{"id":780746,"date":"2026-07-23T23:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/780746\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T23:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:19:18","slug":"disneyland-70th-anniversary-castle-sculpture-fully-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/780746\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland 70th Anniversary Castle Sculpture Fully Removed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an update to our previous story earlier today, the Sleeping Beauty Castle-inspired sculpture in the Disneyland Resort Esplanade is now fully removed. <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/04\/work-begins-on-70th-anniversary-castle-sculpture-at-disneyland-resort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Constructed last year<\/a>, the sculpture was part of the Disneyland 70th anniversary celebration, which is now wrapping up.<\/p>\n<p>Castle Sculpture Removed<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dlr-70th-castle-sculpture-removed-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dlr-70th-castle-sculpture-removed-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"As you can see above, the sculpture is now fully gone from its spot. \" class=\"wp-image-1462168\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you can see above, the sculpture is now fully gone from its spot. <\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dlr-70th-castle-esplanade--scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dlr-70th-castle-esplanade--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Just a few days after reporting the dismantling of the statue, it is now not visible from above the construction walls. \" class=\"wp-image-1461950\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/07\/disneyland-70th-anniversary-castle-sculpture-being-dismantled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">a few days<\/a> after reporting the dismantling of the statue, it was no longer visible from above the construction walls during our visit earlier today. But now it is removed altogether. <\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dlr-esplanade-70th-sculpture-dismantling-9128-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dlr-esplanade-70th-sculpture-dismantling-9128-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The sculpture was still visible above construction walls a few days ago. However, the sculpture's towers and roof had already been removed.\" class=\"wp-image-1460863\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sculpture was still visible above construction walls a few days ago, as seen above. However, the sculpture\u2019s towers and roof had already been removed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dlr-esplanade-70th-sculpture-dismantling-9124-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"1460866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dlr-esplanade-70th-sculpture-dismantling-9124-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the sculpture, including colorful stained glass and golden archway elements, were still visible a few days ago. See what the full sculpture looked like below.\" class=\"wp-image-1460866\"\/><\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dlr-esplanade-70th-sculpture-dismantling-9125-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"1460865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dlr-esplanade-70th-sculpture-dismantling-9125-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the sculpture, including colorful stained glass and golden archway elements, were still visible a few days ago. See what the full sculpture looked like below.\" class=\"wp-image-1460865\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the sculpture, including colorful stained glass and golden archway elements, were still visible a few days ago. See what the full sculpture looked like below.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dlr-esplanade-70th-castle-sculpture-4370.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dlr-esplanade-70th-castle-sculpture-4370.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful stage with Disney characters and \" celebrate=\"\" happy=\"\" sign=\"\" stands=\"\" in=\"\" a=\"\" plaza=\"\" under=\"\" cloudy=\"\" sky.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1231346\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On top of each tower was an <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/05\/walt-disney-silhouette-on-disneyland-70th-anniversary-sculpture-replaced-because-it-looked-like-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">element representing<\/a> one of the park\u2019s original lands. The circular base featured Mickey and Friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 70th anniversary celebration officially comes to an end on August 9, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did you like the castle sculpture? Let us know on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more Disneyland Resort news and info, follow Disneyland News Today on\u00a0<a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dlnt\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dlnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisneylandNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/disneylandnewstoday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>. For Disney Parks news worldwide, visit <a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/category\/parks-resorts\/\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/category\/parks-resorts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDWNT<\/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":"As an update to our previous story earlier today, the Sleeping Beauty Castle-inspired sculpture in the Disneyland Resort&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,225870,331160,88,319410,331161],"class_list":["post-780746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-disneyland-70th-anniversary","tag-disneyland-70th-anniversary-celebration","tag-entertainment","tag-esplanade","tag-sleeping-beauty-castle-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}