Originally Posted By monorailblue It's hard to imagine how it could look less like the work of medieval craftsmen. Appropriate railings can be designed and fabricated (see Peter Pan queue) with a bit of imagination and some better effort. Bad, bad show.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 And no attempt was made to even tie it into anything existing on the castle. In that photo, you can see the other safety fences on the ramparts of the castle, and this new fence doesn't even attempt to mesh with that out-of-place fence either. It's just so boring, to be honest. And black is a horrible choice for that area.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "It's hard to imagine how it could look less like the work of medieval craftsmen. " What I was imagining was worse. That said, if that's the final product, they could have done waaaaay better.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "It's hard to imagine how it could look less like the work of medieval craftsmen. " What I was imagining was worse. That said, if that's the final product, they could have done waaaaay better.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm hoping it's not the finished product; the paint on the areas where the benches was removed doesn't match the existing colors at all. From photos it seems like they've used the same original base color, but didn't do any of the speckling or weathering to make it match the aged paint Plus, the railing could use some work
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I agree. I'm thinking that the whole thing will be refurbed before the 60th. It's been 10 years since the Castle has had a top to bottom paint job, right?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Yep, the last paint job was done in winter 2004/2005 for the 50th, and turned it an oh-so-pink color with the dark gold accents and sparkles in the stonework. It's faded to a more subdued palette in recent years, but it still pretty pepto abysmal. I'd really like to see it go back to the grey from the early years, but I'd be happy if they settled on the really light pink with light grey accents that it had in the 90's; I think that provided a nice level of fantasy without being too over the top
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt It might be fun and interesting to commemorate the 60th by returning to the original palette.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <I'd really like to see it go back to the grey from the early years, but I'd be happy if they settled on the really light pink with light grey accents that it had in the 90's; I think that provided a nice level of fantasy without being too over the top> Agreed on both counts.
Originally Posted By Bellella Ok, so the alcove seats are gone, and there's a dumb looking fence on the drawbridge. Now, is that enough? Can we leave the bridge alone now, please? Can we please stop being so damn paranoid?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It appears that they've added a brass railing on top of the black guardrail, similar to much of the work that was done for the new stuff in DCA (Mermaid queue and Buena Vista Street planters, among others): <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.com/DisneylandResort/2014/100614-Edited-Update-Photos/i-SjjksXQ/0/X3/DSC_3459-X3.jpg">http://datelinedisneyland.smug...9-X3.jpg</a> While I think it looks better like this, it doesn't do anything to make me think of an era other than modern day. It's a nice enough fence/rail thing, but it just doesn't belong there
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I don't much care for it, but I can't call it an eyesore like the old makeshift Alice platforms, or even the Golden horseshoe railings.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Looks acceptable to me. More importantly it looks fairly expensive (in other words it doesn't look cheap and awkward). I was right that it would be more than just the black railing we first saw last week.
Originally Posted By monorailblue "Acceptable" in the "must accept it because it will never go away sense"? Sure. Evocative of medieval Europe? Not in the slightest.
Originally Posted By Bellella Wow. A safety feature that's actually kind of aesthetically pleasing. That's a switch.
Originally Posted By smd4 "Acceptable?" "Kind of pleasing?" Really?? Yep, it's true. This is what we've come to expect from someplace that once prided itself on exceeding guest expectations. But who can blame them for not reaching higher, when guests find whatever Disney does nowadays to be "acceptable?" Yes, we've met the enemy--and he is us.
Originally Posted By berol It wouldn't make sense if meeting our wants was unacceptable. It's always been acceptable to us, but not Disney.
