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The Hat Coming Down

  • Thread starter Thread starter Dr. Emmett Brown
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NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the hat is an icon!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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U-Phone said:
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NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the hat is an icon!!!!!!!!!!!
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No, it's not. It's an evil, scenery destroying eye sore that should be shot into the sun.
 
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No, it's not. It's an evil, scenery destroying eye sore that should be shot into the sun.
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no, it's not. It's an evil, scenery destroying eye sore that should be shot into the sun.
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This.
 
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We're not being mean, we're being honest.
 
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It may be set up as an icon at the moment, but that does not mean it should be. Icons don't destroy elaborate theme, they add to it. *cough* Chinese Theater *cough*
 
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We're not being mean, we're being honest.
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its been an icon for like an entire decade and u want it gone??!! wat exactly about it makes it bad?
 
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It covers up the original landmark, the Chinese Theater. Take a look at this: http://www.yesterland.com/removehat.html. It shows the park without the hat and with the hat.
 
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It covers up the original landmark, the Chinese Theater. Take a look at this: http://www.yesterland.com/removehat.html. It shows the park without the hat and with the hat.
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More than just covering it up, it destroy the amazing design og Hollywood Boulevard WDI did back in the day. The hat just does not fit in it's current location.
 
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JungleSkip said:
It's an evil, scenery destroying eye sore that should be shot into the sun.
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I agree. It's covering the much more beautiful Grauman's Chinese Theatre replica that's right behind it. The hat just sticks out in the theming of the area.
 
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u might think this jerky of me, but imo the theater aint that great. i still wish they would change the movies they have in there, considering the contract with MGM is cut. i always considered the water tower and the hat to be the real landmarks of the park, not the theater
 
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I think a person liking/disliking the hat depends on whether he/she grew up with it or not. Those who remember a Studios without it prefer the former, but those of us who have never known anything but the hat (myself included) don't mind it. Similarly, I don't mind Journey into Your Imagination with Figment or The Living Seas with Nemo and Friends, nor did I dislike The Enchanted Tiki Room Under New Management and the massive hand on Spaceship Earth. Pardon small Disney visits in 1996 and 1997, I didn't start attending the park's annually until 2005.

Regarding the hat itself, I would be neutral if they removed it. I think it's a nice icon and is much more noticeable than the Chinese Theater, but returning the park's icon to its roots would make Hollywood Boulevard more "street-like".
 
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I think a person liking/disliking the hat depends on whether he/she grew up with it or not. Those who remember a Studios without it prefer the former, but those of us who have never known anything but the hat (myself included) don't mind it. Similarly, I don't mind Journey into Your Imagination with Figment or The Living Seas with Nemo and Friends, nor did I dislike The Enchanted Tiki Room Under New Management and the massive hand on Spaceship Earth. Pardon small Disney visits in 1996 and 1997, I didn't start attending the park's annually until 2005.

Regarding the hat itself, I would be neutral if they removed it. I think it's a nice icon and is much more noticeable than the Chinese Theater, but returning the park's icon to its roots would make Hollywood Boulevard more "street-like".
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i grew up with the water tower and the hat as the icons. last i remembered, the theater was never its icon i believe.

but if they remove, a chunk of my childhood will be lost, seriously.
 
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TombraiderTy said:
I think a person liking/disliking the hat depends on whether he/she grew up with it or not. Those who remember a Studios without it prefer the former, but those of us who have never known anything but the hat (myself included) don't mind it. Similarly, I don't mind Journey into Your Imagination with Figment or The Living Seas with Nemo and Friends, nor did I dislike The Enchanted Tiki Room Under New Management and the massive hand on Spaceship Earth. Pardon small Disney visits in 1996 and 1997, I didn't start attending the park's annually until 2005.

Regarding the hat itself, I would be neutral if they removed it. I think it's a nice icon and is much more noticeable than the Chinese Theater, but returning the park's icon to its roots would make Hollywood Boulevard more "street-like".
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Personal taste is debateable, but theme is not. The hat does not fit with the well detailed entrance to the park. Same with the wand and Leave a Legacy Tombstones at Epcot. Personal taste is fair for Under New Management and Figment, but there is simply no denying the Hat is a flaw. I like the hat, not its location.
 
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yeah, but the wand at Epcot had to go. it overstayed its welcome imo.
 
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Personal taste is debateable, but theme is not. The hat does not fit with the well detailed entrance to the park. Same with the wand and Leave a Legacy Tombstones at Epcot. Personal taste is fair for Under New Management and Figment, but there is simply no denying the Hat is a flaw. I like the hat, not its location.
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Yea, I could deal with the hat if it was put outside the park where the Christmas tree usually goes.

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yeah, but the wand at Epcot had to go. it overstayed its welcome imo.
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In that case, so has the Hat. They were put up at the same time.
 
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In that case, so has the Hat. They were put up at the same time.
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my childhood has just been shattered. i honestly didnt know that

imo the wand was like a zit on the face of a golf ball. didnt go well with the sphere.

i guess i could see why everyone wants the hat gone, its just that its been there for so much longer than the wand.....
 
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I've only been to Disney after the hat was already in place, but I'm not attached to it at all. (I also really don't care for the pin shop located there.) I think the hat clashes with the theming in the area and think it would be best gone. :)
 
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i grew up with the water tower and the hat as the icons. last i remembered, the theater was never its icon i believe.
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Same goes with me. The first time I went to DW was when I was 5, and the hat had just been put up. All I can remember is the hat. That said, I still despise it.
 
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I don't have a problem with the hat, just with what is under it. I really with that something other then a pin stand could be done with it. I'm a big pintrader and all but this is an icon, not a store. Why they don't just move the pin station and bring back the trivia stands from 100 years of magic or anything interactive like that is beyond me.
Also I grew up with the hat, mainly, and I never had a probelm with it. Does it go with the Hollywood theme, no. I do feel that it represents the impression of Disney on Hollywood and the implication that in the park movies come to life on a large scale. I always thought it looked cool.
 
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