Originally posted by Goofster
You what I'm thinking and hoping, Tramp, maybe you're wrong, maybe in front of the theatre wasn't where they wanted to put the hat originally. Maybe they wanted to put it off in some other part of the park, (maybe in a new section with the spiderman ride). I mean, the imagineers obviously aren't OBSESSED with putting park icons smack dab in the center of the park. Look at Walt Disney Studios Paris, the Earful Tower there is off to the side not in the center. Anyway, they just decided it's an easy way to keep attention off the GMR during rehab.
I expect once the celebration is over and the GMR has been remodeled to be The Great Disney Moments Ride, or something like that. We'll also see a new street over by New York Street where the hat will go with an E-Ticket ride somehow involving Mickey, and the Chinese Theatre will remain, just housing a new ride.
