Shanghai Disneyland's magnificent castle

An early peek at the castle they're building in Shanghai Disneyland -- looks like quite a beautiful piece of work, the first Disney castle to top 200 feet.

When work is complete, the castle will become the largest Disney castle to have been built. Visitors will be able to take a 10-minute ferry boat trip from the ground floor of the castle around other scenic spots in the resort. In the heart of Enchanted Storybook Castle is a magnificent winding staircase (left) that will lead guests on a "Once Upon a Time Adventure" featuring Disney princesses, the company said yesterday. An ornate archway (right) provides a grand entrance to the castle, which Walt Disney says is the inspirational icon of Shanghai Disneyland.

Once up a time in Shanghai ... (via The Disney Blog)

• [theophrastvs]

  http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2011/08/11

• [jerwin]

  I realize that  Disneyland’s castles are taken from Neuschwanstein, which was built with then modern steel frame construction– but this looks and feels entirely too modern.

• [jerwin]

  Also, I’m a little concerned about the reanimated corpse of Walt Disney.

• [gwailo_joe]

  Hate on this if you must…but it’ll be great for the kids.

  It also portends the end of civilization as we know it, but hey….

• [penguinchris]

  I think it looks great… not “modern” but not stale. Quite imaginative actually. The winding staircase thing looks cool but I’m guessing the princess thing has a specific audience in mind, like the other princess attractions at Disneyland. The walk-through display in the castles they have now is actually quite cool and well-done.

• [Andrew Pam]

  Great idea for a short SF story:  a few years from now, Chinese medical scientists revive Walt in Shanghai Disneyland, to give him something familiar to cling to as he learns Mandarin and discovers that both the Soviet Union and the United States are no more…