As Lack heard the story, "Originally it was going in a dumpster, but an employee saved them and said he was going to repair them. The Cinderella Village section was rebuilt in the early 1980s, about the time all of Fantasyland was remodeled.Ĭarolwood Foundation vice president Fred Lack speculates that the miniature village was destined for the scrap heap. ![]() What happened was that over the years, as Storybook's original structures began to deteriorate, Disneyland started replacing them with near-exact replicas. Unfortunately, the years have not been kind to the little buildings, which are not on display for visitors to see, as they are being prepped for preservation and restoration. That fourth pocket, including the gateway arch, now rests with the Carolwood Foundation, caretakers of Walt's Barn. In addition to the 19-foot castle, Storybook's Cinderella Village consists of about a dozen buildings in five areas: (going from lowest to highest) the Tremaine House mansion, a tight cluster of cottages next to a stone archway marking the beginning of the mountain pathway, a large cottage marked with a single trefoil, a cluster of cottages off to the far right, and a final pocket of buildings centered by a cottage marked with four trefoils and ending with a stone archway leading to the bridge up to the castle. The original uppermost structures from Storybook Land’s Cinderella Village now reside with the Carolwood Foundation at Griffith Park. ![]() It's a collection of original buildings from the Cinderella Village section of Storybook Land. A visit to Walt's Barn at Griffith Park affords visitors the opportunity to view a goldmine of railway-related treasures-miniature railcars, Walt's personal tools and handmade work benches, portions of his home's backyard track, and, of course, the barn itself-his personal workshop.īut in a nearby shed, hidden beneath a blue tarp and easily overlooked alongside the glorious combine of Walt's boyhood, sits a delicate, decaying piece of Disneyland history, only tangentially railroad-related (I say "tangentially," since it could be spotted from the Casey Jr.
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