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

[wdwmagic]

I guess no need to post the picture I just took. Someone beat me to it!

The more the merrier.

 

[marni1971]

Sorry - I've been stalking Twitter all morning.

Stick here. You'll learn more

 

[Fordlover]

Seems to me they are carefully dissembling and it's not a demo.

Nah, they are using a plasma cutter or something similar to chop it up. The discoloration near the cut edge indicates they are using high heat to cut.

Not to say it couldn't be re-assembled somewhere, but if that is ever done, I vote to locate it in the living room of the guy who signed off on the hideous thing to begin with. And he/she can enjoy it daily.

 

[Lord_Vader]

At this pace they will have all the main parts of the hat down by Friday, I am hoping at least.

 

[FoozieBear]

This video showed up as an ad before a video on Youtube, (not sure why it's in French though) but when it comes to the parks, it shows all the icons, with the Tower of Terror taking the place of the hat. It looks like the Hollywood Tower Hotel is becoming the new icon to the park.

 

[note2001]

This video showed up as an ad before a video on Youtube, (not sure why it's in French though) but when it comes to the parks, it shows all the icons, with the Tower of Terror taking the place of the hat. It looks like the Hollywood Tower Hotel is becoming the new icon to the park.

Good catch on the icon. (That's Canadian French.)

I'm not sure that means HTH will be the icon of the park in the long term. Feels to me like the whole park is in transition and we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[BoarderPhreak]

If they let me at the BAH with my Sawzall, I'd have that b*stard down in a day!

 

[The Rocketeer]

Good catch on the icon. (That's Canadian French.)

I'm not sure that means HTH will be the icon of the park in the long term. Feels to me like the whole park is in transition and we'll just have to wait and see.

Earful Tower is now on merchandise, planning DVDs, and construction walls. HTH doesn't work, in my opinion because there's a Tower of Terror at DLR, Disneyland Paris, and Tokyo Disney although they're different facades than the original, they all have the same story except Tokyo. Icons are supposed to be unique to the park. Why does DHS even need a huge icon? They're is several iconic structures in the park. DCA has an icon problem too, there's the Fun Wheel, Grizzley Peak, and Carthay Circle Theater. According to Wikipedia( I know it's not a trusted source) Grizzley peak is the icon even though people think it's Carthay circle. People will assume the same with the Chinese Theater and the Earful Tower. You're right the park is in transition. We'll see soon enough.

 

[Cesar R M]

PROGRESS!!!!!

It almost feels like a giant mickey is eating the Hat, bite per bite at night.

 

[Cesar R M]

Cutting off and removing the stars and moons will take more time. They are not saving the thing so they are just cutting each symbol off as a piece of the hat. Imaging the gnashing of teeth and griping that would occur if they took the time to cut off these before taking down the hat. LOL Personally I wish they'd cut bigger sections off and truck it out of the park at night. Divide that hunk of junk into quarter sections and take it out with four big trucks.

I wonder if they are from a harder material. Perhaps they are Steel or aluminium panels?
That would explain why they cant saw that area (the saw being designed to cut only the hat material, not the stars and moon)

 

[Cesar R M]

Good catch on the icon. (That's Canadian French.)

I'm not sure that means HTH will be the icon of the park in the long term. Feels to me like the whole park is in transition and we'll just have to wait and see.

I honestly disagree. Since the hat is being Demo'ed.. sure as hell they had to use the Tower of Terror than trying a very bad angle (and the bad state) of the Theatre.
Also, isnt the hearful tower kinda out of the range to make a video presentation like that?

 

[Seabasealpha1]

It almost feels like a giant mickey is eating the Hat, bite per bite at night.

I get this mental image...only on a much grander scale...

 

[Seabasealpha1]

I wonder if they are from a harder material. Perhaps they are Steel or aluminium panels?
That would explain why they cant saw that area (the saw being designed to cut only the hat material, not the stars and moon)

I wonder if its because the stars and moons weight a crap-ton on their own and they want to be more careful when lowering them...? Maybe to the point where they will remove them separately of the main structure...?

 

[lazyboy97o]

Icons are supposed to be unique to the park.

Neither Sleeping Beauty Castle nor Cinderella Castle are unique to a single park.

 

[dstrawn9889]

It almost feels like a giant mickey is eating the Hat, bite per bite at night.

like a chocolate bunny?

 

[The Rocketeer]

Neither Sleeping Beauty Castle nor Cinderella Castle are unique to a single park.

Oh your right... My bad

 

[Communicore]

It almost feels like a giant mickey is eating the Hat, bite per bite at night.

Yea, the inflatable Sorcerer in the Sky Mickey is eating it! Nom nom nom!

 

[danv3]

The more the merrier.

A little bit of a closer view, circa four hours ago.

 

[imagineer boy]

*sniff* It's so beautiful...

 

[RAXIP]

This video showed up as an ad before a video on Youtube, (not sure why it's in French though) but when it comes to the parks, it shows all the icons, with the Tower of Terror taking the place of the hat. It looks like the Hollywood Tower Hotel is becoming the new icon to the park.

I'd just like to point out that this video is from May 2014.