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Originally Posted By mousermerf Oh great.. Weis.. cuz he did such an amazing job finishing Spaceship Earth.. Well, so much for phase II.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Shoot, the sound is not working on my computer so I didn't get much out of that, lol. The shells you sit in on the mermaid ride look cute though.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I can't seem to get this to work. I wonder if it is blocked for PCs outside of the US.
Originally Posted By dennis-in-ct The omnimover vehicles look like the same from the EPCOT ride. This whole attraction looks fantastic. Psyched indeed
Originally Posted By gadzuux It took me a lot of tries to somehow hyperlink to the OCR website. And the sound was spotty for me. But yeah - this was enough to peak my interest. A voice over of some disney spokesman (maybe Weiss maybe not) said LM is "in the tradition of classic disney e-ticket attractions". Dem's big words. There is also a lingering shot of a scale model of the 'Under the Sea' show scene. It reminded me of some of IOA's Suessland photos we've been looking at in another thread - kind of similar in the top-heavy and tilted shapes. Another concept shot shows Ariel and the prince in the boat during 'Kiss the Girl' - but they're a vision inside a crystal ball with Ursula looming large and scary in the background. The one part that concerns me is the omnimover format. Guests will be continuously passing through these show scenes. Yet the scenes themselves are depicting big musical numbers that have specific beginnings, middles, and endings. If we're only going to see twenty to forty seconds of each scene - and each song - I'm going to feel incomplete - like I'm always missing the best part. It got me thinking again of the carousel theater in tomorrowland. Surely they could devise a show around a series of musical set pieces that were all timed to the same length. And then rotate the guests through a sequence of six separate yet related songs. This kind of show format would work beautifully for any number of disney musicals. This was the essence of 'America Sings' way back when. The facility itself was a people eater and hugely efficient at moving the guests through. If memory serves it was up in the 2k pph range. I would think the same technology used in 'Nemo' - projecting characters into live 3D sets - would be effective in a carousel type show. It's a cost effective way to add movement and color to a scene. They don't need costly AAs anymore. And as we're about to see all over again with Eo's return - there's a lot of entertainment value in watching snappy musical performances and being immersed in amplified upbeat music. All while seated comfortably in a cool dark space. Sounds like twenty minutes well spent to me.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Manfried, unless i'm confusing him with someone else, he worked as an audio engineer on the 1st version and then was touted as knowing the original as the lead designer on the 4th - which ironically has the worst audio design of them all. As for scenes and music - you wont get the full song. You'll get a loop that works for the length of the show scene. Take Big Blue World from Nemo at Epcot - it's a real song as heard in the Musical at AK, but only a few verses loop seamlessly in the ride. I'd have referenced Journey into Imagination, Horizons, or World of Motion demonstrating this basic technique - but Disney saw fit to tear those down.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The song in the graveyard scene of the Haunted Mansion seems to work just fine, even though you don't get to hear every verse. Yah, the song is a little different since it was designed to be looped (I can't imagine how they will fit the "Carp with the harp" list in the Under the Sea room), but it should work fine. I think it will be interesting to see how they transition between the songs, since they will need some sort of transitional music, but that would be hard to make a loop out of too. They've certainly made a big decision doing a musical revue attraction, so it will be interesting to see how they handle it.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>projecting characters into live 3D sets - would be effective in a carousel type show. It's a cost effective way to add movement and color to a scene. They don't need costly AAs anymore.<<< That is the sadest thing I have read today. And a scary thought. Projections will not get me to hop on a plane. Awesome AA's will.
Originally Posted By mousermerf If the vehicles are wired for audio, then they can play music the same way parades vehicles do. The parkwide speakers play the main theme and the floats play their variation of the music - including specific lyrics. Horizons and Journey did this.
Originally Posted By oc_dean A bit confusing .. as they showed two different Omnimover formats. One .. similar design to ATIS/H.M. ... then a type with two rows of seating .. with a canopy. So .. which is it?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm guessing dean, but I think the canopy was the original design for Paris, which I believe was not an omnimover style ride.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well I am guessing as I cannot see the video. But the concept for Paris was two rows with a canopy, and it was suspended like the pirate ships on Peter Pan's Flight.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Whoa. Did anyone catch Bob's job title in the video? When did Weis promote from Senior VP to Executive VP? Lee... do you know?
