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27 Disney Locations That Were Actually Inspired From Real Life

byShriya Joshi
12th January 2016
2 minute read

Disney movies are the stuff dreams are made of. Most of us have grown up on the staple diet of Disney movies and cartoons. Disney was our first introduction to animation.

The locations in Disney movies are no less than magical. And this magic has extended to all little girls who always imagined themselves as little princesses and awed at the castles they saw on the screen.

Guess what? Those are not all imaginary. Some of them really exist and have served as an inspiration to Disney. Here are a few examples and other locations in Disney cartoons which are just as real.

1. The castle in Brave – Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland

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2. Finding Nemo – Great Barrier Reef, Australia

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3. Frozen – Norway

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4. Peter Pan – London, UK

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5. Big Hero – San Francisco, California, US

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6. Oliver & Company – New York, US

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7. The castle in Sleeping Beauty – Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria

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8. Belle’s village in Beauty & the Beast – Alsace, France

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9. The castle in Tangled – Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France

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10.Up – Angel Falls, Venezuela

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11. Agrabah in Aladdin – Taj Mahal, Agra, India

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12. Mulan – Forbidden City, Beijing, China

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13. Eric’s castle in The Little Mermaid – Chateau De Chillon, Lake Geneva, Switzerland

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14. The Game Zone in Wreck-It Ralph – Grand Central Terminal, New York City

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15. The Castle in Beauty and the Beast – Chateau De Chambord, Loir-Et-Cher, France

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16. The Chapel in Frozen – St. Olaf’s Church, Balestrand, Norway

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17. The Princess And The Frog – Louisiana Bayous, US

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18. Cars – U-Drop Inn, Shamrock, Texas

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19. The layout of the city in Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia

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20. The castle in Snow White – Segovia Castle, Spain

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23. The Lion King – The Serengeti, Africa

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25. Pooh’s house in Winnie the Pooh – Ashdown Forest

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27. The floating lights ritual in Tangled – The Festival of Yi Peng, Thailand

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Aren’t all of these just as beautiful as they looked in the movie?

Let us know in the comment section!

Till then, keep the dreams alive. Someday they might turn true. 🙂

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