Should Tokyo Disneyland redesign Cinderella Castle?

Should Tokyo Disneyland redesign Cinderella Castle

  • Yes, Tokyo should follow Hong Kong's lead and redesign Cinderella Castle to be more unique.

    Votes: 20 30.3%

  • No, Tokyo should leave Cinderella Castle alone. It's perfectly fine as is.

    Votes: 46 69.7%
  • Total voters
    66
GiveMeTheMusic

GiveMeTheMusic

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J4546 said:
Where was iasw gonna go?
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yensidtlaw1969

yensidtlaw1969

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Starship824

Starship824

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No
TheCoasterNerd said:
I understand, but it's true. They don't want anything that exists, has existed, or will exist at other resorts worldwide. They don't want duplicates. What they want is complete and total exclusivity. Same reason they're redoing Buzz, Space, etc
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So according to your logic, they're basically going to read you the entire park because it has duplicates. I'm sorry but that's definitely not happening.
 
Haymarket

Haymarket

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It'll never happen, but if they built a completely new castle (vs. just changing the look), I'd be for it. Rapunzel's would be nice—the one they were going to build in Hong Kong, before they settled on the cheap, all-too-apparent "diversity, inclusion, and dreams" castle add-on.

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Flyboydonnie

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WinnieBear said:
So as we all know, Hong Kong Disneyland used to have an exact replica of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty castle back when it first opened.
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However, a few years ago, they would do something that remains unprecedented so far in Disney's history, in that they basically redesigned it. Giving us the Castle of Magical Dreams in its place.
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So, as it stands, most of Disney's parks all have unique castles that fit with the culture of their parks. Disneyland has Sleeping Beauty Castle, Walt Disney World has Cinderella Castle, Disneyland Paris has Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant, Hong Kong Disneyland now has The Castle of Magical Dreams and Shanghai Disneyland has Storybook Castle.

However, there is one exception to the rule, that being, Tokyo Disneyland, which is currently the only park to have an exact replica of a pre-existing Disney castle, that being Cinderella Castle.
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And given that every park now has their own unique castle exclusive to that park, Tokyo's castle is now in a weird spot for being the only "copycat castle" amongst the bunch. Which leads me to ask the question.

Should Tokyo Disneyland follow Hong Kong's lead and redesign their castle?

Now this might seem like a huge undergoing (and it would be), but it would help make the castle stand out and further give Tokyo Disneyland its own unique identity like the other Disney parks (plus, it would be neat to see every Disney park have their own unique castle). That said, there is a counterargument to be had, in that the castle has been standing for 40 years and is so well known and iconic now that changing it would be seen as hearsy, it'll be like if Disney went back to sleeping beauty and decide to change it out of nowhere. Besides, why fix it if it ain't broke? While Hong Kong Disneyland can get away with it because it's a more recent park that needed fixing, Tokyo Disneyland is an very well established and perfectly fine park that is nearly 40 years old, with Cinderella Castle being a icon, what benefit would there be for Disney and Oriental Land to change what is now an icon? If anything, being the sole copycat castle makes it ironically stand out in its own way since its now the only one of its kind...

But what do you think? Should Tokyo follow HK's lead and redo their castle, or just keep it the way it is.
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The Cinderella Castle in Tokyo Disneyland is smaller than the one in Florida, so it really is different. The pillars supporting the atrium enclosing Main Street, also known as International Bazaar, perfectly frame the castle. I always thought the design of Tokyo Disneyland was too similar to Magic Kingdom, but leave the castle alone. That thing that they built in Hong Kong is hideous.
 
TheCoasterNerd

TheCoasterNerd

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Flyboydonnie said:
The Cinderella Castle in Tokyo Disneyland is smaller than the one in Florida, so it really is different. The pillars supporting the atrium enclosing Main Street, also known as International Bazaar, perfectly frame the castle. I always thought the design of Tokyo Disneyland was too similar to Magic Kingdom, but leave the castle alone. That thing that they built in Hong Kong is hideous.
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It's not actually any smaller, Tokyo measures from the walkway (at the top of the arched ramps) to the top but WDW measures from the bottom of the moat to the top. So the numbers are different, sure, but the actual height is the same.
 
Supersnow84

Supersnow84

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Tokyo is already putting a lot of effort into redoing their land design to move away from how broad and sterile their lands are. I can imagine they may redo the hub but I doubt they will redo the castle. If so it’s pretty low on the list
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Parks lore is a fantastic source of info on this sort of thing but Tokyo is extremely broad and very sterile from a design perspective, OLC already stated fixing this is their main medium term goal
 

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