A dream is a wish your heart makes, and if you're like many Disney lovers, visiting all the Disneyland parks is the ultimate dream come true. Each Disneyland park – there are five in total – has its own castle. Although some of them are replicas of original Disneyland and Disney World castles, each of the international castles has unique elements that make each worth seeing in person.

Disneyland Anaheim

The original Disney castle has stood in the heart of Disneyland since the day the Anaheim park opened in 1955. It's officially called Sleeping Beauty Castle as a tribute to Aurora, one of the first Disney princesses. (Interestingly, the movie "Sleeping Beauty" wasn't released until four years after the park opened.) Inspired by Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, Sleeping Beauty Castle is notable for its pinkish color, blue turrets and relatively short stature. At 77 feet high, it's less than half the height of Cinderella's Castle in Disney World.

Visitors can not only walk through Sleeping Beauty's Castle to travel between Main Street and Fantasyland, but can explore some of the castle's interior. Enter the castle from the Fantasyland side and follow the path along passageways to view a series of dioramas that tell the story of Aurora and Maleficent. It's a nice reprieve from the California sun. Visitors must be able to climb stairs.

Tokyo Disneyland

If you've been to the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, the castle in the center of Tokyo's Disneyland should look familiar. It's a copy of Cinderella's Castle and has many of the same architectural features as the Orlando version. Cinderella's Fairy Tale Hall is housed inside. The idea of this attraction is similar to that of the Sleeping Beauty walk-through in Anaheim: guests walk through a series of elegantly-decorated rooms where dioramas and paintings tell the story of Cinderella, happily-ever-after included. Be sure to wait in line in the throne room to take photos perched in the royal chair.

Shanghai Disneyland

Shanghai's Enchanted Storybook Castle is perhaps best known as the largest of all the Disney castles to date. It's also one of the more interesting castles because it's wholly original and not a replica of either Sleeping Beauty Castle or Cinderella Castle. Instead, Enchanted Storybook Castle is dedicated to multiple Disney princesses, including Tiana, Merida, Rapunzel, Elsa, Anna, Belle, Cinderella and Snow White.

Thanks to its tremendous size, the castle is home to several attractions. Royal Banquet Hall is a pricey waiter-service restaurant where diners can meet costumed Disney characters, so it's a big hit with kids. Make reservations in advance. Voyage to the Crystal Grotto, a boat ride that travels past sculpture gardens depicting scenes from Disney movies, even travels underneath the building. And like the other castles, Shanghai's castle offers a walk-through element. This one tells the story of Snow White.

Hong Kong Disneyland

The castle in Hong Kong Disneyland used to look very familiar. It was a replica of Sleeping Beauty Castle from the original park. But that changed in early 2018 when the castle was closed for refurbishment. The castle's new design incorporates features from multiple Disney classics, including spires decorated with familiar icons like Cinderella's carriage and Snow White's poisoned apple.

Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Paris pays homage to the Anaheim original with its Sleeping Beauty Castle. Like the California version, the Paris castle has a pink hue, blue turrets and stained-glass windows. The biggest difference between the two is height. At 167 feet tall, the Parisian replica of Sleeping Beauty Castle is more than twice as tall as the Anaheim version.

Inside, climb the stairs to the castle's second story, where a beautiful gallery looks down on the first floor below and stone passageways are lined with imagery depicting the story of Sleeping Beauty. Then descend into a cavern under the castle where an animatronic dragon pokes its head out of the shadows, puffing smoke and roaring. Skip it with young children who may be frightened by the darkness and the fairly realistic creature.

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