Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech So I hear that the Castle will be losing the crowns and overdressing, but that the colors used for the 50th will stay. Is anyone else upset by this? The normal Castle colors are a beautifully subtle color scheme, while the 50th ones are garish and wierd looking. THey were allright with the crowns, because you knew it was extra decoration, but I wouldn't like these colors to be how guests normally see the castle. What does everyone else think?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<The normal Castle colors are a beautifully subtle color scheme, while the 50th ones are garish and wierd looking.>> One man's beautifully subtle color scheme is another man's cold and boring. Regardless, I rather doubt they will repaint again after the 50th, and I also think that over time the colors will fade somewhat anyway.
Originally Posted By LilliBelle The castle's pre-50th paint was faded, tired and oxydized. The shingles on the turrets was horribly worn out and lackluster. The castle is now sparkling with a vibrancy that is not just beautiful, but welcoming as well due to the warmth that shines from the perfectly revitalized colors. In short, I like it.
Originally Posted By LilliBelle >>The shingles on the turrets *WERE* horribly worn out and lackluster<< Edit!
Originally Posted By mickeynewe I must admit, like SIR, I prefer the more subtle colors (aka "faded", "boring")to the pinkish color. It was okay for the 50th, but I can't wait for it to fade a bit.
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech But it's not a matter of being faded or not. Whenever the pre 50th castle got repainted in it's normal colors, it looked beautiful. The stucco was a nice soft pink, the accents at the top of the walls were more natural stone looking, btu with just a touch of that pink to tie them together. The shingles were a nice slate blue. It looked like a real fairly tail castle. Now it looks plastic and artificial. I admit the 50th color scheme looks nicer than I thought it would, but is not what I would point to as "good color schemes". Yes that's just my opinion. And John Hench is dead so what are you gonna do. And the 50th colors when faded, will not look like the old colors- they will look like faded 50th colors. I'd love if they did it like the HKDL castle- just pump up the saturation a bit, but not to the My Little Pony Castle level.
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech <<Whenever the pre 50th castle got repainted in it's normal colors, it looked beautiful.>> The point I meant to make there was that yes it was faded after a while, but that will happen with any paint that isn't regularly redone. When the paint was freshly applied it was great.
Originally Posted By stagemomx3 I must admit that in June when I saw the castle my first thought was "It's way to pink." I don't remember it being that pink before, but I thought maybe I had just forgotten.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: As a personal friend to Princess Aurora, she has secretly told me that she prefers the orignal pre-50th color scheme. She likes the pink, blue, gray and white colors best. And I have to say I agree with her. Since it's HER castle, she really should be consulted ahead of anybody else. But, unfortunately, Disney management hasn't listened to her for YEARS!! That's how low they've sunk and how out of rude they've become--even to the owner of her own home!!! We don't have much faith in this new president, either. He'll most likely continue to ignore what's best for the park, too...
Originally Posted By LilliBelle Whichever paint scheme is chosen, either "old" or "new" would be fine with me as long as the paint job is maintained. After all, it is just a personal preference as far as the intensity of color on the castle. The subtle pink and slate blue hues were lovely when kept up.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "I'd love if they did it like the HKDL castle- just pump up the saturation a bit, but not to the My Little Pony Castle level." I agree with this, as I think HKDL's color scheme is the best so far. It's vibrant, yet not overdone. Also, I like the fact that there are several shades of pink used rather than the one on the 50th version.
Originally Posted By debtee I like the new colours, they show up more in photo's. Pre 50th my photo's are washed out because the paint is too light. In fact Mj and I were comparing castle pix just a few weeks ago and both of us agreed that the pix of the new colours are much nicer then the old ones which barely show up on an overcast day! Maybe it's like LilliBelle said above, if they maintained the paint of the subtle colours, then they would could look as nice as the darker ones, especially in Photo's?
Originally Posted By Sweeper 1986 the castle was just as pink when they finished the repainting back then. It was indeed faded and decaying before the 50th. Too bad we're going back to the pre-50th castle. It is so small it needs the bling to help. Oh at least it will be just like Hong Kong and not special anymore just the way McDisneyland executives like.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I think that all over Disneyland is going to look too plain when all the 50th decorations are removed. I wish they could keep them; they're not getting rid of Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear and they were billed as 50th anniversary items. In San Francisco they lit up the Bay Bridge for its 50th anniversary and I loved the lights sooo much. So did everyone else. So they kept them. That bridge is probably about 70 years old now and still lit.
Originally Posted By monorailblue I look forward to the toning down, park-wide. The 50th decor was appropriate, and the celebration well earned. But Main Stree and other areas simply deserve to be rid of the bangles and trappings. Disneyland, with the exception of Tomorrowland and some of the FL/TL border areas, has unbelievable amounts of style and charm built in--so much so, in my opinion, that the 50th gold doesn't improve it--it just gave a different air for a time that was special. But let's drop it (particularly the gold lampposts) and get back to Disneyland's inherent charm. As to the Castle specifically, I think I'll be OK with the color scheme for the time being, though the Fantasyland courtyard area certainly looks and feels different (more realistic) than the Castle forecourt area.
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech Well said Monorail Blue. Disneyland was designed to be inherently beautiful. The 50th decor was designed to be an added decor to icons which are familiar to millions of people. To us AP's, some of these icons may have become so familiar that we take the genius of their design for granted. Ie: When they painted Space Mountain for TL 98, I was really excited- I thought how cool to see something that was such a Disney Park constant, reimagined for this exciting new land. And of course we all know how the TL98 rehab went. In time the novelty of the new colors wore off, and I realized how beautiful the White had been, how well thought out the whole design was and that with it painted different colors, you really lost something of the whole.
