{"id":249894,"date":"2026-04-28T17:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/249894\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:19:12","slug":"cranes-gone-from-cinderella-castle-at-magic-kingdom-with-repainting-project-possibly-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/249894\/","title":{"rendered":"Cranes Gone From Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom with Repainting Project Possibly Complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The repainting of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom may be complete as cranes used to reach the high walls and towers are gone.<\/p>\n<p>Cinderella Castle Repainting<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-mk-cinderella-castle-04.28.2026-3593-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-mk-cinderella-castle-04.28.2026-3593-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The repainting of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom may be complete as cranes used to reach the high walls and towers are gone.\" class=\"wp-image-1419541\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cranes were parked in the castle\u2019s drained moat but are gone as of Monday. The moat remains drained.<\/p>\n<p>Another crane was <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/04\/construction-walls-removed-from-cinderella-castle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">temporarily parked behind the castle<\/a> but was removed a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-mk-cinderella-castle-04.28.2026-3587-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-mk-cinderella-castle-04.28.2026-3587-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The repainting of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom may be complete as cranes used to reach the high walls and towers are gone.\" class=\"wp-image-1419542\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some scrim-covered materials remain in the moat, along with scaffolding. It could be refilled with water in the coming days or weeks if work is done on the castle.<\/p>\n<p>The castle\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/04\/pink-paint-completely-removed-from-cinderella-castle-at-magic-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">50th anniversary shade of pink<\/a> was painted over with a pale gray color. The royal blue tower roofs were updated with a brighter blue shade.<\/p>\n<p>The fresh color scheme is based on the castle\u2019s original look, although Disney has apparently opted not repaint the bottom half. Though the lower walls have always been gray, they were painted a darker gray for the 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>For reference, below is the castle before and after the 50th anniversary paint job.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC06764-1200x802.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"802\" data-id=\"212951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC06764-1200x802.jpg\" alt=\"Cinderella Castle 2019\" class=\"wp-image-212951\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cinderella-castle-featured-image-hero-magic-kingdom-03262021-6226620-1200x800-1-1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1382655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cinderella-castle-featured-image-hero-magic-kingdom-03262021-6226620-1200x800-1-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1382655\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is a full view of the castle today:<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-mk-cinderella-castle-04.28.2026-3573-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-mk-cinderella-castle-04.28.2026-3573-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1419540\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The castle also still has some of the extra gold added during the 50th anniversary. There has always been gold on the castle but not as much as there is currently.<\/p>\n<p>Disney also used the moat draining to finish <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/tomorrowland-rocks-fully-repainted-magic-kingdom-after-three-year-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">repainting the Tomorrowland entrance rocks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the Cinderella Castle paint scheme? Let us know on social media.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDW News Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdwnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDWNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdwnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The repainting of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom may be complete as cranes used to reach the high&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[51853,109416,83177,83178,17426,139,141,140],"class_list":{"0":"post-249894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-cinderella-castle","9":"tag-cinderella-castle-moat","10":"tag-cinderella-castle-repaint","11":"tag-cinderella-castle-repainting","12":"tag-magic-kingdom","13":"tag-orlando","14":"tag-orlando-headlines","15":"tag-orlando-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}