G00fyDad
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Love the "big bouncy house" reference to the sorcerer's hat!Where else could they put the "dreaded" hat?
I have a few suggestions for where they can stick it, but TDO isn't going to like them.
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Is the "Earful Tower" returning as the DHS icon? See 2013 merchandise for clues
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I have a few suggestions for where they can stick it, but TDO isn't going to like them.
yoda_5729
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I've often thought the hat should be moved over near Fantasmic. It would give people the option for photo ops, and goes with the show finale. Anyone who's tried taking pics of the show knows it's not super easy, and the hat could act as a memento for people who have seen the show. I think they have more then enough space for it over there, and due to it's secluded location, it probably wouldn't effect too much else, as long as you keep it away from the TToT
the.dreamfinder
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Next you'll tell me there's mold in Small World... oh wait
Out front as an enhanced bag check cover / park pre entrance has been mooted.Love the "big bouncy house" reference to the sorcerer's hat!
lazyboy97o
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It would be visible from World Showcase...
Cosmic Commando
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"This sucks, so who cares if it gets worse?" is not normally an argument I subscribe to, but until they knock down the Swan, the Dolphin and the Soarin' building, nobody would bat an eye at a teeny tiny hat way off in the distance. Given how small Tower is, I'd even say it's not a given that it would be visible from inside Epcot.
lazyboy97o
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It would be a big blue cone right in the middle of the currently well blended Hollywood Tower Hotel and Morocco Pavilion. Maybe as a stand alone object against the sky it wouldn't be that visible, but amongst all that red-brown color, it'd be a strong contrast and easily stick out.
Goofyernmost
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I've been saying since the day they put it there that the only place where it would have been not only acceptable but also fit the theme was the Animation Courtyard. It would still be seen, there was enough room and it wouldn't be an eyesore there where it belongs.Love the "big bouncy house" reference to the sorcerer's hat!
lazyboy97o
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The Hat would fill up most of the courtyard, making it difficult to move and throwing off other sight lines in the park. It just needs to be scrapped.
Goofyernmost
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What sight lines? The place is just a big stroller parking lot right now. Waste of space. I think there is more than enough room because the place doesn't get much traffic really. What's there to see in there since the backlot tour was massacred and animation was unceremoniously ended.
lazyboy97o
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It would be visible over Sunset Blvd, throw off the scale of the Studio arch and fill up the view down Pixar Place and across Echo Lake.
Goofyernmost
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I must be remembering incorrectly then, because in my memory the Animation Courtyard is set back from Pixar Place and there is not much of anything behind it that would cause it to block the view to Echo Lake. Sort of a little alcove all to itself. I could be wrong, I like everyone else occasionally confuse one area with another, but that is what I recall.
Cosmic Commando
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It could be, I just don't think it's an absolute given. A little difference in placement could have a big effect on whether or not it's visible from Epcot. Tower is 199ft and the BAH is only 121ft as it currently stands... maybe that would be the difference? Maybe the BAH could be reworked to sit lower to the ground somehow or even be placed at the bottom of an amphitheater-type area. Again, I'm not saying that it would absolutely and easily be hidden... just that I don't think it would absolutely stick out.
yoda_5729
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I don't know anything about engineering, or the problems with Floridian building as I am aware the water table is lower there which causes flooding issues. Would it be possible to have a lower plaza near the theater? Have it be a sunken area, then the hat wouldn't protrude so high up in the air. It was just an idea, and may very well be impossible, I was just curious. Somewhere I remember reading part of what made the tower so tall was the tower was built on a hill, but perhaps I was mistaken, in all honesty I am rarely in that region of the park.
aladdin2007
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There are also new 2013 tshirts that include the Earful Tower instead of the hat.....yet there is also a new sweatshirt that includes the hat but not the tower.....so merch prob has no clue in full. But interesting still. Either way flatten the tacky thing already, or move it elsewhere at least.
BryceM
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I can see it now! All they have to do is paint it orange and cut a hole and voila! It's the new Cozy Cone Motel for Cars Land!
It saves time and money!
Marco226
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One night, I had a dream that during the finale of Fantasmic, the top of the mountain rotated and turned into the giant sorcerer hat. Would that be possible in real life? How cool would that be? The audience is blinded by a bunch of fireworks and then the giant sorcerer hat is right in front of everyone! It would definitly solve the problem of figuring out where to put the darn thing...
HMF
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What are the odds for 2013?