I was wondering the same thing! I'm actually ok with the hat (loved the view without it, though) but that stage in front is such an eyesore to me!
I wouldn't mind to see the Hat stay a little longer, but it'll be nice when the Chinese Theater is the main structure you can see from the entrance.
The stage is indeed an eyesore!
for the 435th time this week, the direct view of the chinese theatre is not possible. They don't have the rights to it, so it is either the hat or tear down the theatre. There are no other options. Crying and complaining will not change it. Disney exists in a real world where lawyers and contracts also exist. We may not like it, but that is that.
for the 435th time this week, the direct view of the chinese theatre is not possible. They don't have the rights to it, so it is either the hat or tear down the theatre. There are no other options. Crying and complaining will not change it. Disney exists in a real world where lawyers and contracts also exist. We may not like it, but that is that.
Yesterland said:There are different versions of the story, but it goes something like this... After the Mann’s Theatres chain, which included the Chinese Theatre, was sold in 2000 to a partnership of Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures, Disney could no longer use the theater façade as a symbol for Disney-MGM Studios. They had to block the direct view. In one version of the story, Disney lost the rights to use the Chinese Theatre façade, but somehow didn’t have to remove it if they put something in front of it. In another version, Disney had to pay a royalty to the owners of the Chinese Theatre every time it was photographed, so Disney did something to limit the ability of guests to take photos.
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The Internet legend doesn’t make much sense when you think about it. Guests can still see and photograph the Disney version of the Chinese Theatre—just not from as many angles as previously. To believe the legend, you would have to accept that Disney is stuck with a contract that allowed them to build a replica of the façade of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in 1989, but, if the theater were sold, would only allow guests to see it if they were looking from an angle or standing very close in front of it.
for the 435th time this week, the direct view of the chinese theatre is not possible. They don't have the rights to it, so it is either the hat or tear down the theatre. There are no other options. Crying and complaining will not change it. Disney exists in a real world where lawyers and contracts also exist. We may not like it, but that is that.
for the 435th time this week, the direct view of the chinese theatre is not possible. They don't have the rights to it, so it is either the hat or tear down the theatre. There are no other options. Crying and complaining will not change it. Disney exists in a real world where lawyers and contracts also exist. We may not like it, but that is that.
for the 435th time this week, the direct view of the chinese theatre is not possible. They don't have the rights to it, so it is either the hat or tear down the theatre. There are no other options. Crying and complaining will not change it. Disney exists in a real world where lawyers and contracts also exist. We may not like it, but that is that.
for the 435th time this week, the direct view of the chinese theatre is not possible. They don't have the rights to it, so it is either the hat or tear down the theatre. There are no other options. Crying and complaining will not change it. Disney exists in a real world where lawyers and contracts also exist. We may not like it, but that is that.
for the 435th time this week, the direct view of the chinese theatre is not possible. They don't have the rights to it, so it is either the hat or tear down the theatre. There are no other options. Crying and complaining will not change it. Disney exists in a real world where lawyers and contracts also exist. We may not like it, but that is that.
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