earful tower and hat gone, what's the next studios icon??

[crazgurl]

The hat leaving left me feeling indifferent, but the earful tower demolition has bothered me more than I expected! What are they currently using as the studios icon? Are we all assuming once star wars land opens the new icon will revolve around that?

 

[Hakunamatata]

Tower of terror has been used as well.

My guess is that once they get toy story and Pixar built out they may have a new one based on some future structure. They may just use the Chinese Theater.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Take a wild guess....

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

an empty guest wallet

 

[JIMINYCR]

I also grieve the loss of Earful Tower .... since Disney is going to be promoting SW & TS heavily to revitalize the park and bring new interest to WDW, it's conceivable that both lands could have their own standing icon. Maybe a light saber and a Buzz. Since Earful Tower was a secondary icon Disney could once again have sharing representatives.

 

[JohnD]

Take a wild guess....

I think you're right.

 

[MY_NAME_STITCH]

A giant Luxo holding a light saber.

 

[Donillary Crumpton]

A good park icon is:

-Centrally located
-Creates a unique focal point as you enter the front gates
-Is a structure that can pretty much summarize what the entire park, or at least a good portion of it represents (movies)
-Sits in sorta a hub area; easily accessible from all other "lands".

So clearly for DHS, the obvious answer is The Chinese Theater Tower of Terror (?) Well alrighty then.

 

[crazgurl]

ya I did some poking around myself and agree ToT seems to be their current choice. It works for the most part except on their own web site where it's just a small icon, I find it looks like just a building, nothing distinctive about it, which is kind of sad. It doesn't have much of a shape and without the title on it flat out saying what it is, it isn't horribly impressive.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

The icon was also changed to reflect it at Disney's Ear Port at MCO...
Before...

After...

 

[crazgurl]

The icon was also changed to reflect it at Disney's Ear Port at MCO...
Before...

After...

Is it me or is that one just ugly? Guess that's my problem with it.... as much as people hated the hat, it worked as an icon no mater how much or how little detail a particular thing could give it. The tower of terror can look great but it can also just look like a brown building... boring!!! I get that maybe once the new things open something new will come in, but in the meantime, couldn't they re-locate the earful tower or something? I get the theme is changing but it hasn't changed yet and a nice throwback to its roots isn't a bad thing!

 

[DisneyFans4Life]

I tend to agree that the ToT is the icon of DHS.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Is it me or is that one just ugly? Guess that's my problem with it.... as much as people hated the hat, it worked as an icon no mater how much or how little detail a particular thing could give it. The tower of terror can look great but it can also just look like a brown building... boring!!! I get that maybe once the new things open something new will come in, but in the meantime, couldn't they re-locate the earful tower or something? I get the theme is changing but it hasn't changed yet and a nice throwback to its roots isn't a bad thing!

Until an official announcement is declared it will still be a Park of a Studio that was a Studio and now just a fictional studio that is losing an identity...

 

[EOD K9]

Is the Ear Port considered a punishment/you've been banished assignment?

 

[crazgurl]

Until an official announcement is declared it will still be a Park of a Studio that was a Studio and now just a fictional studio that is losing an identity...

Since my first visit when I was 10 years old in 1997, the studios has always been my favorite park, even after they ended their ties with MGM and quit using it as a studio, I always loved it. In 2009 during my last trip I still loved it above all the others, and with so much closed and losing the icons I'm familiar with I guess it just hits home. I'm gonna need a new favorite park for my trip in October

 

[PizzaPlanet]

I'm thinking that they are waiting to use the Chinese Theater as the official icon until they announce a new name and rebrand the park. The ToT as the icon may only be temporary.

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

Tower of Terror possibly?

 

[LaunchPadMcQuack]

I really like the Tower of Terror as the icon for the park, but I am sure something Star Wars will eclipse it.

 

[cheezbat]

If they wanna keep ToT as the icon, Move it to the hub! Lol!

I've always thought the Chinese Theatre was perfect for Disney MGM/DHS.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Well, unless they have changed the design on the Garbage cans in the park...This is the only other thing that has Earfel tower on it...