Phil12
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If it took them over a year to plan this, it's obvious that demolition of the BAH is just the first part of the overall plan. Sounds like they may have a new icon up their sleeve.
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Is the clock ticking on the Sorcerer Mickey Hat icon at the Studios? YES!
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Victor Kelly
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Yup further along, With the speed they were working, I expected it to be down to the concrete by now. Also it looked like it had not been cleaned in years when we saw it from the back. The front was ok, but the back......yick. If they moved it and made it the focal point for an entrance to Fantasmic I think it would fit perfectly.
Bing Bong
Well-Known Member
No.
flynnibus
Premium Member
Uhhh.. no
1) The matternhorn wasn't a part of the original DL plans - It wasn't even a concept in Herb Ryman's famous concept piece for the park he drew WITH WALT. The Castle was always the largest piece in the center of the park.
2) The matternhorn wasn't under construction at park opening and didn't happen till years later
It was built simply because Walt wanted it built... that was enough.
flynnibus
Premium Member
Please point out the location of the Matterhorn in the Disneyland concept plan...
The idea of a mountain, and later making it the Matterhorn all came later
WDWArchitectureGuy
Active Member
Wow, you people really don't let something mis said go. Already acknowledged in a later post. Thanks. Let's harp on something else now.
exactly!Please point out the location of the Matterhorn in the Disneyland concept plan...
The idea of a mountain, and later making it the Matterhorn all came later
heath.sneyd
Well-Known Member
I think that's mostly why the GF won't approve, in all honesty.
We had something going with the fedora and fez deal... Although I don't think of a hat when I read the word fez...
m3owbox
Active Member
NEVER EVER fedora.
flynnibus
Premium Member
Finally people were posting some high res photos of the hat and not just cell phone photos... from this zoom in, you can see probably why they are cutting it down vs other dis-assembly methods.
Look at the panels - they appear to be bolted together.. with an insane # of bolts. The upper part of the hat appears to be purely a shell structure alone with the skin being all the support for the structure.
The white piping is likely the utility conduit for effects on the pieces.
No one wants to remove that many bolts if you don't have to... they're just ripping through it with saws and cutting pieces down in the chunks they can manage. We know the ring in the base is a big steel superstructure... it should look fun when they get further down.
Look at the panels - they appear to be bolted together.. with an insane # of bolts. The upper part of the hat appears to be purely a shell structure alone with the skin being all the support for the structure.
The white piping is likely the utility conduit for effects on the pieces.
No one wants to remove that many bolts if you don't have to... they're just ripping through it with saws and cutting pieces down in the chunks they can manage. We know the ring in the base is a big steel superstructure... it should look fun when they get further down.
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Goofyernmost
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I agree with that. I doubt that TCM paid for it to be removed anymore then Siemens paid to remove the hand. It was a requirement of the deal. If Disney wanted TCM to invest in GMR then the hat must go.
I do not know that for sure, any more then anyone can be sure that the did pay for it. Logically, though it was Disney looking for a sponsor. A sponsor replies with provisions and Disney agreed. It's all speculation and unprovable without access to the books. I doubt that any of us on here have that access. Ted Turner didn't get to where he is today by being an idiot.
The Rocketeer
Well-Known Member
Extremely! So close
SnarkyMonkey
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Taken you back to 1995?
pumpkin7
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Why hello Mr Chinese Theatre. How good of you to show your face in these psrts again. We missed you!
Nice observational skills @flynnibus . That there is a heck of a lot of bolts, and if they had decided to disassemble, I'm glad I wouldn't have been the poor guy undoing them all. Or putting them in for that matter! For a temporary structure it sure looked solid enough.
So happy!
Nice observational skills @flynnibus . That there is a heck of a lot of bolts, and if they had decided to disassemble, I'm glad I wouldn't have been the poor guy undoing them all. Or putting them in for that matter! For a temporary structure it sure looked solid enough.
So happy!
I've been posting hi res pics since day 1 of the demo
http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/sorcerer-hat-icon/gallery.htm
Phil12
Well-Known Member
They obviously didn't know what they were doing. The train is running counter clockwise. So they probably just forgot to put in the Matterhorn.Please point out the location of the Matterhorn in the Disneyland concept plan...
The idea of a mountain, and later making it the Matterhorn all came later
flynnibus
Premium Member
Sure, but for this study they've been kind of useless.
1) none framed on the cutting - all framed on the whole hat.
2) The gallery does not allow you to view the image at very high resolution, only view it on the page
3) The gallery tries to block you from downloading the images to get a larger source image
The gallery is fine for web browsing, but it is not friendly to high resolution zooming