Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

[Quacky4Donald]

With the current winter layover nearing completion, if not already so, on Sleeping Beauty Castle it got me to thinking about Halloween and how some have expressed their disappointment with how little Halloween themeing gets done around the park.

My question to all of you out there in MiceChatland is would you like to see Sleeping Beauty Castle get a Halloween layover for the month of October?

If so, what I am proposing is to have the water under the boat dyed into a boggish, dark, dirty green complete with fog and bubbles. There would be some spooky looking trees installed off to the side. The castle could also get lit up with eerie oranges, yellows, reds, and dark, spooky colors.

Also, a new Halloween fireworks spectacular would be created called, "Frightmares In The Sky." These "frightmares" would include audio clips of the Haunted Mansion, portions of the Chernabog scene in Fantasia, and many other haunting Disney characters and moments.

There could be more done, but this is just to get the spiderweb started.

What do you all think?

...Joe...

[aashee]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

I say why not! If they can put snow on it, I'm sure they could get it looking creepy with all the Main Street pumpkins and other fall decorations.

BRing it on!

[EmeralineDragon]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

I think it should be decorated by Maleficent using all the powers of hell!

[Aladdin]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

Special Nightime lighting on the Castle would be neat,
and more displays in the Hub area are needed.

As for daytime decorations on the castle, for Halloween,
not really that big a deal for me.

[»PW]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

Isn't DL getting HalloWishes fireworks next year?

Anyway, I'm all for Halloween layover for the castle. Nothing extravagant, though. Maybe a few decorations here and there. Orange lights on the castle and maybe strobe lights that flicker every once in a while on some of the turrets at night.

[Oswald the Rabbitt]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

I think the castle should be covered in black thorns to make it look like Maleficent is trying to stop Prince Phillip

[aashee]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

I think the castle should be covered in black thorns to make it look like Maleficent is trying to stop Prince Phillip

Black thorns! Now you're talkin'!

[Datameister]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

Could be cool...


The only real problem I'm seeing so far with that specific plan is the water. While I get your intent with the dirty bubblishness, I don't think it'd work too well. Remember, Walt was really big on the park being clean--even when it came to the Haunted Mansion, he wanted the creepiness to be conveyed in a way that didn't involve the illusion (or reality) of uncleanliness.

[EmeralineDragon]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

I think there should be jack o'lanterns impaled on the thorns...or is that too gruesome?

Datameister, what about some "unhealthy" color like purple for the water?

[Rex Dopey24]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

I think it should be decorated by Maleficent using all the powers of hell!

lol. that would be perfect.

[Oswald the Rabbitt]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

fake black thorns like ivy seeping up the castle walls, maybe a giant Maleficent dragon on top of the castle

[Datameister]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

Datameister, what about some "unhealthy" color like purple for the water?

Mmmm, maybe.

The big problem you run into with stuff like this--as evidenced by current work-in-progress on Sleeping Beauty--is that it'll be seen during the daylight hours for at least half the time it's seen by guests. This would probably look fantastic at night, but during the day...? I'm not so sure. It's hard to build stuff and make it look nice during the day without it actually looking nice, you know?

[Oswald the Rabbitt]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

at night just have it illuminated in GREEN flames or lights

[EmeralineDragon]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

I wonder...I wonder...fog machines ON the castle, seeping a foul mist down over the thorns, might help during the day. Disguise them a little.

at night just have it illuminated in GREEN flames or lights

Green & purple: the colors of evil.

[Datameister]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

Green & purple: the colors of evil.

Or the colors of plants and royalty. Just depends who you ask. )

[Oswald the Rabbitt]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

well Maleficent the villain of Sleeping Beauty used green magic her flames, firecracker spinner thing, etc

[serviceelevator]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

Hmm maybe some lights IN the water to light up the water purple IDK just my opinion.
And maybe some Jack'o'lanterns impaled by the flag poles on the spires like in The Nightmare Before Xmas oooh and maybe a big Magic Mirror to narrate the Firework show!!

[Oswald the Rabbitt]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

Have a Maleficent meet and greet at the castle?

[Quacky4Donald]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

Anybody think that the Ice Queen from Narnia could get involved in this somehow?

...Joe...

Btw, I'm liking the ideas about the thorns around the castle!

[EmeralineDragon]

Re: Halloween Layover For Sleeping Beauty Castle

Have a Maleficent meet and greet at the castle?

I would be so there.