Performances of Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire to be reduced along with changes to showtimes during Cinderella Castle work

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Wednesday March 4, 2020 3:54pm ET · "Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire"

Performances of Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire will be reduced later this month as work gets underway on the new-look Cinderella Castle.

Beginning March 9 2020, performances will reduce from 5 per day to 3 per day. Showtimes will initially be at 5:15pm, 6:30pm and 7:30pm. An additional show may be slotted into the schedule if possible.

According to Disney, work will be complete by the end of the summer.

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↩ replying to NeedMoreMickey
There are a lot of people here who will Photoshop you in front of the castle for free. $1000 buys another week at Disney!
↩ replying to KBLovesDisney
This is what you get when you bet a decade on a system designed to arbitrarily redistribute guests within the existing experience rather than actually improve it.

They’re playing catch up and it’s messy.
↩ replying to yensidtlaw1969
Speaking of just MK... catch up is 1 new coaster and a lot of paint. Since we know space mountains days are numbered as is.... I’m not sure if you can count that as an addition.

Now Epcot.... while i disagree with some of the choices, they are really getting something. A new water maze, new entrance, new coaster, new play pavilion, enhanced spaceship earth, new big-budget nighttime show, and a new trackless dark ride.
Lots of magical construction equipment... ;)
↩ replying to danlb_2000
Maybe they can insert overlays of Tink in the Main Street photos to hide the cranes...
↩ replying to danlb_2000
Oh... it's the *cranes* that will be rose pink!
Scaffolding is coming
↩ replying to wdwmagic
Twitter outrage is coming.
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That was fast. There will no grand reveal though as we would be able to see clearly all the improvements and progress.
↩ replying to trainplane3
It’s going to be painted to match its surroundings though - if that helps
↩ replying to wdwmagic
Will it block crane selfies?
↩ replying to wdwmagic
Oh I'm sure it'll be fine. It was just a joke because of how many people were getting angry* when they initially announced this project.

*Not here, on the DPB, Twitter, and Facebook.
The already painted turrets look awesome now... but sadly it shows the contrast of what they coloring was before and how much it faded over time.
How many years since the last paint job on the Castle? 10-12 years??