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

[ABQ]

sorry re-using a picture from earlier showing the one retractable spire tip and three mounting locations... but no obv. searchlights

Posted here what I think are the 5 lights that shoot up behind the structure.
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/studios-search-lights-missing.826422/page-6#post-6564661

 

[dstrawn9889]

oh, my pic has a smudge there, but has the Maleficent sign though!

 

[RayTheFirefly]

I could be wrong, but I believe there was a permit a few weeks back that pretty much confirms their return.

There was. @danlb_2000 posted it.

Edit: whoops. I didn't read that thoroughly. I was just talking about the spires.

 

[Cesar R M]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!

 

[Sage of Time]

I could be wrong, but I believe there was a permit a few weeks back that pretty much confirms their return.

The spires, yes, but not the lights.

 

[Arthur Wellesley]

The Earfel tower has always been the icon of the park

Not exactly. I'm too lazy to post this all over again, but see post #7136.
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/...-the-studios-yes.435696/page-357#post-6557070
There are more than enough examples of TDO clearly using the Chinese Theater as the icon to represent the park. Yes, the Earful Tower eventually took over this role, but in most early commercials & literature it was the Theater. My hope is that we return to these glorious days.

Edit: And for us Theater loyalists, is it just me, or does that car commercial at the bottom of that post give you goose bumps when you see the zoom-out of the Theater with fireworks overhead.

 

[Brian]

The spires, yes, but not the lights.

It's quite possible that the searchlights are still there.

 

[Sage of Time]

It's quite possible that the searchlights are still there.

Here's hoping.

I don't know if I agree with what @Bolt said in another thread about them being turned off because of the wildlife... Uni gets away with having spotlights, after all.

 

[SRQtech]

I can confirm two of the searchlights are there! If you head behind the GMR passing Walt Disney: One Mans Dream you can see two of the lights behind the main spire of the Chinese Theater.

 

[Clamman73]

Not exactly. I'm too lazy to post this all over again, but see post #7136.
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/...-the-studios-yes.435696/page-357#post-6557070
There are more than enough examples of TDO clearly using the Chinese Theater as the icon to represent the park. Yes, the Earful Tower eventually took over this role, but in most early commercials & literature it was the Theater. My hope is that we return to these glorious days.

Edit: And for us Theater loyalists, is it just me, or does that car commercial at the bottom of that post give you goose bumps when you see the zoom-out of the Theater with fireworks overhead.

Maybe both...I have this from 1989...

 

[Communicore]

Maybe both...I have this from 1989...
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I had that too but at the time I was only concerned with moving my stuff and not preserving!

 

[tirian]

Maybe both...I have this from 1989...
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Ah, the golden age of WDW. It lasted to about 1996.

 

[danlb_2000]

The spires, yes, but not the lights.

This.

 

[Sage of Time]

This.

You think they'd need a permit to get the lights working again?

 

[danlb_2000]

You think they'd need a permit to get the lights working again?

If the lights are still there, then they might not.

 

[ParksAndPixels]

Good thing is technology has come such long way that even far less expensive fixtures are readily available that give same effect. So who knows maybe even Disney will decide they can afford them.

 

[wdw71fan]

the lights are supposeably returning, but I haven't 'seen' anything for myself..

the spires are 100%... you can thank TCM for that

 

[ParksAndPixels]

the lights are supposeably returning, but I haven't 'seen' anything for myself..

the spires are 100%... you can thank TCM for that

Would it be inappropriate to write a love letter?

 

[The Rocketeer]

Would it be inappropriate to write a love letter?

I would.

 

[Sage of Time]

If the lights are still there, then they might not.

Hopefully a matter of just filcking a switch, then