Is the clock ticking on the Sorcerer Mickey Hat icon at the Studios? YES!

Goofyernmost

Well-Known Member
And that is one of the problems in this country today. Respect is not earned. Respect is given until it deserves to be taken away. Treat everyone with respect and life will be a lot better. Even if it is the first time you meet someone you should treat them with respect. If they do something disrespectful to you then you may take away that respect. One does not need to earn respect but they must be worthy of keeping that which was given.
That is very true, but, there are two types of respect. One is human respect for each other and the other is a respect because of a specific skill set or knowledge. One should be automatic and the other has to be proven. Maybe they need different descriptive names, but, they are different.
 

toasty

Active Member
This may have been covered somewhere in here, but does anyone have a sense of the timeline to get this thing down? Are we talking days, weeks, months before it's actually gone? I'll be at WDW in 10 days, would be fantastic to have an unobstructed view of the Chinese Theater (even if there remains cleanup work to be done), but I assume that's a pipe dream...
 

dstrawn9889

Well-Known Member
This may have been covered somewhere in here, but does anyone have a sense of the timeline to get this thing down? Are we talking days, weeks, months before it's actually gone? I'll be at WDW in 10 days, would be fantastic to have an unobstructed view of the Chinese Theater (even if there remains cleanup work to be done), but I assume that's a pipe dream...
Demolition is an art, not a science. i am sure there is a timetable of sorts somewhere, but the structure will come down as quickly and safely as the structure will allow. if they cannot break it down with wrenches and sockets, then it will be torches: both faster and slower(faster to make seperation cuts, slower cause you cannot really torch during daytime hours where slag can fly)
 

Mike S

Well-Known Member
It's a little late but still....
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If 72 hours remain, isn't that dawn of the first day? 24 hours is the final day.
 

Sage of Time

Well-Known Member
If I were in WDW, I would without question make sure to be in DHS on Wednesday. Even if all I saw involved the construction of construction walls around the BAH, it would be worth it.

So, how many people do you think will be showing up tomorrow taking sad pictures around it like there were on the last day of Maelstrom?
There was a pretty good group saying goodbye last night.
 

Figments Friend

Well-Known Member
I am looking forward to the first set of demo photos.
I want to see mangled metal. Yes, i do.
Payback for having to suffer through those horrifying 'Horizons' demo photos.
( shudders )

On a more positive note:
Imagine a photographic image of the semi-demo'ed Hat in the foreground, with the beautiful facade of the Chinese Theatre peeking through from behind in the background.
( blisses out for a moment )

Yeah.
THAT is the photograph i want to see.
( Would-be arriving photographers to the scene to come...take note! )
 

FigmentJedi

Well-Known Member
I am looking forward to the first set of demo photos.
I want to see mangled metal. Yes, i do.
Payback for having to suffer through those horrifying 'Horizons' demo photos.
( shudders )

On a more positive note:
Imagine a photographic image of the semi-demo'ed Hat in the foreground, with the beautiful facade of the Chinese Theatre peeking through from the background.
( blisses out for a moment )

Yeah.
THAT is the photograph i want to see.
( Would be arriving photographers to the scene to come...take note! )
As nice as those'll be, I feel like it's not going to offer as much satisfaction seeing as it's such a simple structure. I mean, demolition photos of Horizons were such a gut punch because loss of the attraction aside, it was such a dense building that seeing it torn apart had a lot more impact. For how much annoyance the Hat caused us, it's so hollow. The Severed Mickey Hand being torn apart might result in some nice carnage, but I can't help but think the actual hat part will be going down as easily as the Wand (and really, the pictures of the wand chunks in the dump was more satisfying to look at then the Wand demolition photos themselves.)
 

Figments Friend

Well-Known Member
As nice as those'll be, I feel like it's not going to offer as much satisfaction seeing as it's such a simple structure. I mean, demolition photos of Horizons were such a gut punch because loss of the attraction aside, it was such a dense building that seeing it torn apart had a lot more impact. For how much annoyance the Hat caused us, it's so hollow. The Severed Mickey Hand being torn apart might result in some nice carnage, but I can't help but think the actual hat part will be going down as easily as the Wand (and really, the pictures of the wand chunks in the dump was more satisfying to look at then the Wand demolition photos themselves.)

Valid points...and a keen observance.

:)
 

ford91exploder

Resident Curmudgeon
Demolition is an art, not a science. i am sure there is a timetable of sorts somewhere, but the structure will come down as quickly and safely as the structure will allow. if they cannot break it down with wrenches and sockets, then it will be torches: both faster and slower(faster to make seperation cuts, slower cause you cannot really torch during daytime hours where slag can fly)

And if it's fiberglas you probably cannot use a torch at all, Although a burning BAH would be spectacular!
 

Figments Friend

Well-Known Member
And if it's fiberglas you probably cannot use a torch at all, Although a burning BAH would be spectacular!

( insert Photoshopped image here )

Actually...there are images 'out there' of such.
More then a few have been posted here over the years.

Of course...having a REAL photo of it really happening would be...well....really spectacular, but...we must not endanger the facade of the Chinese Theater.

;)
 

DisneyGentleman

Well-Known Member
And if it's fiberglas you probably cannot use a torch at all, Although a burning BAH would be spectacular!
Never realized it is fiberglas, but the green inside the panels makes that pretty clear. The bottom ring is built to take a lot, but is bolted together. Pretty much billboard support-type structure. Above the ring there is a fairly lightweight structure (also bolted) plus the panels.

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So in my assessment, it should come apart easily and be easy to save. Just a matter of unbolting the parts. If they take saw to it, it will be gone in a few days. If they disassemble with care, no more than a couple of weeks. Of course the foundation slabs will take a bit more work.

Just the right picture can show an awful lot.
 
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RayTheFirefly

Well-Known Member
Never realized it is fiberglas, but the green inside panels makes that pretty clear. The bottom ring is built to take a lot, but is bolted together. Pretty much billboard support-type structure. Above the ring there is a fairly lightweight structure (also bolted) plus the panels.

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So in my assessment, it should come apart easily and be easy to save. Just a matter of unbolting the parts. If they take saw to it, it will be gone in a few days. If they disassemble with care, no more than a couple of weeks. Of course the foundation slabs will take a bit more work.

Just the right picture can show an awful lot.
Not sure if hoping it's down by the 19th is wishful thinking or pure insanity on my part. I'm leaning towards the latter.
 

Admiral01

Premium Member
If I were in WDW, I would without question make sure to be in DHS on Wednesday. Even if all I saw involved the construction of construction walls around the BAH, it would be worth it.

So, how many people do you think will be showing up tomorrow taking sad pictures around it like there were on the last day of Maelstrom?
I am in central Florida for work, and even though I have sworn off MM+ and those dumb magic bands, I may go to see this.
 

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