a dark corner.
In January 1961, a number of updates were made to the Snow White dark ride by a team of Imagineers headed by Yale Gracey.
When guests boarded the ride vehicles, they entered the Dwarfs' cottage first and heard music and yodeling from "The Silly Song", while birds, chipmunks, and other forest creatures perform housekeeping tasks such as hanging a clothesline and washing the dishes.
Returning to the boarding and debarkation area, guests passed a giant book featuring a silhouette of Snow White and her Prince with his horse as they wander away towards a castle.
[15] Walt Disney Imagineering's intention was to make the ride less scary and to balance the "three core audiences" of adults, teens, and kids.
[16] The project had an unlikely start when Walt Disney Imagineering intern David Borning brought in a model and sold the office on the idea.
Returning to the loading/unloading area, guests pass the giant book featuring a silhouette of Snow White and her Prince with his horse as they wander away towards a castle.
The riders then "crashed" through the dungeon walls and escaped through the forest with the tree monsters and the crocodile logs (still bumping into the Witch, who was on a boat).
Her final appearance was on top of a doorway, dislodging an enormous jewel onto the riders (in much the same way as she tries to crush the Dwarfs with a huge rock near the end of the film).
Riders would then enter a room full of flashing cartoon-like strobe lights (similar to Alice in Wonderland at Disneyland in California prior to 1984) with the Witch's cackling echoing in their ears.
Inside the castle, the scene was similar to the Disneyland version (with the Queen turning into the Witch and working at the cauldron), although the Magic Mirror (voiced by Tony Jay) was added who said, "Alas!
The ride continued into the forest where the Huntsman (a newly added character in this version of the attraction, and voiced by Peter Renaday) tells Snow White to "run away and never come back!
In a new scene, the riders then passed the Witch giving Snow White the apple, then emerged from the cottage as she gloated that she was the fairest one of all.
The first half closely resembles the 1971 Disney World version, with guests seeing the Witch's transformation, watching her creating the poisoned apple in the dungeon, passing her on a boat, and then winding through the spooky forest.
Upon entering the cottage, the ride switches to the 1983 Disneyland version, where the Dwarfs perform The Silly Song with Snow White watching from the stairs.
since the transformation already happened earlier in the ride, The vultures are watching at the entrance to the Dwarfs' mine, which is slightly longer and has a more menacing atmosphere.
The final scene is similar to the 1994 Disney World ride's happier ending, in which guests pass under an arch with the Prince's castle visible in the distance.
The castle is also on guests' left in the Paris version, and there is no preceding scene in which the Prince awakens Snow White with a kiss.
Another notable element is that the mine features a cart full of gems rolling toward guests, which is derived from the 1971 Disney World original.