Originally Posted By MadAboutMickey Hey I'm going to WDW this summer, and I was wondering if Lucky, the Audio-Animatronic Dinosaur, still roams DAK. Anyone know? If he still does, is there a schedule that he sticks to that i should know about? Thank you!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN As far as I know... Lucky is now history. You will probably find him on sale at surplus, in Taft, FL.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 I never really understood this. Lucky seemed to have enormous popularity, and they spent all that money. I could see this move, if they were going to build an attraction based around the technology: they might want it to seem brand new rather than people saying "that's the same thing as that dinosaur we just saw at Animal Kingdom!" I haven't heard of any plans like this though. Has anyone else?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Is Lucky really in mothballs somewhere ? I know he left WDW for overseas - and wasn't he supposed to appear at HK ? As for me I enjoyed Lucky - I thought it was a pretty cool atttraction ( yes I do like dinosaur stuff in general so that likely sets me up to like Lucky) - but I thought the show when he was in AK was pretty cool.
Originally Posted By Ursula Oh, guess what, folks... Lucky is alive and well. They just had Imagineering Day at the studio in Burbank on Friday the 11th and Lucky was there and he looking beautiful. I am just so jealous that my husband got to see him and I did not. My husband was able to go at his lunch and but he did take pictures for me.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^ I am glad to hear he is around. There may be some more work to nbe done with him, but he is pretty neat just as he is also.....
Originally Posted By TDLFAN More work to be done with him?? Yes.. let's start by detaching that ugly wagon he pulls around.
Originally Posted By MPierce ^^^ The rumor going around is he's getting an upgrade, and that is one of the things they are working on.
Originally Posted By MadAboutMickey Yea, i dont like the wagon either. Lucky is so cute, and that wagon...ugh
Originally Posted By Roger55 Lucky is an R&D(research and development) project. although the final outcome of an R&D project might in itself not be that useful or interesting (like the poor unappreciated Lucky), the knowledge gained, the new technology created, etc. advance the technology and capability of future projects. Was it excessive to take Lucky out into the parks? Possibly. Did Disney overhype Lucky as a marketing tool? Yes.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Well, they overhype WDW in general as well, so I guess Lucky was right at home.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun I've seen Lucky on 2 different trips. Both times he wasn't moving. They covered him up and took him away for repairs.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< and wasn't he supposed to appear at HK ? >>> Lucky was in Hong Kong for the grand opening of HKDL in Sept 05. I really like Lucky. I don't know why people would bag on him. Although no E-ticket, he's at least as interesting as much of the other streetmosphere in the parks.
Originally Posted By Ursula I like Lucky too. As a prototype, he shows what can has been learned and what can be done better in the future. TDLFAN, what the heck is your problem? You want a dinosaur without moving parts? What would you have done to replace the cart?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <I really like Lucky. I don't know why people would bag on him. Although no E-ticket, he's at least as interesting as much of the other streetmosphere in the parks.< I'm with you on this one.... <Lucky is an expensive toy.< is there any other kind ?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Actually, I find Lucky to be one of the most exciting things WDI has produced for decades, but then I am obsessed with AA's and love Dinos too.
