Earfell Tower to be removed

[dstrawn9889]

Understood and yea I get that the hat was surrounded by guests and the tower not so much but man literally there yesterday and GONE today I was expecting the long goodbye with bit by bit going over the course of a week or so

difference in construction as well... water tower is a steel eggshell. BAH was a BUILDING

 

[JohnD]

Going by MDE, you would swear LMA and Earfel Tower were still there.

 

[pumpkin7]

I'm sad it's gone because it was Disneyfied. It had Mickey ears for petes sake!
Thankfully I'm off to Paris again in June so I'll just enjoy theirs a little bit more.
Now I know how the hat fan boys felt. Wah.

 

[donaldtoo]

difference in construction as well... water tower is a steel eggshell. BAH was a BUILDING

Yes, this is exactly the point I was going to make.
The Earffel Tower was just a hollow prop on braced stilted legs in an area now closed to Guests. The BAH had much more surface area and structure, and was right in the middle of the Guest area of the Park.

 

[dstrawn9889]

and of course you can unbolt the thing and pull it over with a bulldozer... it would still have taken several days to speed demo the BAH with shear excavator and a hammer excavator

 

[donaldtoo]

and of course you can unbolt the thing and pull it over with a bulldozer... it would still have taken several days to speed demo the BAH with shear excavator and a hammer excavator

Indeed.

 

[DaddyGrant]

So let me get this strait. Disney takes 3 months to remove a 30' hat but ONE night to remove a 100+ foot water tower?! I mean they have not done something this fast in decades! Don't get me wrong I get that the hat and the tower had 2 different circumstances but seriously when you think about it the speed is insane!

Maybe because of the fact it took 3 months and was a bit of a fiasco probably prompted them to be proactive and plan it better this time.

 

[dstrawn9889]

Maybe because of the fact it took 3 months and was a bit of a fiasco probably prompted them to be proactive and plan it better this time.

more like, there is a large cleared area around this one, that way we can cut it up in a few days, lets just push it over.

 

[ParksAndPixels]

I agree with you. They have "revamped" it to the point where it is no longer recognizable. I do not view this as an upgrade but rather a destruction of the legend that Walt built. Very disturbing.

That is the problem when you have 30 something year olds running the company. Still too wet behind the (mouse) ears!

Well, Walt didn't exactly design the studios or much of WDW for that matter. Sure he was the origin of Disney but let's keep the facts straight. I may be a thirty something who is in charge of a large organization, so forgive my ignorance, but a stagnant "movie studio" that never truly realized its intention should not sit untouched for another decade. Do I agree with every decision in this park? No. But it desperately needed some changes. Even though the earful tower was always a special icon to me. I loved what the studios started out as, but never really became.

 

[brb1006]

Remember when the Earful Tower was fitted with a Santa hat for Christmas? That was the Disney Difference, a very nice touch during the most magical time of year.

Here's the Earful Tower during the debut year of Fantasmic.

 

[DaddyGrant]

more like, there is a large cleared area around this one, that way we can cut it up in a few days, lets just push it over.

True.

Apparently it was cut up and gone by 10am.

 

[note2001]

Going by MDE, you would swear LMA and Earfel Tower were still there.

That's it. I'm demanding my money back. And where's the Hogwarts Express? I mean, really.

 

[Jon81uk]

I agree with you. They have "revamped" it to the point where it is no longer recognizable. I do not view this as an upgrade but rather a destruction of the legend that Walt built. Very disturbing.

That is the problem when you have 30 something year olds running the company. Still too wet behind the (mouse) ears!

Ummm you know Eisner built the Disney-MGM studios at WDW. Walt had been dead 25 years.
Then Eisner also killed off th studios in Florida when it was no longer economical to keep a working Studio on both coasts.

 

[Seabasealpha1]

Wonder where they'll store that X-Wing now...

 

[dstrawn9889]

hmm... i was looking for when this chunk of steel came down, so i went to the USGS seismology site... there is ONE seismograph site in FL...
this one ~
IU DWPF
Disney Wilderness Preserve, Florida, USA

and i cant see on the helipath exactly, but there was a short term something around 10:50 PM eastern last night?

 

[FigmentForver96]

hmm... i was looking for when this chunk of steel came down, so i went to the USGS seismology site... there is ONE seismograph site in FL...
this one ~
IU DWPF
Disney Wilderness Preserve, Florida, USA

and i cant see on the helipath exactly, but there was a short term something around 10:50 PM eastern last night?

Nice catch

 

[dstrawn9889]

there again it is a distance away, on the preserve tracts

 

[Acolli18]

How long before pieces of the Earfell Tower and the BAH start showing up in limited edition pins?

 

[RSoxNo1]

hmm... i was looking for when this chunk of steel came down, so i went to the USGS seismology site... there is ONE seismograph site in FL...
this one ~
IU DWPF
Disney Wilderness Preserve, Florida, USA

and i cant see on the helipath exactly, but there was a short term something around 10:50 PM eastern last night?

It's possible those of us on this site have too much time on our hands.

 

[dstrawn9889]

well, when Oracle is down, you may have some time on your hands