I hear people say it isn't drawing people in and no one understands about the million dreams, yet when I provide evidence that they do understand it and are coming to the parks looking to participate in the celebration you choose to brush it off.
And there is a lot of evidence that shows otherwise as well. I see guests in the parks just about every day running away from dream squaders because they think they're asking them to do a survey or they think the dream squad is trying to sell them something. There are far more guests who stop and take the prize, of course, but without exception most guests just respond with "oh yay, we got something!" rather than "gee, we're so happy we got that free fastpass they advertised!"
BTW, the park is filled with people who are there for the first time wearing their "My first visit" buttons.
The park was filled with guests that wore buttons all the time. They just changed the design for this year.
You may not think it needs an Icon, but the fact of the matter is that each park must have an icon close to the entrance that is identifiable with the park that people want to have their photo taken with.
And millions of guests loved having their picture taken with the Chinese Theatre at the end of Hollywood Blvd. To really say otherwise really runs contrary to the millions of other people who go to the REAL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood just have their picture taken outside around some footprints. The building is a symbol of Hollywood in its golden age, which is exactly what MGM was about in its opening decade. Disney made a conscious decision to stray from that, and the park is weaker because of it.
As to how this relates to the wand over SEE, there is no other structure in the world that is more unique to WDW than Spaceship Earth. The wand was a horrible mistake that really symbolizes everything that is wrong with Epcot at the moment. What Corrus told us is really sad news indeed.
No, it is copyright issues. There are many things that can not be professionally photographed at WDW.
That throws something new to the table. Disney is really shooting themselves in the foot by letting all these agreements expire. One of the only theme park photos my family ever bought from Disney was of us on Hollywood Blvd in front of the Chinese Theatre. That was a really long time ago.
and most recently anything Star Wars. Apparently a legal issue came up and we had to stop photographing anything dealing with Star Wars
Wow, Disney really does care about giving guests a great icon to have their photo with? How many guests are dissapointed when they can't have their photo taken with that AT-AT in front of Star Tours? I'm guessing probably a lot.
i dont know - i personally dont want to see it come down. Oh well.... one day...