I'll be glad when it's gone.
It'd be like still having Cinderella's Castles as the 25th Anniversary Cake (shudder) all these years later and people saying, "We always remembered the giant castle cake at the end of Main St!"
That being said, it was the least offensive of the three (castle cake, Epcot wand, and hat).
I actually liked the Epcot want to usher in 2000.. It was dumb that it was up until 2007 before it was removed. Spaceship Earth does just fine all by itself. It doesn't need a Mickey Wand, 24/7 to make it better.