Defunctland: The History of The Sorcerer's Hat
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In this installment of Defunctland, I explore the history behind Disney's Hollywood Studios' icons, the Earffel Tower and the Sorcerer's Hat. I also announce the first section of Defunctland Park, Encounterland.
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The audio sucks. I know it. You know it. But luckily, it gets better. Please don't let it turn you away, as every episode starting with Back to the Future should be better than this weird low-pitched whisper. Thank you all for watching regardless!
Defunctland your audio is fine!
Defunctland where did you find the alien encounter stuff
And how much was it?
I think the audio is pretty good- no problem for me.
Defunctland can you make your voice become darth Vader
What about the sorcerer's hat that was near downtown disney in Anaheim?
Rumor has it that the Sorcerers Hat was originally placed in the middle of the park to cover the Chinese Theatre because the new owners of the actual theatre in LA wanted royalties for every picture the park sold with the theatre in the background. Coincidently in 2014 the theatre got new owners and the hat came down....👀
Yep that was a big part of it
Cynthia C The architecture for the Chinese Theaters is in the public domain.
thats right this is why
Cynthia C so the hat functioned as a censor bar? LoL
It's a not rumor its a fact. If you do the research you'll see the ownership changes of the Chinese Theatre coincide with the Sorcerers Hat. The royalty issue came with photos being taken at the park by photographers, in other words the people that would take your picture when entering. Those were not covered under the original licensing. The real reason was way to obvious for those wet behind the 'ears' aka TH-camrs who are trying to cash in off of others footage and research.
My father actually assisted with the building of the Sorcerers Hat. He was disappointed that they took it down but felt honored to have helped build a centerpiece in the resort .
I loved that hat and thought it made the park seem more magical
call me crazy but i kinda miss that dumb hat. I grew up with it.
I thought for a second you had an amazing hat growing up
Crazy Productions ahaha in a way I kinda did
Y
kat nat Me too.
Same
Not gonna lie, I not only knew that the hat obstructed the original view, I liked the hat better as the view. It symbolized what many still consider to be the "best Mickey". Think about it. Almost every show featuring Mickey has him in his full on Sorcerer's garb at least for a little bit, and until its ending, even got reference on House of Mouse. Mickey and the hat are the most important ties and I think the Hat and the Ear-ful Tower are what really made Hollywood Studios feel like Disney to me. But that's probably just me.
Sorcerer Mickey is of course the best Mickey. :)
Destini Shawgo But wasn't that area of the park supposed to feel like Hollywood Studios, not feel like Disney?
No
0:40 "Excuse the inaccurate implication that Michael Eisner has/had friends."
Fucking made me wheeze laugh so hard during my break that my coworker asked if the sandwich I had was that spicy
I still don't get why so many people hated it. It's a movie studio. The hat is a movie prop. The theming worked great. I get that it obstructed the view of the Chinese Theater but it was the park icon after all. I have so many fond childhood memories of that hat. Maybe you're right and I just didn't "know any better" since I was 6 when I first saw it but it will always be special to me.
Missy Barbour Agreed!
exactly what I was thinking. It is a bit cartoonish but it was so iconic. I wish they just did the original idea so it at least had a function and didn't obscure the theater
For many older people, their "icon" was being covered. The hat may be your icon because you grew up with it but to others it's not.
Same. I remember when I was younger it was the coolest monument to see and go underneath, and when I came back to Hollywood studios, I was upset it wasn’t there. Didn’t have the same magic for me without it, probably cause I grew up with fond memories of that random hat.
I remember being at the 100 year celebration in the hat. The day I went, Bear and the Big Blue House did a show.
Visited this park years and years ago, I remember as a kid being amazed by the hat structure. Sad to discover it was removed... I understand the position was bad due to obstructing the view and aesthetic, but I wish it had been relocated rather than removed.
"Every picture of this dumb hat looks the same." Haha, so very true. Keep the videos (and snarky subtitles) coming!
The tower didn't hold water?
...Did it hold the Warner Bros.?
Princess Luna dont forget the Warner Sister Dot
Princess Luna
Ooo 😯😯😯
Possibly... yes
YOU MUST NEVER SPEAK THEIR NAMES!
It Holds Universal,I Know Because I Am MICKEY!!!!
That Ferris wheel idea is genius, wish they stuck with that idea!
The hat is iconic to disney, not as much as the fontstyle and the ears, but it's definitely up there, and really should be portrayed at some sort of location at Disneyworld. Personally I think Hollywood Studios made the most sense, but it just had poor placing
Maybe Disney Springs could use the addition, add the wheels there with the hat as a superstore
if you're at least 30 years or older this park is always going to be named MGM in your mind. Every time I hear Hollywood Studios my mind straight goes to Universal Studios in Hollywood.
I mean the name only changed over in 2008, so its still MGM in the hearts of many 20-somethings and possibly some older teenagers as well
Lol not if you didn't go to Disney until you got to take your own kids when you were 29. I didn't know it used to be called MGM until I watched some TH-cam videos.
I’m 19 but I grew up 3 hours south of Disney and went all the time growing up. I still think of it as MGM even though I was only 9 when the name changed, just because the name meant a lot to me from a young age
I’ve been watching too many Disney yesterworld and defunctland videos so I now only remember it as MGM lol
I had no idea about the name change until finding this channel. My only visit to WDW was just months before
I'm right there with you my mind going straight to Universal because that's usually where my parents took me. Disneyland is crowded, and lines are long. Universal has a scheduled shows, and you only wait long if you want a better seat. They have real movie sets, and more adult themes. It's no surprise Disney copied them, but Universal did it better, and they have been perfecting it for over a century.
Not dissing Disneyland at all, Disney parks are Magical. I wish I got to go as often as my father, and his parents went regularly in the parks first few years. My most realistic opportunity to get to go would be to date an employee. I think I'm going to update my tinder Bio.
I really liked the sorcerer hat tbh, maybe because I grew up with it :/
although it always made us never be able to find the great movie ride sometimes
I'm gonna miss this hat, it's what has always been there for me since I only went for the first time in 2008 when I was 4
Thekman26 I went in 2005 when i was 5, turning 6. i was so pissed cuz it was celebrating my younger, barely talking sister's birthday and then my parents said we could celebrate mine too. i share my birthday with bullshit colonialist thanksgiving some years and sometimes i share a party with my much older cousin. no wonder i was so mad.
Went in 2010 when I was about 7 ish.
Okay we didn't need your entire "I'm triggered" life story. Bringing up irrelevant ass things.
JetpacksWasYes lmao right?
You should do a vid about the history of the Great Movie Ride. I was so sad when they removed it, I had so many great memories of that ride. And out of all the attractions at Hollywood Studios, that one fit the theme the best. Would love to see a video about the history of the ride.
Cult unfollowing is quite clever.
"Watch us pull some magic out of our... hat" I thought that was going somewhere completely different.
I was sad when I found out they were removing the sorcerer's hat, glad I got to see it before they tore it down
I find it amazing how Disney will just destroy something as iconic as the Earffel Tower instead of simply re-locating it.
Please god let the tower of terror stay
Don't worry. I figured to prevent any vitriolic backlash like there was against a Guardians of the Galaxy attraction replacing Disney California Adventure's Tower of Terror, they instead decided to have a Guardians of the Galaxy attraction replace a less popular attraction at the Disney World Resort, which in this case happens to be Ellen's Energy Adventure at EPCOT.
I loved the hat! Kinda didn't know it's purpose besides MGM's symbol/icon. But from watching this video I agree with bad placement, did not know the movie ride was behind it thus my mom and I never rode the great movie ride.
These videos are great. I love the subtle comedy intertwined into you narrative. Please keep up the great work!
I hated the hat, even though it had been there for most of my life. It ruined the view of the Mickey in the asphalt, and most prominently blocked the Chinese Theatre. I celebrated its removal, but with the removal of Great Movie Ride (I hope you're doing a video on that!) only a couple years afterwards, did Disney really associate the two landmarks in the park on the same level? If that's true, it hurts me.
The Sorcerer Hat is still at Downtown Disneyland Anaheim.
+DisneyLoverTeen Yeah I agree.
I remember seeing the Sorcerer's Hat as a kid
I was amazed by it
The hat was awesome, but I'll agree it was badly placed. Would have been cool if they somehow worked it into the animation area. Glad I still have a pic of a 4 year old me and my Mom standing in front of it with Minnie and Goofy. :) I swear, all my favourite Hollywood attractions are vanishing. The back lot tour, the great movie ride, when will it stop? :(
One of my fondest Disney memories is standing and just looking at how massive that hat was. It was MASSIVE!
Having a Defunctland episode that's a little under 5 minutes long is surreal
You know what. That hat was my happy place I know it sounds werid but I had a rough childhood, never been truely happy at all when I was a kid my first visit to America was disney world and me and my mum went to mgm and the other parks but it was in the middle of our holiday that I was sat looking at that hat and I felt true happiness for the first time in my life. That hat will always mean something to me. Was sad to see it go :(
am i the only one who LIKED the hat?
the Were Dragon no loved that hat
I loved the hat I still have a pic in front of it
"every picture of this dumb hat looks the same"
hahahaha
Unless there really is some royalty issue involved, it makes no sense to me why they don't use the Chinese Theater as the park icon. It's right smack dab in the center when you go in, just like the other park icons. TOT makes less sense cause it's all the way in the right side of the park tucked away.
I assumed it was the Chinese Theatre. Didn't even realize it was up for debate.
I heard that the nail in the coffin for the hat was it was built as a temporary structure, which had a 15 year time limit before it was considered unsafe. Disney either had to tear it down or make it an permanent structure.
Decided to watch this classic after The American Idol Theme Park Experience, which featured The Sorcerer's Hat. You've certainly come a long way over the years, but even back at the start of Defunctland, you clearly had wit that could last the test of time.
I personally really enjoyed the hat. Of course I was a child through its existence but now knowing how Fantasia was a movie ahead of its time, with animation and audio techniques. I feel that it fit the theme of the park perfectly.
I was one of those dumb kids who loved the hat, so many amazing childhood memories of it, particularly one messing around in the gift shop under the hat with my cousins for what felt like hours. Miss it!
Thanks man. Have a nice day. I'm enjoying myself with these videos!
Also would like to add, Disney made a custom paint formula for the hat. To the tune of about $500 a gallon. It was supposed to be a holographic color shift. (Like you see on some cars) Due to the hat being fairly smooth without the changing angles of a car, you never get to see the shift. Apparently Disney also destroyed the original paint "recipe" and had few gallons around for touch ups.
I don't know why, but the "Hola." in the beginning of the video killed me
RIP Great Movie Ride and Earffel Tower. You will be missed.
whoever did the captions is a real funnyman. I think i chuckled the most out of any video. notable for a
ok here is how you use the socerers hat, you put it in front of something that isnt done yet thank you so much for what you do
the audio may not be as good as the latest ones but i do appreciate all the little jokes in these. like "all the pictures of this stupid hat look the same" made me laugh pretty hard
I really don't know how you don't have more views, I discovered you by chance in the suggestions but these are all really interesting and super well done. Also you kinda look like Brad Pitt
Triforce888 I think that's a brad pitt wax figure as his profile
See, I think you are right, but I swear he has had other photos from different angles with a smile. Maybe it's a different figure, idk.
Triforce888 From what I can tell, he starts the video with a different brad Pitt picture each time, sometimes real and sometimes the wax figure. I thought he just rrly looked like brad Pitt lol
This hat is my sole solid memory of my trip to Disneyworld.
I think I was ten at the time. I was unimpressed with everything else, but that was probably because I never liked theme parks.
...which makes it hard to explain why I love this channel.
I danced when that Hat came down, then yelled when the water tower came down.
Fly to Paris, they still have it. Thank god!
Ironically, despite the water tower being named the "Earful Tower", the Sorcerer's Hat is more like the Eiffel Tower.
Both the Hat and the Tower were created for a special event, both had a "cult unfollowing" in their early years, and both stayed up solely due to their usefulness as a icon for the area.
True!
I loved the hat! I was devastated to hear about it's removal! It was there during my college program so it's just a memory of that time that no longer exists :-(
uhh the tot isn't interchanged for the Chinese theater for some elements for what i see i think the tot is the new icon of the park esspicaly since it looks so much different (and better) than the one running in paris
i didnt see the theater used in any of the marketing of the park ok (if only the comments allowed you to put pitures in them for evidence)
mystery brick it's mentioned on the wiki that they're both used, and when I was last there (January) I did see both, but the tot was on far more merchandise. Like, for instance, those key chains that you can spin to decide what park to go to that day, those use the tot as the icon.
i have a sweatshirt from hollywood studios (2015) with the chinese theater used on the back as the icon lmao
I really can't remember what they used when we went there, but I think it was the Chinese Theater (1997). That was back when it was still being called MGM Studios. I know it wasn't the ToT because we were specifically planning to go there. :)
Great vid, enjoying this playlist.
My first time going to disney world was in 2008, glad I got to take a picture in front of it with the fam after they took it done. I really do miss the hat😢
I've been back to Hollywood studios twice since it was taken down, and didn't even remember that that hat used to be there until this video.
I loved the Sorcerer Mickey hat. It was my favorite landmark when I visited Disney as a kid. I personally was sad to see it go, because without it Hollywood Studios just doesn't feel as cohesive with the other parks. Its not "Disney" enough, I guess.
I liked the hat. There was something exciting about parking in the lot and seeing it over the trees.
I liked the hat (partially because my earlier trips to Disney were during the early 2000’s) but other than that the gift shop introduced my family to pin trading which brought us a lot of joy. My Dad’s the type that gets motion sickness easily and my sister gets easily intimidated by rides like Rock n Roll rollercoaster and Big Tower of Terror. Meanwhile my Mom and I LOVE those kinds of rides. So it gave them something to do while we were on the rides. So although it did clash with the park, I think I’m gonna miss it next time I go.
I loved the hat because I went in 2002 during the 100 years of magic promotion and because my family had a vhs planning tape promoting the 100 years of magic. I watched that tape over and over again.
Super fun to watch. I love to see Disney history
I remember the hat when when I went there as a kid. Now I can fully appreciate those days of MGM and Disney.
For me, I love the Chinese Theater and The Great Movie Ride a lot, and I love the "old Hollywood" vibe the park traditionally had, and hate that they're slowly tossing it out with time. I think that hat kind of represents that frustration that a lot of fans like me feel: here you have the Chinese Theater, a beautiful icon of Hollywood with real celebrity hand prints and a cool ride into the movies, but then crammed right in front of it is...a big hat. That had little purpose but the sit there.
The last time I went to WDW was in 2014, and I hadn't been there in 7 years at that point, and I was surprised to see how crammed it was near the Chinese Theater. It was much closer than I remember it being, which left the Chinese Theater quite literally overshadowed. And I was also surprised to see it had pretty much nothing under it. I had thought there was *something* underneath. When they announced it was being taken out, I had no remorse.
Can you do the recent closing of the Great Movie Ride?
They closed it?!?! :(
I had no clue the hat was removed (haven’t been since childhood due to family issues) I always thought it was so beautiful / fun to stand under.
It's Yensid's sorcerer hat, not Mickey's.
if you know your history, mickey being in the hat is VERY iconic, even to this day. It became his most iconic look for a LONG time. Even nodded in the kingdom hearts video games. Though in the fantasia short its yensid's, it is still seen ask mickey's.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
Wow, this is actually a defunctland video of something I’ve been to myself
I went on a band trip to Disney world and our schedule had a picture of the sorcerer hat, but it wasn’t there!!
I love it when you rip on Eisner
The rain was pouring on universal that morning, A gray mist followed and blended in with the intense humidity, and there I stood under that hat trying to stay dry in my gray t shirt.
I remember going as a kid to the park a few years back. Never knew that it ended up getting taken down.
I worked in Studios two years ago and got a handful of guests asking me where that hat was. Some got really angry when I tried to convince them the hat was gone for good. I was told that Disney was supposed to remove the hat after the celebration but people liked it so it stayed for longer than it should've. Backstage there are actually some 'missing' posters about that hat! But I don't know if those posters are still there, they were made by a random cast member.
That's really strange. I visited Hollywood Studios very recently and I don't think I noticed it was gone.
Similar to when watching The TimTracker, I find your videos to be a nice thing to watch to relax. I don't mean that they're boring or anything-hella fascinating, and well-researched actually!-but that you give off a chill vibe, as if conversing with a friend. Idk if that makes sense, but TL;DR your stuff is awesome, and a joy to watch! ^_^
Go ahead and yell at me, but I miss the Sorcerer’s Hat, it was one of the many things I grew up with
I like the idea of the original use of the hat, with the Ferris wheels. That would have been awesome.
the hat was a better icon… they should have just moved it somewhere toward the middle of the park instead of the middle of hollywood blvd. dca’s park icon was grizzly peak for years and that isn’t at the end of the opening blvd. now it’s carthay but still.
My first memory ever was back when I was 4 years old and I went to Disney world Orlando. I remember the sorcerers hat and I really miss it :((((
Any chance you look into Downtown Disney Pleasure Island? I was too young to remember any of the clubs there, but remember the videos shown in the resort rooms about those clubs and would love to know more about the history of them. Keep up the great work!!
I'm really into your videos and pov on attractions. Thank you for all your work. If you ever come to Ohio I'd love to see you look into the defunct dark rides of cedar point. Like disaster transport and the pirate ride.
my first trip to disney world was in 2003; seeing the sorcerer's hat unlocked a childhood memory for me. although, literally who on the east coast going to disney world cares about the Chinese Hollywood theatre replica??? if people cared about it so much, they could save their money on disney and fly out to LA to see it themselves. it looks like most other buildings in the world; it's not distinctive like the epcot ball
There can't be any magic without the Sorcerer's Hat! "Bring that back!" exclaimed to WizMick.
I loved the sorcerer's hat.
I remember the hat. I thought it was cool, but then again I had no idea what the Chinese Theater was.
The anti Michael Eisner theme throughout your videos is spectacular
The great movie ride is rumored to be removed now. I don't think that means they will change the whole Chinese theater look but the imagineers can be a little unpredictable sometimes. Great video! I love this stuff and totally subscribing!❤️
The Rumors are true. Its being removed to make way for " Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway"
Honestly I'd like to see defunctland a real park in real life !
You could put signs or places saying the history of it
I STILL MISS THE HAT SO MUCH
I was told the hat was there to block the view of the theater after rights became an issue. The park couldn't use the theater as an icon. Those issues were resolved with the recent TCM deal for the Great Movie Ride.
That hat is terrifying I don’t know why
The Tower of Terror is definitely the icon of Hollywood studios now. Also very excited for Toy Story land. Sad they took down the Great Movie Ride though
i remember i was there for a weeklong trip when they were removing it (which was kinda sad for me since i personally liked it. fantasia is my favorite movie ever but i agree it really had no place in hollywood studios.) but since it was really really windy the whole week, the parts they had removed and set aside kept falling over and making loud noises and scaring everyone lol. im going again in like,, 10 days im excited to see what it looks like without the hat since ive never seen the park without it
I loved the Earfel tower!
I remember the original Studios water tower. I liked it a heck of a lot better than that stupid hat! Mainly because it caused a huge fight between me and my sister in 2006. We were looking for the Great Movie Ride, and we were having trouble finding it. It was pouring buckets. We were getting soaked, and we were getting irritated. I kept trying to tell her it might be behind the hat, but she wouldn't listen to me, and she wanted to get out of the rain. If she had listened to me, we WOULD have gotten out of the rain.
Legend says that one of the ears of the Earfel Tower weighed two tons, while the other ear weighed 4,000 lbs.
I always thought the hat was the icon of MGM/Hollywood Studio. Never knew it wasn't part of the original idea.
I am a nostalgic (wonder why I am subscribed to the channel) but I didn’t mind the hat I was there when the park opened (sans hat) and I went a couple of times when the hat was there and I actually liked it. As noted was for me the park’s icon, won’t miss it thou.
I grew up with the hat. It was cool seeing it I 2005. Then in 2016 (it took 9 years, yes) I was sad not to see it.
When I was a kid I didn’t even know there was a Chinese theater at Hollywood Studios because of that damn hat
FYI, there has been a sorcerers hat at the actual Burbank Disney animation studios since the 1980s.
The hat is very nostalgic, but I’m glad that I now have a clear view of the Chinese Theater
I loved the sorcerers hat in Disney world tbh, it had the coolest stuff and mgm studios was my favorite park (before they changed everything)
More video please love the series, twister the ride would be a good one