Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Hello to all you Peking ducklings out there! Us Cauldron girls have a question we'd like to ask you. (And we know we could find the answer by conjuring it up inside our crystal ball but it's so much more fun to come here and ask you, instead.) But we were wanting to know if Sleeping Beauty Castle has any murals on the walls of the main walk-thru archway as does the Anaheim counterpart. It wouldn't make sense to NOT have the murals--which help identify the castle better. Yet nobody has put any pictures up to prove it one way or the other.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Well, I don't remember seeing any, but I certainly do not remember specifically not seeing them. I have a feeling that they are not there, but I don't know why.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Thank you for answering our question, FerretAfros, duckling. You deserve to be granted a wish of your choosing, now. ORGOCH: How 'bout doin' us all a favor an' wishin' a certain Krispy Kreme eatin' sister a mine would go away fer good? ORDDU: (Ahem!) I would imagine that--even if the murals aren't there, now--they eventually will be. Like the other Disney parks, various decorations and other features are eventually added as time goes by.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN There are no murals in the castle at HKDL. The castle is a virtual copy of the DL original where no mural could be seen either. However, go next door to the Royal Banquet Hall and feast your eyes in the excellent murals and paintings in the dinning area...
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Actually, there ARE murals inside the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, TDLFAN, duckling. My sisters and I have pictures of them and that's what prompted Orwen to inquire about the status of murals within the Hong Kong version. The next time you visit Disneyland, be sure and look both to the right and the left within the main archway of the castle as you're on the way to Fantasyland and you'll see what we mean.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Really?!?!? SHOCK! All I have seen in the DL castle are the gift shops and the now closed Sleeping Beauty walk thru attraction. I will have to be more vigilant next time!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Right now there are some of the Happiest Faces on Earth murals up, but they are probably in the place of the normal murals, since the frames appeared to be a premanent part of the building. Walking through the castle, they are after you pass through the small narrow part, and are more visible from Fantasyland proper. They are in the area at the other end of the walk way, where the ceiling is higher and the path is suddenly 2-3 times wider. There is one on either side of the path, and they're pretty hard to miss, if you know where to look. Unlike WDW, they are not actually inside the castle, but more just under the balcony of it.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Well, there's 3 wall panels on each side of the main castle archway. The 3rd panels--on either side--are where the murals are hanging--just before you exit the castle into Fantasyland. And you're right, FerretAFros, duckling, the murals they've had up--lately--are not the same one's that are usually there. They are those special, tiny 50th pictures put together to make them look like scenes from Sleeping Beauty.
