the spell room was removed due to the appearance of with craft hence the maleficent thrones have also been removed. Also the spell room featured themes from the disney animated movie "The black cauldron" a darker film that disney has kept the publicity down on.
This is a joke, right?!!
VMK sold Witches' hats and pins with a witch on them for Halloween.
The Maleficent Thrones have been gone for a couple of months now, they disappeared along with the Haunted Mansion spooky graveyard trees and the Bubbling Cauldrons when they took away the Halloween items.
Additionally, I don't think that The Black Cauldron isn't promoted much because it was part of that Disney animation dark period... after Walt died and before the Little Mermaid, when the films weren't so good (according to critics and Disney fans.)
Additionally, (Geek Alert!!) I read Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain books, which were much better (as far as I can remember) than the Disney movie.
And a quick quote from Dave Smith, Disney archivist in Disney A to Z- the Updated Official Encyclopedia:
"The sheer lavishness of the production, however, did not guarantee huge grosses, and the film was a box office failure." That's why Disney doesn't publicize it much!
Okay, my $ .04!!
TikiKrissy
ETA: Oops, forgot my original train of thought!
I think that they removed the Spell Room because you can no longer earn Invisibility or Fireworks magic in the game, much like they pulled the Kellogg's spell room when that promotion ended.