Why DL rules and why WDW vacuums

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I'm not a big fan of Cinderella Castle. I guess I never have been. I could be biased because, despite going to WDW every Summer in my youth and never visiting DL until later, I had this souvenir book that had a photo of Sleeping Beauty Castle with the Matterhorn looming in the background. It's one of the first images I ever saw of DL and I always wanted to go. They say the grass is always greener on the other side.

Cinderella Castle is lacking something, or maybe many things. It's kinda fugly, the colors are kinda gaudy, it kinda lacks dimension. The age-old argument that size doesn't matter and Disneyland's is more charming and historic and thusly better, basically holds up. One of the best differences is that you can go into the Sleeping Beauty Castle and explore. I know there's a restaurant and some other things in Cinderella (which you can't see), but all I see whenever I look at that one is an empty shell. The forced perspective doesn't really work well for it. Sleeping Beauty is smaller, but feels grander somehow.

Just my two cents.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

I'm not a big fan of Cinderella Castle. I guess I never have been. I could be biased because, despite going to WDW every Summer in my youth and never visiting DL until later, I had this souvenir book that had a photo of Sleeping Beauty Castle with the Matterhorn looming in the background. It's one of the first images I ever saw of DL and I always wanted to go. They say the grass is always greener on the other side.

Cinderella Castle is lacking something, or maybe many things. It's kinda fugly, the colors are kinda gaudy, it kinda lacks dimension. The age-old argument that size doesn't matter and Disneyland's is more charming and historic and thusly better, basically holds up. One of the best differences is that you can go into the Sleeping Beauty Castle and explore. I know there's a restaurant and some other things in Cinderella (which you can't see), but all I see whenever I look at that one is an empty shell. The forced perspective doesn't really work well for it. Sleeping Beauty is smaller, but feels grander somehow.

Just my two cents.

I appreciate Cinderella Castle for what it is, but Tokyo's version is much nicer. The color scheme makes a huge difference.

 

[Disneysea05]

I have yet to see a Disney castle I don't love to photograph and gaze at. Sleeping Beauty Castle in Paris in particular has the most intricate architecture.

Tokyo's Cinderella Castle does have a much nicer, warmer color palette. Plus the walk through attraction is very nicely done (although I still miss Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour) and I love being able to walk out on the second floor balcony facing Fantasyland. I also love how the castle stage is custumed built for each different show and when there isn't a stage show being presented, the stage is completely removed.

 

[Disneykidder]

While I do agree that POC at DL trumps POC at WDW, there are MANY attractions that are far superior at WDW. HM, Everest is better than Matterhorn (Batterhorn, I call it), Peter Pan, Space Mountain, Buzz (I like how the handles come out in DL but still better in WDW)...BUT, to each their own. Everyone will have an opinion about everything. To quote an Imaginear I met last week in DL...DL is charming but WDW is fantastic.

 

[SpaceMountain75]

As far as castles go, my opinion on them is that Sleeping Beauty is disappointing from the end of Main Street but is viewed best when standing right in front of it, while Cinderella is viewed best from the end of Main Street but gradually gets less and less interesting the closer you get. However, both castles have amazing winding paths that go around them (which is actually my favorite way to view both of them). Like @Disneysea05 said, there isn't really a "better" castle. I just enjoy looking at both.