Q: I noticed inside the Dream Suite at Disneyland, there was a Cinderella motif. Why did they choose that over Sleeping Beauty?
Suzanne, Merritt Island, Florida
A: According to the publicity announcements of the Disneyland Dream Suite, it was simply based on designs by early Disney Imagineer Dorothea Redmond. The living room is in French Provincial style, reflecting the New Orleans setting. The two bedrooms are themed to 20th century innovation and the American frontier, and to the exotic flavor of jungle adventure stories as told in the Victorian era. Any Cinderella touches might be because she is associated with dreaming, as in the song “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes.”
Dave Smith