Originally Posted By retlawfan Well, there's Crush, and he's in this big tank. Oh yeah, he talks to you too.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Saw the whole thing, dude. First you were all like "whoa", and we were like "whoa", and you were like "whoa...â€>>
Originally Posted By joeysmommy My friend just got back from DL and said they checked out Turtle Talk 3 times while there. Her advice is to wear a bright color to be chosen by Crush. She wore orange on 2 of the visits and was chosen both times. I was watching the WDW feature on Travel Channel and when they showed the bit on Turtle Talk he did choose a child wearing orange...maybe there is something to wearing a bright obnoxious color. Altho, my son was wearing navy blue when he was chosen..but I'm sure the birthday button had something to do with it.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo Still waiting for a straight answer. I thought the technology was amazing.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I imagine it's still kinda hush-hush technology, at least how they manage to animate Crush in sync with the voice actor. The other part of the show seems elemental to me: using cameras and microphones so the actor can see and hear the audience.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs When I went, Crush held up a bikini top and asked some little boy what it was. Hilarity ensues...
Originally Posted By ni_teach Crush uses "real time" digital animation system. There are several preprogrammed animations such as the Dory and the Bikini gag. Mostly the actor has a joy stick to move the direction of crush on the screen and buttons to do the flips and other extra actions. The system also animates the lips with the actors voice.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 There must be buttons for facial expressions also, because his face does change from confident "Chaaahhh" to satisfied "duuuuuude" to a hilarious perplexed expression he got when I saw it when a kid asked a particularly vexing question.
Originally Posted By believe Pretty amazing technology. When the show was over, my son was crying because Crush didn't talk to him. Everyone left except us and the host. The host asked what was wrong. Crush came back out just for us for a couple minutes. It was great.
Originally Posted By momofbuzzfan ^believe.... what a great story. We went twice in a row and thankfully my son got picked the second time. But its nice to hear how thoughful the CMs can be. I'm glad your son got to talk with him!
Originally Posted By ni_teach Great Story "Believe". I love it when a cast member or in this case a number of cast members go out of their way to make some magic happen. I'm sure that your kid will remember that for a long time to come.
