Mickey Mouse arm/wand removed from Epcot

[Mrs Grumpy]

I was also a fan of the wand.

 

[ChrisFL]

3 months is way too long, this is so much quicker:

courtesy imagineerebirth.blogspot.com

 

[RumpleMom]

I have seen Spaceship Earth with and without the wand. It was nice before and just ok (IMHO) with the wand, so I'm not sad to see it go. Maybe something else will come in its place.

I try not to "get set in my ways" about much in life. The only sure thing in life is that there will be change.

Now as for the Leave a Legacy stones, they are ugly. But then again, I look at them as serving a purpose as a way to protect the entrance to Epcot.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

The wand coming down.
OH, HAPPY DAY!

 

[robinb]

Yippie!

I hate the arm.

 

[Smooshdog]

How will I know that I'm in Epcot without the big sign on Spaceship Earth? I may forget and think that I'm in Animal Kingdom and ask a CM when the last safari departs.

 

[donna in Oz]

Does anyone think they may consider bringing back the thing where they light up SE at night to look like a rotating globe?

I would LOVE to see that return . . . . it was always so cool to see that as we walked through the park at closing.

 

[JulielovesDisney]

My eyes are tearing right now! I love the Epcot sign!! I think the plain ball is boring... This is so upsetting!

 

[Jenn Lynn]

I too liked it for the 2000 celebration, but thought it should have been removed after that. I am happy it is coming down.

 

[taxmom04]

I am also glad it's coming down!!!

I HATE the leave a legacy blocking the entrance though!

 

[BlindTyldak]

*roars laughing*

I just told my husband that the arm is coming down. He and my daughter love the arm.

DH: See, I TOLD you Disney was evil!

D7: You haven't seen all the evil yet, Dad . . . .



I have no idea what exactly she meant by that but it was priceless.

 

[disneyfan67]

I'm glad to see the Wand going away and I agree with this statement below as well.

"PLEASE remove the TOMBSTONES!!! They were a failure (notice all the 'unsold' space?) and they disrupt the flow"....

Remove both of them and make the entrance to Epcot truly beautiful and unique.

 

[mickeymyfavorite]

I love that arm, but I have pictures for memories, I can't wait to see what is going to be going in it's place, or even if there is nothing I appreciate the good ol golf ball.

 

[foxfire]

I dislike the location of the Sorcerer's Hat at MGM much more than the wand at Epcot. I'm okay with the wand there or not there but that hat totally blocks the view that was meant to be seen when the park was designed. I don't want it done away with totally but it needs to be moved somewhere else.

 

[Laura]

My eyes are tearing right now! I love the Epcot sign!! I think the plain ball is boring... This is so upsetting!

Aw, I'm sure lots of people feel that way. But I was really upset when they left the darned thing up. I think the wand is really ugly, and the geosphere is beautiful by itself, especially at night. It's how I remember it when I first saw it pre-opening in the summer of 1982 and on our first real visit to EPCOT Center in 1983.

 

[baldegle78]

3 months is way too long, this is so much quicker:

courtesy imagineerebirth.blogspot.com

That picture is legen... wait for it... dary!!!

 

[FLA NUT]

I actually like the Epcot wand myself, but from a purist sense.....

Now, if they could only remove the Sorcerer Mickey's hat from MGM studios, one could have a classic view of the main entrance (Hollywood Blvd?) to MGM without the commercial clutter.....

I like that idea

 

[Laura]

I dislike the location of the Sorcerer's Hat at MGM much more than the wand at Epcot. I'm okay with the wand there or not there but that hat totally blocks the view that was meant to be seen when the park was designed. I don't want it done away with totally but it needs to be moved somewhere else.

I agree. If they placed it at the entrance as a shop/guest services desk, that wouldn't bother me. It fits in with the glitz of Hollywood to have it in the park, but right now it blocks the nice view of the Chinese Theater.

The wand just looks like a big cheap tchotchke on a gorgeous modern structure.

 

[edcrbnsoul]

Get me a wrench I'll help take that ugly thing down.

Can't wait for views like this again

 

[Laura]

Can't wait for views like this again