Dimensions of Cinderella's Castle

[rsoxguy]

Weird question, but my wife is a school teacher and she is doing a project with her class. Does anyone know the dimensions of the castle at WDW? She found a sight that lists the height at close to 180 feet, but she really needs the max height, length, width, etc. Can anyone help me with the facts? I'll score major points with her if I can get an answer!

 

[marni1971]

189ft tall. I`ll have to look the rest up.

 

[rsoxguy]

You are the best! I truly appreciate anything else you can get for me. :sohappy:

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

189ft tall. I`ll have to look the rest up.

Tsk tsk! You don't have that memorized, Martin?!:lookaroun:lol:

 

[marni1971]

Tsk tsk! You don't have that memorized, Martin?!:lookaroun:lol:

I know.. how bad am I?

The west elevation is around 84ft wide, the south elevation about 100ft. The 189ft height appears to be the north elevation; the side facing the hub, taking into account the extra height from the moat.

 

[E P C O T]

Can you trust Wiki?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_Castle

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

I know.. how bad am I?

The west elevation is around 84ft wide, the south elevation about 100ft. The 189ft height appears to be the north elevation; the side facing the hub, taking into account the extra height from the moat.

Too cool, Martin.


You SO need to write a book./predictable:lol:

 

[WDW Vacationer]

Too cool, Martin.


You SO need to write a book./predictable:lol:

He probably knows more about WDW than anyone else.

Besides Dave Smith. Dave is great!

 

[rsoxguy]

I know.. how bad am I?

The west elevation is around 84ft wide, the south elevation about 100ft. The 189ft height appears to be the north elevation; the side facing the hub, taking into account the extra height from the moat.

Wow! Thank you very much for the information. My wife is very happy that she will be going to class tomorrow with the stats that she needed for this project. She is doing several famous buildings, but she wanted to include something from Disney. Again, thank you Martin for taking the time to get me this information. :sohappy:

 

[Bill43085]

189ft tall. I`ll have to look the rest up.

The castle is 183 feet tall from the water level of the moat. The moat is 6 feet deep which is where the 189 comes from.

 

[JoeCamel]

The castle is 183 feet tall from the water level of the moat. The moat is 6 feet deep which is where the 189 comes from.

Thank you! Its been 13 long years I've been wondering where it was measured from..

 

[nickys]

The castle is 183 feet tall from the water level of the moat. The moat is 6 feet deep which is where the 189 comes from.

So unless the castle is floating on the water, the castle is indeed 189 feet tall.

Glad we have that straight.

 

[LAKid53]

The castle is 183 feet tall from the water level of the moat. The moat is 6 feet deep which is where the 189 comes from.

Then every single CM conducting the Keys to the Kingdom tour is wrong....

 

[LittleBuford]

So unless the castle is floating on the water, the castle is indeed 189 feet tall.

Glad we have that straight.

I’m not sure why people are reacting badly to the distinction the poster is making. It’s an interesting and pertinent detail.

 

[King Racoon 77]

I’m not sure why people are reacting badly to the distinction the poster is making. It’s an interesting and pertinent detail.

But the poster is wrong.

 

[LittleBuford]

But the poster is wrong.

Quite a lot of sources online are saying the castle measures 189 feet from the bottom of the moat and 183 feet from water level. If the information is wrong (which it well may be), then the error didn't begin with the poster. If it's true, I think it's interesting and worth knowing. It doesn't contradict what @marni1971 said; it's just an additional detail.

ETA: In fact, @marni1971 himself said it, as I noticed just now by rereading the earlier posts:

The 189ft height appears to be the north elevation; the side facing the hub, taking into account the extra height from the moat.

 

[nickys]

I’m not sure why people are reacting badly to the distinction the poster is making. It’s an interesting and pertinent detail.

It’s exactly what Martin said, yet it appeared to be trying to correct him.

 

[Br0ckford]

It's just weird, like they joined just to make that comment. Like since 2009 it's bothered them. They finally had enough.

 

[LittleBuford]

It’s exactly what Martin said, yet it appeared to be trying to correct him.

The fact that two posters subsequently called the information wrong suggests that Martin’s comment about the moat got lost in the details. Leaving aside the circumstances of the poster’s correction, the information itself is interesting. We now have an extra tidbit to offer when someone tells us the castle is 189 feet tall.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

. . . Some of y'all read too much into things.