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I was looking around and found this on Studios Central. They talk about a different ending to GMR, one where the Wizard of Oz would continue onto the Wizards Chamber.
According to this website, Fantasia was supposed to be a tornado scene, and the last scene of GMR was going to be the Wizards chamber. That last room would be split in two (one side for the gangster one side for the bandit). The screen was supposedly going to be the Wizard, and in the on the ground in the corner of the screen would be the curtain for the man. Along the walls would've been animatronics of Dorthy and friends. They'd have a dialouge and then the Wizard would say, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" The curtain would then open up and in it would be your high-jacker taking a bow. I don't understand how, but the website says somewhere there'd be a bunch of animatronic movie characters that you saw in the ride taking a bow as well. Studios Central says the reason it fell through was because Disney had only bought the rights current Wizard of Oz scences from MGM, but I thought Warners owned the Wiz.
Is there any truth to this? It sounds really awesome. I also was wondering if we could get the real reason the hat was put in front of the theatre. I know the reason I always hear is copyright, but a little while ago someone on these forums posted that after a building is so old, you can replicate it. Also, if it were copyright reasons, then wouldn't Disney have to change Hollywood Blvd?
Thanks, Cody
I was looking around and found this on Studios Central. They talk about a different ending to GMR, one where the Wizard of Oz would continue onto the Wizards Chamber.
According to this website, Fantasia was supposed to be a tornado scene, and the last scene of GMR was going to be the Wizards chamber. That last room would be split in two (one side for the gangster one side for the bandit). The screen was supposedly going to be the Wizard, and in the on the ground in the corner of the screen would be the curtain for the man. Along the walls would've been animatronics of Dorthy and friends. They'd have a dialouge and then the Wizard would say, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" The curtain would then open up and in it would be your high-jacker taking a bow. I don't understand how, but the website says somewhere there'd be a bunch of animatronic movie characters that you saw in the ride taking a bow as well. Studios Central says the reason it fell through was because Disney had only bought the rights current Wizard of Oz scences from MGM, but I thought Warners owned the Wiz.
Is there any truth to this? It sounds really awesome. I also was wondering if we could get the real reason the hat was put in front of the theatre. I know the reason I always hear is copyright, but a little while ago someone on these forums posted that after a building is so old, you can replicate it. Also, if it were copyright reasons, then wouldn't Disney have to change Hollywood Blvd?
Thanks, Cody