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[ImperfectPixie]

Found it on Twitter but lost it. No lighting. It probably isn't complete yet.

This is disappointing...is it possible they just didn't turn it on?

I was hoping the blue tubing that I thought I saw along the inside of the letters' outer edge would light up, but they'd have needed to have all the wiring and everything done prior to installation. The only time you're able to consider lighting after-the-fact is if the lighting is coming from a source other than the sign itself...which STILL makes no sense unless the sign isn't complete yet because any lighting installed on the ground or bridge would be interrupted by people walking by it. (I was in the sign business for many years.)

 

[trainplane3]

This is disappointing...is it possible they just didn't turn it on?

Seeing as to how Martin "liked" my comment on it not being finished, I'll assume it isn't done yet.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Seeing as to how Martin "liked" my comment on it not being finished, I'll assume it isn't done yet.

I know a lot of people who will be very happy if it isn't.

 

[Clamman73]

Would be cool if the letter lighting is blue and it’s also on during the day.

 

[Father Robinson]

Just don't change the music!!! I'm fine with additions to it, not subtractions or a completely new loop.

 

[disneyC97]

I think the roof fins on the Stitch building now need to go...this new sign would work better with the tower plus Astro Orbiter visible together in the distance without obstruction IMHO

 

[JohnD]

It does beg the question no doubt......

Yeah. Why can't they bring back the spires?

 

[larryz]

Yeah. Why can't they bring back the spires?

They did. But they're black, and they're in another park... Bright Suns!

 

[JohnD]

Any chance they will bring back the white towers?

The new sign clashes bad with the rotted husk of the ‘94 Tomorrowland look. That photoshop restoring the original clean white look goes with the sign perfectly

Speaking of 1960s retro, I think that is the $64,000 question.

 

[larryz]

Speaking of 1960s retro, I think that is the $64,000 question.

White kitchen appliances are back in vogue as well.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

White kitchen appliances are back in vogue as well.

So does this mean the fashion trends are starting over from the early 20th century?

 

[larryz]

So does this mean the fashion trends are starting over from the early 20th century?

Could be... maybe that's why they aren't refurbing the Carousel of Progress just yet...

 

[trainplane3]

I think the roof fins on the Stitch building now need to go...this new sign would work better with the tower plus Astro Orbiter visible together in the distance without obstruction IMHO

I would like to see them go too but they were just painted white a couple months ago so I feel they're sticking around.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I understand Bob Iger announced to shareholders that Stitch’s Great Escape will be replaced with an IKEA. Imagine all the free wooden dowels they’ll get to reinforce Space Mountain for the next 44 years.

 

[larryz]

I understand Bob Iger announced to shareholders that Stitch’s Great Escape will be replaced with an IKEA. Imagine all the free wooden dowels they’ll get to reinforce Space Mountain for the next 44 years.

Disney's Assembly Not Included Experience, only $129.99 per person (theme park admission required).

 

[britain]

IMO, the lettering is too small and out of scale with the land. But, if they made the lettering larger, it would start to wrap around the ring it's sitting on. So, they should have mad the ring bigger. But then, the ring would be too big. So, they should have made the ring an ellipse.

That is all.

Making the ring an ellipse is the same thinking that would have given us THIS space mountain:

Think honest architecture, not theme park signage.

 

[JohnD]

Here's a site that reminds you of the old sign and shows you the new:

https://ziggyknowsdisney.com/tomorrowland-sign-magic-kingdom/

 

[Bocabear]

Here's a site that reminds you of the old sign and shows you the new:

https://ziggyknowsdisney.com/tomorrowland-sign-magic-kingdom/

Even that is not the whole original story. Parts of the original entrance were removed either because they looked bad with age, or hurricane damage...the original sign had a dome on top...
The new entrance just looks unfinished... I get the white minimalism, but even understanding that concept this looks like a miss.

 

[JohnD]

Even that is not the whole original story. Parts of the original entrance were removed either because they looked bad with age, or hurricane damage...the original sign had a dome on top...
The new entrance just looks unfinished... I get the white minimalism, but even understanding that concept this looks like a miss.
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The old entrance looks too cluttered to me. I like the new clean look. I know. We all have our preferences.

 

[rkleinlein]

The more I look the less I like it. The visible seams make it look so chapek--I mean cheap. That the professionals running the place failed to notice whatever the yellow thing is under the "M" speaks volumes. I wonder if it's still there. And no lights? Is that part of the new policy of unveiling half-finished things? Surely there are going to be lights, right?