The Hat - MGM

Esmeralda · Post by **Esmeralda** » Aug Fri 15, 2008 11:05 am

Maybe I'm just nostalgic, but I'd love to see the Earful Tower as the symbol again. It means so much more to me than the hat, which blocks a perfectly lovely view.

Two side notes: js, I thought you were talking about ET as in the alien, boy did that have me confused!

Also, every time this thread comes to the top I keep thinking the hat is finally moving! Wishful thinking...

Post by **js3901** » Aug Fri 15, 2008 4:22 pm

js, I thought you were talking about ET as in the alien, boy did that have me confused!

yeah, i thought about that after I posted. sorry for the confusion...

Chernabog · Post by **Chernabog** » Aug Mon 18, 2008 11:08 am

Croaker wrote:cept Fantasmic is going to 2 nights a week. looks like its on the wrong side of budget cuts right now. still a great idea though! would look very cool!

When is this happening? Is it a definite or just rumors?

99Soulz · Post by **99Soulz** » Aug Mon 18, 2008 12:52 pm

Unfortunately not a rumor. Will be cutting back to 2 shows a week starting in January. Not sure what they plan on doing with the 7,000 people per show on the other 5 nights - gonna be a huge demand to see this show when that happens.

earningmyfins · Post by **earningmyfins** » Aug Tue 19, 2008 9:14 pm

I personally love the hat, however not so much that they have a high school musical show there. could that be anymore lame?

MetalRage · Post by **MetalRage** » Aug Tue 19, 2008 10:44 pm

I love the hat! I never really thought about where it is/should be

I guess it should be moved to another part of the park like everyone says.

99Soulz · Post by **99Soulz** » Aug Wed 20, 2008 9:30 am

I agree, the Hat is a perfect symbol (and park central icon) for DHS. Fantansia was such a masterpiece and what else can anchor the movie-based park? Much better than the Chinese Theater.

yodiwan1 · Post by **yodiwan1** » Aug Wed 20, 2008 11:37 am

The only place I feel the Hat would be better suited is directly in front of the park. Right where people walk in. People can walk right under the hat and into the park. The only dram back I see to that is photo ops. Maybe they can put it ON Earful Tower, lol that way they can incorporate both!

Cheshire Cat · Post by **Cheshire Cat** » Aug Sun 24, 2008 8:50 am

I didn't offend anybody with that post where I bumped up the thread, did I?

The WDWCelebrations logo has been changed...

http://www.wdwcelebrations.com/

edit... I also just realized Subsonic Radio has their own background theme of the four park icons, including the hat.

I hope I didn't put that all too bluntly earlier.

wdwannabe · Post by **wdwannabe** » Aug Sun 24, 2008 10:25 pm

I like the hat.

I like the ear tower too.

I am very even... I like to make everyone happy.

pyro85 · Post by **pyro85** » Sep Sat 13, 2008 12:38 pm

i hate the hat. please move it somewhere else. it ruins the whole atmosphere of hollywood boulevard.

annafab · Post by **annafab** » Sep Tue 30, 2008 3:08 pm

I like the hat. But I never really experienced MGM without it at an age where I would appreciate the Chinese theater. I have to admit that when I went this past year (for the first time in 13 years) I had a difficult time locating the theater because of the hat! I think I didn't even go see the handprints and stuff because the way traffic is naturally directed around the hat back towards the Toy Story Mania area.

But I do like the hat because of it's aesthetic value:

theBIGyowski · Post by **theBIGyowski** » Sep Tue 30, 2008 3:11 pm

I got to see the real Chinese Theater for the first time this past May and it was kinda weird. It was just like the one at WDW. Going to have to say the one at WDW was much cleaner and didn't have homeless celebrity look-a-likes hanging around outside of it.

disneydreamer58 · Post by **disneydreamer58** » Sep Tue 30, 2008 3:16 pm

theBIGyowski wrote:I got to see the real Chinese Theater for the first time this past May and it was kinda weird. It was just like the one at WDW. Going to have to say the one at WDW was much cleaner and didn't have homeless celebrity look-a-likes hanging around outside of it.

I grew up in So. Cal and most people don't know just how dirty of a city Hollywood is, and yes it is very grungy by the Chinese Theater. It certainly is nothing like it is in the movies or on TV. So many people are disappointed when they go there to see it in person. Which is a sad reality

Son of Dreamfinder · Post by **Son of Dreamfinder** » Oct Wed 01, 2008 4:38 pm

I like the hat but not at mgm (thats right its still mgm to me:twisted:). Heres what they could do... They could put it on the EPCOT ball and before you get all mad they should take the ears off and replace them with big orange horns, thats right, for those of you that have seen the figments world pin set you know what im talking about, for those of you who dont look up figments world pin set.