Castle Walkthrough Reopening
 

A few months ago Al Lutz mentioned on MiceAge that the folks in TDA were looking into reopening the Sleeping Beauty Castle walkthrough later this year.

Recently a construction wall went up around the exit to the walkthrough.



Though imagineers have been seen going in & out, they haven't said what they were doing. However, the construction workers (when asked by park guests) claim they are restoring the Sleeping Beauty walkthrough & hope to complete construction by the end of the year.

This would tie in with the upcoming 2 disc platinum edition & blu-ray release of Sleeping Beauty in October,
as well as the film's upcoming 50th anniversary in January '09.

Cross your fingers everybody!

Fingers crossed!

I loved the walkthrough - so claustrophobic ! I wonder if they will make it accessable to diffrently-abled persons ?

I hope they restore the magic glowing dust bunny.

There is a LOT of 'recovery' work to be done, I've seen photos of the damage to the interior glass in the walk thru that would break your heart. The destruction is just heart wrenching :( but I'd love it if they are in fact going in and refurbing it and while I doubt it would be HCA accessible I don't think Disney is required to make it so since they aren't changing the structure just the dioramas.

~MS~ Why was it damaged?

They tore the stuff out for the "Greatest Hits" diorama series at the Emporium

*aghast* Seriously? So, they must have thought they'd never put it back together? Do you think they used the 9/11 worries to save money on their diorama?

And to break the glass???? That was unnecessary.

Thanks for the info, Matt. :snap:

I hope it does come back. I remember it being very narrow but very cool. That is sad about the windows though. I hope they can be restored.

Al reports that a lot of the damage was done in order to install the firework stuff and lighting for the 50th show.