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The Hat will not be going away any time soon!!!
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Tom Morrow
Well-Known Member
Why would you want the hat in place of the arch? All they have to do is put a new sign on the arch.
Yes, but DCA isn't at WDW. With the hat, there is continuity between all four WDW park icons.
CThaddeus
New Member
The arch is easily removable and I doubt holds the kind of emotional attachment this Hat unfortunately seems to have developed. There's nothing exciting about the arch, so to lose it wouldn't be a big deal to anyone. Also, since the Hat is cartoony, it would make a perfect entranceway to an area dedicated to toons and animation.
Granted, DCA isn't at WDW, but IT IS a Disney Park...proof it doesn't have to be that way everywhere. Now, if we really want to get literal here, I could point out that in truth, your statement about "the first big thing you see when you enter the Parks" isn't true. When you enter the Magic Kingdom, you can't see the Castle. The first big things you see are the Mickey planter and the Railroad. Neither are the Icon for the Park, though certainly Mickey is an icon for Disney. Similarly, you cannot see the Tree of Life when you enter Animal Kingdom. In fact, you really can't see much of anything except two diverging paths and a lot of big plants. It's a good three minutes or so before you ever even SEE the Tree. Finally, the first big thing you actually see when you enter Disney-MGM is not the Hat, but is in fact The Crossroads of the World. But it is not the Icon. So, placement is not as cut and dry as you say. Yes, most of them are at the end of some kind of "main street," except for Epcot, whose Icon is only a few steps away, just beyond a small graveyard.
I get what you're saying. I just disagree with the choice of the Hat as the Icon. I also disagree that it MUST be the first big thing you see when you come in the park. There was nothing wrong with the Earful Tower being the Icon in my mind, as it was the first thing I saw as I drove to the entrance on my way to the Park. And of course, I disagree that the theater cannot be cosmetically altered to make it the Icon and the first big thing you see. It holds the best attraction in Disney-MGM within it; I think it deserves Icon status. It does not deserve to continue to be hidden behind a pin shop.
Tom Morrow
Well-Known Member
I've always viewed the arch as somewhat of a landmark. At least, back in the day, it was. It also one of the touches that still gives the park a "studios" feel. The design of the arch fits in with the park much better than the hat does.
I don't think anyone has an emotional attachment to the hat or anything, rather they just don't think its that bad. Like me - I like the hat. but I wouldn't care if it left, either.
I don't think anyone has an emotional attachment to the hat or anything, rather they just don't think its that bad. Like me - I like the hat. but I wouldn't care if it left, either.
tirian
Well-Known Member
I agree. I don't hate the hat like I despised the wand, but it has no emotional attachment for me, either. It's just a big plastic hat over a pin shop.
BringBackMrToad
Member
:ROFLOL::ROFLOL::ROFLOL:
Haha! Great point.
Though I find it hard to compare the Castle at the end of Main Street to the more recent Hat at DHS, simply because the castle at the end of Main Street is so magnificent itself, and the view of the castle from Main Street is probably one of the more prominent images in our emotional connection to Disney itself. I am not saying that something like the hat couldn't become a staple of the image of DHS, but perhaps we are looking for something more practical from the start, and at least make it more than a pin trading stand.
Not that anyone will believe me, but I just spoke with a CM in the Marketing Department of WDW and he confirmed that the hat will be removed within a year. He has never been wrong in the past...he told me about the Hollywood Studios name change a week before they announced it...so I don't doubt him now.
But, I know that about a billion of you will respond with "never believe anything a CM tells you".
So, we'll see in about a year (or even less) who was right or wrong.
But, I know that about a billion of you will respond with "never believe anything a CM tells you".
So, we'll see in about a year (or even less) who was right or wrong.
CThaddeus
New Member
I'm crossing my fingers this is true. If so, it ranks right up there with the removal of The Wand for best Disney Park news this year.
goofyfan13
Well-Known Member
Hmmm, very interesting. Not that I'll really care if it stays or if it goes, but it is interesting none-the-less.
Tom Morrow
Well-Known Member
I find it highly unlikely that the hat will be going away within a year or two, if its currently being upgraded.
Sorry - and I know you said we'd say this - but even though random things you hear from cast members can be true, anyone can say "a cast member told me yadda yadda yadda..."
Sorry - and I know you said we'd say this - but even though random things you hear from cast members can be true, anyone can say "a cast member told me yadda yadda yadda..."
Kingdom WDW
New Member
I did here, I think from WDWRadio, that Disney is working on licensing for the theater.
Take with a grain of salt.
Take with a grain of salt.
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
why have they lost the cloak room ticket?
mpaul32001
Well-Known Member
Wow, what an old thread!
well, not really....
well, not really....
darthjohnny
Active Member
I don't think you can really license the look of a building, can you? :shrug:
You can copyright and trademark a building's or facade's appearance if it is conspicuous and unique. Most of the national chains that operate in shopping malls tend to protect their "look" with great diligence to make sure other retailers don't benefit from their reputation or worse still, damage their reputation.