Early in the Morning, The Disneyland Band Marches through the Castle
And a Father Walks with His Son as Fantasyland Prepares for the Crowds Ahead.

Alice in Wonderland

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• A problem addressed in the 1983 renovation of Fantasyland was the daily congestion of guests in the castle courtyard area. To alleviate the crowds, Imagineers decided to move the Carousel to where the Tea Cups originally were. The Tea Cups were then moved east next to Alice in Wonderland. (Disneyland the Nickel Tour)
• The original, cheesy carnival facades of Fantasyland were not in Walt Disney's plan when the park was being developed. What he wanted for the dark ride exteriors, it is said, was something more like the tiny buildings in Storybook Land. That's why the current Fantasyland was built to look so similar to those models. (Ibid)
• The New Fantasyland opened on May 23, 1983. The children of the original kids that first crossed the drawbridge in 1955 were the first to re-enter twenty eight years later. (Ibid)