Pink Castle?

[MKBurn15]

This may seem weird, but does anybody ever remember the Cinderella castle being pink with fluffy cloudlike things on the outsides? I think this was for the 25 year anniversary, but I don't really remember it.

 

[MKBurn15]

OK forget that. I figured it out. http://www.pansophist.com/cascomp.htm But I remember seeing it in 96 or 97. Wasn't it recently Walt Disney World's 100th birthday? Or was that Walt Disney's 100th birthday?

 

[JackSkellington]

It had to be Walt Disney's. WDW has not been around for 100 years.

 

[MKBurn15]

Oh Ok. That makes waaay more sense now. How long has Disney been around then? About now shouldn't it be 38 or 39 years old?

 

[JackSkellington]

Yeah something like that. My dad was born the day after DL opened and he is 49 I believe. And WDW came after DL, so no way 100 yrs. old.

 

[barnum42]

Originally posted by MKBurn15
This may seem weird, but does anybody ever remember the Cinderella castle being pink with fluffy cloudlike things on the outsides? I think this was for the 25 year anniversary, but I don't really remember it.

I and many others have been trying to forget that abomination.

They converted the castle to a cake for the 25th anniversary of Disney World.

 

[MKBurn15]

Oh it was a cake? I get it now. It looked sorta funky. I didn't really mind it, but I do like the original waaaaay better.

 

[flawless777]

Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955.

Walt Disney World (Magic Kingdom) opened October 1, 1971

 

[JackSkellington]

Welcome flawless. Those dates are right. My dad was born on the 18th.

 

[MKBurn15]

Hi flawless.

Those are nice dates to know. I'll write them down. Thanks for clearing everything up for me everybody.

Hey! Next Year is Disneyland's 50th birthday.

 

[Atta83]

Yes for Disney Worlds 25th Anniversary the Castle was done to look like a big birthday cake. Also, they had it where you could get a type of pin to say when your first visit to WDW was. We still have ours. My mom loves to go during these types of celebrations and such. Cant wait till she sees all the mickeys...

 

[MKBurn15]

Oh right. I remember those pins. I have mine also. It says Guest of Honor 1993. Actually, they had a different year, so I had to scratch it out and write in 1993.

 

[Sir Hiss527]

Yes, the castle was painted as a pink cake for the 25th. Anniversary for Disney World. The cake was up for a year, and then they took it down thank god.

 

[AkiraRaptor]

Yea, we were there for that a few days after the 25th party started in Oct of '96. We had no idea about the castle change, so it was a bit of a shock for us. This was the first time back to Disney for me in a while, and I wasn't such a nut about Disney back then.

We didn't really care for it much, but you could walk around to the back side and see the castle in it untouched state, they only "pinked up" the front side.

 

[MKBurn15]

If they have to decorate it again, I hope it won't be pink again. Why not blue? Or.....not pink?

 

[JackSkellington]

Maybe they will just have more Mickeys in the parks.

 

[MKBurn15]

Originally posted by JackSkellington
Maybe they will just have more Mickeys in the parks.

Don't be silly, how can Mickey be in more than one place at once?

 

[JackSkellington]

Lets see. One at Toon Town Fair, One in Tomorrowland, FantasyLand, and Main Street.

 

[Atta83]

Last time i checked there was no mickey in tomorrowland, i know there is a future mickey in EPCOT near mousegears but not in tomorrowland...

 

[raven]

I think we are all trying to forget that ugly pink castle. That was hideous!