As Disneyland Paris celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, the park’s famous Sleeping Beauty Castle is featured in a documentary broadcast on RMC.
Its candy pink turrets with golden tips and its huge stone arch are instantly recognizable. Since the inauguration of the Disneyland Paris park in 1992, the Sleeping Beauty Castle throne at the end of the main street Main Street, USA If the emblematic residence of Princess Aurora never ceased to dazzle young and old during their visit, she was still entitled to a rehabilitation which was completed in December 2021. During these works, which lasted eleven months, the castle was hidden behind gigantic tarpaulins on which was spread a relief photograph of the building to hide the scaffolding.
All the same, the renovation ended at the ideal time, just before 2022, the year of the 30 years of Disneyland Paris. And fans of the famous amusement park will even be able to get a privileged glimpse behind the scenes and the secrets of this enchanted building thanks to a documentary broadcast on RMC Thursday March 3, but still available in replay on the channel’s website.
Anecdotes revealed
This documentary offers a unique visit to the Castle of Sleeping Beauty, the most visited monument in Europe after the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Each year, fifteen million enthusiasts walk down Main Street, USA to admire this 45-meter-high palace. By the way, did you know that this castle was built so that it is facing south so that it is never against the light and that no shadow comes to spoil the photos of the visitors? And that its bright pink color was chosen for contrast with the often gloomy weather of Seine-et-Marne? Here are some of the anecdotes that enthusiasts will be able to discover in the documentary offered by RMC. It also reveals how long the building was built, or why the theme park called on the artisans of the renovation of Notre-Dame de Paris, victim of a violent fire in 2019.
“This castle is actually a a nod to our French cultureconfided Émilie Bruna, the director of the documentary, to our colleagues atEurope 1. This is also the challenge: to build a castle in the land of castles. Because France has 45,000 castles. The architects and designers of this castle are highly renowned craftsmen. I had a priori on this castle, but while conducting my investigation, I realized that there had been real building materials.“