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Latest look at the Beauty and the Beast area construction in the new Fantasyland
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jt04
Well-Known Member
What is interesting that is not in the artist concept is the circular building in the back of the castle. It reminds me of the greenhouse on the HM. Same idea but on a much larger suggested scale with the new add.
FigmentJedi
Well-Known Member
The castle is entered via a cave basement or something.
Also, I gotta say I'm damned impressed with the speed they're going with the castle.
RAXIP
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Studios Fan
Active Member
Thanks Steve for the shots. The castle looks really good.
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
jt, how does this play into that suspicious pile of sticks that you were on about in the pictures a few months ago?
Those four words should never be uttered in that order. It's just wrong.
Two questions.
- What is/was the large pile of sticks that was confirmed by Jim Hill?
- Why all the Jim Hill hate?
Rob562
Well-Known Member
You said exactly what I was about to say...
The tree removal for the new retention pond behind Be Our Guest may have fixed some of the problems, and they'll probably be OK while standing within the Expansion, but there are obviously some distant angles at which the trees kill the forced-perspective illusion. The tops of those trees will have to be trimmed and maintained...
-Rob
Scuttle
Well-Known Member
Ya me either. This thing is moving along at a tremendous rate right now. I really can't believe it. I still don't agree with that timeline Lee gave us. I highly doubt those timetables, but you never know i guess. Glad to see this thing moving along quickly. We have had extremly dry weather here in the Orlando area this winter and so far this spring too. So I'm sure that helps.
ob1thx1138
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unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
It is quite a large building. Nobody will sit IN the castle...it is merely themeing on top of the actual building.
I enjoy reading his site, but I think a lot of it boils down to the fact that he gets a lot of information that is blue sky and takes it and runs with it as fact before it is even green-lighted.
What window? In what picture?
Perhaps Peter Pan knocked it out with a baseball?
jt04
Well-Known Member
Construction wall concept art
Disneyland Paris version
Great info. The MK version faces north and I think this is the dining room seen in the concept art. There are supposed to be views from those windows I think so it will be interesting to see if they add more forced perspective elements behind the castle which would also help with the tree problem.
They were not a pile. There were elements from the reinforced concrete left over from 20K's lagoon that had been buried on purpose or accidentally sticking up through the ground. They were hard to see which is why it created so much confusion. I believe it is all removed now.
Or turned into mulch! :lookaroun
Yeah I said it. :drevil:
dreamscometrue
Well-Known Member
I don't think we actually go in the castle. Don't we just eat in the restaurant which will be 'inside' the castle, but under the 'decorative' castle they just installed? Is that not just a forced perspective 'prop' to help with the illusion that we are entering the castle?
DisneyHeather
Member
The speed at which this is going up is amazing. Just the wonderful distraction I need from reality.
The forced perspective looks very well done. The last photos taken from the ground with the wall in the forefront - makes me want to hop a plane today just to stand there and marvel!
The forced perspective looks very well done. The last photos taken from the ground with the wall in the forefront - makes me want to hop a plane today just to stand there and marvel!
motox7
Active Member
is it just me or is the castle missing some details and structures? :shrug: Maybe they will add some of the things later. Look at this picture of it in the movie...
Now look at one of the pictures of the castle from the link...
http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Fantasyland/News/09Apr2011-PHOTOS---Beast's-Castle-rises-in-the-new-Fantasyland-expansion.htm
Now look at one of the pictures of the castle from the link...
http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Fantasyland/News/09Apr2011-PHOTOS---Beast's-Castle-rises-in-the-new-Fantasyland-expansion.htm
danstadnik
Member
Slightly OT... For anyone who has been in FL recently, how noisy is all this work now? How distracting is it all to your overall MK experience?
Lee
Adventurer
Yes.
The castle structure us nowhere near complete. What you are seeing are just the first pieces to arrive and be installed. Lots of parts to add, as well as thematic painting, before it's done. Its still very much a work in progress.
Last time I was there, I didn't even notice any noise at all.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
I'm really psyched to see all the work that is going to go into the forced perspective. The rockwork/mountain, plus the angles that we'll be at I'm sure will all play a major part in making it look like a castle off in the distance. I'm looking forward to seeing some of the little details get added in the future...
Prototype82
Well-Known Member
I agree. That's when it'll really shine.
ob1thx1138
Member
In the latest constructions pics on this site, the large round area with the domed roof, the third window from the right on the bottom row is missing.
Also I would love to see someone standing next to this so I can see what the actual scale is like on the castle.
Oh and something else that no one has mentioned: Why wasn't the outer wall and raised roadway included in either the large model or either aerial view concept art? Seems like a major difference to me and I wonder how they are going to hide the end of it.