New Facebook page image bye hat

[Turtle]

So I have one question...

Is this FB page an officially-Disney-endorsed page? Are there links to it from a verifiable Disney page? Just because someone creates a FB page (only about three weeks ago, from what it looks like) and names it as the "official page for WDW Passholders" doesn't mean it's actually run *by* Disney. (Search for a famous actor and see how many profiles and fan pages pop up for them)

I'll do a little poking around.

Edit: Hmmm, I do see that there's a link from what I presume to be the official WDW page on Facebook (the one with 11 million Likes) to the new Passholder page, along with another copy of this park icons pic...

-Rob

this page was posted from the official walt disney world resort Facebook page

 

[Fantasmic]

Kinda agree with a few, remove the hat.... i would like it if it were somewhere else.
Look at the wand.... that was evil, disgusting, vile... and now its gone!

 

[Donald96]

Perhaps they could move the hat by the Disney Animation Studios section? I think it would fit well here.

 

[PurpleRose]

I think they should move the Earful Tower closer to the front of the park a la Walt Disney Studios Paris..

That is so cool....

 

[Taylor]

You know with all of the serious rumors we have heard about a DHS revamp I wouldn't be surprised if the hat was removed

 

[G00fyDad]

This is the way it should look.

 

[englanddg]

Also, i'm not sure, but I think that Earful Tower is an actual water tower...so moving might not be easy.

It is an actual functioning water tower.

 

[Rob562]

Ok so I'm confused by those who are saying that the hat isn't a good icon for a movies themed park (which I disagree with due the the Sorcerer Mickey link) but a water tower is? Don't get me wrong I too love the Earful tower, I just don't understand what it has to do with movies. A water tower as a park icon, really?

So we'll just ignore the fact that it was the park icon for the first 12 years of the park's existence...

It is an actual functioning water tower.

Actually, it's not. It's totally fake.

-Rob

 

[G00fyDad]

So we'll just ignore the fact that it was the park icon for the first 12 years of the park's existence...

Exactly. Bring back the water tower as the parks icon. In most movies that depict a production company's "backlot" there is a very prominent water tower with the company's logo on it. This park was meant to be one big backlot, so bring back the water tower.

 

[englanddg]

Actually, it's not. It's totally fake.
-Rob

How interesting. I could swear I remember them flaunting it's "functionality" on the BLT...but that was decades ago.

Well, then moving it would be easy since it's not tied into a pipe system!

 

[HMF]

Perhaps they could move the hat by the Disney Animation Studios section? I think it would fit well here.

They could build a hat there but it would not be THE hat which is too big to realistically move anywhere.

 

[draybook]

The hat should be removed, burned, and then erased from the memory of everyone that's ever had to look at it.

 

[mickey2008.1]

A fake water tower for a fake studio! Haa!

 

[quirkle]

This is the way it should look.

I was beginning to think that my memory was failing me. This is how I remember it. Now that the hat is there my directional sense is shot.

That looks busy enough. The hat just makes it look like an episode of hoarders.

 

[tracyandalex]

Most movie studios have their own water tower, and D-MGM was originally supposed to be a studio, thus its own water tower. Remember the Animaniacs? The water tower isn't fictional. As a movie studio park, the tower made perfect sense as an icon. If they want to go the route of "Hollywood Past," I think theater would be more suited to that role.

Thank you, now it makes sense to me! I haven't see Animaniacs in so long i completely forgot about that. While I do still like the hat I will now also jump on board with the Earful Tower.

 

[righttrack]

Move the hat out to the parking lot. It will be something to stand under when it rains.

 

[StoneCutter589]

The Tower of Terror is now the picture that comes up on the WDW website when you click on Holloywood Studios.

 

[Tiggerish]

Maybe they are featuring ToT because this weekend is the Tower of Terror 10-Miler runDisney race event?

If the facebook page still shows the ToT next week, then I'll join the speculation on the potential change in the park icon.

Or maybe because it's kind of spooky and they're getting ready for Halloween? In which case, I'll wait til Nov. 2 to start speculating.

 

[GLaDOS]

Or maybe because it's kind of spooky and they're getting ready for Halloween? In which case, I'll wait til Nov. 2 to start speculating.

Wouldn't that mean the MK would be represented by the Haunted Mansion?

 

[DougK]

The Tower of Terror is now the picture that comes up on the WDW website when you click on Holloywood Studios.

But on that same page it says "the icon of Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park is a 122 foot tall blue and gold Sorcerer Mickey Hat, like Mickey Mouse wore in the 1940 classic Disney film Fantasia".

This is as of two minutes ago. But still hopefully they will get rid of or move the hat!
The icon of Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park is a 122-foot-tall, blue and gold Sorcerer Mickey Hat, like the hat Mickey Mouse wore in the 1940 classic Disney filmFantasia

Fun Facts

The icon of Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park is a 122-foot-tall, blue and gold Sorcerer Mickey Hat, like the hat Mickey Mouse wore in the 1940 classic Disney filmFantasia.