WDW Fact of the Day 4/2

[alpro2]

To commemorate Walt Disney World's 25th anniversary on October 1, 1996 , Disney magically transformed Cinderella Castle into an 18-story tall birthday cake, complete with red and pink "icing," giant candy canes, and 26 glowing candles.
It took more than 400 gallons of pink paint to cover the castle, which was decorated with multicolored "sprinkles," 26 cables, ranging in height from 20-40 feet tall, 16 two-foot long candy stars, 16 five-foot candy bears, 12 five-foot gumdrops, four six-foot Life Savers, 30 three-foot lollipops, and 50 two-foot gum balls. Additionally, more than 1000 feet of pink and blue inflatable "icing" was needed to finish it off.

[pogo]

Thanks Alex.

[Jenemmy]

Thanks for reminding me..... tee hee hee

Seriously - I LOOOOOVE reading the fact of the day with my coffee every morning! Thanks for taking the daily time to do it.....

[CanadianWDWFan]

Thanks Alex!
I kinda liked the castle as a cake.

[scottgr]

Thanks It remeber seeing it that way.

[Maleficent's Dad]

Thanks, Alex!
(I can't say the pink castle/cake is my favorite memory?)

[DisneyorBust]

Thanks Alex!!
I'm glad I never saw the Castle Cake in person!

[Jenemmy]

Thanks Alex!
I kinda liked the castle as a cake.

You know, I might have been OK with it, except......that year was my one and only time staying in the tower of the Contemporary. We were on the MK side in a 10th floor room and I just remember waking up every morning and looking out my patio window at that gorgeous.....umm, errrr......cake. LOL. Now that I think about it...I was pregnant on that trip, so maybe it just gave me morning sickness to look at it.....

[Caroleh]

Thanks, Alex!!!!

I think I'm glad to have missed that one...considering I haven't seen the castle without being decorated up!!!

[alpro2]

Seriously - I LOOOOOVE reading the fact of the day with my coffee every morning! Thanks for taking the daily time to do it.....

Thanks Jen!

...Now that I think about it...I was pregnant on that trip, so maybe it just gave me morning sickness to look at it.....

I knew this Fact would get alot of responses!

[mktiggerman]

Thank goodness they got rid of that pink evil nastiness

[Jeremy]

Thank You Alex!

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Alex!

[ibrowse17]

Thanks for the horrid memory...

[Jerry2]

Thanks Alex. That was the year of your nephew's first trip to WDW and we kinda disappointed that his first time he saw the castle it looked like that.

[vizsla]

Thanks Alex I sure do remember the castle cake The only thing good about it was I was there on Oct. 1, 1996 to see an uncle of mine officially retire in the ceremony who worked at the MK from the day it opened.