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

[RiversideBunny]

It would still be sticking out over the Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard buildings. Placing it there, which I believe is actually a bit of a hill, would probably also make it visible inside EPCOT Center.

No, don't go past the existing outside portion of the entry area.
Not past the fence or whatever it is that divides the areas- Don't go up the hill at all.
Just put it in that flat open area to the right as you enter the park.

The actual footprint, the space needed on the ground, for the Hat isn't really very large.
People could even walk under it as they do now.

Tks.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

But take out the 10'+ of "retail space" (Pin store) below....

Ah, that's true.

 

[lazyboy97o]

But take out the 10'+ of "retail space" (Pin store) below....

You cannot just take 10 feet off the bottom. That is all apart of how the structure was designed.

No, don't go past the existing outside portion of the entry area.
Not past the fence or whatever it is that divides the areas- Don't go up the hill at all.
Just put it in that flat open area to the right as you enter the park.

The actual footprint, the space needed on the ground, for the Hat isn't really very large.
People could even walk under it as they do now.

Tks.

You would still see it sticking out over the buildings inside the park.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

^^^

Solution then: Kill it!:lol: Make the weenie of the park the Theater, and the Icon the Earful Tower. Like it used to be.

 

[wickedfan07]

^^^

Solution then: Kill it!:lol: Make the weenie of the park the Theater, and the Icon the Earful Tower. Like it used to be.

Or use both in a new logo. If Disney would just buy the REAL theater in Hollywood this would all be solved. Maybe we should lobby for that instead.



Just kidding.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Or use both in a new logo. If Disney would just buy the REAL theater in Hollywood this would all be solved. Maybe we should lobby for that instead.



Just kidding.

:shrug: If it works...

 

[Vernonpush]

You cannot just take 10 feet off the bottom. That is all apart of how the structure was designed.

Look at these photos.
http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions...001-Sorcerer-Mickey-Hat-Icon-construction.htm
It looks like the tall support pipes could be replaced with shorter ones.:shrug:

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Look at these photos.
http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions...001-Sorcerer-Mickey-Hat-Icon-construction.htm
It looks like the tall support pipes could be replaced with shorter ones.:shrug:

Yep. And then shorten the "ears" too.

 

[DABIGCHEEZ]

Man.... I have not be on in quite some time and people are still complaining about this?:ROFLOL: STOP ALREADY!!!!!

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Man.... I have not be on in quite some time and people are still complaining about this?:ROFLOL: STOP ALREADY!!!!!

Are you complaining that we are complaining?:lookaroun

 

[AEfx]

Man.... I have not be on in quite some time and people are still complaining about this?:ROFLOL: STOP ALREADY!!!!!

If you had a boil on your butt, and it was still there 10 years later and you have no power to have it removed, wouldn't you still complain?

However, there have been hints lately that it's actually going to happen, which is why you'll find it's a hot topic again.

 

[unkadug]

That's a very nice analogy! :ROFLOL:

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

That's a very nice analogy! :ROFLOL:

Indeed!:ROFLOL::ROFLOL:

 

[DABIGCHEEZ]

Are you complaining that we are complaining?:lookaroun

Not really.. just trying to make a joke of it that is all.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Not really.. just trying to make a joke of it that is all.

I know.

 

[DABIGCHEEZ]

If you had a boil on your butt, and it was still there 10 years later and you have no power to have it removed, wouldn't you still complain?

However, there have been hints lately that it's actually going to happen, which is why you'll find it's a hot topic again.

Well the problem is that it isn't and it really isn't hurting me(or any of us) at all. It is just a building that they chose to build some 10 years ago. I don't like some buildings/attractions they have built over the years. I choose not to go in/on them when I visit. I also don't like all TV stations or radio stations in my cable package or radio. So I don't listen to them. If it really bothers someone to look at the Hat... don't go to DHS. If it bothers someone soo much that Disney chose to use the Hat as their park icon....they need to sit on a long couch and talk to someone with a PhD.

I am just trying to understand why people are still so upset about this. I know the addiction to pixiedust is strong and this is just my opinion.

 

[RiversideBunny]

Most people don't have any objection to the Hat itself at all.
It's where it's located that's the problem.

Its current location blocks the classic view of the Chinese Theatre, e.g., the Great Movie Ride building.

 

[jt04]

Most people don't have any objection to the Hat itself at all.
It's where it's located that's the problem.

Its current location blocks the classic view of the Chinese Theatre, e.g., the Great Movie Ride building.

I used to be for "relocation" until I saw the photoshops of it. Hideous.

Now I object to the hat vehemently. :hurl:

 

[AEfx]

Well the problem is that it isn't and it really isn't hurting me(or any of us) at all....

LOL, it was a joke, man. Hence the .

RiversideBunny hit the nail on the head though. The Studios already had a lovely park icon, one that evoked the Classic Hollywood that the entrance tries to capture. Then they stuck a big hat in the middle of it.

I think the hat would be great elsewhere. Nothing wrong with a Mickey icon! However, there are a dozen better places for it that wouldn't ruin the surrounding area.

It's the same with the Big Ugly Wand. Here you have this beautiful, world-renowned architectural marvel, and they put a wand up with awful visible scaffolding that entirely ruined the historic image.

It's not like people are kvetching that an attraction closed, or that people don't like changes/development (although that is certainly true), it's these two specific things that were part of an ill-conceived "placemaking" program pushed by marketers and not Imagineers.

And, as I said above, you'll find that many of us had indeed given up discussing this, but hints abound that it's coming down, and since the Wand already did, we are all hoping for the best.

 

[hrcollectibles]

LOL, it was a joke, man. Hence the .

RiversideBunny hit the nail on the head though. The Studios already had a lovely park icon, one that evoked the Classic Hollywood that the entrance tries to capture. Then they stuck a big hat in the middle of it.

I thought the Icon of the park was the Water Tower