# Disneyland ride layouts **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 12, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-ride-layouts/194721 "2003-08-12T20:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-ride-layouts/194721/1 "2003-08-12T20:32:28Z")
Does anyone know where I can find layouts (floorplans, diagrams) of rides at Disneyland? I’m looking for something that shows the path the ride takes and the locations of the major parts of it. Specifically I’d like these: - Pirates of the Caribbean - Haunted Mansion - It’s a Small World They don’t have to be tremendously detailed, though detail wouldn’t be bad. I found a website that has blueprints available, but they seem a bit too detailed. Besides, they’re $15/each, which is more than I want to spend on the project I need them for (an RPG adventure). Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-ride-layouts/194721/2 "2003-08-12T20:39:34Z")
You probably won’t get them unless you cajole an employee into getting them for you. They are most likely considered trade secrets and closely held. You could go ride 'em a bunch of times and do your best! ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-ride-layouts/194721/3 "2003-08-12T21:36:36Z")
It’s a Small Word is pretty simple. It’s just a loop. The boats aren’t raised or lowered. The only fancy part of it is at the end where there is a mechanism to ensure that a lot of the boats don’t back up one side of the loading dock. Pirates of the Caribbean is a tremendously complex ride with all of its animatronics. It has two small drops at the beginning and then a long climb at the end. But the path the boats take has a lot of twits and turns so you can see all the various scenes. The Haunted Mansion would be relatively difficult to figure out as well without blueprints. You start in an elevator and you drop about one floor. Then you walk across a room and in to the “Doom Buggies” and they go up and down and around so you can see all the scenes as well. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-ride-layouts/194721/4 "2003-08-12T21:49:59Z")
[The Architecture](http://www.doombuggies.com/tour_facade.htm) of the Disney Haunted Mansions. [Schematic lighting diagram](http://www.doombuggies.com/images/tour_backstage_showlighting.gif) of Disney’s Haunted Mansion. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-ride-layouts/194721/5 "2003-08-12T21:56:02Z")
I actually just found one for the Haunted Mansion–not too detailed, but enough for my purposes. Thanks for the info about Small World–I didn’t realize it was just a loop. I think the Pirates might be the hard one. I might have to spring for the blueprints after all. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-ride-layouts/194721/6 "2003-08-12T22:01:24Z")
Thanks, **Walloon** –that first one was the site I found, but I simul-posted with you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-ride-layouts/194721/7 "2003-08-13T12:40:38Z")
Not sure if you know of anyone that works for the company, but the 2 departments to check would be the Imagineers (the people who come up with ride concepts) and the industrial engineers who do a lot of work in building traffic flow. They do a lot of computerized simulations of layouts to see where bottlenecks and potential issues might be. ---
**Author:** ![rodmunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@rodmunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rodmunch)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-ride-layouts/194721/8 "2003-08-13T12:55:27Z")
which website did you see the blueprints for sale on? i wouldnt mind getting some of those myself! ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-ride-layouts/194721/9 "2003-08-13T14:43:08Z")
It was [here](http://www.theblueprintcollection.com/disney_blueprints.htm). Go back a page for ordering info.