Her Royal Highness, Sleeping Beauty Castle

[downtownBLUE]

So since the castle's been revealed with all of it's crowns and bunting, what do you all think?

Personally for me, I like the fact that you can still see the castle versus the Cupcake'd Castle in FL for its 25th.

[quasimodo1384]

I agree...at least it's not a cupcake...I actually think they did a very good job on it

[Disney Analyst]

pictures?

[robotpirates]

Looks fantastic from the pictures I've seen. Can't wait to go in May/June and check everything out with my boyfriend.

[Stage]

Its really magnificent in person. I'm impressed!

[Cousin Orville]

It's better than the birthday cake alternatives in the past, but having said that, it looks like it wears more bling than 2 Pac and has just as much class.

[MiceMan]

What's that I hear??? Its A Railroad Crossing Bling Bling Bling Bling Bling Bling!

[DisneyParkFan]

From the pictures I am seeing it looks great. Not as trashy or tawdry as people originally said it would look after looking at the concept artwork. I can't wait until July to see it in person and judge for myself.

[Stage]

Sadly I couldn't get a clear view of the castle- and the only picture I got is a picture of the screen and the castle is on the screen. But from what I saw I think the castle looks great! I was expecting something gaudy and ugly... Nope- it was nice!

http://www.stagesdream.com/50th/P5050105.JPG (look at the screen on the right- you can kinda see the crowns and stuff)

[robotpirates]

Beautiful.

[~*~Aniko~*~]

here's a picture for ya

and the sun was actually out yesterday!!

[Disney Analyst]

Simply incredible!

[innerSpaceman]

So much better than the concept art made me fear. It's really rather beautiful, and not nearly as tacky bling bling as I thought it might be.

I love the gold "netting" on some of the peaks, and the crowns are really quite pretty.

Does anybody know the significance of each crown. I've heard everything from that they each represent one of the original lands to that they each stand for one of the 5 decades so far. Anyone know the real deal and, if so, which crown is what???

[GymnastTink]

SoDoes anybody know the significance of each crown. I've heard everything from that they each represent one of the original lands to that they each stand for one of the 5 decades so far. Anyone know the real deal and, if so, which crown is what???

[jmuboy]

OMG, the drawbrige area is PACKED!

The castle turned out really well in my opinion. Nice "50th touches" but not too over the top. I like it.

[pyrateslife4me84]

I absolutely love it...very nice work, Imagineers--this is worlds ahead of WDW's castle cake and their ugly stained glass window for the 50th...

[merlinjones]

Indeed, looks much better than the concept art.

I could do without the bunting on the side turrets though - - looks like aurora is hanging out her sheets to dry...

[TinkPink]

I love it and everything about it! It is fit for a princess! I only wish I could be there in person to see it's magnificence.

[mamabot]

You want pictures? I have pictures.

(The descriptions of the crowns are taken from the Disney Press Release that was shared with MiceChat last week.)

"Tiara One: The creation of Disneyland is represented by a pair of famous 'Ears' peeking up over the horizon to see the wonders to come."


"Tiara Two: 'A World on the Move', otherwise known as the 'New Tomorrowland' of 1967, is represented by rocket ships and accented by opalescent planets."


"Tiara Three: The beautiful Blue Fairy represents the debut of the beloved Main Street Electrical Parade."


Tiara Four: The Indiana Jones Adventure is represented by the evil Eye of Mara, guarded by mesmerizing snakes.


"Tiara Five: The 50th Anniversary of Disneyland is represented by fireworks and Tinker Bell."


Here is a wide shot of the Castle:


Bunting:




Here is the damaged turret everyone keeps talking about. The juliet cap seem to make it a bit more pronounced. (This is the Eye of Mara Crown turret.)

[1stStarIC2nite]

I LOVE IT!! It's so beautiful. I am with everyone in saying it looks MUCH better than the concept art. Yay!