Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Basically, yes. Why there? The thing seems to be placed so close in front of the theater that it's clear it's intended to block it. And I can't think of a reason why. Why would you intentionally block it except for some copyright reason? Or is it in fact just shoehorned in there and blocking the theater wasn't the intent? Is it as dumb as that?>> Blocking the theater was indeed the intent. Originally, the GMR was going to be removed soon after the 100 Years for a Disney villians thrill ride and that would have taken away the facade of the Chinese Theater and destoyed the magnifcient indoor job as well. The second reason was although the Earful Tower was always considered the park's icon, despite the Theater being the weenie to draw you down Hollywood Blvd., they didn't sell very much Studios branded merchandise (especially when compared to merchandise with Cindy's Castle, SSE or ToL on it ... see where I'm going?) and the powers that be (especially Eisner) wanted a Disney recognized icon that could sell, sell, sell ... even if it destroyed the classic Hollywood that never was and always will be look the designers had intended. So they dropped the BAH right down in front of the theater. That's it. It's really that simple.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Maybe they should tear down the Chinese Theater and build the El Capitain
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> Originally, the GMR was going to be removed soon after the 100 Years for a Disney villians thrill ride and that would have taken away the facade of the Chinese Theater << This at least makes sense -- why they were blocking the view. But this is the first I've heard of the Disney Villains ride. Sounds cool. When did that change?
Originally Posted By plpeters70 Check this out: <a href="http://imagineerebirth.blogspot.com/2007/02/cannonballing-down-through-sky.html" target="_blank">http://imagineerebirth.blogspo t.com/2007/02/cannonballing-down-through-sky.html</a> Here's hoping that the people running that Blog actually do have some insider information and that this isn't just a joke!!
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle What does BAH stand for? I could take or leave the wand ... I won't shed tears if it goes, but it doesn't bother me to have it there.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 "Dream on, plpeters" A man can dream, can't he??? And I have to say, that picture of the wand blowing up just makes me so happy!! ;-)
Originally Posted By kennect The villian's attraction I have heard of in the past but I have to ask this??? Where does all of this stand now? Just a big nothing?
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<This at least makes sense -- why they were blocking the view. But this is the first I've heard of the Disney Villains ride. Sounds cool. When did that change?>> I'd have to ask around, but I believe it was in the 2001-02 timeframe that the idea kind of faded. It was supposed to feature some new technology and wasn't cheap (but still not a good reason for ripping out GMR, IMHO). Besides, Disney-MGM Studios already has an attraction dedicated to Disney villains ... it's called Fantasmic.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 but in Fantasmic, the good guy wins. I like the GMR, but would LOVE to see a Villians anything, somewhere else.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy The placement of the hat so physically close to the front side of GMR makes more sense when you consider that a re-do of the GMR might have included removal of the Grauman's facade. That would have moved that back by 50 feet or so, and made more space behind the hat.
