[KentB3]

This is THE moment we've all been waiting for, the grand unveiling of Beauty and the Beast Castle from the Magic Kingdom theme park in my proposed Disney theme park resort! This was determined by the poll I conducted both here on DisneyCentral and on WDWMagic, where I designed my proposed Disney park, with the combined votes as B&TB Castle 15, Snow White's (or another Disney-era castle) 10. I finished this drawing last night, and just posted this to my photoalbum on WDWMagic just a few mniues ago. Here is the URL to the long-awaited drawing of Beauty and the Beast Castle! (drum roll please!):

http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/show...hp?photo=10260

Beauty and the Beast Castle is laregly modeled after Slepping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris, but with many original features and designs as well. For example, the domed ballroom on the left side, which was taken directly from the 1991 movie, was added to the castle where the mountain/hill is located next to DLP's castle. Also, the middle portion of the castle behind the entranceway roof was raised one story higher, and an elaborate window pane similar to the one on Cinderella Castle at WDW and Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland was placed in the new top story (this window pane actually came from Mad Ludwig's Castle in Neuschwanstein, Germany, which Disneyland's castle was directly modeled after). The big tower was also raiser higher to keep the castle in its correct proportion, and a second observation balcony was placed near the top of the big tower as well (both Disneyland's and WDW's castle have two balconies on their big towers). I also placed a clock where DLP's castle has some kind of window-like structure on the entranceway roof.

The castle's height was calculated at approximately 160 feet in height-- roughtly halfway between the heights of Cinderella Castle at WDW (180 feet) and Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris (142 feet). The color scheme is basically the same as DLP's castle, with the notable exceptions of the lower balcony on the big tower, the winding staircase at the bottom of the big tower, and the balcony on top of the ballroom's rotunda; which will be gold-colored to make the castle different from DLP's, as well as fancier and more fairytale-ish/unreal looking. A good pic. of DLP's castle can be found at:

http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/showphoto.php?photo=168


If anyone has questions, comments, and/or suggestions, please feel free to post! I look forward to hearing from you!

[BDavis932]

It's beautiful! You are very talented....so when do you present this idea to Disney!??!

[tragic312]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the B & TB castle is gorgeous!!!!! my goodness kent. my eyes lit up when i saw your castle. absolutely stunning!! you did a wonderful job drawing the castle. way to go!!! i love it!!!!

[DisneyFreak]

BRAVO!

I believe Mr. Disney would be proud.

[lisalovesmickey]

OH MY GOSH!

That is exquisite! You are very talented.

Lisa

[jedijson]

That is simply phenomenal. Great job!

[KentB3]

Originally Posted by tragic312

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the B & TB castle is gorgeous!!!!! my goodness kent. my eyes lit up when i saw your castle. absolutely stunning!! you did a wonderful job drawing the castle. way to go!!! i love it!!!!

I'm so glad you enjoyed my castle drawing! Looks like I really made you day when you saw this!!!!!

[KentB3]

Originally Posted by DisneyFreak

BRAVO!

I believe Mr. Disney would be proud.

THAT is one of the best, if not THE best, compliments I have heard about my proposed Disney theme park so far! I bet he is proud right now, probably looking down on us, similing!!!!!

[CiliaWilia]

That is amazing. Great job!!! Big applause!!!

I've always wondered why there isnt a different castle in the different parks. There are plenty of princesses anyway.

[KentB3]

Originally Posted by CiliaWilia

That is amazing. Great job!!! Big applause!!!

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it!

Originally Posted by CiliaWilia

I've always wondered why there isnt a different castle in the different parks. There are plenty of princesses anyway.

I've wondered the same thing to. So far, it's either Cinderella's or Sleeping Beauty's Castle is all the parks. Both WDW and Tokyo Disneyland have Cinderella's Castle (EXACT same castles!), and both Disneyland and Disneyland Paris have Sleeping Beauty's Castle; even though Disneyland Paris has a different design for it's castle, it's still Sleeping Beauty's. Hong Kong Disneyland will have Sleeping Beauty's Castle as well, using Disneyland's design.

[KentB3]

Originally Posted by KentB3

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it!



I've wondered the same thing to. So far, it's either Cinderella's or Sleeping Beauty's Castle is all the parks. Both WDW and Tokyo Disneyland have Cinderella's Castle (EXACT same castles!), and both Disneyland and Disneyland Paris have Sleeping Beauty's Castle; even though Disneyland Paris has a different design for it's castle, it's still Sleeping Beauty's. Hong Kong Disneyland will have Sleeping Beauty's Castle as well, using Disneyland's design.

BTW, Disney already has plans to build another theme park in Shanghai, and recently set up an agreement to build ANOTHER theme park in Seoul, S. Korea, just 538 miles away! What castles these parks get is anyone's guess, but it would be nice for them to try something different, especially since every park so far has either Cinderella's or Sleeping Beauty's castle!

[KentB3]

Originally Posted by BDavis932

It's beautiful! You are very talented....so when do you present this idea to Disney!??!

Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) doesn't take ideas from the general public, however, primarily to prevents any possible lawsuits! Anyway, it still would be great if the theme park resort I was designing actually gets built someday, since it would include THE best Magic Kingdom/Disneyland-like park if it were!

[FireAngel]

Very Extremely Cool!

[KentB3]

Originally Posted by FireAngel

Very Extremely Cool!

Thanks again! BTW, is Very Extremely Cool a new expression you just invented yourself?

[Jen]

Very nice, Kent!

Jen