Originally Posted By CTXRover Dream Along with Mickey added something truly amazing imo. On January 17th, the MK castle show started to be performed with the "new" talking/articulated character heads that have been seen only on Mickey's Magic show that is touring the country. Another big step in Disney's attempt to bring the characters "to life", Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy all now have moving mouths and blinking eyes. The best part is the overall look of the character when "stationary" is very, very close to how the characters have looked for quite some time. Imo, Donald is the best realized of the characters in this format, but for all 4, the end result is quite stunning and will surely attract more folks to stop and take a look at this already fun show. I don't have any personal photos or videos, but one can be found here at google video from a poster at wdwmagic: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9034133974768533822&hl=en" target="_blank">http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=-9034133974768533822&hl=en</a> Of note, Mr. Hook and Captain Smee did not receive new articulated faces for the show. Rather, as part of the overhaul of the characters from what I've heard, they are now true "face" characters with prosthetics/make-up. I have no idea whether or not this look will be carried out to the meet and greets though.
Originally Posted By pheneix Wow... That show magically just stopped sucking. I've got to check this out in person soon.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That looks great. Although I'm not sure how I feel about them singing along in the finale when you can't hear them, the effect is very convincing. They did an especially good job with the blinking for Minnie, IMO, and it seems to be synched up with the choreography really well. There are still some things that look a little funny, but I feel like it is overall a huge feat to be able to do that with the characters, especially if this works on a regular basis (I really hope so, since it seems to add so much to the show).
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy This stuff looks great. I would hope that the technology involved is very reliable over time. If any one of the character's movements aren't working properly it would be an obvious show thing. I'm wondering if 100% of all the mouth and eye movements are prerecorded and occur at exactly the same times in each show. Right down to the eyeblinks happening the same way every time?
Originally Posted By Doobie I got to see this yesterday (we'll have video up shortly). It did look great. Mickey did stop working at some point in the show. It stopped with his mouth close which looked strange as normally it's open. But it was the first day. I'd expect issues like that to get worked out. Doobie.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Rather, as part of the overhaul of the characters from what I've heard, they are now true "face" characters with prosthetics/make-up.>> A couple of years ago DLP had a Pan show using Skull Rock and the galleon. Both Smee and Hook were human performers with prosthetics.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey Looks fantastic! I can't wait to check it out in 29 days!!!!! GEAUX SAINTS GEAUX!
Originally Posted By Doobie Just wanted to post that we've now got video and pics up at: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/lotion-view-357.asp" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/l otion-view-357.asp</a> Doobie.
Originally Posted By HydraLing Thank you all for the positive feedback. As a performer in the show, I can assure that all performances are LIVE and not prerecorded as some have speculated.
