News Sleeping Beauty's Castle to be refurbished

[JD2000]

It looks so BIG!

Too early?

 

[Disney Analyst]

A closer look from a WDI scenic artists Instagram page.

Ooh love that view, really love the tile work on that notre-dame roof.

 

[mickEblu]

Ooh love that view, really love the tile work on that notre-dame roof.

I have to say from this angle it looks pretty nice.

 

[TROR]

You're making the assumption they didn't create new (or will create new) snow covered roofs based on the new color scheme, I'm not making that assumption.

The snow covered roofs along with the other aspects of the winter castle overlay are a popular fixture during the winter celebration. So we'll have to see what they do this year. But I for one would be disappointed if they didn't do it.

Big doubt they would go to the trouble of making new ones. More likely they paint the old ones, but given this new paint job I don't they would want to cover up all this work and risk damaging it again.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Big doubt they would go to the trouble of making new ones. More likely they paint the old ones, but given this new paint job I don't they would want to cover up all this work and risk damaging it again.

My thoughts exactly. They saw the damage that was done, they had to put up the fake roofs again to cover the damage. Hopefully they will find new ways to present a winter castle. A mix of projection/tastefully done lights could work well.

 

[Disney Irish]

Big doubt they would go to the trouble of making new ones. More likely they paint the old ones, but given this new paint job I don't they would want to cover up all this work and risk damaging it again.

Again we'll see, I'm betting we get snow covered roofs for Christmas...

 

[Disney Irish]

My thoughts exactly. They saw the damage that was done, they had to put up the fake roofs again to cover the damage. Hopefully they will find new ways to present a winter castle. A mix of projection/tastefully done lights could work well.

Big doubt they would go to the trouble of making new ones. More likely they paint the old ones, but given this new paint job I don't they would want to cover up all this work and risk damaging it again.

BTW, the damage to the roofs were from the other overlays, the 60th diamond roofs being the latest, not the snow covered roofs.

 

[Disney Analyst]

BTW, the damage to the roofs were from the other overlays, the 60th diamond roofs being the latest, not the snow covered roofs.

I mean, it was a mix of both really.

 

[Disney Irish]

I mean, it was a mix of both really.

The damage as I recall was discovered as there were removing the 60th diamond covered roofs, not the snow covered roofs. They have used the snow covered roofs for years without issue, as far as I know. I could be wrong, but that is what I remember.

 

[TROR]

The damage as I recall was discovered as there were removing the 60th diamond covered roofs, not the snow covered roofs. They have used the snow covered roofs for years without issue, as far as I know. I could be wrong, but that is what I remember.

I believe I read it began with the snow roofs but was minimal. The 60th roofs were what did it in.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I believe I read it began with the snow roofs but was minimal. The 60th roofs were what did it in.

Exactly. It was really from years of abuse and overlays.

 

[Disney Irish]

I believe I read it began with the snow roofs but was minimal. The 60th roofs were what did it in.

Could be right, but I still bet there is snow covered roofs at Christmas.

 

[Practical Pig]

I've never liked the cartoony patchy snow roofs overlay, anyway. They were never authentic enough to do justice to this grand old gal. Nor were the wad-of-wiring icicles. The familiar Xmas overlay is a tired old thing, and needs new tech supporting new ideas.

 

[Practical Pig]

A closer look from a WDI scenic artists Instagram page.

Based on this photo, I have to revise my initial opinion that the paint job seemed to be playing to the back balcony, or the Main Street Train Station. This seems to show that it's playing very effectively to the intimate studio space of the Hub and through to the courtyard. As photographed, the forced perspective gradations of the paint job seem to work very well from this intimate angle, giving a taller feel to it after all. My optimism for the full reveal has gone way up, and I'm looking forward now to my first naked-eye encounter.

 

[IMDREW]

Maybe the christmas overlay will now only consist of the winter lights. Like in MK..

 

[Phroobar]

If they were smart, they designed snow roofs at the same time that are compatible with the new roofs and easy to setup and take down without damage.

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[britain]

Yay! The guilded swirls have been removed from the front ramparts.

And it looks like those roof stars are only visible when the light hits them the right way, since they aren't in this photo.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Yay! The guilded swirls have been removed from the front ramparts.

And it looks like those roof stars are only visible when the light hits them the right way, since they aren't in this photo.

The gilded swirls?

 

[britain]

The gilded swirls?

I think it was some fall-proofing measure. So glad to see them gone!