Ever see a Disney movie and feel somewhat defeated that you ’ll never be able to visit those wondrous , antic lieu ? Good news show : The castle , towns , geological formations , and even buildings in many Disney film were invigorate by real - life locations . So the next fourth dimension you ’re feeling a slight sad that you ’ll never get to visit Snow White ’s bungalow or the Beast ’s magical castle , buy yourself a plane just the ticket and get going . ( Mining nanus and enchanted silver not ensure . )
Places You Can Visit
1 . The tangible place : Angel Falls in VenezuelaThe Disney place : Paradise Falls inUp
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To find their inspiration for Carl and Ellie Frederickson ’s pipe dream adventure , manager Pete Docter and nine of his Pixar cohortstrekked through the South American jungle . Among the inspiring landscape was Angel Falls , the world ’s high-pitched uninterrupted falls , which became Paradise Falls for the motion picture .
2 . The genuine spot : U - fall Inn in Shamrock , TexasThe Disney place : Ramone ’s Body Shop inCars
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Many of the plaza and attractive force inCarswere direct inspired by aRoute 66 route tripJohn Lasseter claim with his wife and kids . Ramone ’s Body Shop , for example , is a almost - exact replication of the U - Drop Inn , an historical art deco gas pedal post and eatery built in 1936 in Shamrock , Texas .
3 . The substantial place : Mont Saint - Michel in Normandy , FranceThe Disney place : The castle inTangled
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The castle where Rapunzel was steal from her parent was inspired by the mode of many castling , but one affair was certain from the very first : Ithad to be situatedon an island like Mont Saint - Michel in Normandy , France .
4 . The existent spot : Chateau du Chambord , FranceThe Disney place : The Beast ’s castle inBeauty and the wildcat
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Creating the Beast and his environment was turn out to be a bit ambitious for animator Glen Keane — but then he and his crew chit-chat the Chateau of Chambord . “ It was an ominous , impressive space with all of these steeple and just standing there before us,“he said . " I mean I ’ll never bury the sunrise driving up there through the mist and murk and seeing it there . I retrieve , ' This is the Beast ’s rook . This is where he lives . ' "
5 . The real berth : Neuschwanstein Castle , GermanyThe Disney position : Sleeping Beauty castle , Disneyland
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When Walt and Lillian Disney took a little European holiday prior to the construction of their theme parks , one of their stopswas Neuschwanstein , a 19th - C Bavarian castling commission by King Ludwig II in 1869 . When the Disneys come up back to California , they used elements of the fairy story - same computer architecture in sleep Beauty Castle , Disneyland ’s centerpiece .
6 . The real stead : Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo , TexasThe Disney place : Cadillac Range inCars
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Just like Ramone ’s Body Shop , Cadillac Range , the geological formation nearCars’Radiator Springs , was barrack by a far-famed Route 66 attraction . The “ Cadillac Ranch ” near Amarillo , Texas , was created in 1974 as anart instalment .
7 . The real property : Hotel de Glace in Quebec CityThe Disney shoes : Elsa ’s frappe palace inFrozen
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You probably think Elsa ’s frozen power were just fabrication , but the Creator of this ice hotel in Quebec City get laid otherwise . Director Chris Buckstayed at the Hotel de Glaceto do search about five years beforeFrozenwas released , studying ice structures and snow structure .
8 . The substantial place : Storybook bungalow in the Los Feliz neighborhood of L.A.The Disney billet : The Seven Dwarfs ' cottage inSnow White
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Many hoi polloi imagine these Loz Feliz cottage were inspired bySnow White , but it ’s actuallythe other way around . The cottage were designed and build by architect Ben Sherwood in 1931 , andSnow Whitewasn’t liberate until 1937 . At least one of the animators who worked intemperately on the movie endure here while he worked on the motion-picture show .
The One You Can’t Visit
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Despite a long - persisting rumor ( and many , many Internet articles),The Lion King ’s Pride Rockis not based on a real - life counterpartin Hell ’s Gate National Park in Kenya . “ We took a trip to Kenya to research the animals and the landscape for the movie , ” Colorado - manager Roger Allershas hold . “ There are sure things rise from the landscape , but we used a variety of inspirations . Many people try out to say , ' Pride Rock is based on this mountain here , ' but they are wrong . An creative person in Burbank excogitate Pride Rock . "
