News Walt Disney World's iconic Twilight Zone Tower of Terror billboard to be permanently removed

[WondersOfLife]

I miss the bugs life fart billboard.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Can I have it?

I was looking at recent footage, I didn't realize how noisy it was. Something that squeaky can't be easy to maintain.

All they had to do is borrow the oil can from the Tin Man when they gutted GMR and spray some oil on the squeaking part and it would be all fixed.

 

[Thelazer]

There used to be a few "Attraction" billboards on Disney. I remember the bugs life, that had smoke coming out of it. There was this one (TOT) and I think if I recall Epcot had one that was illuminations with a glittering mirror 3d effect.

Sadly, another touch removed by out of town and out of touch money men.

 

[JoeCamel]

There used to be a few "Attraction" billboards on Disney. I remember the bugs life, that had smoke coming out of it. There was this one (TOT) and I think if I recall Epcot had one that was illuminations with a glittering mirror 3d effect.

Sadly, another touch removed by out of town and out of touch money men.

I always thought of these as "Look what the best theme park company in the world would do if they made billboards" statements. Not boring and flat but 3D and animated.
In the outdoor advertising world the wavers, smokers and flashers command premium pricing along the roadsides with long term contracts. Cash cows out in the field they are called.

 

[Prince-1]

Wait until you see the uproar over Disney removing the 'Trolley Show' from Main Street!

Booooooooooooooo!!!!

 

[crxbrett]

There used to be a few "Attraction" billboards on Disney. I remember the bugs life, that had smoke coming out of it. There was this one (TOT) and I think if I recall Epcot had one that was illuminations with a glittering mirror 3d effect.

Sadly, another touch removed by out of town and out of touch money men.

I am sad to read that they are removing this! There also was a Mission: SPACE one too where the thrusters from the rockets of the ship were illuminated at night. I just loved those little things that Disney did. I also miss all of the Universal ones that used to be dotted along the highway near there (think it was I-4) from like 1990-1995.

Here was the MS one...

 

[Vinnie Mac]

This forum isn't even fun anymore (nothing against you wdwmagic!). The overwhelming majority of news coming out of Disney just has this nasty, negative taste to it, since around the time Chappy took the position of chairman.

I agree. Although sometimes I do actually agree with the sentiment of these forums, a lot of other times I just feel like it's ridiculously negative. The response to this is actually a lot tamer than I thought it would be. As soon as I saw the article title my immediate thought was "oh lord these forums are about to be on fire". Pleasantly surprised though.

 

[Vinnie Mac]

Wait until you see the uproar over Disney removing the 'Trolley Show' from Main Street!

that's the real loss today

 

[Skywise]

This isn't a big loss per se (compared to others) but it's just another removal of a small bit of charm that Disney World had that doesn't have anymore.

I was always surprised as I passed it that they would be advertising such an OLD ride like that and I think it speaks to the lack of innovation on the part of the parks over the last decade or so. But to get rid of it without a replacement just... diminishes the fun. (Remember fun?)

The ResortTV channel still hurts a little more.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

I miss Stacey!!

 

[Notes from Neverland]

It's just a sign, sure. But, it's a bummer to see so many things at WDW that made it unique, different or even special gradually removed. A lot of the "character" at WDW has been stripped away.

 

[StarshipDisney]

Bean Counter Chapek strikes again!

 

[brb1006]

They turned it off shortly after this video and it never ran again as far as I know.

I'm not all that surprised - it seems like this was only ever intended to be there for a few years. I was shocked it was still there in the 00's.

Also, they haven't taken proper care of the ride itself in over a decade, why should we expect them to maintain the billboard for it?

Any videos of the billboard with the screams on?

 

[brb1006]

I miss the bugs life fart billboard.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Any videos of the billboard with the screams on?

It never had screams as far as I know.

 

[celluloid]

A giant statue of Chapek will be constucted in its place.

I remember the one of him in Morocco Pavilion that was recently removed.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Thats BS and you know it. The outrage is literally every single thing. Usually even before it happens. There are plenty of things to be PO'd about. That doesn't mean every single thing that happens requires outrage and/or being upset.

Seems like you misread his post - his literal point is that there are already a lot of people who were ed at Disney before this move.

Where your opinions divide, it seems, is that he sees that preexisting outrage as something that’s been justified, a symptom of the way the parks have been run in recent years, and you seem to see it as some sort of sign of the times where people just choose to be outraged habitually and things get swept into that vortex. Am I close?

 

[Tom Morrow]

Just drove by... they're dismantling it right now.

 

[Obobru]

It has no Disney brand characters on it so it was never going to stick around for long under the new regime.

 

[ChrisFL]

The ToT Scarlett Johansson movie project is still green lit after Chapek and her worked out their legal beef right?