News PHOTOS - Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom to receive enhancements this summer

[TTA94]

What’s the odds WDWs castle returns back it’s original look after the 50th? Had it been painted the pink this year and specifically for the 50th then I’d say there’s a good chance it’s temporary, however since they painted it last year as part of Cinderella’s 70th Anniversary, Then came the added 50th decorations… I don’t know what will happen and if the pink is permanent.

Of course the vast majority of guests will think it was all painted specifically for the 50th, which isn’t fully true.

 

[LittleMerman]

Sorry to interrupt your narrative, but have you seen the castle in person recently? We saw it in September, December last year with what at time appeared to be pink uppers and purple iridescent turret roofs. Our last trip which ended a week ago, the castle pink had faded to a muted color and the turrets were deep blue.

Yes I was there in January of this year and again in February. Was not a fan.

 

[_caleb]

Does the Castle have it‘s own background music? If so, has it been changed to go with this redecoration?

 

[networkpro]

Yes I was there in January of this year and again in February. Was not a fan.

 

[LittleMerman]

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I was referring to the new paint scheme when I said I wasn't a fan. Not loving the new decorations either although I have not seen them in person. I didn't like the new paint colors based on photos and a lot of people said wait until you see in person - and I still wasn't a fan. So I'm not sure how much would change seeing the decorations in person. To me, so far, it just looks like a mess.

 

[trainplane3]

Finally got to see it in person. The pink sucks. And in the right light, the topper pieces blend in with the pink. The blues are nice and the gold feels right too.

You shouldn't need "perfect" conditions for an icon to look correct.

Is WDI color blind?

 

[VJ]

Whoa! Is that brand new paint ALREADY FADING?!!View attachment 552630

it looks like it's melting...

 

[MisterPenguin]

it looks like it's melting...

Spring was never waiting for us, friend, it ran one step ahead as we followed in the dance between the parted pages and were pressed in love's hot, fevered iron. Like a striped pair of pants, Walt Disney's Park is melting in the dark, all the sweet, pink theming flowing down. Someone left the paint out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it, 'cause it took so long to paint it, and I'll never have iridescence again. Oh no! Ohh nooo... OH NOOOOOOOoooo....!!!!

 

[RunningKoen]

Spring was never waiting for us, friend, it ran one step ahead as we followed in the dance between the parted pages and were pressed in love's hot, fevered iron. Like a striped pair of pants, Walt Disney's Park is melting in the dark, all the sweet, pink theming flowing down. Someone left the paint out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it, 'cause it took so long to paint it, and I'll never have iridescence again. Oh no! Ohh nooo... OH NOOOOOOOoooo....!!!!

Well, since you brought up the sweet, pink theming.

And we cant sing along to this song without some cake reference

 

[aladdin2007]

What’s the odds WDWs castle returns back it’s original look after the 50th? Had it been painted the pink this year and specifically for the 50th then I’d say there’s a good chance it’s temporary, however since they painted it last year as part of Cinderella’s 70th Anniversary, Then came the added 50th decorations… I don’t know what will happen and if the pink is permanent.

Of course the vast majority of guests will think it was all painted specifically for the 50th, which isn’t fully true.

agree, I don't get why so many have said it will return after, I feel like this is a permanent color scheme for the foreseeable beyond the 50th unfortunately. I haven't read anything that suggests they plan to change the colors after the "mini 50th picnic".

 

[brb1006]

Well, since you brought up the sweet, pink theming.

And we cant sing along to this song without some cake reference

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And here's photos from 1996 when they were decorating the castle.

And during the evening from 1997


I miss the trees so much!

 

[RunningKoen]

And here's photos from 1996 when they were decorating the castle.

And during the evening from 1997


I miss the trees so much!

Sweet pink icing indeed!

I just did a quick google search, but these pics fit the song reference way better ;-)

 

[Fable McCloud]

I love the elegance of the ribbons and the buntings. I love the brightened blues and golds. I don't love the pink. In my brain, Sleeping Beauty Castle is pink, Cinderella Castle is blue-blue grey. Maybe by the next trip it will have faded a bit...

In all actuality though, it's all better than the cake. Though I do hate to see the clock covered by the 50th medallion.

 

[Touchdown]

I love the elegance of the ribbons and the buntings. I love the brightened blues and golds. I don't love the pink. In my brain, Sleeping Beauty Castle is pink, Cinderella Castle is blue-blue grey. Maybe by the next trip it will have faded a bit...

In all actuality though, it's all better than the cake. Though I do hate to see the clock covered by the 50th medallion.

I do love that clock. But a 50 has to go somewhere and it’s the least worst choice.

 

[Parker in NYC]

What’s the odds WDWs castle returns back it’s original look after the 50th? Had it been painted the pink this year and specifically for the 50th then I’d say there’s a good chance it’s temporary, however since they painted it last year as part of Cinderella’s 70th Anniversary, Then came the added 50th decorations… I don’t know what will happen and if the pink is permanent.

Of course the vast majority of guests will think it was all painted specifically for the 50th, which isn’t fully true.

God willing. But in a world where Disney allows the rocks at the Tomorrowland hub entrance to continue flaking...

 

[DoleWhipDrea]

Didn't an insider here say that the paint job didn't come out as they expected and they weren't all that happy about it? I think it was alluded that it might get changed.

 

[Giss Neric]

I was referring to the new paint scheme when I said I wasn't a fan. Not loving the new decorations either although I have not seen them in person. I didn't like the new paint colors based on photos and a lot of people said wait until you see in person - and I still wasn't a fan. So I'm not sure how much would change seeing the decorations in person. To me, so far, it just looks like a mess.

I don't think it's a mess. The proper term is it look busy. Maybe taking down the buntings will solve it. The gems and the gold wraparounds are lovely.

 

[JoeCamel]

Didn't an insider here say that the paint job didn't come out as they expected and they weren't all that happy about it? I think it was alluded that it might get changed.

They changed the roofs, I think that's all we get

 

[Bocabear]

I think the roof change helped a bit... It is still Golden Girls Mauve which is wrong for the whole character and idea of the castle....If this were being done for Disneyland's 50th, making all the castles worldwide look like Sleeping Beauty's Castle, it might make sense, but when it is the 50th Celebration for WDW's original castle and park it seems like it was just a bad idea. Maybe for Disneyland's 70th they will paint Sleeping Beauty Castle gray ...to look more like the WDW Castle.
With Advanced imaging and computers, they could have had a better idea of what it would look like before it was done...
Get rid of the peeling rocks in Tomorrowland and bring back the Gull-wing waterfalls from 1971... Give Tomorrowland it's WOW entrance.

 

[ToTBellHop]

They changed the roofs, I think that's all we get

They’re not painting again.