Originally Posted By tfdeere OK, I'm sure this has been asked a lot, but I didn't see the post, so I thought I'd ask again. Does anyone know when the decorations on the castle are coming down? Is it going back to it's normal look...I hope...or is it going to have something else put on it for the new celebration? Also, out of curiosity, I'm wondering what you thought of the 50 yrs of theme park magic decorations? Did you like them, and if so why? Did you not like them, and if so why not? You can probably tell from my paragraph above, I didn't really like them. But that's only because I proposed to my wife by the castle, so it always has a special place in our hearts as it looked that night, not as it is now. Thanks!!!!!!
Originally Posted By leemac The decorations are coming down in mid-September. It is part of an overhaul of the castle in general.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Lee, was there any thought to leaving any of it up at all ? Just curious as I thought some subtle features mightbe nice to leave, but I am Ok with removing all of them also...
Originally Posted By leemac I believe they are removing everything although I guess they could conceivably leave some minor elements. Allegedly a lot of the characters are being sent to Paris to decorate the new Toon Studios at the Walt Disney Studios Park. The plan was always to remove them.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Thanks for info...I actually thought some if left behind would still be classy...but I understand the return to the original state also.
Originally Posted By tfdeere Thanks Everyone. leemac, do you know if the castle walkthrough will be closed off on the first week of October? Thanks!
Originally Posted By Labuda I like the decorations, but I'm not really upset at all that they'll be gone when I arrive in 60 days!
Originally Posted By danyoung According to Mouseplanet, the castle will be getting extensive painting once the decorations come down. So anticipate scaffolding and tarps ebtween September and December.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>It is part of an overhaul of the castle in general.<< So they are finally moving it to Pittsburg?? Hahahaha!!!!
Originally Posted By melissa_m Please, oh please tell me there won't be tarps and scaffolding over Thanksgiving..I don't won't those things in my beautiful pics of the castle!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Please, oh please tell me there won't be tarps and scaffolding over Thanksgiving..I don't won't those things in my beautiful pics of the castle!<< Beautiful castle? Sweetheart.. the tarps and scaffolding came off the TDL castle over a month ago! ...and trust me, the MK Castle needs all the TLC it can possibly get, while management is willing to pay some money to do it. So let's be greatfull.
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys Can't wait to get the old castle back, not to mention the end of Cinderellabration, which will be the cause of a big celebration for me.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Me too. I much rather see it again at TDL this winter as it was meant to be staged: Big, Lavish and expensive.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Please, oh please tell me there won't be tarps and scaffolding over Thanksgiving..I don't won't those things in my beautiful pics of the castle!< Sorry, but if the info out there is correct, there is a pretty good chance of tarps and scaffolding. I'm not wild about it, either, but I'm glad they're serious about upkeep of the castle. Hey, at least it's not pink with big blow-up candles on it!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Let's face it.. this will be perfect for Halloween at the MK. A truly scary castle, just like TDL's was for most of the springtime this year.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm sure they will do something other than just plain tartps on the castle. At the very least, I would hope they would so something like what DL had, with it covered in plain blue tarps, with plywood cutouts of the cards from Alice in Wonderland all over it, holding paintbrushes and stuff. It didn't come close to seeing the real castle, but it was a cute touch that made you think of the song, and instantly know what was going on. I think what they did at TDL was great, making an event out of teh castle getting painted. Having Stitch take over the park and throw paint on things made it make more sense to have the castle covered up. The little wall in the front also showed the Stitch idea. They could also have some Stitch-type things hanging off the tarps too. This certainly wouldn't hurt the crowds over at the great attraction any. I could also see them doing what they did a few years back on the Main Street railroad station, where there is a full size picture of the building blown up onto the tarp, so it looks like it is there, but it is actually the tarps. This was also done this spring for the Emporium in Disneyland Paris. Hopefully they will have something interesting to look at while the castle is all covered up. Whatever they do, I sure hope the majority of the budget is devoted to making the castle shine like it hasn't in a long time, not covering it up.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Whether the management at WDW will see it necesary to put on a painted tarp over the castle just for the sake of quality (something that is questionably missing at the MK lately) remains to be seen. These are the same people UNwilling to give their guests extra little things like Nightmare HM and such, at regular park prices. So don't be surprised if the castle doesn't look it's best this fall. Hopefully the final product will be worth the eyesores. I just hope they do not copy the new TDL makeover colors as I think that TDL castle looks stunning and deserves a different look to set it apart for the MK's.
Originally Posted By irishfan >>Whether the management at WDW will see it necesary to put on a painted tarp over the castle just for the sake of quality (something that is questionably missing at the MK lately) remains to be seen.<< Well they did for Main Street Station only last year, so you'd never know.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN That is true... so there is hope then. Fingers crossed. If they wanted to upgrade the experience at WDW, then they should paint DLP's castle over a tarp and cover the MK castle... Wouldn't that be sweet and hysterically funny to see??? Saddest part is how 92% of the guests would not even know what castle they are looking at on that tarp! LOL!!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>These are the same people UNwilling to give their guests extra little things like Nightmare HM and such, at regular park prices.<<< The problem is that Nightmare is a downgrade of quality, in my opinion. Why all you folks are breathing heavy over a bunch of cardboard cutouts with dayglow paint is totally out of my scope of reasoning. I saw it last year at DL and all I could think was, "I want my money back. I've been ripped off".
