Why not remove Cinderella's Castle

TrainsOfDisney

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You care so much about it, you don't know the boats name.

The Lilly Belle is one of the trains. The boat is the Liberty Belle (originally Richard F. Irvine).
This wasn’t written to me but it’s a common mix up. Plus there is the Lilly Belle locomotive at WDW, the Lilly Belle Retlaw Car at Disneyland, the originals replica Lilly Belle at Disneyland Main Street station, and the original Lilly belle at the museum.
Whether or not paying for it out of his own pocket is 'ownership' when the intention was to put it into Disneyland is at best debatable, but I'll let you have it.
he personally owned the railroad, riverboat, and monorail, I beloved the fire station as well. At least the railroad and monorail were still owned by Retlaw until 1981.
 
Obviously this was written in jest but I actually would like OLC to update their castle so that every Castle park would have its own unique castle.
 

Eric Graham

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With the removal of Tom Sawyer island, Splash Mountain, the Rivers of America, and the (beautiful) Lilly Belle, let's go all out and remove Cinderella's Castle. Think about it, it's taking up precious space where we could bout up a new coaster !!!
If I backed up my F150, would it have the towing capacity to haul the thing? Pondering on that...Should call Ford! Only kidding!
;)
 
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Smiley/OCD

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If I backed up my F150, would it have the towing capacity to haul the thing? Pondering on that...Should call Ford! Only kidding!
;)
I’m now thinking of the scene in Lethal Weapon 2 there Riggs (Mel Gibson) is pulling the South African house on the cliff down with his pick up truck…
Priceless!!
 

graphite1326

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With the removal of Tom Sawyer island, Splash Mountain, the Rivers of America, and the (beautiful) Lilly Belle, let's go all out and remove Cinderella's Castle. Think about it, it's taking up precious space where we could bout up a new coaster !!!
I agree after all it isn't going to be Disney any more. Just another with rides.
 

Eric Graham

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They now have options for boys. But I'd bet the farm it's still 95 to 99% girls in there.
my niece didn't do it when we took my nephew and niece years ago. it was funny she didn't believe in the characters, and then she met Merida from Brave and it was totally Disney magic.
 

Goofyernmost

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It’s valid. It was a comparison to something as iconic and as symbolic as the Frontierland environment.
We will have to agree to disagree, my friend. Magic Kingdom isn't called a Rivers of America Park or even a Tom Sawyers Island park. It is known and described as one of the many Castle Parks connected with Disney. How many people have gone to WDW and never even knew that Tom Sawyer Island and Rivers of America even existed. I've met many, they didn't expect it, they didn't think it was anymore than just the surrounding landscaping. Personally, in spite of my fandom for almost 40 years, I went there on my first visit, with my kids and haven't set foot on it since 1983. Apparently, didn't leave much of a need to experience it again. The Rivers were and still are an important part of the glorious landscaping that most Disney Parks are known for and expected to continue.

Remember that is not to say that removal of the previous two isn't just Effing awful and sounds like it was thought of by someone that, like the song in Chicago says... "With one more brain what a half wit they'd be". Yes, they are iconic, but are not the thing that stands out and is seen and expected by everyone even if they have never been to the place. I'm sure they have records telling them about the near revolution stirred up by just making it look like a Cake. That is why I say it isn't really comparable except that they are all In Magic Kingdom. If there is no other reason to know it isn't going anywhere is if you just think about how many Disney Movies would have to have the beginning altered if that isn't the main Disney Identification.

If, however, I am wrong and they ever did try to remove it, that would be a sure sign that WDW is on it's way out, at least of Florida.
 
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