Credit: gardener41, FlickrOn April 6, Walt Disney World Resort installed new construction walls in Fantasyland behind Cinderella Castle, effectively blocking part of the Magic Kingdom Park icon and its surrounding land from families. The new barriers appeared as Disney cast members put the finishing touches on Cinderella Castle’s new color scheme, inspired by its original blue-and-gray look.
New Construction Walls at Magic Kingdom Park
On Monday, WDWNT reported that new light-blue construction walls had appeared in Fantasyland behind Cinderella Castle. From the back, the temporary plywood barriers are on the left side of the Magic Kingdom Park icon, near the entrance to Cinderella’s Royal Table and the Sir Mickey’s store.
Guests dining at Cinderella’s Royal Table can still access the Table-Service restaurant; they just have to walk around the construction walls.
The entrance to Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique is less obstructed, but may be a little harder to see with the plywood barriers in place. However, the queue to meet the Fairy Godmother post-makeover is a bit more crowded thanks to the barriers.
Because of the construction walls, guests cannot take the walkway near the Mirabel meet-and-greet from Tomorrowland/the hub to Cinderella Castle and Fantasyland. The pathway is blocked by rolling planters, making Cinderella’s Wishing Well completely inaccessible to guests.
To reach the back side of Cinderella Castle, guests can take the pathway on the other side of the hub, near the bridge to Liberty Square, or walk through Tomorrowland or Liberty Square into Fantasyland.
Cinderella Castle Repainting
Presumably, these construction walls are part of the ongoing repainting of Cinderella Castle, which Walt Disney World Resort announced last year. Crews began transforming the Magic Kingdom Park icon from its pink-and-gold 50th anniversary color scheme to a more traditional blue-and-gray palette in January.
Much of the main building’s transformation is already complete, with attached structures and some roof areas still awaiting their new paint jobs. Walt Disney World Resort has said the makeover will be finished sometime this year, but has not given an exact date.
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