Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/blogs/disneyland/2013/11/01/the-original-sleeping-beauty-castle/" target="_blank"><b>11/1/13 Disneyland: The Original "Sleeping Beauty Castle"</b></a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Great write-up! I visited Neuschwanstein last spring (when there was still scaffholding on the backside as part of a 10-year long refurbishment) and was really impressed with it. It's interesting to think how new the structure actually is; it had a telephone installed in it when it was first built! The time from now to when DL opened is roughly the same as between DL's opening and Neuschwanstein's construction. Crazy! And what an awesome opportunity to get to be part of the promo shoot! I did a couple EF tours many years ago and really enjoyed them. They seemed to find a good balance of getting the highlights and finding less touristy things off the beaten path, and were paced really well. And getting to do it for free only makes it better!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: I just love this castle! If Uncle Walt had decided to do a live action version of Sleeping Beauty, this would have been the perfect place to film it. Every time I look at a picture of this castle I can hear the song, "Hail to the Princess Aurora!" and even imagine a throng of people parading up to the main archway as if ready to attend the Christening of a certain baby princess!!!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: The one picture of the castle perched amidst a mountain backdrop help prove a certain argument in regard to Hong Kong Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle. The mountains behind the castle in Hong Kong don't dwarf their castle any more than the mountains in Germany do. If anything, the mountains in Germany dwarf the larger castle a lot more than the mountains in Hong Kong dwarf the castle there. So much for trying to say the castle in Hong Kong is dwarfed by the mountains behind it. I think that both castles are actually complimented by the mountains surrounding them.
