Let’s Discuss Both Sides: Sorcerer’s Hat Icon
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Hello everyone,
I wanted to start a weekly discussion thread where I poise a topic with a question and open it up to discuss both sides.
Pros or Cons, In favor of or hate it, did it belong or was it a flop? However you feel about it… Let’s Discuss Both Sides!Mickey’s Sorcerer’s Hat Icon : A Quick History…
Built in front of The Great Movie Ride, the Sorcerer’s Hat debuted on September 28, 2001 as part of the 100 Years of Magic celebration at Walt Disney World Resort. During the celebration, interactive kiosks were installed underneath the Sorcerer’s Hat where guests could learn about Walt Disney’s life and career.
The original plan was for the hat to be built outside of the park, be constructed at twice the height, with two Ferris wheels as ears, and Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream underneath. The plans were changed when the retail side of the park decided to fund it, reposition it at the center of the park, and repurpose it as a pin trading station.
Removing the Sorcerer’s Hat was an idea the company thought about when trying to find a way to attract a bigger audience. Although the hat brought together the magical, beneficent energy of Disney itself, several people thought the design and placement was never a good idea. Many fans complained about its obscuring design, hiding the park’s replica Chinese Theatre located directly behind the structure.
-WikipediaSO! Were you in favor of the hat as it stood becoming the new icon of the park? (Merchandise and media suggested that it was.)
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Did you despise it like so many did?
How did you see it? Do you wish they had moved it to another location after taking it down in 2015?
Let’s Discuss Both Sides….Agreed
movierider, out side of the park entrance/entrance plaza would have been much better fit. I get a little peeved when something like this happens, the imaginers work countless hour setting up sight lines and story continuity then they just plop something down that interrupts that. Beyond that, it seems like once something is there it is hard to get rid of it, even if it was meant to be “temporary.” Can’t say I could figure out where it could go at the MK, certainly not in front of Cinderella Castle!
I didn’t like the hat
As others have said, I don’t think it really belonged where it was. It didn’t fit in with the theme of Hollywood Studios, the Earful Tower was a much better icon in my opinion, and the hat really disrupted the vista of Hollywood Blvd.
Thank you for sharing the history of the hat! While I think Ferris wheels would’ve looked gaudy, if the hat had been located in Disney Springs for example and served the originally intended purpose, I think it would have worked better.
The hat, as much as I hated it, at least was not as bad as the Birthday Cake Castle or the Magic Wand Spaceship Earth.
Don’t get me started on those!The hat, as much as I hated it, at least was not as bad as the Birthday Cake Castle or the Magic Wand Spaceship Earth.
Don’t get me started on those!Can’t argue with you there!
Who could!
Gotta wonder sometimes, who in the heck greenlights some of this stuff. A feeling I often get looking at recent merch offerings!
the hat eventually grew on me. I did sort of miss it when it was gone, but totally agree the theater is the roots of the place and should be then focal point. Plus its pretty
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