Originally Posted By WDWFreak92 It was always nice to sit on those nice big long benches during parades and stuff. Disney really screwed that up. I think the new hub looks nicer and allows for better viewing of the fireworks and castle shows, but at what cost?
Originally Posted By magnet Doobie and FanBoy briefly talked about "cave." What is "cave" as it relates to Disney?
Originally Posted By schnebs IIRC, CAVE was this incredible new ride technology that was going to be the greatest thing in theme parks since churros. Or am I mixing it up with the Kukla Arm?
Originally Posted By magnet I found it. A dark ride is essentially made of three walls -- two sides and a top. Using CAVE, projectors would produce a virtual reality environment by showing pictures on the walls. These images would flow along seamlessly with the ride vehicle to create the inside environment. Apparently, guests were also expected to wear special glasses or visors to help create the 3D effect. I'm guessing that the hope was that by using CAVE, essentially empty ride buildings could be constructed while all of the theming and story would exist in virtual reality. Sounds like the holo-deck on Star Trek: the next generation -- only 100x lamer.
Originally Posted By magnet another opinion seems to be that CAVE would only be used by imagineering to help visualize the rides they were developing, but not actually be part of the ride itself
Originally Posted By schnebs Sounds like an idea for theming an attraction that only Paul Pressler could love. Somebody wake me when Imagineering perfects a real Holodeck...
Originally Posted By magnet I wasn't expecting CAVE to be anything great given FanBoy's reaction to it during the podcast. As usual, I think he was right.
Originally Posted By magnet At the end of the 11/9 podcast, Rebekah makes mention that they're getting "ice" at WDW this year. Given the humming that immediately ensued after that comment, I almost thought that Rebekah was a fan of the infamous Vanilla Ice. By the way, Vanilla Ice plagiarized that line you were humming from Queen and Bowie's "Pressure." Ice added something like one extra beat before the repetition and claimed that made it different. Of course, I soon realized that the "ice" is on Cinderella Castle this year!
Originally Posted By Doobie We're (or at least I am) always very careful to add that extra beat that Vanilla Ice added lest someone confuse this song with the far superior "Under Pressure". They are totally different. How could anyone confuses the two ?!?!? I don't remember the line but usually Ice in our context refers to the ICE event held at the Gaylord Palms Hotel every year (which is just off WDW property and about a mile from where we live). You can learn move about it here: <a href="http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylordpalms/things_to_do/IcePalms.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.gaylordhotels.com/g aylordpalms/things_to_do/IcePalms.cfm</a> We never miss it! It's the kind of corny fun we love. Doobie.
