Very weird contemporary rumour?

[castlecake2.0]

Was just talking with a guest about his most recent trip and he brought up how he hopes they sell pieces of the Grand Canyon concourse mural when it comes down. He said “they” told him when he was at the hotel that they would be taking it down. Seems highly unlikely or he was confused by the gingerbread display? Anyone hear anything at all about this?

 

[TwilightZone]

It's coming from a guest, so no chances.

 

[castlecake2.0]

It's coming from a guest, so no chances.

That’s what I thought, it was just such a random thing he had come up with and I thought I had missed something somehow

 

[JoeCamel]

Was just talking with a guest about his most recent trip and he brought up how he hopes they sell pieces of the Grand Canyon concourse mural when it comes down. He said “they” told him when he was at the hotel that they would be taking it down. Seems highly unlikely or he was confused by the gingerbread display? Anyone hear anything at all about this?

When they sell off pieces of the castle mosaic I will believe this is coming down. $600 a night and they are making changes to the wall art? I think not

 

[UKDisney Dave]

I thought the general policy was if you can’t upcharge for it, and it has any artistic merit, it has to go?

 

[asianway]

Was just talking with a guest about his most recent trip and he brought up how he hopes they sell pieces of the Grand Canyon concourse mural when it comes down. He said “they” told him when he was at the hotel that they would be taking it down. Seems highly unlikely or he was confused by the gingerbread display? Anyone hear anything at all about this?

If it survived this long I think it’s safe, though the 1980s replacement was intriguing...

Tell him to look for the hotel prints from the 70s on eBay

 

[WDW Guru]

The day they get rid of that mural is the day I'm never stepping foot in the Contemporary again. Its iconic.

 

[DisneyDebRob]

Just saw this post after finishing a Mary Blair book on her life. It’s a great honor for her to have that mural and to get others to know and learn more about her amazing life. This better be a rumor.

 

[donsullivan]

The only way I could see something like this happening is if there were some sort of structural issue where the tiles are separating from the tower and initial tests indicated that removal would damage them so much they could not be re-installed.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Only one important thing of that Mural they would and SHOULD Preserve.....Is the Five Legged Goat..

 

[jt04]

Only one important thing of that Mural they would and SHOULD Preserve.....Is the Five Legged Goat..

They can preserve the entire mural if they choose too. Maybe they have a better location for it.

 

[GlacierGlacier]

They can preserve the entire mural if they choose too. Maybe they have a better location for it.

I hear they've got a particularly tall location over in Epcot that recently was put together

 

[JoeCamel]

I hear they've got a particularly tall location over in Epcot that recently was put together

Oh man, put it parking lot facing and the complaints of the GoTG building evaporate. But..... now the uproar over the stripping of the contemp will rise to a screech. Can't win it all, strip that wall!

 

[jt04]

Oh man, put it parking lot facing and the complaints of the GoTG building evaporate. But..... now the uproar over the stripping of the contemp will rise to a screech. Can't win it all, strip that wall!

If this is a real rumor (and Martin hasn't chimed in so...) they might be looking at those walls as projection screens. They could even project Mary Blair murals!I

How cool would that be? ☺

 

[TwilightZone]

I hear they've got a particularly tall location over in Epcot that recently was put together

If this is a real rumor (and Martin hasn't chimed in so...) they might be looking at those walls as projection screens. They could even project Mary Blair murals!I

How cool would that be? ☺

Don't give Disney ideas.

 

[castlecake2.0]

If this is a real rumor (and Martin hasn't chimed in so...) they might be looking at those walls as projection screens. They could even project Mary Blair murals!I

How cool would that be? ☺

I was really just posting to see if he would say anything ha! When the guest was talking to me I was like “no way this is true” but then after it made me think again because it was so random that there’s could be some truth to it!

 

[DisneyGentlemanV2.0]

Was just talking with a guest about his most recent trip and he brought up how he hopes they sell pieces of the Grand Canyon concourse mural when it comes down. He said “they” told him when he was at the hotel that they would be taking it down. Seems highly unlikely or he was confused by the gingerbread display? Anyone hear anything at all about this?

The mural has no IP, so it makes sense...

 

[spock8113]

I think they're just renaming it: The Temporary with contempt.

 

[BoarderPhreak]

I don't know, they're doing a pretty good job of blowing out murals over at EPCOT.

 

[HauntedPirate]

IF this were ever to come down, and I don't think it will, they may as well just erect white walls everywhere so they can do projections on everything. Because nothing says, "Disney!!!" like projections on a blank wall, right?