I now have an idea (more or less) of what I have come up with for my Magic Kingdom castle, which will be Beauty & the Beast Castle. Basically, B&TB castle will be similar to the Disneyland Paris castle (Sleeping Beauty), but with a few revisions.
http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/showphoto.php?photo=168
The above URL is a photo of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris. Beauty and the Beast Castle in my proposed MK park will have a similar design, but also with a few differences as well. The main color sceme of the castle (pink, with white trim, turquoise-like blue roofing, and a gray stone-like bottom) will remain the same. However, I may replace some of the white with gold, such as the staircase on the big right-hand tower and the elaborate curved railing on the big tower's observation deck. I haven't desided for sure on white or gold for the railing and staircase, so try to LMK which would look best!
The tall roofed area of the second story behind the entranceway roof will be widened to the width of the entranceway and raised to include a third story, much like Cinderella's Castle. The roof, even though widened to entranceway's width, will have the same shape, otherwise. The second story window pane behind the entranceway roof will remain the same in shape. However, the third story window pane above it will have an elaborate, rectangular pane with a triangular top and spires on each side of the triangle, similar to the top window pane on both Cinderella's and Sleeping Beauty's Disneyland (Anaheim) Castle. This window pane was in fact copied from Mad Ludwig's Castle in Germany, which Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Anaheim was modeled after.
In addition, the large right-hand tower will be moved slightly more to the right to make way for the widened second and third story area, and raised higher in the air to accompany this small, third story of the castle. IIRC, Sleeping Beauty's Paris Castle is 141 feet tall, compared to Cinderella Castle's 180 feet in height and Sleeping Beauty's Anaheim Castle at only 77 feet. Therefore, the third story and higher tower will bring my Beauty and the Beast Castle to a height similar (more to less) to Cinderella's, though I have no way of calculating and accurate measurement!
Last but not least, the two towers on each side of the entranceway will be moved a bit farther apart-- which they look a bit too close together on DLP's castle to me, and look better, IMHO, farther apart like Cinderella's and Disneyland's SB Castle. The hill on the castle's left side will be removed. In its place will be a large, domed rotunda, which was the castle's ballroom taken directly from the movie Beauty and the Beast (1991). It's very likely that the domed ballroom on the left side will house the Beauty and the Beast dark ride, which can only be entered from inside the castle! Since Belle and the Beast/Vincent already have their dark ride, inside the castle no less, the Fantasyland carrousel will be Cinderella's-- since it seems like a bit of overkill for a character or set of characters to have 3 attractions (include the castle), and I really wanted Cinderella to have one of the rides, especially the carrousel-- which seems fitting, especially with the white horses on the ride, much like the white horses on the coach which took Cinderella to her ball!
These are only the major alterations, there may be as few minor ones as well, although I couldn't list them all at the moment, since this castle hasn't been designed yet! I also may put a clock in place of the round glass structure
above the entranceway, for example, which IMHO, would add a nice touch to Belle and the Beast's/Vincent's Castle!
Below are photos on Cinderella Castle at WDW and Slepping Beauty castle at Disneyland. respectively, to help give a comparison.
http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/showphoto.php?photo=4232
http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/showphoto.php?photo=9040
If anyone has questions, comments, and/or suggestions, please feel free to post! I posted several things lately (my updated Main Street Electrical Parade, revised Disney Studios rides and attractions, and my Fantasyland Theatre show), and so far, I have gotten little or no feedback; so please LMK what you think of this, and my other recent proposals. I look forward to hearing from you!
http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/showphoto.php?photo=168
The above URL is a photo of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris. Beauty and the Beast Castle in my proposed MK park will have a similar design, but also with a few differences as well. The main color sceme of the castle (pink, with white trim, turquoise-like blue roofing, and a gray stone-like bottom) will remain the same. However, I may replace some of the white with gold, such as the staircase on the big right-hand tower and the elaborate curved railing on the big tower's observation deck. I haven't desided for sure on white or gold for the railing and staircase, so try to LMK which would look best!
The tall roofed area of the second story behind the entranceway roof will be widened to the width of the entranceway and raised to include a third story, much like Cinderella's Castle. The roof, even though widened to entranceway's width, will have the same shape, otherwise. The second story window pane behind the entranceway roof will remain the same in shape. However, the third story window pane above it will have an elaborate, rectangular pane with a triangular top and spires on each side of the triangle, similar to the top window pane on both Cinderella's and Sleeping Beauty's Disneyland (Anaheim) Castle. This window pane was in fact copied from Mad Ludwig's Castle in Germany, which Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Anaheim was modeled after.
In addition, the large right-hand tower will be moved slightly more to the right to make way for the widened second and third story area, and raised higher in the air to accompany this small, third story of the castle. IIRC, Sleeping Beauty's Paris Castle is 141 feet tall, compared to Cinderella Castle's 180 feet in height and Sleeping Beauty's Anaheim Castle at only 77 feet. Therefore, the third story and higher tower will bring my Beauty and the Beast Castle to a height similar (more to less) to Cinderella's, though I have no way of calculating and accurate measurement!
Last but not least, the two towers on each side of the entranceway will be moved a bit farther apart-- which they look a bit too close together on DLP's castle to me, and look better, IMHO, farther apart like Cinderella's and Disneyland's SB Castle. The hill on the castle's left side will be removed. In its place will be a large, domed rotunda, which was the castle's ballroom taken directly from the movie Beauty and the Beast (1991). It's very likely that the domed ballroom on the left side will house the Beauty and the Beast dark ride, which can only be entered from inside the castle! Since Belle and the Beast/Vincent already have their dark ride, inside the castle no less, the Fantasyland carrousel will be Cinderella's-- since it seems like a bit of overkill for a character or set of characters to have 3 attractions (include the castle), and I really wanted Cinderella to have one of the rides, especially the carrousel-- which seems fitting, especially with the white horses on the ride, much like the white horses on the coach which took Cinderella to her ball!
These are only the major alterations, there may be as few minor ones as well, although I couldn't list them all at the moment, since this castle hasn't been designed yet! I also may put a clock in place of the round glass structure
above the entranceway, for example, which IMHO, would add a nice touch to Belle and the Beast's/Vincent's Castle!
Below are photos on Cinderella Castle at WDW and Slepping Beauty castle at Disneyland. respectively, to help give a comparison.
http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/showphoto.php?photo=4232
http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/showphoto.php?photo=9040
If anyone has questions, comments, and/or suggestions, please feel free to post! I posted several things lately (my updated Main Street Electrical Parade, revised Disney Studios rides and attractions, and my Fantasyland Theatre show), and so far, I have gotten little or no feedback; so please LMK what you think of this, and my other recent proposals. I look forward to hearing from you!