Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: So today, ducklings, my sisters and I had the pleasure of dining with a good cast member friend of ours who works at DHS. He claims that the Sorcerer Hat is to be gone from that park by the end of this year. Now, we're not claiming this to be a fact. It's only a rumor at this point. So we shall see how true it turns out to be. But we knew that many of you wouldl be pleased to hear of this, since the hat is not exactly a favorite icon where it is now placed. ORWEN: We asked our friend if the hat was going to be moved somewhere else and he seemed to think it wouldn't be moved to any other location. He seemed to think it would be destroyed. ORDDU: We never thought the hat looked appropriate in its current location. Once it is gone the former hub area will most likely return as it used to be and that would free up more space for parade viewing. ORGOCH: 'Cept now they's gone an' got rid a the dang parade!! Who knows when they's gonna' git a new one a them fer Dizzy Hollyweird Studs?
Originally Posted By dagobert Hopefully this is true. The Chinese Theatre looks too nice to be blocked by that hat.
Originally Posted By disney pete yeah be glad to see it gone from there but it should pop up somewhere else not so annoying on the eye.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Very funny, ducklings! No, he couldn't keep the news under his hat. And we'll take our hats off to you any time, Dr. Hans...
Originally Posted By sjhym333 Hate the hat where it is. Would be glad to see it go. Wouldn't mind seeing it somewhere else if it was in a area where it fit into the theme. The problem with Disney-MGM/DHS park is that since it is an incoherent mess, it probably wouldn't fit in anywhere...except outside the gates or as a new entrance to Fantasmic
Originally Posted By Alltwelve As wonderful as this rumor is (I hope it's true); what would Disney really gain from removing the hat? For starters, they would lose a merchandise location. As trivial as that sounds, merchandise locations aren't something Disney likes to get rid of. Even if they left the merchandise, they would still have to pay to take the hat down. I heard the Epcot wand at Spaceship Earth was removed because Siemens became the attraction sponsor. So, if what the witches heard is true, maybe The Great Movie Ride has a new sponsor? ...or maybe Disney has been reading what people have been saying about that hat for the past decade and decided to do something about it?!? Lol By the way witches, I thought you gals had a thing for pointy hats! ;-)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I like the BAH too... just not where it is. They destroyed what was probably the best setting in the park... Hollywood Boulevard.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I can't understand why it was added in the first place. As odd as adding the Rocket Jets to the entrance to Tomorrowland.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I know a rumor at the time was that the BAH was put in place because The Great Movie ride was going to close and the Grauman's Chinese Theater facade removed. Does anyone here know if there was a factual basis for that?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Seems like a large and expensive piece to cover up something that is still there. And if the Great Movie Ride were to close, who's to say the facade of the Chinese Theatre wouldn't remain?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: My sisters and I will see if we can answer any more of the questions you ducklings have posed, here. We are very close friends with the cast member who told us about this. Maybe he can enlighten us further.
Originally Posted By knightnfrees Kinda fitting if the DHS Chinese theatre had a new sponsor since there is a new owner of the Chinese Theatre in Hollwood, CA.
Originally Posted By ExpDave I had heard that the hat was there because Disney had disputes with the owners of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, copyright infringement or the like. If the theater has new owners perhaps that's no longer an issue. Would be nice if Disney had bought it.
Originally Posted By Blufusion12 Disney should have bought the orginal Chinese Theater. Cause everything they sellin the parks and stores are made in Chuna.
