Snow White’s Previous Disney Ride Was Wild and Creepy as Hell

The earliest memory I have of Snow White’s Scary Adventures at Disneyland is being in the shadowy, utterly terrifying woods with monster trees crunching all around the ride vehicle as the old witch jump-scares you for what felt like the hundredth time. I can’t tell you how old I was when I first rode the ride, but my first introduction to the hag form of the Evil Queen, even before I watched Walt Disney Animation’s Snow White in its entirety, was specifically the Disney Sing-Along Songs: Disneyland Fun! VHS tape my parents got me. It’s one of my biggest kid core memories, which probably explains my career. In it the Disney Villains dance along to “Grim Grinning Ghosts” and it is childhood nightmare fuel in the best way. The costuming on the hag, with its face mask contorted to one expression based on the look post-transformation in Snow White, will haunt you. I wore that tape out as I eagerly anticipated annual birthday or Christmas trips to Disneyland as a Southern California native. ... Read full article.