We are just days away from the start of the Cinderella Castle repainting project, but we spotted some new pink paint.

New Pink Paint

This morning we noticed Cinderella Castle has a spot with darker pink paint. It almost looks like when you’re about to start a new paint project and need to test out what the colors look like in real life. It’s also possible that is the original pink color, and Disney may have been testing to see how much of it had faded.

The visible spot is on the front of Cinderella Castle, to the right and in between two of the turrets. Above is the angle from the front of the castle.

And, pictured above is what it looks like from the side on the pathway leading to Fantasyland. Cinderella Castle was originally shades of gray with light blue turrets. In 2020 and 2021, it was repainted with a new 50th anniversary color scheme featuring royal blue turrets, a different shade of gray on the lower half, and a pale pink on the top half, plus more gold trims.

Disney announced in summer 2025 that the castle will be restored to its classic colors. They later announced that painting would begin in January 2026 and finish late in the year. It is set to begin on January 28.

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