Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Though I suppose it could use some help from its "little blue friend"..." That hat looks depressed. Still, it looks better there than the one at DHS did in front of the Chinese Theater. If there's one icon at DLR that I wish I could personally blow up it's this: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://f.tqn.com/y/hotels/1/S/D/G/hat.jpg">http://f.tqn.com/y/hotels/1/S/.../hat.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Right. They love the hat, with or without Micky in it. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://cdn.wdwmagic.com/imgstore/ElementGalleryItems/events/Fullsize/Epcot-International-Flower-and-Garden-Festival_Full_15294.jpg">http://cdn.wdwmagic.com/imgsto...5294.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance *tongue click* Spelling Mickey without the E, you should be ashamed!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Yes... I caught the error before it actually posted, but I knew better than to try and correct it on the fly. Would have probably resulted in a dozen duplicate posts.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I hate that when you click "Post" and suddenly see a glaring typo.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros In some ways, that hat (and the mouse underneath it) have been part of that park since it first opened... <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/00100/70976-800.jpg">http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/001...-800.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt OMG... I remember that Mickey popping during the fireworks back in the 80s! I'd completely forgotten about that? Does he still do that?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://goo.gl/maps/jvECP">http://goo.gl/maps/jvECP</a> (the formatting doesn't like the S after the http) >>I'd completely forgotten about that? Does he still do that?<< Nope, they stopped doing that show regularly after they opened Fantasmic! (in large part because it required the back half of the park to be closed for fallout) and it hasn't been performed in about a decade In the last year or two they've started doing fireworks shows more regularly again, including for Star Wars Weekends and Frozen Summer. Depending who you talk to, this may have played a major role in the Hat's demise, since it blocked views of the skies and low-level pyro from many of the viewing areas
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Nope, they stopped doing that show regularly after they opened Fantasmic!" I don't think I've been to DHS since around 1993 or '94. When did Fantasmic open in Florida? I've never seen it.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I think it was in 1996. Wow... you were at the park when it still knew what it wanted to be when it grew up. Even though they called it a half-day park, I enjoyed it much more back in the time you were there.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip For me the final blow was when they closed Sid Cahuenga's. It was a "must do" for me every visit. It was great to see all the autographed photos of Hollywood stars (including Walt Disney) and to view (and buy if you had the $$) jewelry and clothing that they actually wore. That to me was Classic Hollywood.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Wow... you were at the park when it still knew what it wanted to be when it grew up." When I was younger I was a hardcore Disney park. I used to go to WDW as often as I could from California (which really wasn't often). I was at EPCOT Center (yes, I still call it that) on opening day in 1982, and my first visit to DHS was in 1990. The newest attraction on my visit was Star Tours and Universal had just opened up the road from WDW!
