There were few castles or kings and queens for Walt Disney to base his on in America… so he chose real Disney Beauties in Europe.
Many of our Disney favourites were cribbed from fairytale and folklore, often grisly, from the Old World.
And they are front and centre around the Disney world and particularly so this Halloween.
And while, of course, it is a tale as old as time Disney never tires of telling it, nor we to hear it.
Which is why we alighted on the Mischief Makers’ body popping in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris.
As part of Mickey’s Halloween Celebration.
Halloween tale as old as time
All of which will be in your programme in your Cassidy Travel Autumn getaway.
Cassidy are offering a three-night package with flight from October 29, staying at the 4* Relais Spa Chessy Hotel
From €2,769 for two adults, two kids.
Now, of course, anyone who is going to Disney is already a big kid.
A Disney pilgrimage
And we are already familiar with the Real Disney Beauties in Europe which for many is their doorstep.
But, France is the spiritual home to the OG Beauty and the Beast.
As the magnus opus of 18th Century French writer Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
And so a Halloween visit here is something of a pilgrimage.
While for visitors from other continents, or even within ours.
You can also walk through the original Disney Castle, the Wonderful World of Disney’s Neuschwanstein, in Bavaria in Germany.
Or in the case of one excitable Disney fan, enjoying a break from Oktoberfest, run up the hill to it.