I was there while they were paining it and the joke was Barbie had bought the castle and was making it her “Dream Castle “
I'll just leave this here.
PARTY PARTY PARTY!
The epcot wand! That made me nostalgic.We liked the big pink cake castle as well. We were fortunate back then to go a couple of times per year, so seeing it was a treat. It would probably have been sad to not see the iconic castle if it was a once in a lifetime trip, but to regulars, the change was fun.
Now, don't judge me too harshly, but I liked the Epcot wand (both versions) and the BAH too!
I come back to this often. It's so hilariously awful.
Only one part of the wand that bothered me and that was the "magic dust" that was placed on SSE. That was gaudy. The connection of the mouse to Epcot was a good one, because for years we kept hearing that EPCOT wasn't part of WDW. It was put up for the millennium celebration. The choice of font for the numbers 2000, just looked odd. Once it was finally changed to the bolder Epcot, it looked in proportion with the rest of it. That also solidified the connections and was kind of cute. Never had a problem with that and it also gave it a more fun feel other then the dowdy feel that EPCOT managed to eventually feel like. Even that Hat wasn't all that bad if it had been placed in the proper location. Blocking the Theater was really very poor design decision. They could have placed it in the animation area or even just outside the gate and it would have been fine.We liked the big pink cake castle as well. We were fortunate back then to go a couple of times per year, so seeing it was a treat. It would probably have been sad to not see the iconic castle if it was a once in a lifetime trip, but to regulars, the change was fun.
Now, don't judge me too harshly, but I liked the Epcot wand (both versions) and the BAH too!
DAK's complainable bonus is the russel show.Only one part of the wand that bothered me and that was the "magic dust" that was placed on SSE. That was gaudy. The connection of the mouse to Epcot was a good one, because for years we kept hearing that EPCOT wasn't part of WDW. It was put up for the millennium celebration. The choice of font for the numbers 2000, just looked odd. Once it was finally changed to the bolder Epcot, it looked in proportion with the rest of it. That also solidified the connections and was kind of cute. Never had a problem with that and it also gave it a more fun feel other then the dowdy feel that EPCOT managed to eventually feel like. Even that Hat wasn't all that bad if it had been placed in the proper location. Blocking the Theater was really very poor design decision. They could have placed it in the animation area or even just outside the gate and it would have been fine.
So, It appears that every park except one had some sort of complainable extra added. MK had the castle, (originally done to celebrate the 25th Anniversary), Epcot had the wand (originally for the Millennium) and DHS had the BAH (Put there to celebrate Walt's 100th Birthday. Now DAK has escaped that problem because Disney no longer spends that kind of money just for little extras because it appears that most don't want them... so that money goes to Executive Bonus's instead.
I had occasion to go twice that year. Once in the spring and once in the early fall. It was not unusual for me to walk around with my mouth open absorbed in all the amazing things I was seeing. The castle cake was so detailed and so spectacular that I actually spent an hour siting on a bench and just looking at every inch. I probably swallow a hundred fly's and we were indeed very much a codfish.I didn't mind Castle cake at all. Disney was still celebrating the 25th anniversary during Summer of 1997 when I went.
The party I was with liked Castle Cake so much that they bought Castle Cake merchandise in Florida that year.
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