La Tanière du Dragon ("The Lair of the Dragon") is a walk-through attraction located beneath Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant, at Disneyland Park in Disneyland Paris, and is unique to that park.[1][2][3] It opened with Euro Disneyland on April 12, 1992.[4]
| La Tanière du Dragon | |
|---|---|
| Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
| Area | Fantasyland |
| Coordinates | 48°52′23″N 2°46′34″E / 48.873°N 2.776°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | April 12, 1992 |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Walk through with audio-animatronics |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
Summary
editThe attraction features an audio-animatronic dragon, which at 27 metres (89 ft) from head to tail, was the largest Animatronic figure ever built when the park opened in April 1992. The walkthrough consists of a dimly lit cavern with a large dragon sleeping silently. Occasionally it will 'wake up', puffing smoke and growling.
Design
editIn 1987, Imagineer Terri Hardin headed up the project; she was the sole Imagineer from Walt Disney Imagineering who created it. Hardin intended to have the skeleton of Maleficent's dragon in the lair because it was under the Sleeping Beauty Castle, but Disney didn't go for it.[5]
References
edit- ^ "La Tanière du Dragon".
- ^ Barnes, Brooke (2014-11-21). "What I Discovered by Visiting Every Disney Park". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ LeRoy, JT (2005-09-25). "Uncle Walt, Parlez-Vous Français?". T Magazine. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ Schmidt, William (1992-05-24). "Visiting Disney's French Kingdom". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ Shaffer, Joshua C (2021). Discovering the Magic Kingdom: An Unofficial Disneyland Vacation Guide - Second Edition. Synergy Book Publishing. p. 669. ISBN 978-0-9991664-0-6. Retrieved 2 January 2022.