Now as im sure you guys know by this point I love Disney.
But even they arnt perfect and have made some mistakes and that’s what were going to talk
about today.
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Alright lets get started on our list of the top 5 biggest Disney castle mistakes.
Coming in at number 5--Itty Bitty- Now if you’ve never been to Disneyland or Disneyworld
then you might not know this but those iconic castles in the parks are actually super tiny.
Now im listing this as a mistake because its super disappointing.
You go there expecting this huge castle.. which don’t get me wrong it looks huge from
a distance but once you get up close and personal its kind of a letdown.
The reason these castles look much bigger from a distance is thanks to a design trick
that’s referred to as forced perspective.
For this they had Disney engineers place large bricks at eye-level and then decreased the
size of the bricks with each story- so that the smallest bricks are on top.
This results in an optical illusion which makes the tiny castles towers look like skyscrapers.
In at number 4--Beauty and the Beast-This is one that many people including myself were
disappointed with.
When I went to Disney I was expecting to see this huge Beast castle.
Something like the main Cinderella castle.
But once again Disney used forced perspective.
From far away its not so bad- but up close The beasts castle is actually super tiny.
Its kind of a let down.
The castle is basically just a miniature model.
Pictures got released online showing construction workers piecing the castle together and that
really shows you how tiny this castle actually is.
They definitely made a mistake not making this castle larger.
At number 3-- Stitch castle- ok im not going to lie this one is actually pretty cute.
Back in 2004 on November 16th at Magic kingdom Stitch caused some mischief.
On this day the Ride Stitches Great escape opened.
When guests exited the train station they were greeted by a huge inflatable stitch blow
up creature.
Then along main street there were signs with stitches face on them saying guest should
be on the lookout for stitch as he was wanted for creating mischief- mayhem and pandemonium.
The sign also said he had escaped the park and was last seen at Cinderellas castle.
Once guest saw Cinderellas castle they could see that Stick was indeed there at one point.
The whole castle was tee-peed and one of the columns had the words Stitch is King spray-painted
on it.
That’s hilarious and an amazing marketing idea on Disneys part.
People were definitely going to check out the new ride- Stitches great escape after
this.
Coming in at number 2--Hong Kong- Yeah the Hong Kong Sleeping beauty castle didn’t
go over well at all with fans.
Hong Kong Disneyland was given a 1.4 billion dollar investment – and with a portion of
the money they decided to re-due their castle.
Disney said that they were going to take inspiration from the Disney movies and styles.
In 2016 concept art for the new castle was released and fans loved it.
It made the castle look beautiful and it tied all the different elements together really
nicely.
However then in December of last year this new version of concept art was released and
people were not happy.
It just looks like a thrown together mess.
Theres no flow- its just like they took pieces from each Disney castle that don’t match
and threw them together.
The colours arnt even cohesive.
Its just…no.
Hopefully they decide to change the concept art one more time.
You know what they say the 3rd times the charm.
And at number 1--Movie posters- Now this was definitely one of the biggest Disney castle
mistakes.
In the poster and early VHS editions of the Little mermaid there was a penis hidden into
the drawing of the castle.
This has become the most famous disney posters of all time and one of disneys biggest mistakes.
Now no one knows for sure how this drawing of a penis ended up on the castle.
But the most popular assumption goes a little something like this- A disgruntled artist
working on the poster was fired.
But before he left he got his revenge by drawing a penis on Titans castle.
The mess up was originally un-noticed by Disney and soon this image was in thousands of childrens
homes.
Parents soon realised and were like what the heck Disney?
However Disney claimes that this drawing is not the result of an angry former employee-
but rather that this was just a coincidence.
So I guess we will never know.
And there you have it that’s out list of the top 5 biggest Disney castle mistakes thank
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