Disneyland Castles!!

[Disneylover13]

i think that out of all of the disney castles around the world that the paris castle has to be the nicest ... i have only been to the paris resort but from looking at pictures and videos i dont think the other castles look so "disneyish" !!
just thought i would share that thought

[Josh]

Everyone I've heard has said the same thing. I totally agree. ^_^

[Disneylover13]

the paris castle just has the disney feel off it or something

[Annet]

The Paris castle has it's inspiration from this one, the Neuschwanstein castle in Germany:

[carrydee38]

I have to agree I love the paris castle.....only seen pictures of the other castles but paris is the tops for me

[MinnieMouse]

The Paris castle has it's inspiration from this one, the Neuschwanstein castle in Germany:

No, that´s not true, the Neuschwanstein was the Inspiration for the Castle in Walt Disney World, both look like twin castles. The Paris Castle has inspirations from a few european castles like Mont St. Michel etc .....

Greetings from germany .....

[dagobert]

I'm pretty sure Neuschwanstein was the inspiration for the castle in the original Disneyland in Anaheim. The same castle can be found in Hong Kong as well.

The Cinderella Castle at WDW was inspired by several castles in France.
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/ ... la-castle/

[DGRavenswood]

I'm pretty sure Neuschwanstein was the inspiration for the castle in the original Disneyland in Anaheim. The same castle can be found in Hong Kong as well.

Exactly. Disneyland's castle is essentially a (much) smaller Neuschwanstein with the top section turned 180 degrees.

Our castle was inspired by the spiraling shape of Mon St. Michel as MinnieMouse points out but also by medieval art and by artwork created for the Sleeping Beauty animated feature.

[Columbiad]

While I don't know if the Imagineers took direct inspiration from it, the interior of Château de Chambord Palace certainly looks like it could have inspired the interior of our castle:

[Epcot_Boy]

Yep,

Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Anaheim was inspired by the Neuschwanstein Castle in Southern Germany. When designing the castle for DLrP, Disneys magineering team used the ideas from an imagneer named Tom Morris.
I'm pretty certain that he used illustrations from the 'Book of hours' Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, a kind of illustrated prayer book, and design concepts from the Mont Saint-Michel monastery in Normandy.

But however it came to exist I agree that it stands out compared to all the others

[captain rocket]

Our castle certainly out Disneys all the others by far, it truly is a work of art and beautiful. On a seperate note Neuschwanstein was used in the film of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I visited many years ago and by memory only two of the floors inside were ever finished, I believe the king was found floating face down in the lake behind the castle,as a result of an "accident" which prevented him spending all his childrens inherritance on yet another castle (I think he built three!) End of todays lesson!

[ed-uk]

We're talking about King Ludwig 11, who went mad according to his enemies. He drowned in mysterious circumstances with his doctor in a lake. But he had no children nor a wife.

[Annet]

Mont St. Michel, I visited that last year.
Can't say I see much in common with the Disneyland castle.
I do enjoy the history lessons here though :lol:

[Columbiad]

Its also interesting to note that whilst Mont St. Michel is a direct inspiration for the Paris Castle, the topmost tower on the castle at the top, is nearly identical to the tower on Cinderella Castle in Orlando and Tokyo.


Mont St. Micheal


Cinderella Castle