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New Park Maps?
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lazyboy97o
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Just go see the show. The whole entry path from Sunset Blvd is uphill.Oh sorry that link doesn't work, but this is the area between Fansasmic and the TOT...
and this is the Hat and GMR photoshoped in at the same size and scale ...judge for yourself
Tim Lohr
Well-Known Member
Yeah I've been to Disney World before and there's not much of a hill there, just look at the photo I posted that's to scale
Tim Lohr
Well-Known Member
Problem with that...It would ruin the Morocco sightline from Epcot..
I say flat out destroy it...There is NO Reason to "Move it" anywhere else...Earful Tower Is-Was-and-Has been the Icon of DHS..
Yes, it really is that tall because it would be perched up on a hill. I made this years ago to show about how it would appear.
The Hollywood Tower itself would get a new menacing neighbor.
OK I finally figured out why you guys don't know what you're talking about...
You see the exit to Tower of Terror is at Ground Level, but the Entrances to both Tot and Fantasmic are at 15ft above Ground Level. So the "hill" is really only about 15ft high, and if they moved the 121ft Hat to this level, the Top of the Hat would be 136ft above ground, which is just about 2/3 the total height of ToT...
and if they put the Hat on either of these 2 positions, from Epcot, even with a telephoto camera lens, it probably wouldn't be visible...
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
Disney totally ripped off the sorting hat with that.Like another Value "Needs" it...I Think they are having enough problems...
MarFV
New Member
Love these! It's like I am looking at a book about the Kennedy assassination.OK I finally figured out why you guys don't know what you're talking about...
You see the exit to Tower of Terror is at Ground Level, but the Entrances to both Tot and Fantasmic are at 15ft above Ground Level. So the "hill" is really only about 15ft high, and if they moved the 121ft Hat to this level, the Top of the Hat would be 136ft above ground, which is just about 2/3 the total height of ToT...
and if they put the Hat on either of these 2 positions, from Epcot, even with a telephoto camera lens, it probably wouldn't be visible...
JohnD
Well-Known Member
OK I finally figured out why you guys don't know what you're talking about...
You see the exit to Tower of Terror is at Ground Level, but the Entrances to both Tot and Fantasmic are at 15ft above Ground Level. So the "hill" is really only about 15ft high, and if they moved the 121ft Hat to this level, the Top of the Hat would be 136ft above ground, which is just about 2/3 the total height of ToT...
and if they put the Hat on either of these 2 positions, from Epcot, even with a telephoto camera lens, it probably wouldn't be visible...
You have WAY too much time on your hands.
Gregoryp73
Active Member
I think some well placed tall giant palms behind morocco could block the hat tip if necessary, and still not detract from the view.
Although I just think that the hat should be recycled into pins and buttons. Own a piece of the hat!
Although I just think that the hat should be recycled into pins and buttons. Own a piece of the hat!
Tim Lohr
Well-Known Member
counting and drawing lines really isn't that hard to do ...well? not for me anyway
RayTheFirefly
Well-Known Member
It could be a lot worse haha
DinoInstitute
Well-Known Member
Oh no...now for the next few weeks I'm probably going to be haunted by looking at pictures of all sorts of "worse" places for the hat
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sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
Personally, I am very thankful that he has that much time on his hands
That shows that it theoretically could be moved without impacting Epcot sight-lines.
I do however think we give them too much credit for caring about sight-lines, or anything, in Epcot right now.
Still, I've had my hopes up on this whole "BAH is going away" thing too many times. I still fear more for the Great Movie Ride than I do the BAH.
I won't believe it until I'm standing on Hollywood Boulevard with an unobstructed view of the Chinese Theater.
Seabasealpha1
Well-Known Member
Or just send the S.O.B. the way of the wand and get rid of it all together...or better yet...compromise! Weld a giant sorcerer's hat on top of the earful tower! BAM! Best of both worlds. Discussion over.
Cesar R M
Well-Known Member
and it shows the hub expansion?
Rescue Ranger
Well-Known Member
Drawing a blank....but with the backlot tour now gone, can you still easily see the Earful Tower? The true symbol of the studios for me!
jdmdisney99
Well-Known Member
From World Drive, slightly.
Cesar R M
Well-Known Member
exactly what I was thinking myself.OK I finally figured out why you guys don't know what you're talking about...
You see the exit to Tower of Terror is at Ground Level, but the Entrances to both Tot and Fantasmic are at 15ft above Ground Level. So the "hill" is really only about 15ft high, and if they moved the 121ft Hat to this level, the Top of the Hat would be 136ft above ground, which is just about 2/3 the total height of ToT...
and if they put the Hat on either of these 2 positions, from Epcot, even with a telephoto camera lens, it probably wouldn't be visible...
another thing is, they could put it just above the entrance to the animation studio.
right where the movie reel + mickey little ad is.
The Visionary Soul
Well-Known Member
Don't be so dismissive to tell someone else that they are old. You obviously don't know what you're talking about. These maps have been living a double life continually, even after their retirement for the in-parks maps. Marketing insists on using these because in their words, "The new maps aren't for shiny, they're for navigation, which isn't what marketing needs."
Okay, so marketing never actually said those words. But I would feel confident that is exactly why they still have someone updating them and why they use them in these guides that they give out at hotels.
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