I've always avoided this topic as I think it's possible this is the case, but I think it's equally possible (actually, more likely) that the poster in question is a troll. Guess we'll never know for sure. :shrug:
On topic, hopefully this returns soon. It's little details like this that give the Magic Kingdom a nice kinetic energy. I would say the Magic Kingdom has the fewest details like this out of all of the WDW parks, so hopefully it doesn't lose the ones it does have!
I have always loved visiting this particular part of T-land. To me it is a great bit of timeless 'future' in that you don't see them every day... It is something guests can actually touch and interact with.