Sleeping Beauty's Castle. Before the construction of Disneyland in Anaheim, California, Walt Disney and his wife embarked on a European vacation and spent a bit of time visiting Neuschwanstein Castle.

Neuschwanstein Castle (Schloss Neuschwanstein) famously served as the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle ... popular tourist attractions in Europe, and just a two-hour train ...

One of the most beautiful castles in Europe and probably the most recognisable in the world, Neuschwanstein served as the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle and it’s easy to ...

(Getty Images)| Princess fantasies come to life at Neuschwanstein, a 19th-century castle in the Bavarian Alps that Disneyland Resort used as inspiration when designing Sleeping Beauty Castle.