I thought it was really cool that they COULD do something like that to the castle. Now, SHOULD they have done it...that's another queestion. I didn't hate it, didn't love it. But like many others on here, we had been many times before and after, so we weren't that upset about it. My Dad was disappointed, since that was his first trip. We finally got him back down last month and the proper castle was the first thing he commented on when we went to MK.
Mike
PS I do think the overlay for the new celebration looks awesome. It doesn't make the castle look tacky (or worse, hide it altogether). I'm interested to see how the "stained glass" images of all of the Disney castles looks.