Originally Posted By Mr X Just read an interesting mention on another thread about how Walt Disney's co-workers were assuming the castle would be Snow White's, but were surprised to find that Walt actually wanted the castle to belong to the heroine of a movie that hadn't even come out yet! Just got me to thinking about the castles. I think Tokyo started a bad trend (apparently the OLC insisted on having a copy, right down to the name!). I mean, DL gave us Sleeping Beauties castle. Then Walt Disney World included an entirely new castle belonging to Cinderella. The Tokyo dropped the ball by creating an exact duplicate of Florida, even owned by the same landlord(ess?)! France continued the "copy the name" trend, but at least designed an all new look for Sleeping Beauties European retreat... But then they messed it all up again in Hong Kong by going RIGHT to the original plans and copying the Anaheim castle brick for brick. So we've got 3 Sleeping Beauty castles (2 exactly the same), and 2 Cinderella castles (both identical). What a bummer, huh!? Wouldn't it have been cool if Tokyo had come up with maybe a Snow White castle, followed by a stunning (but similar to the current look, I'd imagine) Ariels castle, and then maybe even Jasmines castle in Hong Kong or something like that? Oh well. It is what it is anyway. Your thoughts?
Originally Posted By Elderp I agree perhaps Hong Kong Should of gotten Mulan's Castle. That would of been cool!! There are certainly enough princesses out in Disney lore so each one could be unique.
Originally Posted By Mr X Hadn't even considered that Elder...GREAT idea! Specially since my "Ariel" idea is a bit far fetched really (a castle is more of an "on land" thing)...a Jasmine castle would have been awsome for Europe (hey, the American castles are "European", so why shouldn't the Paris one be something completely different!?)...had Aladdin even come OUT when DLP was built though?
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 And I also hear that the Chinese are not all that fond of Mulan, so it may not have been such a great idea to build "Mulan's Palace" or whatever. Now, I would have thought Paris would have done well with a "Beast's Castle" or since they seem to be named for the women who live in them, "Belle's Castle". That would have been appropriate too, since it took place in France anyway. Tokyo Disneyland could have gotten "Snow White Castle", and maybe Hong Kong Disneyland could have done something different, although there aren't any more princess castles to use, maybe they could have done an homage to the original Disneyland, but came up with a new design (like Paris) and called that "Sleeping Beauty Castle" Anyway, it doesn't matter now anyway, since all of the castles are already built and in place with no chance of them going anywhere.
Originally Posted By Elderp Well if we are going to nit pick about details... How come the Horned King is in the basement of Sleeping Beauty's castle at TD?
Originally Posted By knoxvelour <<How come the Horned King is in the basement of Sleeping Beauty's castle at TD?>> He's just chillin' , yo!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice "Ariel's Castle" would have been deemed porn. (Obscure reference... But many will know what I'm talking about. ;-)
Originally Posted By Daannzzz """Ariel's Castle" would have been deemed porn. (Obscure reference... But many will know what I'm talking about. ;-)"" Artistic accident!
