Tokyo Disneyland Resort Expansion

[ThemeParkTraveller]

Maybe I'm wrong, but the castle renovation seems too extensive just to be a simple repaint.

 

[RandySavage]

^The pic I posted above shows the top front window disassembed and in multiple parts resting on scaffolding... so something beyond a paint job is going on...

 

[SweetDuffy101]

BayMax Happy Ride Testing.

 

[SweetDuffy101]

And here are two guys trying to remove the window from Cinderella Castle.
It’s supposed to weight around 40-60kgs.

 

[SweetDuffy101]

I found a very interesting tweet regarding Exclusivity Contracts For OLC.

 

[Jose]

Maybe I'm wrong, but the castle renovation seems too extensive just to be a simple repaint.

In fact, I've just talked with a Japanese friend and he told me that they're certainly replacing the main tower. He also told me that the common feeling there is that they want an original look for their castle. They like their actual version but they're also eager to welcome some new changes.

 

[ThemeParkTraveller]

Beauty and the Beast castle facade is looking very good now. The color scheme is a bit more vibrant than I expected based on the concept art (which looked more gray than purple).

 

[Otamin]

Beauty and the Beast castle facade is looking very good now. The color scheme is a bit more vibrant than I expected based on the concept art (which looked more gray than purple).

Fantastic.

The castle in MK looks like an absolute joke in comparison.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

Fantastic.

The castle in MK looks like an absolute joke in comparison.

OH, the BEASTs castle in MK! I thought you meant the TDL castle in comparison.

 

[BrianLo]

Kind of crazy that the next few years will bring us 5 ‘new’ castles scaled larger than Disneyland’s sleeping beauty castle. Without a single new castle park opening.

Discounting Universal, which is also delivering ?5 more.

 

[Flippin'Flounder]

Kind of crazy that the next few years will bring us 5 ‘new’ castles scaled larger than Disneyland’s sleeping beauty castle. Without a single new castle park opening.

Discounting Universal, which is also delivering ?5 more.

Where are you counting five castles? I'm sure I'm missing some but I can only come up with this one and the new castle in Hong Kong.

 

[ThemeParkTraveller]

Where are you counting five castles? I'm sure I'm missing some but I can only come up with this one and the new castle in Hong Kong.

Most likely referring to the three Arendelle castles being built in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Paris.

 

[Flippin'Flounder]

Most likely referring to the three Arendelle castles being built in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Paris.

That's it! Thanks

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Where are you counting five castles? I'm sure I'm missing some but I can only come up with this one and the new castle in Hong Kong.

New Hong Kong Castle
Frozen Castle (x3, DisneySea version bigger?)
Beauty and the Beast (Tokyo Disneyland)

 

[ThemeParkTraveller]

New Hong Kong Castle
Frozen Castle (x3, DisneySea version bigger?)
Beauty and the Beast (Tokyo Disneyland)

I believe so since it's the only one with a restaurant inside. The castle in Hong Kong is listed as a prop castle with little functional space behind the facade, and I assume Paris will be identical in design.

 

[BrianLo]

Precisely. Universal has another Hogwarts, multiple Peach/Bowser combos and Draculas.

It’s a castlepocalypse!

 

[jaxonp]

Beast castle is massive. It can be seen from almost everywhere.

 

[jaxonp]

Tokyo Disneyland’s next project should be to update the look of fantasyland. It might be the worst looking one in the world.... in a word... cheap.

 

[BrianLo]

Tokyo Disneyland’s next project should be to update the look of fantasyland. It might be the worst looking one in the world.... in a word... cheap.

I'll be honest that I much preferred version one of this expansion. Which would have included more sweeping changes to Fantasyland itself including moving Dumbo, Small World and opening up an Alice area.

BUT New New Fantasyland (FantaSEA land) >>> what was lost + an isolated Frozen Port.

The next wave should theoretically swing back to Disneyland, so I'll be curious to see what land they hone in on.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I'll be honest that I much preferred version one of this expansion. Which would have included more sweeping changes to Fantasyland itself including moving Dumbo, Small World and opening up an Alice area.

BUT New New Fantasyland (FantaSEA land) >>> what was lost + an isolated Frozen Port.

The next wave should theoretically swing back to Disneyland, so I'll be curious to see what land they hone in on.

My guess would be Tomorrowland using the now empty Showbase theater space.