Snow White Grotto Marble figures of the Snow White characters from Italy displayed just outside Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland; opened on March 27, 1961. Disney designer John Hench was dismayed when he was given the figures by Walt Disney to display—Snow White was the same size as the Dwarfs. Hench solved the problem by placing her above the rest of the characters, so her small size is not noticeable. Also at Tokyo Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland.