Scaffolding down at Be Our Guest Restaraunt reveals restored Beast's castle that looks better than ever

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Friday September 10, 2021 8:53am ET · "Be Our Guest Restaurant"
Scaffolding down at Be Our Guest Restaraunt reveals restored Beast's castle that looks better than ever
The refreshed castle looks better than ever as the Fantasyland updates continue at Magic Kingdom.

The restoration of Beast's castle at Be Our Guest Restaurant in Magic Kingdom is nearing completion, with all scaffolding now removed.


The castle is looking better than ever, with improved detailing over the original version.



Here is a quick comparison of the updated version from September 2021, and below it the original version taken during the opening year in 2009.


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↩ replying to Ricky Spanish
It should never, over shadow the other castle..
It should have been completely replaced...Something slightly larger and maybe a lot more attractive. but that's just me...
I probably wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t told me! But it looks nice. 🙂
I’ve always found it so interesting that the Beast’s castle from Storybookland at Disneyland Paris is a fraction of the size, yet much more detailed. I’d love to know why they chose to do it that way. 🤔
I know this castle was intended to be a force perspective castle, but they didn't get the scale correct. It's too small.
Seriously should have looked more like the Disneyland Paris version...
It seems almost like they tried to go with a castle that was more fitting to the forced perspective rules of trying to stick to less detail and not looking so vibrant etc but then essentially giving in to public demand of customers wanting pictures of a really beautiful castle during their trip and so the castle was repainted and given more details to be more photo friendly...

That Paris version is stunning.
↩ replying to cookiee_munster
I think you are absolutely right on that! The forced perspective is not so successful in the case of this castle...It needed to be a little bigger and it needs a little more integration into the mountainside... somehow... Maybe if we get a version of the Beauty and the Beast ride they will revisit the castle... but until then I think it is what it is... Looks better though...
The final touches are going on today as the portcullis and its towers are repainted.