The difference is many people dislike change, but on here the outrage is usually over closing things and replacing them with something inferior. For many too young to remember the pre-hat days, it seems like they're just taking away something the love to have their picture taken with, but they don't realise how much *better* things will look after it - they don't realise Disney is essentially demolishing the hat but replacing it with a beautiful Chinese Theater.
Some people will call everyone on these boards 'haters who hate change', but if you look at it reactions have been quite measured. Maelstrom, Shark Reef and Off-Kilter closing were massively disliked, because the replacement (or lack of one) is likely to be inferior.
Nobody really seems to care about Jack Sparrow, because the attraction is poor so anything would be at the very worst, an equivalent. People were sad about the Backlot Tour but felt it has had it's day, was a shadow of its former self and are excited about the possible replacements.
And people *love* this news about the hat, because it's a very, very definite improvement. All examples of things coming to an end, but with different effects on the quality of the parks.
