Don't be fooled. In real life this dragon is much more realistic and scarier. I still get scared approaching it and I'm 21! My first experience with it was when I was 8 and I straight up cried the whole time 😂

The fact that imagineers have made something as majestic and terrifying as this makes me even sadder that beastly kingdom doesnt exist

I got to meet Terri Harden, the Disney imagineer who got design and create this attraction. Insane amount of detail and devotion to her work, when she was describing it I had to go online and check it out.

I remember when I was younger my dad took me down here and told me that this dragon ate children for his dinner and I was next 😂

Looking this up on a whim, I found out it was designed by a person named Terri Hardin. I looked her up, and found out that she’s designed an astounding amount of amazing puppets and effects. The stillsuits in Dune, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (and other Ghostbuster puppets), the Flintstones movie, Captain EO… that’s just a fraction of what she’s done. She also designed a ton of iconic Disneyland costumes and ride characters. It’s hard to believe one person could accomplish so much.

Fun fact: This dragon is NOT meant to be Maleficent. According to the backstory of the attraction, the dragon (who happens to be male) was adopted by Merlin when it was still an egg to guard his magic shop.

This Dragon has been there since the beginning

the design and movement on this thing are absolutely gorgeous, it's a lot more lifelike than you'd expect! i feel like i'd be terrified being in the same room as this dragon but watching it from a safe distance i'm mesmerized 😍

Wow the way it wakes up and roars makes it look almost real! It's beautiful in a way

I dig how you slowly walked down the tunnel. It gave it some ominousness. Maybe I've watched too much "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter?" The dragon looks fantastic!

When I was little I used to stand there, waiting for the dragon to roar for hours. I can’t wait to spend my time staring at a dragon animatronic all day.

Her wings flap too. She's gorgeous!!!

I remember going here but the gate was closed but there was a jewelry shop inside the castle and behind it a small door, and the curious little me went back there and saw it and shitted himself went back out quicker then i got in lmao

2:15 Dragon: SHUT UUUUUUUUP I'M TRYING TO TAKE A NAP!!!

I saw this as a kid in my only visit to Disneyland and LOVED it! This guy's been in my memories ever since and it's still in my memory to this day and I know deep down, I'm gonna have a new encounter with this magnificent predator.

disneyland has a new fantasmic dragon, disneyland paris has this badass dragon, and we have.....a head on a stick. when are we going to get a new dragon? it's not fair.

May I use this footage in a video Im making about the scariest Disney animatronics? I will give your channel full credit.

This is super awesome!! But it doesn't move his tail. It would be great to splash his tail in the water.

This is my first time even knowing that this exists and IT IS AMAZING! I NEED TO GO TO DISNEYLAND PARIS MAINLY FOR THIS😱

This dragon looks so intimidating and so darn cool!

The chap that did all the lights and metalwork just did a video on how he and his mum and dad made them. He's called Craig Jones and it's on his Doghouse Customs channel.

Wtf I have been there 15 times and I never knew this existed 😱 I’m going there tomorrow

This being near Sleeping Beauty Castle got me thinking- what if that’s Maleficent, trapped in a smaller dragon form and still healing from the battle against Phillip and the many other good forces she’s failed to destroy?

I remember going there when I was little it actually breathed fire traumatised me

Weird childhood storytime: my parents took us for a holiday to Disneyland when I was 4, and I became absolutely enamoured with this dragon. For the duration of the trip, first thing I wanted to do was go say good morning to my dragon friend, and before the park closed I had to go say good night. Last thing I did when we left was go say goodbye, and I bawled my eyes out, promising I would never forget my friend and I would come back one day. The dragon/Maleficent became my imaginery friend for the rest of my childhood. I'm uncertain if my dragon phase predated this event or if this is what kickstarted it, but surprising no one, I grew up to be a ridiculously huge fantasy nerd. (Also yes, I have been to Disneyland two times since, and I have indeed always made sure to pop by and say hi)

Me when woken up after a long night of drinking...

Sadly this’ll be the closest we get to seeing Beastly Kingdom to ever become a reality 😔

When i was there, in 1994, the Dragon was black. I have two photos from that time in not so good quality. I have a big fear about animatronics. I was not on the Nautilus.

Awesome video!

Devastated I missed this!!

Very cool!

That dragon has a human skeleton.oh really,you could do that but you couldn’t put dead knights around dragons cove on the old animal kingdom boat ride.

holy majoyley this is awesome

I love this bit of the park

Very incredible

Lol dragons like " SHUT THE HELL UP, TRYING TO SLEEP"

Shhhh, it's okay. I'm here to help. Don't eat the help.

Mouse steps | So good

Did they remake the dragon? I ask because I once saw footage around 15 years ago, & I could have sworn that it was the Malificent dragon chained up...

I want to go, solely to see that dragon.

I honestly tried to stay quiet when I saw this dragon so I didnt wake it up when I was a kid.

disney world should make one for the 50th anniversary and disneyland california to

i remember when i was a kid and went there. I was terrified when i saw that dragon lol

Love Disney Paris :)

Defunctland brought me here.

somehow i think this was one the attractions that was supposed to be feature at disney's animal kingdom

Cool dragon, but the greatest animatronic dragon is none other then Vermithrax Pejorative, from a movie from the 80's called: "DragonSlayer"

Should be one in Disney World.

Walt Disney would have loved this.

I didn't even know this was there, i really gotta look better when im going to disneyland again

That. Dragoness, is. Scary.

i was petrified when i went to disneyland and saw this, so creepy

How can i get there?

Disneyland and Disney world need to this for their castles

That dragon is so adorable imma go there and say hi even though it’s not real

if you think this one is cool check out the dragons in the Efteling theme park

Fantasy is slowly coming to life I hope in 50 years we can build a place like Westworld but instead of Western it's fantasy and we can build host dragons. Host means robot by the way in the westworld show.

J'en avais peur quand j'étais petit !!

Imagine this but in WDW Fantasmic (I say WDW because they really need a dragon..)

I was expecting it was going to breathe fire, does it?

nah man this looks terrifying

Is that maleficent

Imagine Dirk the daring meeting the sleeping beauty

Danirep tenía razón da un poco de miedo xd

I was 8 when i saw it I didn't though it was scary, i though that dragon was beautiful

Anyone else used to think this thing was real as a kid?

I had no idea this existed and I’ve been twice

Nooooope

This is me when I only get 2 hours of sleep

I miss the smoke and dark lighting. Don't get me wrong, it's an impressive animatronic but I think it lost some of its bite.

Um... I see some bones near the dragon's head... 😟😨

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Me who visited disneylamd paris for the second time yesterday and missed the dungeon twice😂

In my day we had the Submarine Ride Sea Serpent . . . this is better!

Isn't it La Caniere du Dragon? 99% sure caniére is French for cave :P

I’m here to help you. Don’t eat the help.

That don't look like Maleficent

Anyone else getting Merlin vibes (from the TV show) or is it just me?

Leave it alone it’s tryna fucken sleep god damn y’all

seeing this makes me so angry that they spent millions on pandora at animal kingdom and not on beastly kingdom :’]

Sit dawn potatoes

I wish they had this at disney land California