Originally Posted by
Stu29573
Fine don't use it for promotional purposes. Just move the hat elsewhere and give us a well themed street again!
Actually, as Werner Weiss over at Yesterland points out, this probably isn't the case:
"The Internet legend doesn’t make much sense when you think about it. Guests can still see and photograph the Disney version of the Chinese Theatre—just not from as many angles as previously. To believe the legend, you would have to accept that Disney is stuck with a contract that allowed them to build a replica of the façade of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in 1989, but, if the theater were sold, would only allow guests to see it if they were looking from an angle or standing very close in front of it. "
His take is that the suits simply decided the hat was a better icon than the tower (which it is...in a different place).