Should I keep B&TB Castle in my MK park, or use a castle from Walt's era at Disney?

[KentB3]

I have been having second thoughts about using Beauty and the Beast Castle in my park. Even though this was the castle determined by an earlier poll, and my second choice for the castle besides Cinderella's (which WDW already has, ruling that out), I still am not sure whether I should use this or not. I was wondering if it would be a bad idea to use Beauty and the Beast Castle, since it was made many years after Walt Disney's death, and that the Magic Kingdom castle should be a tribute to Walt by using a castle from a cartoon/movie that he was behind at Disney, or during his lifetime. BTW, Beauty and the Beast was made in 1991 during the Michael Eisner era, as he has been president of Disney since 1984.

If I should use another castle, I'm leaning towards Snow White's Castle; since Disneyland has Sleeping Beauty's Castle, and WDW's MK has Cinderella's Castle; especially since I designed this as a U.S. theme park, primarily due to familiarity with the culture. Also, I have no idea what WDI's policy about using castles for Disney theme parks is, so I have no idea what to do. One of the things I do know is that The Haunted Mansion is placed in a different "land" for each theme park (Liberty Square for WDW's Magic Kingdom, New Orleans Square for Disneyland, Fantasyland for Tokyo Disneyland, and Frontierland for Disneyland Paris), but that's another story!

Please LMK what you think I should do by casting your vote in my poll, which is attached to this message. I look forward to hearing from you!

 

[DarkMeasures]

Walt chose Sleeping Beauty's castle to help promote the film even though it would be a few more years for it to be released. Chose the name for what you really think it is about. The reason I chose castle of dreams is oppisite of why Walt named his castle but I honestly believe my idea is more right.

Name your castle for what you believe in.

 

[KentB3]

So far, I have one vote to retain Beauty and the Beast Castle, and 2 votes to replace it with Snow White's Castle, or a castle from Walt Disney's era. Please let your votes keep coming!

 

[KentB3]

As of today, there are 2 votes to retain Beauty and the Beast Castle, and 2 votes to replace it with Snow White's Castle, or a castle from Walt Disney's era. Please let your votes keep coming!

 

[KentB3]

So far, I have 2 votes for Beauty and the Beast Castle, and 2 votes to replace it with Snow White's Castle or one from Walt Disney's era. I am also running a similar poll on DisneyCentral concerning my castle. Both websites, combined with a few others I have spoken with outside of this poll post, I now have ten votes each, giving us a tie between the 2 castles, as of this reply.

I had planned to design B&TB Castle similar to the Disneyland Paris castle, with a few modifications, such as the domed ballroom. Not sure what to do with Snow White's Castle, as far as her castle's design is concerned, if this is chosen by the poll.

 

[KentB3]

So far, as of this post, I now have 11 votes for Beauty and the Beast Castle and 10 votes for Snow White's or another Disney-era castle, which also includes votes on DisneyCentral. Just an update!