There are many Disney parks that contain castles, especially the Magic Kingdom-style parks. However, which one is the best out of all of them?
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Best Disney Castle
- Thread starter MagicKingdom4Ever
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I personally think that Shanghai has the best castle. It is the biggest castle of all, it has several attractions within it, including the finale of Voyage to the Crystal Grotto beneath it, and it captures classic European architecture while compromising some Chinese elements.
I actually tried to have a poll on what the best area of the Magic Kingdom was, but I forgot to do the poll part and instead made it a thread.
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/best-area-of-the-magic-kingdom.977680/
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/best-area-of-the-magic-kingdom.977680/
networkpro
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- In the Parks
- Yes
Best in what way? A real defensible structure that could conceivably withstand a siege? Functional residence? Attraction?
Goofyernmost
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Most realistic looking and has a dragon in the basement. No contest it's Disneyland Paris!
Best as an attraction
Sbk1234
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They're all beautiful, but my personal favorite is the castle in Disneyland Paris. It has that wonderful fairytale look to it, with the square-trimmed trees and dramatic landscaping. And the cherry on the top is the dragon underneith. Inside the details are just gorgeous. To me, it really is the most magical.
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Kevin_W
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I agree with the beauty of DLP, and it has a dragon! But it is a bit shorter than WDW or the Asian castles. So I don't fault that choice, but I pick WDW's for aesthetic beauty (though TDL would be a near-tie, obviously). Shanghai is a bit too wide/blocky for my taste.
You forgot Tokyo Disneyland. Even though it's almost identical to the Magic Kingdom castle, it still has a few differences.
Sbk1234
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Heppenheimer
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The inspiration of a pure fantasy castle comes from Neuschwanstein, but other than the similarity of the main towers in Sleeping Beauty's Castle, none of the Disney castles directly "quote" the German example. Cinderella's castles (which I like best) directly lifted and figuratively photocopied some features from various castles in the Loire Valley of France and the Alcazar in Spain, and assembled them together as whole. Because it lacks all the ornaments they put on the Florida version, my vote for the best goes to Tokyo. I also think they did the best forced perspective on this castle to make it look bigger than it really is. This is my only real fault for Sleeping Beauty Castle, the forced perspective just doesn't work as well.
I like Shanghai's castle, it looks like a more fantastical version of a a Danish or English Renaissance palace.
Paris's is a little too fantasy for my tastes.
And whereas is looks like the gracefully assembled Cinderella's Castle from different parts, Hong Kong's looks too jumbled, like they dropped out a bunch of different "build-own-castle playsets", and put it together from too many disjointed pieces.
Walt Disney1955
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I've always felt that in pictures Paris looks the nicest and most awe inspiring. I love the fact that there are things to see in it as well, which is something that WDW probably could have done. I do like walking through Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty castle, even if it is the smallest and most quaint one. It still has its charm.
keep in mind that the DL castle was the first one they ever made, so they had no experience in castle making. They did what they could. Not to mention, Disneyland was smaller then. They didn't need a big castle. They just needed an interesting passage into Fantasyland.
Heppenheimer
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They really don't have the footprint to make it bigger, at least on the Fantasyland and Frontierland sides.