The reason why SBC castle is small is because Walt didn't have money?

[celticssuck]

Some people say that the SBC castle is small because Walt did not have money to build a big castle so he made the castle and Main Street small. Is that true or no?

 

[kap91]

While money may have factored into the decision I'm sure (mainly due to the small amount of land that was able to be purchased leading to smaller scale buildings etc.), Walt is also said to have wanted the castle to be on the smaller side so that it wouldn't intimidate guests. He wanted the park to be a happy, open and inviting place.

 

[Wilt Dasney]

I like it the way it is.

 

[magicmaya]

I like it the way it is.

because you could see the fireworks better :lol:

 

[TP2000]

Some people say that the SBC castle is small because Walt did not have money to build a big castle so he made the castle and Main Street small. Is that true or no?

That's not true. And it sounds like someone trying to extrapolate the thoughts of 1954-55 from a stuck-in-the-21st-century mindset. :lol:

The Castle and Main Street at Disneyland are the size they are because that's the way Walt wanted them, and the way he had them designed and built. The same can also be said for all of the rest of 1950's Disneyland still there, like the Disneyland Railroad and its stations, Frontierland, Adventureland, the Mark Twain Riverboat, Sailing Ship Columbia, Tom Sawyer Island, StorybookLand, Casey Jr. Circus Train, Alice In Wonderland, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Submarine Voyage, Autopia, etc.

 

[JamieD]

Sort of on the same note...I know that DL is considerably smaller than MK at WDW...It's pretty easy to tell. But I was just trying to recall from my last visit to DL...is Main Street shorter at DL than at MK at WDW?

 

[Eddie Sotto]

Some people say that the SBC castle is small because Walt did not have money to build a big castle so he made the castle and Main Street small. Is that true or no?

According to Herb Ryman, the Artist who did the first castle illustrations and worked on the design, he explained that "Walt did want a bigger Castle but could not afford it". Just passing that on.