Mickey talks!

Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

Okay, so I know we all scoff at Meet and Greets and everything...but...

THIS was being tested in Disneyland this past week.

<a href="http://www.wdwnewstoday.com/2010/05/05/new-living-character-meet-and-greets-being-tested/" target="_blank">http://www.wdwnewstoday.com/20...-tested/</a>

No lie, that's pretty cool. It's pretty realistic-They use the moving mouths, the blinking eyes, and what seems to be RFID to know the names and all. Seems to be just the beginning on that front.


Pretty cool, if just for a Meet and Greet! we might not be interested, but for a kid who has never been to WDW, or met Mickey, that would be pretty amazing. Heh.


Thoughts?

 

Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

Wow -- it looks really, really good. And I'm sitting here thinking 'How do they do that?'

Excellent!

 

Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

>>>> . And I'm sitting here thinking 'How do they do that?'<<<<


Exactly. If it gets that feeling from me, it gets a pass. Heh.

 

Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub

Depends on Mickey's voice coming from his heart or from the stage sound system. It seemed Kind of loud. But I am not a big meetngreet fan.

 

Originally Posted By -em

That

is

Cool


-em

 

Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance

That's awesome. Kids always ask why Mickey doesn't talk, now he does!

 

Originally Posted By mousermerf

Wait, where is this? DLR or WDW?

 

Originally Posted By tashajilek

Thats neat, makes him seem more like mickey and not someone in a mickey costume. I can see some kids being terrified though lol.

 

Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

^ DLR. It's a test...


I'm sure it'll be here soon. How can it not?

 

Originally Posted By mousermerf

I have a friend who is going to explode if it's DL - she has been kvetching about the moving-mouth Mickey being at WDW and not DLR since Dream Along opened.

 

Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

>>> I have a friend who is going to explode if it's DL - she has been kvetching about the moving-mouth Mickey being at WDW and not DLR since Dream Along opened.<<<

Heh. Kvetching. Good word.


But yeah, it's DL...and it's interesting how one resort tests one function, and the other resort tests the other? ;-)

 

Originally Posted By HokieSkipper

<<I'm sure it'll be here soon. How can it not?>>

You ask that question like you don't know the answer haha.

 

Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

>>> You ask that question like you don't know the answer haha.<<<


Nah, this is something WDW will get. It's a meet/greet. WDW likes those.

 

Originally Posted By HokieSkipper

An expensive one. You'll get Mickey maybe. Don't expect it to be too wide spread.

 

Originally Posted By mousermerf

They're building a new home for Mickey as we speak at MK.

I'm betting it'll open with new Mickey and Minnie.

 

Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

I'd think the Fab 5, and maybe, of course, ew, Stitch.


Heh.

 

Originally Posted By CaptainMichael

I heard about this years ago. Nice to see it finally happen.

 

Originally Posted By MPierce

Neato.

 

Originally Posted By MPierce

>> I have a friend who is going to explode if it's DL - she has been kvetching about the moving-mouth Mickey being at WDW and not DLR since Dream Along opened. <<

There's nothing I enjoy more than a little kvetching.

Why don't you go check this out for us Merf?

 

Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

Merf checks out kvetching enough...