Should the castle be a Beauty and the Beast Castle?

[HKDLFAN]

Imperial Palace? NO WAY. There are enough of the real Imperial Palaces in China, why build something you can see for free in another place? I don't think the park icon has to be a castle anyways.

[Baloo]

NO!

I am going to pray that we do not see any of Tim Burton's version of the film in the Disney Parks.

i don't know i think the visual elements of the film are very interesting and could be made to work. I would not consider having the original characters replaced with Tim Burtons vision but the overall look of Wonderland is amazing. I would really like to see the Shanghai park break the Magic Kingdom Formula. Something that has all the elements of the MK's but with a completely different approach


oh and i have to agree with Hkdlfan, i would not like to see an imperial Palace as an icon.

[disneyboii]

no, cause I want that for the park in my head almost ready for australia. I think it should be a new desgin I don't really care who gets the castel I just don't want one like DLR that should of been just for Walt's but its not so I will have to deal. Mulan's would be interesting but as I recall china banned it for awhile so its highly unlikely.

[Lumiere]

I think that Beauty and the Beast would be amazing, I've wanted one for ages xD

[Dumbo Fan]

For the Beauty and the Beast Castle they could make it on a slight hill like Paris' but bigger. Waterfalls, rocks, and roses could tumble down a hill on the left. With a ratunda with a fancy dinner show and excelent food presented by Lumiere himself. The rotunda could be sitting on the 2nd floor of the hill on the left!

[meekobiscuit]

I would love to see the castle transform itself, like it did in the movie. I don't think they should duplicate any more castles. But, I think they will continue to do so to cut costs.

[Magic Lamp]

I would love to see the castle transform itself, like it did in the movie. I don't think they should duplicate any more castles. But, I think they will continue to do so to cut costs.

You know, that would be the greatest piece of imagineering if they ever made that. Depending on the season or year-round celebration, the castle could change from its original to it's cursed state and back again.

[Imagineer Scott]

I'd be happy with either:

Snow White
Beast
or Ariel's castle

[santadog]

I'd say either Little Mermaid, or the Sultan's palace from Aladdin.

[Jafar00]

How cool would it be to see Triton's Palace as the main castle.

btw I second the Queen of Hearts Castle from Burton's AIW. The design was phenomenal.

[Shauntastic]

Yes! i bothers me the Sleeping Beauty has so many castles. I mean, does she really need that many vacation homes? All she does is sleep anyways.

[CrystalJ.Squirrel]

I like the idea of Ariel's castle the best. It is very beautiful and magical, totally unrelated to history. It would be unique to the park.

I agree that making a version of Mulan's Imperial Palace would not be a good idea. If I wanted to see the Imperial Palace, I would travel to Beijing not Shanghai.

[KentB3]

Speaking of Beauty and the Beast Castle, I designed a castle for B&TB in a mock theme park proposal I created for the Imagineer forum on WDWMagic a few years ago, which I also posted here on MiceChat:



This is modeled largely after Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris, but with many features and designs taken from the 1991 animated movie, such as domed ballroom on the left-hand side.

The color scheme is basically the same as DLP's Castle, as well being as more fairytale-ish/unreal looking like DLP's Castle is compared to the other Disney theme park castles! I enclosed a photo below for a comparision:

[Magic Lamp]

This is brilliant work! Maybe if you made the central tower square and added another wing to its right it would look closer to the model in Les Contes des Fées.

[olyactor]

What's this Repunzel business about?? I'm confused. There isn't a Disney animated feature with Repunzel in it. I, for once, think us guys should finally be represented for a change with the new castle and have it be King Arthur's Castle from "The Sword in the Stone" or King Richard's Castle from "Robin Hood"!!