asianway
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Californias Great America has the carousel as well, at one point, they were near clones.
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Is the clock ticking on the Sorcerer Mickey Hat icon at the Studios? YES!
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zarpman
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Debatable.
I doubt Walt built Sleeping Beauty Castle to be the symbol of Disneyland. Even the original opening title sequence to the Disneyland TV show originally used the Main Street train station, not the castle. The castle was used for the Fantasyland segments. Magic Kingdom inherited the castle because it was built in the style of Disneyland. It was a recognizable structure and became an early icon for Walt Disney World (including the Contemporary tower).
This icon business started when Epcot opened, as Disney needed to market the addition to Walt Disney World. The original passport tickets were park specific and had either Cinderella Castle or Spaceship Earth on them. The Studios furthered the notion by using the Earful Tower as an icon to add the idea that more was added to the resort. Again, marketing. The Earful Tower is probably the beginning of building a structure for the purpose of an icon. It isn't an attraction, not near the hub or front of the park, and the addition of the Mickey ears made it decidedly Disney.
lazyboy97o
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All of this discussion is about what will be used on marketing materials.
Nemo14
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You might want to read up about "Weenies".
Californian Elitist
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DCA doesn't have one, central icon. I've seen Grizzly, Carthay, and the Fun Wheel all used individually to represent the park.
I've noticed Disney has been combining things within each park for representation, for example the Earful Tower combined with Tower and Sleeping Beauty Castle with Matterhorn.
I've noticed Disney has been combining things within each park for representation, for example the Earful Tower combined with Tower and Sleeping Beauty Castle with Matterhorn.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Yes, that icons, or "wienies", are an important part of marketing but they serve a greater purpose then that in the design of the park.
lazyboy97o
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If weenies were synonymous with icon then there would be no discussion because the Chinese Theater is clearly the weenie of Hollywood Blvd once the view is unobstructed.
zarpman
Member
Weenies are not icons. Space Mountain is a weenie. So is the Swiss Family Treehouse. Never have been used as park icons.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
But everything that has been used as an icon could be considered a wienie.
zarpman
Member
... yet no one argued that the icon is for marketing, which it clearly is. It helps guests orient themselves not just inside the park (a secondary purpose of a weenie) but in literature about the park.
lazyboy97o
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If that were the case, then there would not be so much discussion about how the Earful Tower was never all that visible, an issue corrected at Walt Disney Studios Park. The Disneyland Monorail was featured on the original Disneyland Resort logo, but is not really a weenie. The AquaSphere is located at the entry plaza of Tokyo DisneySEA and is not visible once past Mira Costa.
Monorail Mike
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They should've done this back in 2012 for the premiere of Wreck It Ralph. The movie's marketing budget could've paid for the demolition.
Kid: Look mommy, there's a guy who looks like a lumberjack going up in a high-reach toward the sorcerer's hat holding a gas-powered saw with a diamond blade!
Mom: Oh, don't worry it's all make-believe he's not really going to wreck it.
Dad: Um, right. WRECK IT, WRECK IT RALPH!!!!
Monorail Mike
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A bus driver told me they are going save the lower section and re-paint it to look like a MagicBand.
SnarkyMonkey
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I guess no need to post the picture I just took. Someone beat me to it!
There can never be too many photos of sad BAH.
FoozieBear
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Yeah but they would have known about the hat being taken away at that point right? I mean, it already started disappearing from the maps in early September so May seems like a pretty reasonable date that they would choose just not to advertise it.
Victor Kelly
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Yup, three tiers were down while we were there. By now it is probably down to the base. YAHOOOOOOOOOOOO!
JustInTime
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No way. I thought they weren't working today??
The Rocketeer
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Yeah I kind of forgot about that *facepalm*, but there are differences with Tokyo's and WDWs castle like the "bricks" look darker to me at TDL (I've only seen pictures/video of Tokyo) I can't compare the other two castles as I've never been to DL or seen pictures of Hong Kong. I was just trying to get the point across that I don't think the Tower of Terror will be the icon of DHS, it's just the largest structure in the park, like Everest at DAK, and therefore is shown more on film.
Goofyernmost
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It was visible in a place that none of the others ever were. It is visible from World Drive and seen by just about everyone that drives into the resort from 192. It was also closeup visible via the backlot tour, and in many areas of the park itself. I'm not sure why everyone is saying that it wasn't... it surely was.