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

[Pumbas Nakasak]

<checks in to thread>

Nope, hat's still there, guess I'll check again next year.

<checks back out of thread>

People are shocked that Disney isnt forking out to move the hat? The company of fiscal prudence?

 

[Seabasealpha1]

Couldn't they move the hat to just outside the entrance? Like where they put the Christmas tree in December? With a nice film reel wrapped round the front with 'Disney's Hollywood Studios' in the film reel and make it a brilliant photo op? Would still remain, still be iconic, have the lovely lighting at night and actually form a kinda good focal point for entry ? Just a thought!

I had THE EXACT same thought!

 

[jdmdisney99]

Couldn't they move the hat to just outside the entrance? Like where they put the Christmas tree in December? With a nice film reel wrapped round the front with 'Disney's Hollywood Studios' in the film reel and make it a brilliant photo op? Would still remain, still be iconic, have the lovely lighting at night and actually form a kinda good focal point for entry ? Just a thought!

It has been mentioned before and I think it would be a great idea, but only if Disney had a cloaking device. If it was put out front it would be obviously visible from World Showcase in Epcot.

 

[aladdin2007]

It has been mentioned before and I think it would be a great idea, but only if Disney had a cloaking device. If it was put out front it would be obviously visible from World Showcase in Epcot.

Probably wouldnt matter to them anymore, rapunzels tower sticking up next to the haunted mansion, viewable in liberty square and frontierland as an example.

 

[Matt_Black]

Probably wouldnt matter to them anymore, rapunzels tower sticking up next to the haunted mansion, viewable in liberty square and frontierland as an example.

So? I can see Cinderella's castle while riding the People Mover in Tomorrowland.

 

[danlb_2000]

Yes, the clock is ticking on the hat.....

the clock that is timing how long it has been there without being removed!

 

[CDavid]

Honestly, i think someone forgot to wind that stinkin' clock. It's supposedly been ticking for years now.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

What are the odds that when the BAH is torn down Disney will start hawking pieces of it to pixie dusted fans?

 

[FigmentJedi]

What are the odds that when the BAH is torn down Disney will start hawking pieces of it to pixie dusted fans?

I think that might be enticing even to the people that hated the hat. They can hang the pin on the wall like a hunting trophy or the head of a bitter enemy...

 

[the.dreamfinder]

I think that might be enticing even to the people that hated the hat. They can hang the pin on the wall like a hunting trophy or the head of a bitter enemy...

 

[Seabasealpha1]

I'll take the tip-top 2" layer of the hat on a silver platter...

 

[DManRightHere]

Probably wouldnt matter to them anymore, rapunzels tower sticking up next to the haunted mansion, viewable in liberty square and frontierland as an example.

But it's functional! The billions of times CM is asked "where's the bathroom?". "Head for that tower".

 

[FerretAfros]

It has been mentioned before and I think it would be a great idea, but only if Disney had a cloaking device. If it was put out front it would be obviously visible from World Showcase in Epcot.

I'm not so sure that moving it 300 yards will make it any more visible from World Showcase; it would still be more than 0.75mi from the backside of the closest pavilions

However, moving it there (or to the Fantasmic! entrance, as so often suggested) would really screw with the scale of TOT. According to Wikipedia, the hat is 121' tall, which would make the 199' tall tower look much smaller. Right now the illusion works because there are so few tall structures nearby (anywhere in WDW, really), but if you plop one down right next to it, there goes your illusion of an extremely tall building (similar to DCA's old 199' Maliboomer next to the Paradise Pier Hotel)

 

[danniyell]

It has been mentioned before and I think it would be a great idea, but only if Disney had a cloaking device. If it was put out front it would be obviously visible from World Showcase in Epcot.

But I can see Everest from summit plummet and I can see the tree of life from there too - hell I can see the top of France in a Epcot from rooms in beach club and can even see Spaceship rasht from dare I say it rooms in hotels at Downtown disney area .... It's a feature so why does it need to be hidden it just needs an apt re location

 

[NoChesterHester]

You can see a midevil castle at the end of a turn of the century American Main Street.

Give it a rest.

 

[lazyboy97o]

But I can see Everest from summit plummet and I can see the tree of life from there too - hell I can see the top of France in a Epcot from rooms in beach club and can even see Spaceship rasht from dare I say it rooms in hotels at Downtown disney area .... It's a feature so why does it need to be hidden it just needs an apt re location

1. The thing is just ugly.
2. Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin

 

[ford91exploder]

Since opening day in 1989, Hollywood Studios has had an icon and it still stands to this day aka, The Chinese Theater (Great Movie Ride). The best thing that they could do is move the Sorcerer Hat into the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater. I think it would be an awesome entrance way or even aesthetic for the Fantasmic show since it features Sorcerer Mickey.

Now THERE is a good idea!

 

[ford91exploder]

Couldn't they move the hat to just outside the entrance? Like where they put the Christmas tree in December? With a nice film reel wrapped round the front with 'Disney's Hollywood Studios' in the film reel and make it a brilliant photo op? Would still remain, still be iconic, have the lovely lighting at night and actually form a kinda good focal point for entry ? Just a thought!

Another really GOOD idea, You could even put a small Starbucks on the opposite side so you can get your favorite beverages and still have the themed side facing the parking lot so you could have a great photo op and a revenue producer in the same area.

 

[ford91exploder]

I think very few actually hate the BAH, But we ALL hate it's location as it ruins the sightline from the entrance which should end with the Chinese Theater.

The BAH should be moved elsewhere ASAP!

 

[dgp602]

You can see a midevil castle at the end of a turn of the century American Main Street.

Give it a rest.

LOL this made my day!