Sleeping Princess Castle

Sleeping Beauty Castle, known as "Sleeping Princess Castle" in Hong Kong, is the landmark of Disneyland theme park

sleeping beauty castle

synonym

Sleeping Princess Castle generally refers to Sleeping Beauty Castle

Sleeping Beauty Castle is the landmark of Disneyland. Based on the fairy tale sleeping beauty, there are sleeping beauty castles in the center of Disneyland in California, Disneyland in Paris and Disneyland in Hong Kong. Her architectural inspiration comes from Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany.

Introduction to architecture

Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland, California

Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland, California, opened on July 17, 1955 at the 50th anniversary. It is 23.5 meters (77 feet) high and is the earliest Disneyland castle.

Since April 29, 1957, visitors can walk through the castle and browse the works of art that tell the story of Sleeping Beauty Castle. After 2001, they can't (either because of the 9 / 11 attacks or because they can't take care of the disabled).

The castle has a drawbridge that can be closed, but this drawbridge is rarely used, only twice: one opened in 1955 and the other reopened in 1983.

The castle was originally intended to be called Snow White's castle, but in order to match the release of sleeping beauty at that time, it was renamed Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland, Paris

The Sleeping Beauty Castle of Disneyland in Paris, French for Le chacirc; teau de la Belleau Bois dormant, 45 meters high, adopts the world's only Disneyland Castle design. Sleeping Beauty Castle in Paris Disneyland at night, French for Le chacirc; teau de la Belleau Bois dormant, 45 meters high, using the world's only Disney Castle design.

Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland was inspired by the Neuschwanstein Castle in Southern Germany. This European influence was fine for building a castle in Anaheim, but the fact that castles exist just down the road from Disneyland Paris challenged us to think twice about our design.

designer

-Tony Baxter, executive designer of Walt Disney fantasy project

Because Neuschwanstein Castle (based on which other Disney castles were built) was located in Europe, Disney's fantasy engineers began to reconsider the design of the landmark building of Disneyland theme park in Europe. At that time, Disney fantasy project put forward a lot of concepts, from a small change of the original Disney castle to a new castle design, and finally adopted the scheme of fantasy engineer Tom Morris, which was finally completed in 1992.

Sleeping Beauty Castle in Hong Kong Disneyland

The Sleeping Beauty Castle of Hong Kong Disneyland adopts the same design of California Disneyland. Even the exterior color is the same as that of California when it opened in 1955. The castle was capped on November 18, 2004 and officially opened to the public on September 12, 2005.

Sleeping Beauty Castle in Hong Kong Disneyland is the smallest Disney castle in the world. Disney Company once said that the purpose of building it is to keep the castle warm and friendly to the guests and avoid the domineering sense of distance. But it may also be due to time and budget constraints.

LOGO

Applied to Disney logo

Sleeping Beauty Castle has become a symbol of Disney and appears in many Disney company logos, including but not limited to the following companies or products:

Walt Disney Pictures

Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group

Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Buena Vista Music Group

Buena Vista International

Buena Vista Television International

The Wonderful World of Disney

It is worth mentioning that the new title logo of Walt Disney Pictures in Pirates of the Caribbean 2 seems not to be sleeping beauty castle, but the bigger Cinderella Castle in Walt Disney World.

Behind the scenes

As soon as the princess was born, she was envied by the black witch. She said that she would be stabbed to death by the spindle on her 18th birthday. Although the fairy tried her best to help, she still could not avoid the fact. The beautiful princess fell asleep after being stabbed by the spindle until she was awakened by the prince's kiss Sabah castle, known as Sleeping Beauty Castle, is famous for its moving story. According to research, it was once a royal residence. The castle was built as early as the 13th century. After hundreds of years of destruction, reconstruction and construction, my father finally took over the Castle Hotel in 1959. " Mr. keshko, the current Fort owner, said with pride.

The Sleeping Beauty Castle Hotel is surrounded by the largest and oldest Forest Park in Europe, with a sense of isolation. The hotel has 17 guest rooms, named after wild boar, wild wolf, white rabbit, antelope and other animals, which is very strange. For 125 euros, you can enjoy a night at sleeping beauty's mansion.

The equipment in the room is more modern than I expected, but there is still a soft bed specially for the princess. It's really hard to remember to sleep in the soft quilt. Open the old window, outside is a green forest, the air is as fresh as distilled water, there is only a slight wind around, quite quiet. There is an ancient spinning machine under the revolving stairs of the ancient pagoda, which is the spindle that the witch stabbed the princess in the story.

At night, the dark green Castle looms in the dense forest, which only adds to the mysterious atmosphere. The empty space in front of the castle is brightly lit, and the local people are performing the German version of Sleeping Princess. Small tables with red checked tablecloths were filled with tourists drinking beer and eating roast pig's feet.

Of course, the service of the castle hotel is also "palace level". The waiter told me that there are so many male guests in the name of "beauty". Now the hotel has been reserved for two years.

Address: Lantau, New Territories, Hong Kong

Longitude: 114.041179

Latitude: 22.31257

Chinese PinYin : Shui Gong Zhu Cheng Bao