Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-81274.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Video: New Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Computer Simulation</b></a> <p>At tonight's media event for the Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland, Disney showed a new video showing a computer simulation of a partial ride-through of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, opening in 2014. Check it out!</p> <p>[[yt:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa02w6U01Js&feature=youtu.be]]</p>
Originally Posted By SuperDry Of course there will be more. The clip showed 41 seconds of on-ride footage.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I would hope there are at least several more indoor scenes, and that the animatronics have better movement than the "head nod, arm swing" of those dwarf mannequins in this video. Watching the video, I was kind of reminded of a Seven Dwarves version of the Calico Mine Train at Knott's Berry Farm. And that's not really a good thing.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: My sisters and I have been under the impression, all along, that there would only be one show scene for this attraction. That's one of the reasons Orwen spent so much time protesting the closure of the Snow White dark ride. None of us wanted anything like a glorified Goofy's Barnstormer. It's just not worth the effort.
Originally Posted By dshyates The whole ride is supposed to be in the 2.5 min ballpark. With lift hills and slow show scenes. 41 secs is about all the time you will get at full speed.
Originally Posted By dshyates Witches, I believe that we are getting 2 show scenes. One in the mine and one in the cottage.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Well, if I was trying to generate excitement for something then I'm not sure releasing this video is the approach I would take.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I'm sure that it will all work out in the end and it will be a fun new attraction.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Is that it?>> Basically. As I've said all along, it will be a nice, fun little attraction. Set your expectations accordingly.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 << As I've said all along, it will be a nice, fun little attraction. Set your expectations accordingly.>> It's kind of a shame they're opening this so much later than the rest of New Fantasyland. If they had opened it with the rest of the new attractions, it could have blended-in as a "nice, fun little attraction" along with all the rest. Now, with it opening on it's own, there will be heightened expectations for the "new ride" in 2013/2014.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^No doubt. Add into that that at this point, nothing else will be opening in WDW until 2016 at the earliest, and you've got a very boring few years ahead at WDW.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Is this an off-the-shelf coaster? The layout reminds me of a coaster at Legoland San Diego -- it started out slow, running slowly through a show building and then heading up a lift hill and outside through the rest of the more thrilling ride. It was themed to medieval times as I recall.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper No, it's a custom track as far as I'm aware. It's got a few helixes in it.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper And the cars are supposed to swing as well. That's the "hook" of the ride.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Yeah, I remember now, there was a similar clip shown at the D23 Expo a few years ago. Did anyone else notice that the cars aren't swinging in this latest simulation?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Did anyone else notice that the cars aren't swinging in this latest simulation?>> I did. I figured it was just because it was a previz...until I saw the older video where the cars were indeed still swinging. I'm not going to read into that too deeply until I hear otherwise.
