coleandrachel
Active Member
To me, the hat is fitting because it represents the sorcerer's apprentice in Fantasia which was the first full length movie to have Mickey Mouse in it...
But it's a shop underneath it... which is lame if you ask me.
The Hat has only a loose connection to the theme of the park (because Fantasia is a film, by that logic it could be any film prop) and absolutely nothing to do with the Golden Age of Hollywood that Never Was but Always Will Be. It is an ugly, disconnected decoration that breaks all continuity, scale and theme of Hollywood Blvd.
I was expecting something more as well. To have the spot used as a pin buying spot doesn't cut it. Utilizing the
Sorcerer theme, I was hoping for something"magical".![]()
My thoughts exactly. I actually like the hat; it's really cool structurally, looks great at night, and is fun to photograph. But I don't like where it is and I don't like that it's now the park icon. If it would have been somehow incorporated into the animation courtyard I don't think anyone would've complained.I don't hate the hat, but I hate the location of the hat. It is fine for a photo background, but I don't care for it as a symbol for the Studios/Hollywood.
REALLY???
This.....
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Compared to this??
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Sorry the second one is truly a stamp print on Disney park History to many..I go for the second one..
I think they need to remove the current hat and place it on top of Spacehip Earth. It would look good there. They then need to build a bigger hat (about three times the size) for DHS in order to totally block out Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
It looks more Disney to me WITH the hat. Maybe it's just because Im so used to it, but it's just as GIANT and iconic as all of the other parks "symbol"....a random plain looking building in the back just makes it look bare.REALLY???
This.....
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Compared to this??
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Sorry the second one is truly a stamp print on Disney park History to many..I go for the second one..
Being big or simply does not make something symbolic. There is also nothing plain about the Chinese theatre, an icon in its own right. Everything about the design was Disney, just not the self-referential intellectual property based "Disney" that so many fans today want. Disney was once about doing more than what is known and expected.It looks more Disney to me WITH the hat. Maybe it's just because Im so used to it, but it's just as GIANT and iconic as all of the other parks "symbol"....a random plain looking building in the back just makes it look bare.
Again, that could be because the hat is the only way I've ever really known it!
Wow!! Didn't realize the difference it makes to omit the hat.REALLY???
This.....
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Compared to this??
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Sorry the second one is truly a stamp print on Disney park History to many..I go for the second one..
Many of you obviously have never seen the view before the hat...
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