BAH...

[RayTheFirefly]

Ok, I know I'm going to sound so ignorant and like such a newbie, but this is a legitimate question: What's with all the hate for the BAH in HS?

Is it because it blocks the GMR? Or do people just genuinely think it's ugly? I wanna know!

 

[Tom]

You will find your answer in any number of existing threads. Just run a search on BAH.

 

[RayTheFirefly]

You will find your answer in any number of existing threads. Just run a search on BAH.

I tried, but literally all I can find is everyone saying "the BAH needs to go," or "first thing I would do is get rid of the BAH." No one ever says exactly why.

 

[SAV]

For me it is location of it. It totally ruins the view down Hollywood Blvd. It was so nice before when you had the Chinese Theater as the backdrop. Now you have the BAH, actually you have a stage with the BAH in back of that. Just awful.

I would love for them to move the BAH to the entrance plaza for the park or along the entrance path to Fantasmic!

 

[Marc Gil]

Because it's blocking the real view

It also pretty much ruins the 1940's Hollywood theming.

 

[ABQ]

For me, it's the view.

Not only does it block the wonderful vista and the old Hollywood ambiance it created, it now gives them one more place to dump that horrid stage into. I'm sure, someone in a suit said, "Meh, no one will care if we build a stage in front of the hat" and the fact that it, along with other de, er construction obscured the awesome Disney MGM Hidden Mickey

 

[RayTheFirefly]

Wow, gorgeous photos! Thanks, guys! That does explain a lot... The original view without it was stunning.

 

[lazyboy97o]

It alone is ugly and it is completely out of theme.

 

[KDiS88]

For me, it's the view.

Not only does it block the wonderful vista and the old Hollywood ambiance it created, it now gives them one more place to dump that horrid stage into. I'm sure, someone in a suit said, "Meh, no one will care if we build a stage in front of the hat" and the fact that it, along with other de, er construction obscured the awesome Disney MGM Hidden Mickey

Whoa! This pic is so cool, I didn't know that! Thanks for sharing

 

[rob0519]

For me, it's the view.

Not only does it block the wonderful vista and the old Hollywood ambiance it created, it now gives them one more place to dump that horrid stage into. I'm sure, someone in a suit said, "Meh, no one will care if we build a stage in front of the hat" and the fact that it, along with other de, er construction obscured the awesome Disney MGM Hidden Mickey

Agree completely on both the view and that horrid stage.

 

[Polydweller]

I always find these discussions about the hat very interesting. Yes, the theatre is nice but is in no way a Disney icon. And yet people hate having something that is absolutely iconic, the hat from Fantasia in DHS. In many threads, like the Avatar and Starbuck's ones plus others, people are always upset about non-Disney things being in the parks. The hat is one of the most important Disney icons. Guess it's my fault for expecting consistency on a Disney board.

Now if the theatre at the end was the Carthay Circle, where Disney's most important film Snow White premiered people might have a case, but it's Mann's.

 

[RayTheFirefly]

I always find these discussions about the hat very interesting. Yes, the theatre is nice but is in no way a Disney icon. And yet people hate having something that is absolutely iconic, the hat from Fantasia in DHS. In many threads, like the Avatar and Starbuck's ones plus others, people are always upset about non-Disney things being in the parks. The hat is one of the most important Disney icons. Guess it's my fault for expecting consistency on a Disney board.

My guess is for most people maybe it's not the hat itself, but its location? I have to agree, the views down Hollywood Blvd. without the hat are a completely different theme and immersion than with the BAH.

 

[Csmith041177]

Thanks for posting that! I had literally never seen a clear view like that.

 

[Polydweller]

It alone is ugly and it is completely out of theme.

Really, the hat is from Disney's Fantasia, a movie. How's something from a movie and a Disney masterpiece at that, out of theme?

 

[lazyboy97o]

Really, the hat is from Disney's Fantasia, a movie. How's something from a movie and a Disney masterpiece at that, out of theme?

The theme of Hollywood Blvd isn't random crap from movies.

 

[RoyWalley]

Ok, I know I'm going to sound so ignorant and like such a newbie, but this is a legitimate question: What's with all the hate for the BAH in HS?

Is it because it blocks the GMR? Or do people just genuinely think it's ugly? I wanna know!

Really, you had to bring this up!!!!!

 

[wdrive]

Because they stuck a big plastic (or metal?) blue thing in the middle of a perfectly themed area. May as well have put it in Frontierland and kept it there.

 

[RayTheFirefly]

Really, you had to bring this up!!!!!

Hehe, whoops.

 

[Polydweller]

The theme of Hollywood Blvd isn't random crap from movies.

Fantasia is crap??? It's considered a masterpiece. The hat is it's representative icon from the Sorcerer's Apprentice sequence. Um, crap uh??

 

[lazyboy97o]

Fantasia is crap??? It's considered a masterpiece. The hat is it's representative icon from the Sorcerer's Apprentice sequence. Um, crap uh??

I said nothing about Fantasia.