Originally Posted By TDLFAN Ok OK... I may show up at the MK today for a brief period of time and take a photo of the bloody castle...
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: (Gasp!) There's blood on the castle?! Oh, dear!! Whatever happened? Did the new president of Walt Disney World start feeling the stress of her new job so soon?!
Originally Posted By tonyanton Though I've said it before, I'll say it again and add my voice to the "take down the wand and the hat!" (or move the hat to outside the turnstiles where they've banished the Christmas tree now).
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I agree^^^. Anyways... AS PROMISED, here is a picture of the castle today Sept 22nd, as it looked around 6pm. The castle is BACK! <a href="http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4334673&a=32307844&p=74809573" target="_blank">http://albums.photo.epson.com/ j/ViewPhoto?u=4334673&a=32307844&p=74809573</a>
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Today, Sunday, Sept. 24th, my sisters and I noticed that they were paiting the tallest tower rooves atop the castle--by virtue of the tall crane. But by noon time, the crane was lowered out of sight so that guests could take some nice pictures of the lovely structure. It was interesting to watch the painting in progress--and to see that castle in its full glory when the crane was lowered. ORWEN: Yes and we even got to talk with one of the Head Maintenance men who was supervising the paint job from below. He was standing on the ramp leading to the main archway. When we asked him about the castle's new color scheme that's coming soon, he surpised us by saying there would be a faint hint of pink to portions of the castle. While I don't mind pink on Sleeping Beauty's Castle out in California, I really don't care for it to be a color used for Cinderella's Castle--and I really LIKE pink. It's just that pink is more associated with Aurora than with Cinderella. ORDDU: Plus it might make the castles appear a bit too much alike if their color schemes match. But we'll wait with baited breath and see what actually happens before voicing any further complaints.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think a hint of pink might be nice. I doubt it will look too much like Sleeping Beauty Castle, just because of the architectural difference, and it will certainly distinguish it from the TDL castle. I think it is great that each of the Cinderella Castles is getting its own interesting identity after sharing a very boring one for so long.
Originally Posted By Labuda I sure hope no pink shows up on the MK castle - it doens't need it, and I'm CERTAIN a lot of DLR regulars would get annoyed with WDW stealing something unique to their MK (a pink castle in a US park).
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think as long as there is enough of a difference in the shades, it would be fine. I think that at the absolute darkest, WDW should go for the color that DL had just before getting repainted for the 50th. That color was pale to begin with, and then it had been bleached by the sun for at least 5 years, so the pink was barely noticable. Compare that to the almost magenta color that is there now, and there is definately enough of a difference, while still having both use the title 'pink' for their color scheme.
Originally Posted By CTXRover << think a hint of pink might be nice. I doubt it will look too much like Sleeping Beauty Castle, just because of the architectural difference, and it will certainly distinguish it from the TDL castle>> Actually, TDL's recent refurb revealed a castle with subtle hints of pink around certain aspects of the turrets and gold highlights on some of the more interesting details on the castle to make them stand out more. Perhaps that is what they are planning to do at WDW now too. It looks nice in pics, but I don't care for how dark the bottom half of TDL's castle appears, at least in pictures. They don't need to do that to WDW's.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>TDL's recent refurb revealed a castle with subtle hints of pink around certain aspects of the turrets and gold highlights on some of the more interesting details on the castle to make them stand out more.<< Pink on the TDL Castle?? Where did you see that?!?! There is NO pink anywhere in the TDL castle. As for the bottom portion of it, NO, it would look awful on the WDW castle, simply because the WDW is grey for the most part, and TDL's now has a cast of tan to go with it's darker rocky bottom. Besides, ever since I stepped foot at TDL in 1989, the bottom of their castle has always been a darker shade than the MK's, so that's nothing new.
Originally Posted By CTXRover <<Pink on the TDL Castle?? Where did you see that?!?! There is NO pink anywhere in the TDL castle. As for the bottom portion of it, NO, it would look awful on the WDW castle, simply because the WDW is grey for the most part, and TDL's now has a cast of tan to go with it's darker rocky bottom>> In all the pictures I've seen, it looks like the turrets now have a pinker shade to them. You only have one picture of the castle left in your album to look at and the only other good one I could find was here on LP: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/Lotion-View-277.asp" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/L otion-View-277.asp</a> Apparently that is a shade of tan? Since you've seen it in person, I'll accept that. It looked like a shade of pink to me on top of the lighter undercoating.
Originally Posted By CTXRover Here are two other close up pics of the the new TDL castle for everyone else to look at: <a href="http://www.dlrp.fr/news/upload/asia/TDL/summercool/castle/coolheat04.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.dlrp.fr/news/upload /asia/TDL/summercool/castle/coolheat04.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.dlrp.fr/news/upload/asia/TDL/summercool/castle/coolheat08.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.dlrp.fr/news/upload /asia/TDL/summercool/castle/coolheat08.jpg</a> This may or may not be what WDW's castle may look like. Since its been pointed out by our very own TDL expert that it is a tan color though, forget what I typed above. To me for what reason, it looked like a shading of light to slightly darker pink as you got closer to the tops of the turrets right below the roofs.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN That is not pink you see on TDL's castle. It's TAN-colored shade that grows progressively darker as it reaches the top of the turret. Treat yourself to a trip to TDL and see for yourself. As for the WDW castle.. For what I have seen so far, it will remain grey for the most part.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Sure hope yer right 'bout that, TDLFAN, ducklin'! Pink is fer prissy little pussy cats 'n puny little princess types! ORWEN: Oh, it is not!! Pink is perfectly pretty and pleasing!! ORDDU: The man who told us about the pink highlights seemed to a supervisor who was over-seeing the painting on the day we were there. But we still hope he was wrong and the castle holds on to it's more traditional color scheme.
