The Hat Has Left The Building

[maxiesmom]

I can hardly wait to see the new old view again in person! It looks sooooo much nicer without that silly hat!

Now if they would just get rid of those gravestones in front of Epcot, now we would be talkin!!!!

 

[FigmentIsTheBest]

Glad to see it go. Now things are in better proportion.

I expect to see the tip of the hat somewhere. That seemed to be the only part left intact.

Even it is still big. No idea where or if it will reappear.

 

[HHMcG]

Wait a minute ... there' a ride back there.

:lol:

 

[ModernArtist]

No, actually the new icon for DHS is the Tower of Terror.

I think they're going back to the Earful Tower. A lot of the new Park Merchandise for 2015 has an updated version of the Earful Tower for HS.

 

[Hopefully]

Horray!!

 

[DougEMG]

What can i say, I liked the hat.

 

[grimley1968]

I hope the gift store at the bottom of the hat is still there. Where else can I get autograph books and pens?

Seriously, getting rid of that hat was long overdue.

 

[luvgoing2disney]

As noted by another poster, the picture that ERC included in their reply is of the REAL Graumann's Theater in Hollywood---not the one in the park.

 

[minniemous]

This makes me so very happy! What a beautiful view once again!!!

 

[JimmyV]

It was put there for the 100 Years celebration and was not designed to be a permanent structure -- they just decided to leave it up afterward instead of taking it down.

There are stories (myths? urban legends?) that the hat was placed there intentionally so that you couldn't get a good view of or photo of the Theater, as Disney and the actual theater owner were not seeing eye to eye. Not wanting the "enemy's" icon to become the focal point of the Studios, Disney "covered" it. The rift is over and the hat is gone. Not sure if any of that is true.

 

[cigar95]

I expect to see the tip of the hat somewhere. That seemed to be the only part left intact.

Even it is still big. No idea where or if it will reappear.

Plans are for it to reappear as part of the Studios expansion. That hat would be in a part of the park that doesn't exist at present.

 

[DizDaD7]

N I C E ! ! !

 

[FigmentIsTheBest]

Plans are for it to reappear as part of the Studios expansion. That hat would be in a part of the park that doesn't exist at present.

That would be good. Use it as a starting point. Too big to be shoe horned in.

 

[cigar95]

That would be good. Use it as a starting point. Too big to be shoe horned in.

Internally, the concept is that the hat "represents the creative side of design and animation". Supposedly that should give us a hint to the context for its reappearance, but it doesn't give me much of a guess.

 

[Jennasis]

Plans are for it to reappear as part of the Studios expansion. That hat would be in a part of the park that doesn't exist at present.

I wouldn't be surprised to see A hat appear in some future expansion...but after seeing how they carved this one up pretty unceremoniously during demo, I'd be surprised to see THIS hat reappear.

 

[bookgirl]

I had never seen it without the hat so I liked it, but that is a much nicer looking landscape. I love the Sorcerer's Apprentice, but I never really thought about the movie when I looked at the hat.

 

[GatorMama]

I love it. It looks so classic! And I wasn't sure how I'd like it without the hat. I had been before it's construction but couldn't remember it at all

 

[lexi rovang]

Beautiful.

 

[Planogirl]

That is a gorgeous view and very much "old Hollywood". I'm glad to see it once again.

 

[mom2rtk]

I think they're going back to the Earful Tower. A lot of the new Park Merchandise for 2015 has an updated version of the Earful Tower for HS.

I wonder if they'll have photopass in front of the Earful Tower.