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Castle Refurb in DL paris
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montydysquith-navarro
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PixarPerfect
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Have they announced when the repainting will be finished and the scaffolding down? I'm hoping to be there in October and would love to see the full castle (and its dungeon!).
More likely end of November - but you could see more of the castle before then (obviously)
SnowWhitesPrince
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By the 30th anniversary it should be ready, so basically at least until march 2022.
ToTBellHop
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It should be done before then, but certainly not after. It must be done in advance of April.
PixarPerfect
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Thank you. Is it possible to see Maleficent now? The "dungeon" of the castle?
Not currently.
cjkeating
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It's not Maleficent... it's Merlin's dragon. Fun fact.
montydysquith-navarro
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Isn't it either? I remember reading somewhere that Terri Hardin (the designer) and Tom Morris deliberately didn't tie the dragon to a specific character so the guests can personally define the dragon's character.
The dragon could be Maleficent in her dragon form based on the sign outside:
Pretty bad- of Aurora and Philip to resurrect their enemy and trap her in her dragon form in their castle dungeon...
And it could be Merlin's dragon friend, as you said, if you're coming from the Merlin l'Enchanteur shop.
PixarPerfect
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Oh that's disappointing. We were looking forward to seeing it.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Perhaps it will be accessible by October. If not you’ll have to go back sometime !
PixarPerfect
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We would love to! This is a reschedule from last March. It's been a challenge until to get there this time.
montydysquith-navarro
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The castle scaffolding is slowly being taken down, and parts of the refurbished castle are revealed. The highest spire has yet to return, but knowing DLP, it's probably going to be the last element installed in front of park officials and cast members and filmed for their social media.
@marni1971, are they eyeing to have the refurbished castle revealed by November in time for the Christmas season?
@marni1971, are they eyeing to have the refurbished castle revealed by November in time for the Christmas season?
The plan is for it to be substantially done by December afaik. Hopefully it’ll be completed enough for some decor. Covid obviously hit the schedule but also helped with 7 months of 24/7 access.
montydysquith-navarro
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They seem to be on the right track then! I asked since a lot of people speculated there'll be some sort of projection show on the castle during the Christmas season because of the ad.
montydysquith-navarro
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At the rate the scaffoldings are going down, the newly-refurbished castle might make its debut in time for the Halloween party on the 31st (especially with the rumored party-exclusive projection mapping on the castle).