The dark rides have been receiving upgrades in recent times, which is a good thing. But there's still plenty of room for improvement.
In the Snow White ride, that would be updated with the mural moved over to the load area somewhat, replacing the forest area and much of the cottage, like in Paris, like so (although not with the same kind of mural; more like the Disneyland one):
In the ride itself, most of it will remain untouched until near the very end, which shows the Witch, having given Snow White the apple, now offering you, the guests, the apple while standing in the door. But that will be revised so that now the Witch is actually seen giving the apple to Snow White, so that the Witch is now looking away from the guests while Snow White is in the cottage door. It looks like a scene from the now-closed Snow White ride at WDW:
The other dark rides have been updated to some degree or another, as I stated, and I think Pinocchio is fine as is. Over by the Casey Jr. Circus Train load area is a brand-new detail: a railroad crossing sign based on the one for the Casey Jr. Splash-n-Soak Station at WDW (imagine the words "Splash-n-Soak" replaced with "Circus Train" and you've got an idea):
There are currently two trains, apparently. One has the number 7 on it, the other the number 9. On the cage-themed cars, I would revise the setup of cage labels on both of them so that it has a little more variety beyond just "monkeys" and "wild animals". This is in deference to the Casey Jr. Splash-n-Soak Station, which has at least four different animal cars. Only the 7 train will now have a "monkeys" cage, while the "wild animals" cage is now renamed to "camels". But the 9 train's cages will now be named from "monkeys" and "wild animals" to "giraffes" and "elephants", which, incidentally, are the two labels on the train at the Splash-n-Soak area (but as cages, obviously):
At the other end of the land, in the Wonderland mini-area, several new decorative elements are put up. By the Mad Tea Party entrance, a teapot has been added, with the name of the ride on it. It is a giant teapot, with a familiar-looking Dormouse popping out:
Also, at the end, there is a new statue of the Cheshire Cat holding up signs pointing in different directions:
The Motor Boat Cruise area will be used for future development yet to be determined. Finally, down at It's a Small World, there will be some new updates there. For better or worse, the Disney characters remain, but there will no longer be any Disney songs intertwined in the music. There will be the additions of new characters, such as Frozen's Anna, Elsa and Olaf in the opening Scandinavian scene, and Merida in the Scotland scene. There will also be the addition of a new language added to the soundtrack, French, as you go by that area. Finally, the penultimate America scene is somewhat revised. The desert scene features more rockwork areas and Native American figures here. The other side, which is of a farm, is now replaced by a swamp area, which has a bullfrog and alligator, along with The Princess and the Frog's Tiana and Naveen standing on a riverboat. And the Hollywood Bowl-looking archway is now replaced by a set of skylines, across which the Golden Gate Bridge runs, similar to Hong Kong's version:
That's about it for Disneyland's Fantasyland. See you next time!
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