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The HM ring/piece of an old gate is back.
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UltimtMickeyFan
Member
Anyone else notice, that it looks like the two pics in this post are of two different places on the floor? The dug up pic on top has the lighter gray cement around it where they covered it, and the second pic is just filled in on the hole. Or, is it just me???:veryconfu
BRER STITCH
Well-Known Member
Concrete is almost impossilbe to patch like that with good results.
The patch most likely just cracked and popped off by itself from traffic walking on it.
The right way to do it would have been to make the hole large enough to hold the patch, and then seal over it.
They might as well have just put masking tape over it.
The mystery lives on....
:sohappy:
The patch most likely just cracked and popped off by itself from traffic walking on it.
The right way to do it would have been to make the hole large enough to hold the patch, and then seal over it.
They might as well have just put masking tape over it.
The mystery lives on....
:sohappy:
Wow that was quick. I was there on Sunday and was not there.
Apparently not long. It was uncovered Tuesday when I went on the Keys to the Kingdom tour the gum had also been removed. According to our guide there have been imagineers in and out of HM getting ready for the impending refurb. It is always possible that one of them had it uncovered.
Wouldn't it be interesting, with so much debate, that people don't even have a consensus as to where the ring is?
Maybe peopel are looking in two or more different spots and thinking they are seeing the same thing?
Those are clearly two different spots. The joint pattern doesn't match. The color doesn't match. The size doesn't match.
InsideOtherPark
Member
I do not see any sings of a ladder...I do not trust this.
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The ladder recently signed a NDA and he politely asked me not to be photographed. :lookaroun
metscool
Active Member
I took it with the flash of my camera on. It is about 6:15 when I took it. I tryed my best to take a picture of Mr. Toad but couldn't because it was too dark to take the picture. It was funny that I was wondering around the area to find it and people were asking me if I had lost something and I kept on saying nope, I was fine.
Where exactly are you looking? The picture you have there is not the covered up ring. The concrete at the location of the ring is almost black where as the patching material was a very light gray.
Sherrybaby
New Member
Hmmmmm....while it's possible I kinda don't think so. You can see the scrape marks around the hole that (I think) proves someone used a tool to take out the patch. Seems like they must have missed a few times when using the hammer or chisel
In any case, this "ring" was a source of great pleasure for my son several years ago. He felt like he found a real treasure. I say let people have their dreams--after all, that's what Disney is all about!
Sherry
metscool
Active Member
I remember seeing the ring with Rob and Alicia one day when I meet them at the park. I walked aroound the exit gate and that was were I thought it was.
Space Mountain
Well-Known Member
If they are going to keep doing this, why don't they just dig it out completely?
Hopefully this is what will happen during the refurb.
joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
good folklore, bad looking ring and top piece for believeablitiy.
disneydata
Well-Known Member
It was originally not supposed to be covered. When the BVCC guys came in to fill in the old well spot, an unnamed cast member asked them if they could fill in the location of the ring (telling them guests were tripping on it and it needed to be done). This did not sit well with many of the cast members, including me, and one of the very nice maintenance guys offered to spend a lot of time digging it back out. I will make sure I thank him on behalf of everyone here!
DisneyDellsDude
New Member
I agree that those do look like different spots. If you look at the line coming down in the brickwork, the first picture is lined up with the ring, and in the next picture, it's off a few inches to the "patch".
imagineer boy
Well-Known Member
Apparently the ring wass getting closer to Mordor and started to weigh hundreds of pounds. So when Master Gracy threw it out the window, it smashed into the pavement giving the look it has today. :lookaroun :lol:
