Originally Posted By tigger_twin89 I know that you used to be able to go up in to the castle and see the diroma's of the story of sleeping beauty, but last time i went the CM told me that the castle was closed and to try back later, I've always wanted to go in it... anyone know if I can go now?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: I never get tired of answering this question no matter how much it comes up. Unfortunately, tigger twin89, duckling, our favorite castle walk-thru seems to be permanently closed down for all manner of reasons--which other ducklings will most likely come along behind us to tell you why. But it was originally closed down shortly after 9/11--for what some say were fears of terrorist activities. Rumor has it that terrorists wanted to plant a bomb inside and blow up one of America's many icons. ORDDU: Of course there are other rumors floating around that the castle MIGHT re-open at some future point. ORGOCH: Fer now, fergit the castle walk thru and git busy doin' somethin' useful--like huntin' frogs with me off the banks a the river in Frontierland!!
Originally Posted By cstephens tigger_twin89 wrote: > but last time i went the CM told me that the castle was closed and to try back later This is the kind of CM answer that really irritates me. "Trying back later" isn't going to do you any good, so the CM was misleading you, whether on purpose or because he/she was misinformed. The castle walkthrough has been closed for some time now, and there is little hope of it ever re-opening. The CM might not know that - in which case the answer should have been, "I don't know, I'll find out for you", not just "come back later". /cs
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 It really is a shame. That was always one of my favorite things.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Mine, too, SleepingBeauty82, duckling. By the way, are you a direct decendant from Princess Aurora? Because of your name, I mean??
Originally Posted By LilliBelle I remember the diorama so fondly! This site has some photos of the diorama that was inside Slepping Beauty's Castle. Click on the "Walk-thru Attraction" link. Enjoy! <a href="http://www.ultimateorlando.com/archive/castle/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ultimateorlando.com /archive/castle/index.htm</a>
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Oh wow Lilli B, thanks so much for that link! That's so cool seeing the dioramas...
Originally Posted By Princess Gabi Did anyone actually read the captions near the photos? Hilarious. I vaguely remember the castle walk-thru...but I wish I could see it now!
Originally Posted By DismayingObservation It was a neat little attraction, but it was installed as an afterthought in 1957. The castle was never meant to be anything other than an ornamental fixture.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins But that means that the walkway was there about 40 years. That alone makes it worth missing. I do miss it but there are others that I miss more. Did they just decide it wasn't worth maintaining any more or was there some safety or fire requirement or something that closed it?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I believe that there were a number of things that made it close. First, it used CM's to staff/clean/maintain it that could have been used somewhere else, considering the low number of visitors that went through each day. It was also a saftey issue, since it would be very easy for people to put something bad in there and it would go unnoticed until the castle went kaboom. Also, it was not ADA compliant, and while it could be grandfathered in, it just had too many things going against it to be saved. Or at least those are the stories that I have heard.
Originally Posted By cstephens As I recall, it was closed at the start of the war with Afghanistan. /cs
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Once again, my sisters and I must point out that Tarzan's Treehouse isn't ADA compliant, either, yet it hasn't been closed down and is newer than the castle walk-thru. So that can't have anything to do with the castle walk-thru being closed. ORWEN: Besides, which, the castle walk-thru did have one of those grandfather clauses to protect it.
Originally Posted By cstephens Yes, though some people might like to blame the ADA (not saying FerrotAfros is), it had zero to do with the closing of the Castle walkthrough. /cs
Originally Posted By iDisney72 <<Did anyone actually read the captions near the photos? Hilarious.>> I agree, the last few made me laugh!
Originally Posted By LacyBelle I used to love walking through that attraction just to see if Aurora was having a tragic hair day. Poor thing.
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Originally Posted By ImNotAllThereMyself The walk through was not ADA (American with Disabilities Act) compatible. Despite this fact it was "grandfathered in" for a long time. The problem arose when it went down for a refurbishment about 5 years ago. When a ride, structure, or building undergoes any kind of change the result has to meet with ADA requirements. There is now way to put a ramp, or elevator ito that part of the building. So, it is closed and probably will remain that way until they find a cure for paralysis. This was the explanation given to us by our tour guide, from the Walk In Walts Footsteps tour.(awesome, I totally reccomend it.) The bummer of this is that when I was a child that was my mothers favorite thing to do with me, just the two of us. (my dad is really tall and I guess the little staircase was a little too closterphobic for him.)But now she needs a wheelchair, because walking is hard for her. Even though, she misses the Walkthrough as our thing. Hope I could help. Cheshire Cat
