Yes, we could all take to the ugly stage in front of the ugly hat.
Hollywood Blvd's theme has nothing to do with the production studio. Being Walt Disney World has nothing to do with being self referential. Far more of Walt Disney World is still not about Disney. Almost none of the hotels are about Disney. Most of the rides are still not about Disney. Should Spaceship Earth and the Tree of Life be blocked with something irrelevant but Disney? Maybe put something in front of the Magic Kingdom since that train station isn't Disney?
Really? Mary Poppins, all of the Star Wars films, etc. Practically most of their movies up until the early '90s premiered at the Chinese Theater. Rather than Carthay Circle, it would make more sense to use the El Capitan, which they've owned since then. When most people think Hollywood theater I can assure you they don't think of Carthey Circle...they think of the Chinese.
If you tore down the non-Disney stuff you wouldn't have much left. All of the resorts except Art of Animation and a few rooms here and there - gone. Most of the Magic Kingdom - gone. Most of EPCOT Center - gone. Large chunks of Disney's Hollywood Studios, definitely Hollywood Blvd and Sunset Blvd - gone. Most of Disney's Animal Kingdom - gone. Most of Disney Springs - gone. At no point in your description of the goals behind Disneyland did you mention an obsession with film references.
No where...just not in the middle of 1930s Hollywood.
First off, he didn't say that, he was asking if you thought that those should go too because they weren't Disney in the sense that they were featured in any animated form or live action form. They were just Theme Park additions as is Mann's, but, it was put there to give the street the feel of "old Hollywood" which was the theme. The hat had a place in other parts of the park, just not there. And by the way, your stance is far from the majority. There is yours... you like it. There are a bunch of 'get the thing out of the view of Mann's'. The majority do not know enough about the history of Disney and the parks to know the difference and therefore couldn't care less. That is why it's still there
Actually, I've counted in the past and when Disneyland opened just under a quarter of the attractions were based on Disney films and in the years that followed fewer and fewer of the new attractions were based on films. A good many of the films used were also financial flops (but so was Fantasia so that point isn't as relevant).
Because it's blocking the real view
It also pretty much ruins the 1940's Hollywood theming.
Somewhere else in the park that doesn't block the intended view down the boulevard. Simple.
Why do you think WDC spent millions of $$$ building Hollywood boulevard with such attention to detail? They did not do it to have it blocked by a big blue hat. The hat was meant to be temporary for a celebration but because they have gotten lazy they have just left it there destroying the intended view designed by the Imagineers. If you would like to keep it that is fine but move it to the animation courtyard or somewhere more appropriate.
What do we think about what???
