Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2014/10/24/sorcerer-hat-at-disneys-hollywood-studios-to-be-removed/" target="_blank"><b>10/24/14: Sorcerer Hat at Disney's Hollywood Studios to be Removed </b></a>
Originally Posted By dagobert That's good news. I guess it will still be around in January when we are visiting.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Great news! It was a nice temporary addition for a promotion, but significantly overstayed its welcome I'll be curious to see when they actually start construction. I hope that we get one last chance to see it in January (since it's one of the most iconic photo backdrops along the marathon course) but I wouldn't be upset if they were already taking it down by then
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: It will be so nice to finally see this park's original icon again. It never made sense to build something as lovely as the Chinese Theatre, only to have the view of it blocked by the hat. ORWEN: What they should've done right from the start was to build the hat somewhere else where it didn't block anything else. ORGOCH: Got foresight?
Originally Posted By Megara It's a nice icon, but bad location. Blocks the view of the Chinese theatre and makes that area behind the hat depressing. Maybe they can move it put the front instead or somewhere more appropriate.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I do like the hat , but felt it needed to be somewhere else. Where don't know where, but didn't think it should block something.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I do like the hat , but felt it needed to be somewhere else. Where don't know where..." How about here? <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs4/i/2004/242/7/d/299_dumpster.jpg">http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs4...ster.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I doubt the Hat will be rebuilt at all. I can't imagine Disney wanting to spend that much on it. If they do, I would put it outside the park. I've always thought the entrance to the Studios is rather nondescript. Place the Hat in the entrance plaza; locate it where the star in the brick pavement is presently located. See attached photo: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.themeparkinsider.com/photos/images/IMG_15921.JPG">http://www.themeparkinsider.co...5921.JPG</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Here's the entrance of the Studios in WDW: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1775/hollywoodboulevard01.jpg">http://img291.imageshack.us/im...rd01.jpg</a> There's potentially space near that round planter, which is currently used for the park's Christmas tree. I worry that the hat will be too big for the entrance plaza area, and that it could potentially mess with the forced perspective of TOT from Sunset Blvd On a related note, I'm excited that the park's Christmas tree will be able to move back into the park itself. It always made me a little sad that the Studios and DAK relegated their Christmas trees outside the turnstiles <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VkqXgjEVVBA/TvVKxZgwojI/AAAAAAAAJLY/_4GIfPXtLY8/s1600/disney-mgm-studios-2000.png">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VkqX...2000.png</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Oops! So it is. I googled for images of Disney Studios Florida and that was one of the photos returned. The two entrances are amazingly similar. I have not been to DCA since they changed the entrance, so I did not recognize it. I liked the old CALIFORNIA letters better. At any rate here is a photo of Disney's Hollywood Studios. It, like DCA, has a large plaza in front where the Hat would go nicely. Photo link: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/e9/70/7b/front-gate.jpg">http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.c...gate.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Thanks for the photo. The location of the round planter was the area I was thinking of. They would of course have to factor in how it would appear from other sections of the park. I agree you would not want it to make ToT appear smaller.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I just did some rough measuring on Google Earth to see how things would work, and it looks like the circular planter is 45' in diameter, and the whole plaza is 160' wide. The hat is about 65' in diameter, 110' wide including the hand/ears that support it (the main plaza is about 365' wide from the Idol theater to Animation arch) Although the hat would fit in the plaza in front of the park, I think it would be overpowering for that area, regardless of how it would look next to TOT. The tree looks fine out there since it has a relatively small footprint and isn't super tall. I worry that having a huge structure like the hat out there would look like someone trying to wear clothes that are a few sizes to small
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I just did some rough measuring on Google Earth to see how things would work, and it looks like the circular planter is 45' in diameter, and the whole plaza is 160' wide. The hat is about 65' in diameter, 110' wide including the hand/ears that support it (the main plaza is about 365' wide from the Idol theater to Animation arch)>> Although I see your point, it is centered in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater which isn't nearly that wide... maybe 150 feet at most. The Hat clearly dwarfs the theater. I still think it might work in the entrance plaza. The only other place in the park where it would make any sense is along the entrance walkway to the Fantasmic amphitheater. That location would almost certainly interfere with the Tower of Terror view. Another option would be to rebuild a downsized version of the Hat for the entry plaza. That would probably be no more difficult than trying to reassemble the existing one. Personally, I doubt it will be moved at all due to the expense... just torn down.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt " I googled for images of Disney Studios Florida and that was one of the photos returned. The two entrances are amazingly similar." They really are! I like the idea of moving it to the spot out front. Seems like a good focal point for photo op.
