Don't be disingenuous and start off a post with how much you respect me and then talk down to me with this moral indignation as if you have some superior understanding as to what is going on in a company of which you've broken zero stories about in your entire time covering it.
Some people on this forum may doubt me, perhaps it's my age, perhaps I come on too strong, I am working on those things (the age one is kind of tough though lol). That said, I don't think anyone here would doubt the fact that I do genuinely try to bring value to this community beyond parroting what can be found on the Disney Parks Blog. I broke the Hollywood Studios Rename Survey (a story of which you covered), the first footage of Slinky Dog Dash ride testing (which required an enormous undertaking to ensure my source would be kept safe), photos confirming Buzzy missing from the Cranium Command theater, I broke the timeline for Project Spark and Kappa, broke the details for Epcot Forever, etc. All I've ever gotten from you, Jack, is very petty and condescending remarks that seem less like "due respect" and more like you being just like the other big ego's in this community you'd like to think you're against.
Why are you acting like Good Morning America and Disney are separate entities? They're under the same corporate umbrella. Good Morning America regularly covers the Disney Parks happenings in conjunction with public relations specifically for the purposes of promotion. Are you asserting that Disney PR didn't check off on a promotional piece at their own media organization? If you don't believe that's how it works, see how many ABC shows Disney managed to stick a Galaxy's Edge reference this past year.
Also, this dichotomy you've created as to what qualifies as a real story seems to make it so unless something is reported directly by Disney is therefore not real? Quite convenient for someone who doesn't break stories or put their credibility on the line in any way while simultaneously critiquing everyone else.
It's on my YouTube channel, or just search 'rose gold castle.' Pick over every second of it. Of course, you'll be comparing a green lit, budgeted & funded Feb 2020 plan against a blue sky Sept 2019 plan I said wasn't even solidified yet at the very start of the video, but surprisingly not much changed from the original plan. The only major difference is I expected the rose gold paint to be MUCH more defined on the inner curtain than it is in the art we got. The other, more minor difference is previously the 50th castle wasn't going to have much ornamentation. Now, due to the schedule they have to paint the castle in (needing it to be done before the Dreamlights this year, well before the 50th), it will be getting decor including gold ribbons and beads once the Dreamlights come down and the 50th begins, differentiating it from the paint-only castle that'll be visible the second half of this year.
Not true. I did say near the end of the video the rose gold would likely be metallic, and IT IS by the way.
The paint swatch I saw in September is still going to have a presence on the castle's inner curtain as far as I know (probably more as a light "wash" if the art is anything to go off of), and I believe some insiders on this forum should be able to attest to this: Disney signed a contract with Sherwin Williams for the development of a special (very expensive) metallic paint for use on new Imagineering projects at the parks. The primary use case: the Cinderella Castle for the 50th anniversary. The swatch in question is called 'Rose Gold.' Hence my video: a Rose Gold Castle for the 50th anniversary. I stand by my story, not out of pride, but because I still believe my sources are solid, and I'm definitely not taking content direction from people whose most original content is tracings of other people's ride blueprints.
That's all I have to say on this matter of my story and the castle. I have no intentions to bring whatever this hullabaloo is into my content because frankly, e-drama is cringe and nothing is getting in the way of me bringing the best news and coverage I can to my audience. I plan on sharing more 50th plans soon, some of which I've been tracking for years, and the pressure on this forum to get the facts as right as possible will definitely lead to me practicing even greater scrutiny going forward.
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