The iconic fairy-tale castle that's the Fantasyland gateway in the Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida (photo by Kenn Stearns)
Disney is the largest theme park operator in the world. Herbert “Herbie” Dickens Ryman created the first master drawing of Disneyland. He worked on every Disney theme park until his death in 1989.
As the chief designer of the castle, Ryman combined architectural elements from popular French castles with those from the fortress in the movie Cinderella. The iconic castle was constructed with a steel frame and fiberglass exterior to withstand Florida hurricanes. The mote around the castle holds more than three million gallons of water.
