Work has begun on the Cinderella Castle repainting project at Magic Kingdom. This project will be completed over the course of 2026.
Cinderella Castle Repainting
Part of the castle’s pink top half has been painted light gray.
The fresh gray wall is visible between two towers. This could just be primer, and it may receive more layers of paint.
Cinderella Castle received the current pink, royal blue, and gray color scheme for the park’s 50th anniversary in 2021. Disney announced in summer 2025 that the castle would be restored to its classic colors of gray of light blue. They later announced that painting would begin in January 2026 and the Walt Disney World calendar indicated it would begin on January 28.
Some fresh pink paint appeared on the castle appeared on the castle last week as some kind of test. Painting is set to be complete by the end of the year. Due to the work, the park’s opening castle show, Let the Magic Begin, has been modified. It stopped including fireworks earlier this month and now no longer includes characters. The welcome fanfare and music still plays.
Mickey’s Magical Friendship Faire performance times have also been shifted later in the day to accommodate paint work.
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