Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Ok, so we've lived with the Magic Kingdom's castle overlay for a while now, and although it seemed pretty tasteful, we now have something new to compare it to. Check out TDLFAN's photos of the "new" Cinderella Castle at Tokyo Disneyland. <a href="http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4334673&a=32213551&f=0" target="_blank">http://albums.photo.epson.com/ j/AlbumIndex?u=4334673&a=32213551&f=0</a> Now, THIS is how it should be done! I liked the 50th overlay on Cindy's Castle at MK, but after seeing this, I have to say it can't compare anymore. I wonder if WDW will follow suit, or just go back to business as usual? I would not mind at all if MK's got this treatment too. On the other hand I love that both Cinderella Castles will look different now. What do you guys think?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss What do I think? "Eh." In fact, I am not sure i like how dark they have painted the "stone" walls... it makes an already cold-looking structure even more cold.
Originally Posted By leemac The problem that TDL has always had with their castle is that it doesn't "pop" at all because the skies are always so cloudy. A true blue sky is rare so the castle tends to blend into the sky. That is why it was painted a little white than WDW's version to make it stand out a bit more against the grey skies. I'm not a fan of that metallic paint on the stonework. A little too fantasy for me but then I don't like DL's castle at the moment. Too extreme.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Lee, I've noticed that about TDL's castle in the past. A lot of times it's grey on grey. I'm surprised they didn't go with a different color early on. It's the same reason DLP's is brighter, and their It's a Small World got the pastel treatment. I think this new paint job on Cinderella Castle helps to make it a bit warmer and stand out during bleak days.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Well...on the other hand... the sunny bright FL weather didn't stop them from painting the MK castle in pepto-bysmol colors, did it?
Originally Posted By tonyanton I like the gold accents, not sure about the dark grey lower section. Makes it look like two different structures were put together.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I don't mind that look though. It's similar to the Sleeping Beauty Castle model, where the lower half has always been darker than the upper half. It's even more drastic since the top portions have been pink.
Originally Posted By mstaft I think it looks great- and I hope it stays this way. Too bad the Japanese didn't insist on an entirely new and different castle when TDL was deisgned. So much- too much- of that park looks like the FL and CA parks. Now, they did make up for that with TDS!!!!
Originally Posted By CTXRover The gold accents are nice, but the rest of it I don't really care for. I know everything looks different in person, but I hate how dark they made the bottom half of the castle compared to the light/pinkish/airy look the top half has. It looks too out of place and almost ruins the otherwise nice job they did on the towers. There are nice details that are made more notiecable with the gold paint, and I kind of like the additional splash of color to the towers, but there is little else that I would like seen done over here on WDW's castle. Speaking of WDW's castle, I want the more traditional look back after the 50th. The only expection would be to create more permanent looking gold swirls/rods for the turrets as they did with the 50th overlay using painted flats.
Originally Posted By leemac Now I see where they got their inspiration for the TDL re-do: <a href="http://www.excalibur.com/" target="_blank">http://www.excalibur.com/</a>
Originally Posted By trekkeruss LOL. Excalibur has to be the tackiest looking hotel on the strip. Plus the dragon show they have is laughable.... you'd have to pay me to stay there!
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "Now I see where they got their inspiration for the TDL re-do: <a href="http://www.excalibur.com/" target="_blank">http://www.excalibur.com/</a> " Oh, yeah, totally...it's so a rip-off! Actually, I'd say WDW and DL got the more "Excalibur" look...except that they aren't anywhere near as tacky. "LOL. Excalibur has to be the tackiest looking hotel on the strip. Plus the dragon show they have is laughable.... you'd have to pay me to stay there!" Yeah, I remember waiting for the "show" for a while and REALLY being underwhelmed after it was over. "THAT was it??" was my reaction.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I like the gold accents, not sure about the dark grey lower section.<< Amazing how many people find the lower part of the castle...so-so. Take a good look at TDL's castle from before and years ago and compare to the MK's... The TDL castle has always been of darker tones in the lower section. Nothing new there.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think it looks amazing. Then again, I geuss I'm a DL native, so I sort of expect that look. I really like the shading on the light colored walls, since they make it look more realistic. The dark lower part makes it look more permanent, which is good, since I've always thought they look like you could just pick them up and move them around. Since they are not connected to any buildings or ground around them, they just look too fake, especially considering their size. I'm not too sure about the gold accents on the details, but only because they are gold. They look good, but I don't know how tacky, or not, they look in real life.
