Fantasy Faire Architecture to Extend

Fantasyland at Disneyland Park

If youve visited Disneyland park recently, you may have noticed
that Fantasy Faire is quickly taking shape next toSleeping Beauty
Castle !pening this spring, Fantasy Faire "ill not only #e a home for
Disney princesses, #ut it "ill also #e a natural extension
of Fantasyland $o find out ho" the look and architecture of this ne"
area "ill #e designed to flo" "ith Sleeping Beauty Castle and
Fantasyland, I "ent to the creative lead for the pro%ect& 'ichel Den
Dulk, Creative Director, (alt Disney Imagineering
)'y goal,* he said, )"as that the ne" Fantasy Faire "ould meld over
into the existing Fantasyland naturally* +e said that his intention
"ould #e for first,time visitors to never suspect that this addition came
later than the rest of Fantasyland
)I took a lot of inspiration from the classic Disney movies
like -.inocchio $heres some reference thats in the architecture to
the "ay the #ackgrounds of -.inocchio are dra"n I took inspiration
from the castle / youll see that theres a lot of gold finials and
#eautiful #anners and turrets that are similar to Sleeping Beauty
Castle 0 So it really looks like its all part of the existing
Fantasyland*
1nother key piece of architecture in Fantasy Faire "ill #e the 2oyal
$heatre, "hich "as the former Carnation .la3a 4ardens Stage )'y
main inspiration there,* 'ichel explained, )"as a 4othic kind of fair
5ing 1rthur Carrousel and all the structures surrounding Dum#o /
those "ere the main inspiration for the theatre structure* (ell have
more updates on Fantasy Faire / including the opening date / here
on the Disney .arks Blog in the coming "eeks, so keep checking
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