The History of Disney's SCARIEST Ride

Have a seat, traveler. Gather around the fire. Allow me to tell you tale about what was the scariest ride Disney had ever built. No aliens. No ghosts. Just a crazy old lady following you around the woods laughing REALLY REALLY loudly.
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[@OffhandDisney]

BOO! Did I get ya? No? This is just text, making jumpscares pretty much impossible? And now I'm making it worse by talking to myself?

[@EPCOTNERDLovesDisney]

Don't worry, Offhand. You got me. What a perfect match, I'm watching the Haunted Mansion movie (2023) and I get scared by the literal master of the mansion :O

[@ConnorCampbell-ch5mk]

I jumped, that was almost as scary as the stitch burp in stitches Great escape… l can still smell it… gross

[@Sirmrcrab]

You terrified me shame on you ):

[@Delundon]

I went on the Tokyo ride this past summer thinking it was the current Disneyland version. To my pleasant surprise, it was the original, boulder and all! I loved it! And they have Pirates complete with the auction scene and the men chasing the women. That place is a museum.

[@benl5481]

I went on it too! Though I knew it was the original when I went on. They've kept their version in an immaculate condition!

[@r.osemary]

Right!! I only had a weeknight pass for TDL last summer so I had to make a beeline for Snow White, Mr Toad, Pirates, and Haunted Mansion to see all the original versions. It's so cool to see the rides' original concepts but PERFECTLY maintained and up-to-date. Tokyo Disney Resort is the best, idk if i can ever go back to the US parks after that 😅

[@Delundon]

​@@benl5481 @benl5481 I wish the American parks had the same maintenance as Tokyo. When I went on their Splash Mountain, I completely forgot they're used to be a fish jumping through the broken net of the fishermen. That effect was broken at WDW for the longest, along with the bees.

[@Delundon]

​@@r.osemaryThat park is what the Magic Kingdom was in the 90s and before when the company actually cared. It is weird to see Haunted Mansion in Fantasyland though, but I appreciate the tradition of having that ride in a different land every park.

[@stanfordite1]

Pirates will be restored to its original 1967 glory complete with auction and pirates chasing women again in time for its 75th.

[@atch300]

Wow this is horrific. It’s like a creepypasta version of the real ride where all the characters are in constant misery.

[@ctermaat]

I recently had to look up this ride to make sure it wasn’t a fever dream I had as a child.

[@andyb7808]

Same! And to answer you Dallin, as a kid I was honestly completely thrown off by how freaky the original ride was. I also didn’t really get why Snow White wasn’t featured in the ride. It wasn’t until decades later watching your videos that I even learned about the POV intent of early Fantasyland dark rides!

[@worldsmostaveragemagician2246]

Exact same thought

[@kdusel1991]

​@@worldsmostaveragemagician2246 I rode the disney world version as a kid and it scared the shit out of me. Hopefully they'll revive it for Villains Land!

[@auldthymer]

I was so scared that the witch was going to drop that diamond on us (only, I remembered it as a boulder). I was five.

[@ToastDeOtter]

Same! Was sitting here thinking: "why does this all seem so familiar?" Childhood memory unlocked.

[@nathanielpeterson7026]

I am a survivor of the original Snow White's Adventures in the Magic Kingdom. It was scary and fun, and I remain slightly fascinated by that mine cart full of glowing gemstones that jump-scares ya. As a six year-old, I wanted to reach out and grab the gems right out of it.

[@kdusel1991]

Me too!

[@mowerdan8133]

I loved the original version. It was more akin to those classic amusement park Pretzel Mfg dark rides from the '50s & '60s. It was very dark with fast, tight turns, jump scares, & loud noises. And it had a campy vibe to it.

[@skipbreakfast]

That ride scared the ever-living crap out of me as a child and I didn't ride it again until my 20s.

[@bingotheraccoon]

Okay, the man can pull off a cloak like NOBODY else. Please, Offy, consider making that a part of your everyday rotation.

[@Mr17051963]

The “horror” version is still running in Tokyo Disneyland. At least, it was ‘till very recently. 👻

[@harwickbranch]

Even the revamped Disneyland version scared the hell out of me as a kid-the fact that it coexisted with this version for a decade is insane

[@Mochichu-w6b]

The scariest Disney moment for me is when I went to Disney land and didn’t know they don’t have a people mover and I cried 😭😭 How do the people in California who never been to ether live without knowing the magic of the people mover, a damn shame

[@jaxdaggerthegreat]

The people mover was brilliant. An absolute must during the hot steamy afternoon followed by If You Had Wings.

[@jessierudolph4179]

Apparently we had one and it was turned into rocket rods. Unfortunately the speed of the new fast cars couldn’t handle the original slow moving track so it was closed and the skeletal remains of people mover stands in Tomorrowland. It’s an artifact of failed nineties/2000s hubris.

[@carolrios9216]

They closed the People Mover at Disneyland after a couple of fatal accidents. 😢

[@kdusel1991]

​@@carolrios9216 no they closed it cause of the damage to the track that rocket rods did. Luckily the peoplemover is still around in Disney World! It's my mom's favorite ride in magic kingdom.

[@TheRatsCast]

At nearly 60, I can say, yes, I have been on the original right. Many times, in fact. Once, when I was young, and later as an adult. I even had a friend who worked in the park and grabbed one of the original apples from the witch's hands. I don't have that anymore. Wish I did. Once they changed the ride, you could no longer remove the apple. I had a piece of Disney history once.

[@waxifari5528]

Bro it does exist, Tokyo. And it’s opening day pristine upkeep. Loved loved loved duping my kids with that one 😂

[@lydiathompson7442]

The earliest memory I have is crying on Snow Whites Scary Adventures. My mom has a picture of it, tears streaming down my face while encountering the terrifying evil queen. That picture is still hanging in the hallway of our house. Still get shivers down my spine just thinking of that ride.

[@larryinfl80]

I went on this at 7 years old for the first time. They sent us through with the lights off by mistake so I had to ride it in pitch black darkness just hearing all the craziness. When we get back I wanted off but they sent us through again lights on..still terrifying.

[@powerpup97]

Still to this day, since I saw a video of the original version of Snow White's Adventures, I keep asking myself..."What were they thinking???"

[@holbrooke7]

I never got to ride any version of this, but my mom, my uncle and my grandma did when they were younger. My mom told me my uncle did NOTwant to ride on any ride with my great grandma, so he rode this with my grandma instead. And my mom says my grandma got SO SCARED with the watch popping out unexpectedly and with the big gemstone nearly being pushed on them at the end. My uncle then decided he didn't mind riding with my great grandma after that.

[@ThemeSnark]

I'm kind of in the camp of "why doesn't Disney want to scare anyone anymore," but I do enjoy how Enchanted Wish works in practice

[@someoneout-there2165]

Exterrorestrial was their best attraction and scarier than any ride at Universal.

[@edhieronymus3602]

I think I rode Snow White's Adventures when I was about 5 years old in 1978, and I remember being terrified by it like I was by The Haunted Mansion ( but I wanted to move in there too ) and Pirates of The Carribean. I rode Snow Whites Adventures again on my Senior High School Trip in 1991, and I thought it wasn't as scary as I remembered it being in 1978.

[@sir_theodore23]

Snow white's scary adventures is the reason I didn't ride haunted mansion for years. Went on snow white as a 6 year old for my first Disney trip and thought "if they made snow white that scary, a straight up haunted house ride must be terrifying"

[@JacobLucasSorenson]

When i was small i was absolutely terrifed of the original matterhorn yeti lol

[@seandearmond519]

There's an interesting layer of the original ride that I don't see too many people talking about. When Walt Disney World was being built Fantasyland was originally going to have a Sleeping Beauty ride in place of the Snow White ride, which would 'tell' the story of the Prince's escape from Maleficent's dungeon. But somewhere in the early development word came from above that they were going to have to make a Snow White ride instead. Now that's as far as the information goes, but I don't think it's all that much of a leap to fill in a few details. It's possible that the Imagineers may have been far enough along in the ride design to feel using what they already had was a better option than restarting from scratch, and it's also possible they may have been very irritated, and more than a little rebellious. It's easy to imagine the mirror scene as Maleficent's sole appearance in fairy form where she becomes aware that the Prince (you) are escaping, and the witch's numerous pop ups would have been her goons. The famous staircase scene could easily have been the three good fairies seeing the shadow of Maleficent transforming into the dragon, all culminating into a showdown with the beast itself.

[@H3rnD1zzl3]

I was eight years old the first time I ever went to Disney World in Florida. This ride literally traumatized me for the rest of the visit there and actually skewered my vision of what Walt Disney World was supposed to be in general. I remember the first time the witch spun around and scared me at the beginning of the ride that I started to cry. I literally had my hands on my eyes, hiding the entire rest of the ride only to hear the audio that you played at the beginning throughout pretty much the entirety of the ride. When I finally felt like it had subdued, I took my hands off my eyes, only see the witch try to drop that gem, which in my mind‘s eye I recalled as a boulder. To which I then started to cry again. This frigging ride was so traumatizing and scary that I had to hide my eyes from it for at least half of it. Only to be scared one last time right as we were exiting. I don’t recall seeing any of the inside of the cabin or any of the other stuff because I was hiding the whole time. I’m sure my father thought I was a wuss, but I was literally traumatized. If I also recall correctly, it was not a large ride, but it had the essence of a roller coaster as well, which only made it harder for me to maintain my composure because I’ve never been on a roller coaster until then. To make matters worse as soon as we exited this ride, my dad got weak in the knees because of the heat and almost passed out in the middle of Main Street. I tell people about this ride and no one believes me. I’m so thankful that you actually have a video about this just to prove that it existed. Also I’m gonna blame you for my nightmares tonight. Lol!

[@happyhauntzz]

Fun fact: The imagineer who made the original ride originally wanted to work on Haunted Mansion, but was assigned Snow White. Also, two nickels? What was the other Fantasyland dark ride where you die LOL

[@eftelboy]

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

[@jetsons101]

What..... Wait...... There were two Mr. Toad's Wild Rides at WDW. There were two separate and different rides, each on different tracks. They just shared the same show building, REALLY --- check it out. I was on both before the ride was removed "under protest" to make room for a Winnie-The-Poop ride..... UGH

[@MattMcIrvin]

I find that the warnings outside of attractions as Disney and Universal parks are largely useless because they err so far on the side of warning that one gets trained to discount them, and they might as well not be there at all. I saw a lot of little kids riding Dinosaur and being traumatized by it.

[@EPiche09]

Have you ever been on a carvial haunted house ride? Plenty of little jump scares. Those have been around forever. They inspired these dark rides. Snow White was the first animated feature. It was a scary movie.

[@jasonwilliams4456]

As a child of the 1970s, I can confirm how scary this ride was. You did not even mention one of the scariest things, there used to be a part in the front while you waited in line where the evil queen would peek out behind curtains, that’s still burned into my mind 46 years later.

[@buster5661]

Bugs life at animal kingdom. I never cried so much in my life

[@FemaleFullmetal]

I used to have nightmares about this ride. More specifically scary adventures, but we also had a vacation planning program that if I remember correctly featured the original iteration as it was published in 1994. I could be mistaken. Either way, there was a Hidden Mickey "game" within the program where you had to go look at everything on the disc and see if you could find them all. Well one of them was in the section of the ride where the witch turns away from the mirror, and it always scared the crap out of me. (Though I do also remember riding the ride and being scared too)

[@theboringkaren]

I thought I was experiencing Mandela Effect for the longest time because I swore it was called Snow White and Her Adventures when I rode it as a kid, not Scary Adventures. Thank you for saving my sanity!!

[@palmermccall7309]

So glad to see you cover this. Snow White's Adventures *was* absolutely a magnificent scare-fest! There was *one* hint in the outdoor entry scene of the mayhem to come, and that was the evil queen opening the curtain to leer down upon you before entering. The noise, jerky and unpredictable track, and terror were amazing. Every appearance (jump scare) of the witch, the crocodiles, trees, and mine cart was startling. I'm so glad you reference Widen Your World...after bussing tables at at age 17 in the Crystal Palace during the summer of '87, I was in school with Mike Lee that autumn in Sarasota. Widen Your World is, I think, the most scholarly and complete resource out there, but I think that your channel, information, and analysis are very close. Alas, when I finally revisited the MK in 2010 with my sister and her 12-14 year-old kids, I had to really restrain myself from describing how great this or that was, before it was changed. Snow White's Scary Adventure was about as lame as anything could be, and not even reminiscent of the chaotic horror of the original!!

[@LauraBow]

Its crazy how they made a whole ride where the evil queen torments everyone and wins. Like a version of Snow White where the queen is done messing around. Actually they should make a version of that for evey disney movie. Just send the riders throught hell ride after hell ride.

[@Designing_Her_Legacy]

Thank you for this. I have even telling my kids for years how much trauma my mom put me through riding this ride. Best part is she would tell me to open my eyes bc I kept them closed shut. I swore for years it was not like the DL ride as well. Appreciate your reporting and storytelling!

[@MannyEmm]

I have been visiting Disneyland doe 62 years…..I am 66 now. I remember how scary the original Snow White was. It was kind of a thrill dark ride. I loved the attraction growing up. People said that Disneyland was supposed to be happy and magical, but just about every Disney animated movie had its element of fear or tragedy….I still cry over the loss of Bambi’s mom….poor Bambi….anyway, sniff, sniff, when the new version came out…the Enchanted Wish…it seemed boring, compared to the original….kind of a let down. It also seems shorter! I wish I could go on the coaster version at WDW. How similar is that coaster to Big Thunder? Thank you Dallin, for your usual outstanding reporting and information!

[@wdwnutjm]

This was such an awesome video! My very first trip to WDW was our honeymoon in 1987. I have kind of a funny memory of my first time on this ride (all in all I loved it, but SOOOO scary with the witch popping out every few minutes) The 2nd time we went on it (our 1st anniversary), the ride actually stopped part way through the ride and there I was stuck in the room with the witch popping out again and again and again!!!! (I was okay but still a little traumatized) It's a ride we think about all the time - I really miss it.

[@rainerja1959]

I seem to remember riding this, but I was 11. I may have been startled, but not scared.

[@CobraDBlade]

I got to ride the original version of this ride back when I was very, very, very, VERY young. My pre-preschool aged self was so terrified of the first scene that I covered my eyes for the entire ride. My parents were not pleased.

[@Double-R-Nothing]

The video of the old ride legit looks like a snuff film you'd find in a sketchy MEGA file on the dark web. Whoever designed that ride hated children.

[@Continuingsourceofinspiration]

I saw a video on KZbin a while back (I can’t remember the account) about this ride explaining that the ride was so scary because the imagineer who designed it (who also worked on the haunted mansion at Disneyland) was annoyed that the haunted mansion didn’t end up as scary as he wanted. So he threw all the scary at Snow White. I don’t have any sources however so not sure how true this is.

[@ttintagel]

I always think of the last scene of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride as Heck rather than actual Hell. It IS a Disney park, after all! I'll never stop regretting skipping both Mr. Toad and Snow White on childhood trips in the 1980s because I wrote them off as "kid stuff."

[@MrBegliocchi]

It would be cool if they made a version of the ride where you’re either in the perspective of the huntsman and the queen commissions you to track down Snow White to kill her. Or they could make a version where both the witch and the huntsman pop out and scary you a bunch of times

[@GlenHallstrom]

That may have been scary but it's got NUTHIN' on the original Alice in Wonderland ride at Disneyland. I went on that one as a 7-8 year old and it scared me so bad I wouldn't ride it for about 30 years.

[@stephenharber5694]

I’ve seen the recreation on KZbin, does that do the ride justice? What is the scariest part?

[@GlenHallstrom]

@@stephenharber5694 got a link? I'd like to see it.

[@finland4ever55]

Dude you saying you're an old man now?

[@JP-1990]

Not only is the evil queen dead, but she is so dead that when they kill Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty, they use the same screen noise when Eric throws his sword at her from when the evil queen falls off the cliff.

[@zeroconsequences]

I think back then was just a different time, and kids were less scared by things like this. After all, they were all told they were within fifteen minutes of being nuked by the USSR.

[@disney.daze.55]

This is wild. I’d be terrified. I wonder if I rode it as a toddler and just don’t remember

[@DonnyG02]

Great video as always! Have a great weekend!

[@JazzyLnae]

I was a College Program cast member in 2006 and I remember riding “Snow White’s Scary Adventures” by myself right before park close. It was scary, but I loved it. Never knew that version was an updated version & the original was even scarier. Definitely wish it was still there. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is not an upgrade (in my opinion.)

[@brendonneely9456]

My family went to Disneyworld back in 1992. I was pretty young at the time and we did ride Snow White's Adventures. I was fairly young and was terrified at the ride. But in response to your message about not having a warning about the ride, they had put warning signs out by the time we rode it.

[@beehatesyou]

I was very little going on this ride and once I saw the witch turn around in that one room it ALWAYS made me cry and I never wondered why. But I think this ride was just overstimulating for little me😭.

[@stooch66]

First went on this when I was four…and that hag always scared the heck out of me, as did all the atmosphere. But, I loved that ride and was really bummed when they got rid of it. The “Scary Adventures” version was then a let down to me, as it was slower (as I remember) and less scary. And, to me, Disney was about transporting me to other worlds and taking me out of the every day.

[@inkwadnito966]

You forgot to mention that version at Tokyo Disneyland is still themed to be scary.

[@Cymorill8]

I went on Scary Adventures in DL as an adult and remember being really shocked at how scary it was! I was not expecting that level of intensity in a fantasy land ride and something I thought would be more geared to little kids. I was so disappointed when they changed it.

[@MikeOxlong-mo8oh]

I remember riding Snow White’s Scary Adventures at Disney World in 2011/2012. I was 6/7 at the time and figuratively shat my pants. It was horrifying.

[@jaxdaggerthegreat]

I agree that the original Snow White was scary, but as a kid, driving through Hell in an antique car was more traumatic. Secondarily, It’s a Small World is only scary when the boats stop mid ride. “Don’t look into their eyes; no sudden movements….”

[@Orkunkadunk]

You have the chance to make a jungle cruise retrospective next month, heed my word offhand

[@Daybreaq]

I went to WDW opening year. I was four. Growing up in the Miami area; I had multiple subsequent WDW visits throughout my childhood. I distinctly remember being terrified of the witch and her constantly jumping out in front of me. I don’t think I agreed to ride it again until I was 10 or so.

[@riviecore]

NEW OFFHAND VIDEOOOO

[@cosettekonzelman9518]

I'm expecting to have ExtraTERRORestial Alien Encounter in this video, but why not.

[@KLGChaos]

I can smell the vanilla and cedar from thst candle. Mostly because I'm burning one now. 😂 I do regret all the cool rides I missed by not going to Disney when I was younger.

[@cecsouthflorida8739]

if disney world does get that villain land i want this original ride to make a comeback BUT (since im a universal fan now): make it use the scoop ride system 🗣️

[@ObscureDisney]

The first time I went to Disney World in 2003 I went on Snow White's Scary Adventures. I was 6 years old, and from what I remember of it, nothing terrified me until the end when the witch looked like she was about to drop a boulder on us.

[@BlueSurf77]

I went on the original version, Snow Whites Adventures, as a kid and I can say it was pretty scary, lol The part that got me the most was all the faces on the trees in the woods scene.

[@yamihoole]

I was on Snow Whites Adventures once, and was completely terrified. Spent most of the ride with my eyes closed and hunched over. Never rode it again, even when it was redone

[@codypierson4739]

Had the pleasure of riding this and Exterrorestrial one evening at MK at the age of 9. I’m glad I got to experience these defunct attractions, but all I remember was the super loud witch screams and the trees…those freaking trees

[@amazingamphy7365]

When I was 3 they still had characters walking around WDW (only during extra magic hours IIRC), so I got to ride Scary Adventures with Snow White herself. I still have the pic of me cowering in her arms 😭

[@rickpontificates3406]

My wife likes the Disneyland makeover of Snow White. It has a real ending now.

[@junetrooper]

Disneyland Paris still has a similar version the Scary Adventures

[@sonomabob9043]

I don't recall me or my brother being scared going on that ride- we were 9 & 7 yrs when WDW opened. I remember it mostly as a carnival quality ride.

[@FruitBrute]

I did ride Snow White’s Scare Adventure, I remember thinking the witch transformation scene was a really cool affect. The ride got replaced inbetween trips for me. I remember the new fantasyland walls being up, but I didn’t realize they’d also replaced the Snow White ride until I was looking for it on a trip afterwards. 🤣

[@meredithradig1902]

California girl here so my childhood Snow White ride was the one at Disneyland. I know it was a little different but in the late 80s it terrified me. I definitely remember those creepy trees that tried to grab you and the witch jump scares.

[@carolezabe1555]

The Disneyland Paris version is the closest that remain to Snow White scary adventures. Here it's called 'Blanche Neige et les sept nains" (snow white and the seven dwarfs) and this scared the crap out of me as a child. First time i went with my parents, i was 4 (1995) and the position of this ride is vicious. It's located right behind the castle, so many guests at the time used to walk up main street and go under the castle to Fantasyland and snow white is the first ride in sight - that was my very first disney ride...and oh boy i will never forget it. We got stuck into the dungeon scene with the skeletons, one of them comes close to the vehicle and i would have sweared it touched the vehicle. I was frozen in terror and my mom tried to reassure me "don't be scared, it's ok". 30 years later, riding it still makes me uneasy, especially the forest scene because the trees are huges and menacing, bending closer at arm reach.

[@danalexander6049]

I can appreciate the original ride now, but as a small child, I hated it. It seemed to promise a happy experience, but then it pulled a bait and switch. I really think the designers of Six Flags Over Georgia's Monster Plantation/Monster Mansion (1981) were inspired by the original Snow White's Adventures. It also pitches a cute adventure but then takes a dark turn in a swamp filled with menacing creatures and very similar monster trees.

[@kevint5149]

“Why not just complete the whole thing and send yourself to hell?” 😂 hilarious…I love your channel you’re so weird and that is a HUGE compliment in my eyes 😂

[@AngelJD]

I recall the witch scaring me crashing though the drawf's window jump scaring me. I was less then ten years old and later in my life I was trying to find proof this version existed.

[@_captain_N]

oh I remember this version. I have seen KZbin videos of it and I remember this was the real deal when it came to creepy rides. this version was the real deal compared to the haunted mansion ride and the guy who worked on this version was originally working on the haunted mansion and he wanted to make it alot more darker than it is but this idea was abandoned in Marc Davis more light hearted approach. I even saw another KZbin video of this where they explained the history of this version. there is even a KZbin video it where the ride stops twice in a row. I always found it creepy with the shadowy ghost on the stairway by the dwarfs and the furniture looking all creeped out in the dwarfs cottage and how all you get is the sound of wailing and moaning and crickets and no music. the fact that the creepy witch basically kills you at the end of the ride with a giant diamond and how it shows the starburst effect indicating that she succeeded fits it perfectly. also snow white is nowhere to be seen cause you as the rider is seeing it through her eyes as if it were a nightmare. they should make a similar version to this ride but instead have Zeebo the clown from the show are you afraid of the dark as the main antagonist instead of the witch.

[@averyeml]

The first time I went to WDW was in 2000 (or late enough 99 that they were selling new year merch) and I was 5. I remember almost nothing at all from that trip. It’s basically just a breakfast meet and greet with Tigger, and then the “less frightening” version of this which still was plenty frightening

[@sarahvanorden670]

I rode Snow White’s Scary Adventures as a kid and have heard countless stories about me screaming and crying because of the witch, I don’t remember the ride because I was so young but now watching this video… I might react the same way as an adult

[@mathewhumvee]

The only thing going through my head on the ride was “THIS IS FOR CHILDREN!!!!”

[@ignaciodiaz3804]

Little three year old me utterly agrees when I wrote it in 1971.

[@kirabowie]

I remember going on Snow White's Adventures at the Magic Kingdom when I was younger & my main memory of the ride was having it stop for a few minutes during an alligator part (?) before the lights came on & we sat there for 10 minutes. The lights totally ruined the magic. 😭 I've been on rides that have stopped before and the scariest on was in the Haunted Mansion where the wallpaper has eyes and the doors knock. 😱

[@Bobopotamus]

Sorry, but Alien Encounters was THE scariest ride from Disney! Seeing the creature, hearing the cast member scream and his bones crunching and then have all the lights go out and suddenly you hear it breathing behind you!!! As an adult it scared the crap out of me, and my seat backed up to a wall behind me!

[@m.hreels9822]

I can’t get over your long hair dude! 😂 you must condition that thing a lot! 👍🏻

[@havenm6181]

I remember mom telling me about this version of the ride and how it terrified her. Watching the video I was obsessed. I want to ride this version so bad. I fucking love the scary trees

[@melaniemanning2462]

You mean when you go to hell? On Mr. Toad's wild ride? Clearly the scariest, at least as far as existential dread.

[@sandy_shark]

It disturbs me on a personal level

[@melissadahl7561]

I remember when I was a little girl before I knew anything about this ride other than the Snow White part, my occupational therapist said this ride was terrifying and I didn't believe her at all (and I might have even teased her a little about it) but I take it back...she was right. The witch, holy crap. That would have just scarred me worse than the Haunted Mansion originally did.

[@Remshot1234]

Thank you Squire

[@twizshiz]

I remember this. When did they change this? Wow, this brings back a lot of memories.

[@gd515051]

I remember riding this at Disneyland around 1978. That thing was scary.

[@gracestaton3618]

I remember when I went to the Magic Kingdom when I was 8, and my Dad asked what ride I wanted to go on. I only saw the words: "Snow White" and chose this ride when it was still her scary adventure. I got so traumatized by it that I had a screaming fit when I saw the Evil Queens old hag version in a coloring book that it had to be thrown away.

[@xpanderxt2]

YES! the original was terrifying. I went on it in 1972 as an 8 year old. This ride about ruined me for Disneyland as a kid. Between my uncle and mom taking me on that, Pinocchio, Mr. Toad and Pirates of the Caribbean, I wanted nothing to do with Disney. The things that saved the trip...monorail, tikiroom, Jungle Cruise, and the people mover.

[@erinolsonanderson7361]

I (25f) and my husband (26m) went to Tokyo Disneyland last year. We were walking into the line of this ride and a cast member runs up to us and taps me on the shoulder. I turn around and she motions like quivering with a frightened face and says "scary!!" And then points at the ride. I nod yes and she responds "no." Points at the sign in English that says it may be scary for children and back at her self. In even bigger animation she motions "scary" and I respond "hai" with a thumbs up and she just shrugs and walks away. I don't know why she thought me and my husband couldn't handle this ride, but this is now a cherished memory hahah

[@mikebenda]

As a child I rode this alone in the front seat while my parents sat in the back. The scene where the witch in front of the mirror scared the crap out of me.

[@Lordvader0727]

I think Disney has the golden opportunity to place a ride like Snow Whites Enchanted Wish into Epcot at the Germany Pavilion. Epcot does need more dark rides and it’ll give more traction to the area.

[@felixfelicis8633]

I'm disappointed I wasn't able to be traumatized by the original Snow White ride 😅 Tough to be a Bug and Extra Terrorestrial messed me up in the best way! Did you ever have a Magical Moments pin? They lit up on special rides and stuff- that is a piece of Disney tech I really, truly miss

[@MagdalenaRay61]

I actually liked snow whites scary adventures when I rode it when I was 5 years old in the early 2000s. I wish Disney world’s version hadn’t turned into a meet and greet spot. I wish it had turned into another dark ride.

[@jennycraigadventures3314]

I rode the original! I was a little guy sitting next to my Aunt Jane and remember being scared and then absolutely horrified when the witch lunged at me with the apple. I guess I was either screaming or crying because I distinctly remember her telling me to close my eyes and I didn’t open them again until we were back outside. 😁

[@Darkflare_Omni]

I was on Snow White's Scary Adventures when it broke down once, lights on and everything, right outside the castle where the first witch came out. She wasn't making any noise, but it was scary sitting pretty much right next to her, especially with the lights on. I think they might have announced they were turning work lights back off, but I nearly jumped out of the ride vehicle when she started laughing and moving right next to us. I'm kind of sad I can't scar my kids with the same experience, but hey, both of my boys loved meeting Rapunzel and Tiana when we went this year, so I guess I can't complain lmao.

[@FrappeInsider]

Well there is surviving footage of a 2012 lights on from WDW snow white

[@KongoStax]

Hello Offhand Disney! Love the video! Keep up the good work! Question; What's your favorite Disney movie of all time?

[@Monkeyboy1138]

As a kid in the 80-90s, I couldn’t and wouldn’t go on Snow White, it terrified the hell out of me. My Dad and sister would go on it and my Mum and I went on Mr Toad instead.