Wand Removal Day: One W/ PICTURES from in the park

[Surf Fish2285]

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[BuzzComplexCM]

3:30 am - Tuesday July 10, 2007

The Epcot sign is totally dark. Pretty much all of SSE is dark except for one area near the rear of the sphere.

That is all.

 

[Tom Morrow]

^ The wand and SSE lights are always turned off around 1-2 AM... its normal.

 

[AEfx]

Best DisneyPorn ever...this thread makes me so happy I could cry.

AEfx

 

[LSUxStitch]

^ The wand and SSE lights are always turned off around 1-2 AM... its normal.

I used to be the one to make the call over the walkie to give the OK to turn off park lights, including one side of SSE =/

I miss my old job

 

[Tom Morrow]

What other park lights would you make the call on?

 

[BuzzComplexCM]

^ The wand and SSE lights are always turned off around 1-2 AM... its normal.

True, however last night when I looked they were still on. And that was pretty late.

 

[Mr_Tom_Morrow]

well its 4:45am and looking at the cam there seems to be a bit of light at the area where the wand is attached

 

[mousermerf]

Wow! Check out the 6:00 and 6:10am shots from today.

The crane is extended and you can see it moving around.

 

[UltimtMickeyFan]

As for tonight, the wand was turned off at 11:30PM. And as of right now, it's still off. (Yay!) Guess I'll have to check the webcam in the morning, see if anything's missing. :animwink:

-Rob

Just checked the webcam at 6am and SSE is still dark but you can see some of it now from the sun rising, and it looks that the crane has been extended taller and been moved into different positions from where it had been yesterday all day.

 

[mousermerf]

And it's moving! The 6:00, 6:10 and 6:15 shots are all in different positions.

 

[mousermerf]

Aw.. the 6:20 shot looks like it's being retracted..

 

[UltimtMickeyFan]

Now we need pics from inside the park again to see if anything was removed!!!

 

[imagineer99]

The excitment over wand removal is contagious.

Gosh, we're Disney geeks...

 

[TomorrowlandTyler]

It was definitely on the move this morning...

And it's moving! The 6:00, 6:10 and 6:15 shots are all in different positions.

 

[righttrack]

This has me wondering, could it really, really be gone when I get there in 3 weeks?!?! OMG!!!! It could be!! I just realized, my children have never seen it "wand down"!

 

[cb3k]

The crane looks small considering the job its about to do... Does it extend or something? lol.

The crane actually isn't that small, it has just gotten back from the test run of the Tink Meet and Greet and was shrunk down 1/10 of its original size so she would appear as large as it...the meet and greet still has some kinks in it, as it is not currently able to shrink cranes down as small as they would like

 

[hrcollectibles]

I have never been this excited to see a crane.. I feel like I am 5 again and how I reacted the first time I saw a fire truck:sohappy::sohappy::sohappy::sohappy:

 

[MeTa]

:shrug: Am I part of a small group that likes the wand "idea". Meaning something that adds to the ball, kind of like how the castle was done for the 50th stuff. Maybe they will add something new?

Not opposed to it staying traditional, but I do like it when they add stuff from time to time.

 

[dave2822]

:shrug: Am I part of a small group that likes the wand "idea". Meaning something that adds to the ball, kind of like how the castle was done for the 50th stuff. Maybe they will add something new?

Not opposed to it staying traditional, but I do like it when they add stuff from time to time.

You aren't alone. I would imagine most guests like something new to look at, a new reason to go, a new picture to take. If everyone truly hated it, Disney wouldn't keep putting the overlays on.

But people resist change, which is one (among others) that many resisted the wand. Why else would people long for old attractions that just weren't popular enough to stick around? Because it's a part of their past, it's nostalgic, they have an emotional attachment to it.

People who were around WDW pre-wand will generally be happy the wand is gone. People going to WDW in recent years for the first time will probably oppose it, and get nostalgic about the wand when they talk about it in the future.