Castle Refurbishment

[chefpapi34]

Does anyone know the extent of the castle Refurb going on right now? What is closed down and a possible timeline for how long this refurb will take place. Pictures would be great. Thanks

 

[Geoff_M]

The only thing closed now is the stage area and surrounding sidewalks in front of the castle. There's also some scrims up off to the sides where they appear to be placing lighting/speaker towers for the stage

 

[hiroMYhero]

The refurbishment of the cast areas is complete. Dream Along With Mickey returned to the Castle Stage yesterday.

 

[Geoff_M]

Talk about timing, we were there only two days ago!

 

[Missyrose]

Does anyone know the extent of the castle Refurb going on right now? What is closed down and a possible timeline for how long this refurb will take place. Pictures would be great. Thanks

The crane to put up the castle lights for Christmas should go up soonish.

 

[kj2mom]

Talk about timing, we were there only two days ago!

A little off topic but we were there for 4th of July and there were some tree scrims (I think that is what they are called?) in front of some of the new turrets (I had seen pics of the spires on the highway being trucked in and thought it was cool to see them in person even if not fully). No big deal, I knew going in they had not been unveiled yet. Well, a week or so after coming back home I read online about how the turrets were revealed on July 9. I thought wait, July 9 was our last day (we went to MK first and last)! How did I not notice? I started scrolling through my pics to see if I could tell the tree scrims were gone and lo and behold I found this pic. It was a total DUH!! moment!

 

[Geoff_M]

Well, a week or so after coming back home I read online about how the turrets were revealed on July 9. I thought wait, July 9 was our last day (we went to MK first and last)! How did I not notice? I started scrolling through my pics to see if I could tell the tree scrims were gone and lo and behold I found this pic. It was a told DUH!! moment!

Funny! After reading your story, I logged into the PhotoPass site to check if the same thing happened to me (we finally got our "Main Street" group photo the last morning of our trip on Wednesday), and I can still see the scrims in the background beside the castle.

 

[kj2mom]

That would have been too funny if it happened to you too! It was definitely a facepalm moment!

 

[Goddesstree]

The castle area is still a big mess - no going through the castle at all, construction walls up, scrims, and even some areas where you can see the workers pounding away at stuff. Not very magical, IMO. Add that it's just plain and desolate without the trees, and I am not impressed with the hub expansion right now at all. Ugly!

 

[Disneylover99]

The castle area is still a big mess - no going through the castle at all, construction walls up, scrims, and even some areas where you can see the workers pounding away at stuff. Not very magical, IMO. Add that it's just plain and desolate without the trees, and I am not impressed with the hub expansion right now at all. Ugly!

Yeah, I have to agree.

 

[beckysko]

any pics from today? How much of the castle is still walled up? We head there next week Wed.

 

[Puffy2]

How do you get to the breakfast if you can't walk through?

 

[Goddesstree]

You have to go around by way of the side paths then enter from the Fantasyland side. That part looks rather dreary too - more scrims, etc.

Add the scrims in Asia along the water at Animal Kingdom, the closed sections at Hollywood Studios, the scrims/closed areas in Future World and Norway at Epcot, and the place is bordering on looking like one big construction zone.

 

[Mom2darlingboys]

Any speculation as to when that area is going to cleaned up?