New castle show Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire to open this summer at the Magic Kingdom

[WDWtraveler]

Photo update as of Friday, April 29. The first "layer" of the new castle stage floor has been installed. The surface is not exactly level, there are seams and bumps. The openings are for electrical connections and the hydraulic lifts.

 

[Donaldfan1934]

Yeah. Considering they have treated Memorial Day as the "start of summer" in recent years, it is infuriating that they can't get a simple stage show, a modest retheme of a boat ride, or new Star Wars fireworks open by then. RoL I get was out of their control.

I'm still hoping for a Frozen soft opening, though.

 

[Donaldfan1934]

Photo update as of Friday, April 29. The first "layer" of the new castle stage floor has been installed. The surface is not exactly level, there are seams and bumps. The openings are for electrical connections and the hydraulic lifts.

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Those seems and bumps don't look good. When will TDO learn just to keep these shows simple?

 

[jt04]

Those hooks don't look good. When will TDO learn just to keep these shows simple?

Hooks?

 

[Donaldfan1934]

Hooks?

Sorry, I meant the "seems and bumps" that are in place for the craptastic arches to make their return.

 

[jt04]

Sorry, I meant the "seems and bumps" that are in place for the craptastic arches to make their return.

Hoping those are for something else. The arches would be nice in the new wedding garden.

At first I thought you were talking about the arches and lanterns. I love the new lanterns. Close to perfection.

 

[Donaldfan1934]

Hoping those are for something else. The arches would be nice in the new wedding garden.

At first I thought you were talking about the arches and lanterns. I love the new lanterns. Close to perfection.

Agreed. I love what they did with the castle walkway overall including those lanterns. I don't know why they changed the railings, however, but its otherwise the most perfect part of the hub expansion.

 

[Donaldfan1934]

Why should they?

Those arches take away from the beauty of Cinderella Castle. They should go back to the simpler stage set up that they had prior to 2005.

 

[WDWtraveler]

Photo update as of Monday, May 9. The final "non-skid" layer has been applied to the castle stage area.

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

-Crosses fingers and closes eyes.-

Please forget to install the arches, please forget to install the arches....

 

[Cesar R M]

-Crosses fingers and closes eyes.-

Please forget to install the arches, please forget to install the arches....

plot twist.. they install bigger frozen themed arches..with olaf included.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Looks like the construction walls are down around the castle.
Pic credit: FB

 

[Donaldfan1934]

View attachment 141456 Looks like the construction walls are down around the castle.
Pic credit: FB

Oh pleeeaaase still look like this in two weeks.

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

View attachment 141456 Looks like the construction walls are down around the castle.
Pic credit: FB

Seriously Disney. Just....leave it like that! So much nicer looking without those stupid gold arches.

Or look at it this way - think of the SAVINGS by NOT installing the arches! Save on installation, save on labor, save on maintenance...it's a win win!

 

[Donaldfan1934]

Seriously Disney. Just....leave it like that! So much nicer looking without those stupid gold arches.

Or look at it this way - think of the SAVINGS by NOT installing the arches! Save on installation, save on labor, save on maintenance...it's a win win!

Are you listening TDO? There are plenty of corners you can cut while actually improving the overall experience.

 

[The Hatbox Ghost]

The arches were that bad huh? I vaguely recall them but will do a search and take a look perhaps my mind has already selectively edited them!

 

[doctornick]

I'm surprised they didn't built a new stage in FL as part of the FLE just to help disperse crowds to different areas and to help with guest flow through the hub. I know it's kinda neat to have the castle be a backdrop for a stage show, but just seems like a logistical annoyance relative to other options.

 

[Donaldfan1934]

I'm surprised they didn't built a new stage in FL as part of the FLE just to help disperse crowds to different areas and to help with guest flow through the hub. I know it's kinda neat to have the castle be a backdrop for a stage show, but just seems like a logistical annoyance relative to other options.

That would also be a much better alternative to the castle stage at some point. The hubs don't need stage shows.

 

[Cesar R M]

Seriously Disney. Just....leave it like that! So much nicer looking without those stupid gold arches.

Or look at it this way - think of the SAVINGS by NOT installing the arches! Save on installation, save on labor, save on maintenance...it's a win win!

Shhh, dont let Chapek hear you.
He might even try to shove Marvel statues to the front of the castle to replace the arches.

 

[Bocabear]

At Disneyland Paris the stage if off to the right hand side, out of the Hub and was built with proper backstage (underground) and infrastructure so they did not have to close off guest areas everytime they do a show... In that way it was nicely planned.