Cinderella's Castle - Disney's Magic Kingdom - Lake Buena Vista, Florida

            The most iconic of all the Disney icons...Cinderella's Castle at the Magic Kingdom.  It was completed in July 1971, after about 18 months of construction.  The castle is 183 feet tall, as measured from water-level.  This castle is more than 100 feet taller than Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland in California.

Cinderella's Castle is designed to reflect the late-Gothic, flamboyant style of the 1400's. Unlike Disneyland's castle, no gold is used on the exterior; all gold colors are anodized aluminum. Despite appearances, no bricks were used in its construction; the inner structure is constructed of six hundred tons of steel braced frame construction, and a 10-inch-thick reinforced concrete wall encircles the structure to the full height of the outermost stone-like walls. All of the steel and concrete works are supported on a concrete drilled caisson foundation. Much less fiberglass is used than is popularly supposed. Rather, most of the exterior is a thick, very hard fiber-reinforced gypsum plaster that is supported by light-gauge metal studs. Most fiberglass work is reserved for the exterior walls of more ornate upper towers. The roofs are not fiberglass, either. They are shingled in the same type of plastic that computer monitor shells are made from, attached to a cone of light gauge steel sheeting over the steel sub-frame. These towers were lifted by crane, then welded and bolted permanently to the main structure. Contrary to a popular legend, the castle cannot be taken apart or moved in any way in the event of a hurricane. It would take months to disassemble, it would be too dangerous to operate the 300-foot crane required in windy conditions, and there would have to be a safer building to keep it in. As with every other building at Walt Disney World, it was simpler and safer to design it to handle a hurricane. It can easily withstand the 125 mph design wind speeds in Central Florida with a great deal of strength in reserve.

Originally, a suite was planned for the Disney family and executives, but since Walt Disney died nearly five years before the park opened, it remained unfinished. Currently, it is a lavish Dream Suite hotel room for specially selected guests only.

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix to create this HDR image.  Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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Taken in: United States / Florida / Bay Lake (show map)

Taken on: May 26, 2016

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/4.5, 34mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Aperture:	f/4.5
Focal Length:	34mm
ISO:	100
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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