Originally Posted By mousermerf Found this.. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/raxip/4522412156/sizes/o/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/r...sizes/o/</a> It's from a photoset of the work on Cinderella castle.. Did they seriously fill in the arches on the bridge?
Originally Posted By -em I'm with HokieSkipper. I don't ever recall them being "arches" since there isn't room for the water to GO since the ground starts on the other side
Originally Posted By brotherdave That doesn't look like the bridge but the ramps leading up to the bridge. I'm pretty sure they were always like that, too.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I didn't see any change. I'm pretty sure like everyone else that it looked like that before.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Here's a pretty good picture of what it looks like from a distance. The arches in the picture wrap around the stage, making the ramps up to the bridge. They put the quasi-arches on the side so it would kind of fit in with the general look of the castle, instead of just being plain stone. Then, behind that is the actual bridge, which only has one large arch, so that the Swan Boats were able to fit under it when they were running. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/80687006@N00/2528514228/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/8...8514228/</a>
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Agreed, it has always been like that, whereas Paris has a beautiful bridge instead: <a href="http://www.dlrptoday.com/2010/04/10/refurb-roundup-castle-bridge-organ-music-tea-cups/" target="_blank">http://www.dlrptoday.com/2010/...ea-cups/</a>
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Paris wins a lot in that catagory. Ironically enough, if you look at the plans for FLE, we are getting that bridge put in front of Belle's Resturant/meetngreet.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo This is why I am not hating on the FL extension. Sure it may be a bunch of meet and greets that I have little interest in, but WDW will finally have some nice vistas again, something that to me really has hurt this park for so long.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Same here. It'll look and feel phenomenal. I'm greatly anticipating getting to walk around, explore and just soaking all that in. It's just a shame it's following the Disney Way of all style and no substance.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 But Dave, you're a father, how do your children feel about m & gs? I've no interest in them (well maybe if it was Maleficent I would). But my grandchildren enjoyed a FEW.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Agreed, it has always been like that, whereas Paris has a beautiful bridge instead: <a href="http://www.dlrptoday.com/2010/...ea-cups/" target="_blank">http://www.dlrptoday.com/2010/...ea-cups/</a> << To me DLP wins hands down when it comes to Castles. Especially at Christmas time.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> But Dave, you're a father, how do your children feel about m & gs? I've no interest in them (well maybe if it was Maleficent I would). But my grandchildren enjoyed a FEW. << If they had a Mr. Toad meet, and greet, I know at least one of your daughters would be all over it.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo They can take or leave meet and greets. If it is a walk up, they like them, but they do not feel the urge to queue for them, maybe because they have a fair amount of Disney park experience. In fact they moaned at me when I wanted to queue to meet Jack and Sally - lol. But they like them at meals or in the hotels, where there are less crowds (though Jess is wary of some of the villains). The human ones (e.g. princesses) don't seem to impress them at all.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Now a well themed attraction, water element, special effect or live band gets them excited (like father like kids)
