GadgetGuru
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They have a similar setup for the Seven Dwarves and Frozen AAs. They project the faces onto the AAs. It's not quite projection mapping, but it's a step in that direction.
What about seasonal Mickey? Halloween and Christmas seem like a no brainer.
What if the AAs within the ride are 100% blank and are projected onto? Would that have any possibility of working out?
^^^They did add TS3 characters to TSMM back in 2010, but that's the only change that the ride experience has ever seen. The change was done overnight.
They should put some kind of giant Mickey icon out in front of the Chinese Theatre to advertise the ride.
The current rumor is that there will be no AA's as it stands, but, according to multiple insiders over Magic (MansionButler, Martin) there will still be plenty of practical effects and physical sets, making it feel as if you've stepped inside a cartoon. Not just majority screens like Ratatouille supposedly.
We'll see.I think this attraction is going to spark a massive debate when it opens about what is classified as a screen and what is classified as an AA.
If this was a new build, there would be absolutely no debate I don't think.
The Paris ride has a bunch of physical stuff in the mix.The current rumor is that there will be no AA's as it stands, but, according to multiple insiders over Magic (MansionButler, Martin) there will still be plenty of practical effects and physical sets, making it feel as if you've stepped inside a cartoon. Not just majority screens like Ratatouille supposedly.
The Paris ride has a bunch of physical stuff in the mix.
The Paris ride has a bunch of physical stuff in the mix.
Because Disney is building 3 LPS (trackless) rides at the same time I don't want to make a straight up comparison to Transformers or Spider-Man, but i'll give a rundown of what to expect. Keep in mind all three of these rides should be what are considered E-tickets.But a bunch, you mean physical sets? Because last time I checked Rat, it's like transformers. No animatronics or practical effects, full on screens with physical sets.
I've been hearing for a long time that the ride would be using only a portion of the ride path, similar to what happened to Figment when it got it's first big update. All I have heard was the unused portion was going to "back of house." It makes sense that it might be utilized for more Star Wars land someday, if even just to be able to swallow up some of the existing back of house and use this new space as new BoH.^This goes against what some people are parroting, which is that Runaway Railway will use the exact same layout and vehicles as GMR. Suffice to say... what?!
Those vehicles can not move quickly and would be a strange fit for a "runaway railway". In addition it's a different kind of trackless (no wi-fi) than what has been brought up. That's different than what I heard which is "imagine Mystic Manor without the AAs and 100% more projection mapping and physical effects".
Granted, if it was the former then I totally believe it'll be up by 2018, but I even doubt Disney will push for that. I could see holiday 2018 at best, with spring 2019 as the favorite.
I've been hearing for a long time that the ride would be using only a portion of the ride path, similar to what happened to Figment when it got it's first big update. All I have heard was the unused portion was going to "back of house." It makes sense that it might be utilized for more Star Wars land someday, if even just to be able to swallow up some of the existing back of house and use this new space as new BoH.
I have never heard that the old GMR vehicles were going to be used for this ride (from anyone outside of Twitter the last few days that is.) I'm still imagining trackless like Rat/MM/Hunny Hunt.
I highly doubt Disney reinvents the wheel on this one so I'm going to guess four to eight per vehicle.
And yeah, Alicia, that makes more sense and in-line with the little I've heard.
The GMR vehicles are being scrapped as is the current "trackless" floor. The only thing to remain in that building will be the surrounding walls.^This goes against what some people are parroting, which is that Runaway Railway will use the exact same layout and vehicles as GMR. Suffice to say... what?!
Those vehicles can not move quickly and would be a strange fit for a "runaway railway". In addition it's a different kind of trackless (no wi-fi) than what has been brought up. That's different than what I heard which is "imagine Mystic Manor without the AAs and 100% more projection mapping and physical effects".
Granted, if it was the former then I totally believe it'll be up by 2018, but I even doubt Disney will push for that. I could see holiday 2018 at best, with spring 2019 as the favorite.
Jim Hill says part of the the reason the new ride will only utilize 2/3 of the show building is so eventually the rest can be removed and the space utilized for a future Star Wars expansion, around the third entrance area that DL is getting but we are not.