View Full Version : Epcot Wand removal?
daannzzz
11-01-2006, 10:14 AM
Epcot Wand removal?Rumor at Laughingplace.com
http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=1475
tmt martins
11-01-2006, 10:29 AM
Maybe the Hat will be next
Tink's Tormentor
11-01-2006, 11:43 AM
I don't hold much in this news. I will wait until there is actual progress in removing the wand....
rocketriter
11-01-2006, 12:25 PM
Wow, let's hope it's true -- for the wand and the hat, both! It's hard to say which is more execreble.
2Xited4Disney
11-01-2006, 02:17 PM
Hat on top of spaceship earth
dbm20th
11-02-2006, 01:34 PM
How about we take the wand down and put 2 giant mouse ears instead? :thumbsup2
Or how about a Jack Sparrow hat? pirate:
rantnnravin
11-02-2006, 02:49 PM
STITCH ears... duuuuuh!:rolleyes:
mitros
11-02-2006, 02:52 PM
The Wand, the Hat, scrap metal, perfect together!
beck0321
11-02-2006, 02:56 PM
Too bad it won't be down this year when we go...I don't really like it very much.
Also the hat in MGM seems out of place.
raidermatt
11-02-2006, 07:32 PM
As long as they don't take down the Epcot sign. Sometimes I'm walking around that park and I can't tell what park I'm in. It helps to have that big sign there to remind me. Magic!
Hopefully, they put tall signs up in the other three parks as well. How else can we know where we are? Like the one with that castle. It would be so much easier if there was a big sign on it that said "DisneyWorld". And the "hat" park. Universal Studios, I think its called? Then the tree one. Some kind of zoo thing. They should definitely put a sign on that tree.
:wave: :grouphug: :love:
MJMcBride
11-02-2006, 08:45 PM
How about we take the wand down and put 2 giant mouse ears instead? :thumbsup2
Or how about a Jack Sparrow hat? pirate:
I'm think the word "Pixar"
I'mNoPrince
11-02-2006, 09:25 PM
I'm think the word "Pixar"
Thats one saved for the former MGM studios :rotfl2:
magicforever
11-02-2006, 10:53 PM
STITCH ears... duuuuuh!:rolleyes:
:rotfl2: :rotfl: :rotfl2:
ChrisFL
11-02-2006, 10:54 PM
We've heard that engineers have been assigned to the Spaceship Earth wand at Epcot to assess what is the most practical way of removing the icon in 2007
So either they never considered taking the wand down in the first place or never planned HOW they were going to do it? :rolleyes:
manning
11-03-2006, 05:28 PM
Unless there is a fastener problem, don't you do it in reverse ?????
courderoy
11-04-2006, 02:31 PM
why would they want to anyway??:teeth:
TheDogbots
11-06-2006, 01:39 AM
There is internal fighting about the wand because it makes spaceship earth the tallest icon of all the parks.
The hat will not come down until the great movie ride facade is changed because Disney doesnt have rights to the theatre's likeness any more.
I didn't make any of that up... I got it from a decent source of cast members. then again after hearing some of the stuff I have heard cast members say, i don't believe much of it! but this is what cast members working in those two parks think (at least some of them)
-toodles
Disneybag
11-06-2006, 07:45 AM
STITCH ears... duuuuuh!:rolleyes:
I'm still waiting for the Stitch dressed as Sparrow character to become a meet and greet over by Pirates. It WILL happen.
DancingBear
11-06-2006, 07:54 AM
The hat will not come down until the great movie ride facade is changed because Disney doesnt have rights to the theatre's likeness any more.That one makes absolutely no sense. I'm not even sure that any sort of license was required from Grumman's/Mann's Chinese Theater, but certainly if Disney got such a license it would have been for a lengthy term, if not perpetual.
ryley26
11-07-2006, 07:26 AM
I don't mind either but the wand could go like the hat
Jonas Grumby
11-11-2006, 12:27 AM
So either they never considered taking the wand down in the first place or never planned HOW they were going to do it? :rolleyes:
Give me a sledge hammer and a blowtorch and I'll give it a shot!! :banana:
mitros
11-11-2006, 10:59 PM
Give me a sledge hammer and a blowtorch and I'll give it a shot!! :banana:
Some C4 would be quicker! :cool1:
That would risk damage to the Sphere though.
rantnnravin
11-12-2006, 05:17 PM
Give me a sledge hammer and a blowtorch and I'll give it a shot!! :banana:
could we set you loose on the tombstones with those as well?
mitros
11-12-2006, 06:59 PM
could we set you loose on the tombstones with those as well?
And use the C4 on those as well!
Jonas Grumby
11-12-2006, 10:44 PM
That would risk damage to the Sphere though.
What if I promised I'd be real careful and not do any damage to anything important?! Could I then please knock that eyesore down?
Jonas Grumby
11-12-2006, 10:45 PM
could we set you loose on the tombstones with those as well?
Only if you let me go after that stupid hat after I'm finished!! :teeth:
Jonas Grumby
11-12-2006, 10:46 PM
Some C4 would be quicker! :cool1:
I think it would be more fun to take it out with my bare hands!
searlproudbottom
11-13-2006, 09:24 AM
It's offical
The Hat is moving to the hub at the Magic kingdom.
Searl
manning
11-16-2006, 01:42 PM
It's offical
The Hat is moving to the hub at the Magic kingdom.
Searl
How about putting it on that island on Bay Lake!!!!!!
Another Voice
11-16-2006, 02:22 PM
How about putting the hat in Bay Lake!
But that would be cruel to the fishes and turtles.
raidermatt
11-16-2006, 02:29 PM
I'm not even sure that any sort of license was required from Grumman's/Mann's Chinese Theater, but certainly if Disney got such a license it would have been for a lengthy term, if not perpetual.
Not only that, but wouldn't if be a strange agreement if it said they could only continue to use the likeness if they put a BAH in front of it?
I can think of a few places to stick the hat.
mitros
11-16-2006, 07:27 PM
How about putting the hat in Bay Lake!
But that would be cruel to the fishes and turtles.
Well, if it were to go UNDER the waters surface, only the fish would be adversely affected..........the turtles could climb on the rocks to escape the horror.
manning
11-17-2006, 12:27 AM
How about putting the hat in Bay Lake!
But that would be cruel to the fishes and turtles.
I was thinking about getting some use out of it. Put in a bed and portapotty and it can be used for executive bonuses for those who come up with those lame brain ideas like putting a hat in MGM.
Oh, and their stay has to be timed to when they shoot off fireworks from the island.
How about putting the hat in Bay Lake!
But that would be cruel to the fishes and turtles.
Not to mention the Brain eating aomeba. Single celled life forms of death shouldn't be tortured like that.
LBelle
11-17-2006, 01:47 AM
:confused3 Am I the only one who likes the Epcot wand thing? Not so keen on the hat...liked the Theatre being in sight much, much better!!! :thumbsup2
:confused3 Am I the only one who likes the Epcot wand thing? Not so keen on the hat...liked the Theatre being in sight much, much better!!! :thumbsup2
You're not the only one unfortunatly.
Epcot did just fine without that infernal wand for most of it's existence. Nobody needs to be reminded where they are and the "Disney" touch essentially ruins the entire theme of Epcot.
LBelle
11-17-2006, 02:22 AM
You're not the only one unfortunatly.
Epcot did just fine without that infernal wand for most of it's existence. Nobody needs to be reminded where they are and the "Disney" touch essentially ruins the entire theme of Epcot.
True! I never really looked at it that way. I guess it just doesn't really bother me.
Disneybag
11-17-2006, 01:33 PM
I think it was an absolute desperate attempt to create an icon for the park. The water tower wasn't central, the theatre wasn't big enough... It's sad that while the other parks are able to put attractions in their centerpiece, MGM's is a shop.
rantnnravin
11-17-2006, 02:01 PM
It's sad that while the other parks are able to put attractions in their centerpiece, MGM's is a shop.
a testament to the Eisner era
Sarangel
11-17-2006, 04:25 PM
Here's (http://www.yesterland.com/epcotwand.html) a reminder from Werner Weiss about how much worse off we could all be...
DisOrBust
11-17-2006, 05:43 PM
What a hoot! Although the "Mike" icon is kinda growing on me.
Kawaii_no_desu
11-20-2006, 02:24 PM
STITCH ears... duuuuuh!:rolleyes:
I second that! :stitch:
manning
11-20-2006, 10:09 PM
I was disappointed when they put the wand up. I was hoping for a driver or at least a 3 wood! :teeth:
sters
11-21-2006, 02:46 PM
Maybe the Hat will be next
We can only hope! And right behind, the "graveyard" entry at Epcot.
Ariel Mae
12-07-2006, 09:09 PM
First, the hat, the annoying hat, then the wand. The wand is at least pretty.
raidermatt
12-08-2006, 01:54 PM
First, the hat, the annoying hat, then the wand. The wand is at least pretty.
I'm not picky on the order.
fabshelly
12-08-2006, 02:05 PM
How about both gone?
grumpy.uncle
12-08-2006, 04:57 PM
How about removing the wand and then attaching it to a gigantic Tinkerbell shaped helicopter that could periodically encircle the castle at Magic Kingdom and scare the daylights out of all those not in on the secret. The wand could shoot fireworks out of the tip and make quite a show. It would be a way to recycle the wand, however I don't know how much that giant Tink helicopter might cost. Well, they could use it for corporate transportation and recoup some of the cost that way. Just a deluded thought. :rotfl2:
MJMcBride
12-08-2006, 09:40 PM
I still say they should replace it with a giant pirate hat and cutlass :thumbsup2
rantnnravin
12-09-2006, 02:46 PM
has anyone noticed the conspicuous absence of the wand from the new planning DVD?
i'd say about 90+% of the shots of spaceship earth are wandless...
mitros
12-09-2006, 09:09 PM
has anyone noticed the conspicuous absence of the wand from the new planning DVD?
i'd say about 90+% of the shots of spaceship earth are wandless...
Actually, when they put those videos together, they use a lot of old shots. Another cost saver, I guess, not filming new stuff. You know, using "stock" footage. I doubt it has any other meaning.....
manning
12-09-2006, 09:53 PM
Does the space station need a beacon??
rantnnravin
12-10-2006, 09:00 AM
I doubt it has any other meaning.....
ssshhhhh.... this IS the Year of a Million DREAMS, isn't it?
mitros
12-10-2006, 06:44 PM
ssshhhhh.... this IS the Year of a Million DREAMS, isn't it?
Hey, yea..........a nightmare IS a kind of a dream isn't it? :thumbsup2
MJMcBride
12-10-2006, 08:55 PM
They have actually renamed it to a "Year of a Million Gimmicks". Honesty is the best policy.
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