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Castle Walkthru
The Sleeping Beauty Castle walkthru Attraction opened in 1957 as an "A Ticket"
attraction, and remained opened until October 7, 2001, the day the United
States first struck Taliban targets and the castle was deemed a security
risk.  Since 2001 the Walkthru has remained closed and officially "under
refurbishment" but here are some scenes on the dioramas that were there and are probably still there... collecting dust.  Well ok they already had dust on them before they closed it.

The first display shows the parade of peasants coming to the castle to celebrate the birth of the Princess Aurora.  Those who did not bring gifts were forced to watch the parade from above. 
Maleficent (who is evil) shows up, angered that she wasn't invited.  As punishment, she puts an evil curse on the baby princess proclaiming that she will die by her 16th birthday, strangely enough creating 15 more birthdays that she will probably not get invited to.  
King Stephan, fearing Maleficent's curse, decided to burn all of the spinning wheels in the kingdom.  Fearing retribution from the textile unions, they send off the baby Aurora into the woods with the three good fairies: Flora, Fauna and Meriweather.
And then for 15 years nothing happened. 

 
Just a normal day... dancing with the animals. 
Laws were different back then...
Then for reasons which are no longer obvious, the reformed Briar Rose returned to the castle, where she found the place to be an awful awful awful mess. 

For reasons which are no longer obvious, the Prince wandered into the castle and performed unsolicited sexual acts upon a sleeping minor. 

 
And then they danced the night away and lived happily ever after.

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