The Hat - MGM

DaWhoLaGn · Post by **DaWhoLaGn** » Aug Thu 17, 2006 6:27 pm

That water tower was cool! Anybody have any photos of that thing?

wdwguy · Post by **wdwguy** » Aug Sun 20, 2006 8:59 pm

Gonna have to agree with just about everyone else here that the Hat stinks. I happened to be at the Studios when the thing was being put in, and for the life of me, I couldn't figure out then what they were doing. It didn't make sense to me that they were putting something in front of the Theater. Then later, when I found out what t was, I thought it was a joke at first. Unfortunately, I was wrong.

bbowen13 · Post by **bbowen13** » Aug Mon 21, 2006 7:29 am

I would have to agree with some of the previous post. The arm on SSE has to go!!!! I like the hat it just needs to be moved. Move it to the entrance of The Magic of Disney Animation.

knedeau · Post by **knedeau** » Aug Mon 21, 2006 8:42 am

or just get rid of that thing on SSE entirely! I can see why they put it up there for the whole millenium thing.. but come on...It's 2006! Hehehe, it's similar to leaving your Christmas tree up till june! It's way past due... It needs to GO AWAY!

dlpmikki · Post by **dlpmikki** » Aug Tue 22, 2006 4:12 pm

I am not a fan of the hat but I can't see it moving. Think there was a thought that they would be losing the great movie ride because of the mgm issues but obviously didn't happen at that time.

DaWhoLaGn · Post by **DaWhoLaGn** » Aug Tue 22, 2006 8:31 pm

Proper shape... decent aerodynamics... little bit of propulsion and I think we can send that darn thing into orbit!

indysoarin19 · Post by **indysoarin19** » Aug Thu 24, 2006 12:30 pm

I think the hat is staying put, but wouldn't it be cool to house the hat over the parking lot booths at MGM and drive under it? As for the EPCOT wand, I wouldn't mind seeing it go as well.

Post by **Dr. Ravenscroft** » Aug Thu 24, 2006 1:26 pm

indysoarin19 wrote:I think the hat is staying put, but wouldn't it be cool to house the hat over the parking lot booths at MGM and drive under it?

Or at least move it just in front of the entrance, You know where the buses pick-up and drop off.

DaWhoLaGn · Post by **DaWhoLaGn** » Aug Thu 24, 2006 11:04 pm

If onlyI could overtake the wand to make the Hat vanish! Next would be the Epcot "graveyard" shortly followed by my combined debt and Stitches Great Escape.

knedeau · Post by **knedeau** » Aug Fri 25, 2006 1:52 pm

Dr. Ravenscroft wrote:
indysoarin19 wrote:I think the hat is staying put, but wouldn't it be cool to house the hat over the parking lot booths at MGM and drive under it?
Or at least move it just in front of the entrance, You know where the buses pick-up and drop off.

That would be a great idea! The least they could do was make it a RIDE entrance... and not just a gift shop.

SysfailsChick · Post by **SysfailsChick** » Aug Sat 26, 2006 10:14 am

All that construction for a PIN CART?!? I used to LOVE Sorcery in the Sky fireworks too-- the Chinese Theatre was so classy and such a great focal point and ooooohhh factor when you first walked into the parks. Now it is all but a forgotten attraction.

jbvenn · Post by **jbvenn** » Aug Sat 26, 2006 5:24 pm

knedeau wrote:or just get rid of it entirely! I can see why they put it up there for the whole millenium thing.. but come on...It's 2006! Hehehe, it's similar to leaving your Christmas tree up till june! It's way past due... It needs to GO AWAY!

Was it put up for the Millennium or for Walt's 100th birthday? I'm getting my marketing hype mixed up. Anyway, it does irritate me that Disney has this habit of "celebrating" special occasions by messing up something that was just fine before. Like the graveyard and wand at SSE, and the hat, and the year they turned the castle into a horrible pink birthday cake...

Post by **js3901** » Aug Sun 27, 2006 6:43 pm

jbvenn wrote:
Was it put up for the Millennium or for Walt's 100th birthday? I'm getting my marketing hype mixed up.

They initially put it up for the 100 Years of Magic (Walt's birthday). Not sure if they're still there, but they had interactive kiosk things that had little factoids, pictures, and video clips of Walt from birth building up to his planning of WDW.

Lion Sleeps Tonight · Post by **Lion Sleeps Tonight** » Aug Mon 28, 2006 12:12 am

js3901 wrote:
jbvenn wrote:
Was it put up for the Millennium or for Walt's 100th birthday? I'm getting my marketing hype mixed up.
They initially put it up for the 100 Years of Magic (Walt's birthday). Not sure if they're still there, but they had interactive kiosk things that had little factoids, pictures, and video clips of Walt from birth building up to his planning of WDW.

They don't have them anymore. Right underneath the hat is a gift shop.

Blackie Pueblo · Post by **Blackie Pueblo** » Aug Mon 28, 2006 4:42 pm

So I'm wondering. Let's say the hat gets moved, or dragged out to the middle of no where, shot, set on fire, run over etc... you get the point.. what would you all like to see become the new symbol for MGM? Should the water tower return as the symbol, or something else?

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