Glad you enjoyed most of Na’vi River journey. I’ll pass that along to the team. We chose projected water in the Running Root scene as we call it for two reasons. The first is forced perspective. The waterfall is actually much closer to the ride vehicle than you think it is, but the scale of the projected water makes the feature appear much further distant. The second is running water is invisible under UV light. We used a very small amount of visible light to accent certain elements in the Canoe ride, but adding enough visible light to illuminate a water feature that large would foul the UV in that scene, as well as the ones before and after.
@Joe Cashman you should tell the team that they should paint all the dark ride ceilings with Vanta Black paint, that doesn’t allow light to hit. It would make the sky’s look much darker and harder to see. This could work for Pirates, The inside of the Mexican Pavilion, and other rides set at night and are inside
I utterly love that you took the time to talk about the “cars” in the London scene of Peter Pan. That effect has always stuck with me since first riding the ride as a kid.
@@kitchensinkchronicles3272 From what I've seen I don't think it's a pepper's ghost; it looks like a clever use of projection mapping. Why? Because the skeleton doesn't perfectly align with the Jack Sparrow animatronic as the spotlight turns on. Either way it does seem like it belongs in this video though.
They use it in the new Beauty and the Beast ride in Tokyo for the transition of the beat to the prince. I’ve seen a video of it and it’s pretty effective there, too.
The Indiana Jones one really did blow my mind. It absolutely feels like the car moves backwards, and even though I've experienced that illusion in real life (parking the car just as the driver next to you starts to back out of their space & you slam on the brakes because you think your car didn't actually stop) I never would have guessed it was used to such fantastic effect on the ride.
As a former professional magician, I very much enjoyed this episode. Did you know there is a concept maquette used for the ballroom scene in the basement of the Magic Castle in Hollywood? One of my favorite things to show people when I go there. Also, would love a follow up to this video about illusions used in ride queues (like the lab scene in Flight of Passage.)
My favorite forced perspective illusion is in the haunted mansion when you exit the attic onto the balcony and can see the graveyard below. The angle and placement of the various ghosts and effects makes the graveyard look massive and totally chaotic.
I think one of my favorite mirror effects actually is sadly new defunct.. Just before you dispatch on Indiana Jones Adventure there is a large wall of mirrors on the left hand side of the tunnel. When the door segment actually worked, the mirrors would move on the side of the wall to disguise the room moving positions for the next vehicle. The mirrors still remain to this day, but no longer move since the door feature is in B mode permantley. I hope one day this gets fixed in a way that it can be returned to it's former glory, it was such a small detail not everyone noticed because it was when your seatbelts were being checked.
I think the effect in Storytime with Belle is incredibly effective, as it combines several different methods, including mirrors, to make a mirror become a doorway.
I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that the fire effect in pirates is so good that, in an emergency where the lights turn on and you have to evacuate; they turn the effect off so it won't be mistaken for real fire
I heard a rumor (idk the story exactly) but that the flames looked so real that firefighters were called and I think the firefighters thought they were real too.
In the Peter Pan Ride- in the model of London, you may notice some "Clouds." The are actually just milky-translucent plastic garbage bags wadded up on the ground.
According to my Keys to the Kingdom tour guide, the metal thatching on the Tiki Room was because they couldn't find available/affordable authentic thatch artisans at the time (thatching has to be done to rigid and exacting standards to withstand the elements). When it came to creating Animal Kingdom, however, they were able to bring in real African thatch builders, and the roofs there are made of real straw thatch. It was pretty awesome to see her clang the metal "straw" of the Tiki Room roof, too.
Another great video. My favorite illusion is the one that blew me away as a kid. I could not figure out how Disney got an entire pirate ship into the attractions. I remember floating between the ship and the fort being mesmerized and wondering if we were going to be hit by a cannon ball. In fact my imagination went into overdrive when telling friends about it and I said one landed in the boat and we had to get get it out. I was only 4 or 5 so cut me a little slack please.
You missed the Rei hologram effect from rise, pretty ingenious one. Also more mirrors... and I was actually able to bring the chamber of destiny effect to life in model form too. Sorely missed effect.
I've always loved the illusion, if you can call it that, of the foggy night and trees on the outside of the conservatory window and outside the window in front of the piano at Walt Disney World. It's so creepy to go from bright sunshine and then look out a glass window at a dark, foggy night with twisted trees.
The pinocchio one with the fairy just standing behind you in the dark is absolutely nightmare fuel! I hate knowing there are things there but you cant see them, especially at the parks. I think that's what makes water and animatronics so terrifying for me.
The cars in Peter pans flight reminds me of an effect from citizen Kane where they show a crowd but it’s really just a sheet with dot shaped holes in it with a light behind it
When I was last in DL, the Indiana Jones ride broke down while I was on it right as the ball got to the end of its movement. Lights came on and we sat there for 15 minutes or so. Was super cool to see things with the lights on, but also kinda strange to see how far the Boulder actually was, and to see Jones just dangling lifeless lol. We also got a cool super fast pass for our trouble that worked in any ride any time. Wish I would have kept the FP, as I've not been able to find a picture anywhere, seems like they are rare.
I can't believe I never even noticed the waterfall thing in Navi River Journey until you mentioned it in Foolish Mortals! I can never un-know that now.
Reminds of a joke from the old "Raccoons" cartoon, where Bert Raccoon is practicing magic and tells his friend Ralph he'll disappear. He tells Ralph to close his eyes and then runs out the door. RALPH: (flatly) "Amazing. And I thought it was all done with mirrors."
Number 2: it’s used in Radiator Springs racers. Next time you go into Ramon’s paint shop you can Really see the projection matching your cars movement . Just thought I’d put this in :)
I think that waterfall is intended to look as if it’s much larger and far away. That would explain the reasoning behind the decision to use a projection.
THAT'S WHAT THAT IS IN THE GRAVEYARD SCENE! I'd say it's worse at Disney World because I saw the fabric but didn't know what it was, meanwhile at Disneyland it's much more convincing
Love your content and apologize if this has already been posted but the non-combustible thatch roof material is due to fire safety more so than anything structural in the building code. The building including whatever roof sheathing is beneath the superficial metal thatch material has been designed to withstand the wind tolerances dictated in the building code. I am an architect and do this evey day.
Fun fact, the mirror trick like the one that show an endless hallway is used in grocery stores too! Next time you are in the veggie chill area of a grocery store look for a mirror typically above or to the side of the vegetables. This is use to make the vegetables seem more plentiful
Disney does need more chill boat rides. And walk through experiences. I love walking through Tom Sawyers island! It makes me feel like I am actually on an adventure!
@@losdodgerchris4727 yes the statue does get pulled down into the pillar but there are mirrors under the pedestal that the statue started on to make it look like there is nothing below it for the statue disappear into.
drop @@losdodgerchris4727 there are mirrors beneath the pedestal. otherwise we would see the mechanism used to pull the statue down. the mirrors are used to not only conceal the drop mechanism, but to reflect the wall behind it to make it appear that nothing is beneath the pedestal.
im so proud to say that im finally a disney adult (just turned 18)... im less proud to say ive only been to Disney world, once, when i was 7. i need to go to Disneyland once this PANDEMIC is over.
I actually am super impressed by the Na’Vi River Journey “waterfall” every time I ride! Yes, it probably would’ve been easier to use actual water for the waterfall, but I think it’s a unique and well-done effect in the attraction
as a former wdw cast member and general theme part nerd, i wasn't expecting to have my mind blow here but YOURE TELLING ME THAT ROOF IS MADE OF METAL STRIPS!!!! holy shit
Is nobody going to mention the lava illusion at Primeval World!? It's freaking aluminum foil wrapped around rollers with red light shining on them! You'll never un-see it again!!!
I remembered seeing the hitchhiker ghost when I was a child, but the ride was a little different back then. It was actually sitting in the car next to me when I looked over, not just reflecting in the mirror.
im late to the party but a lot of the same effects are on monster's inc!! there are mirrors in the door room scene and the locker room/bathroom scene similar to those at 8:14 to make those rooms look bigger, and the randal animatronic that disappears and reappears in the bathroom is similar to that at 2:14 or at 16:55, except the mirror is angled so you dont see your own reflection, you only see the randal animatronic be lit from behind the glass. Also, there's an example of pepper's ghost with the "beauty and the beast" rose in Be Our Guest restaurant in florida and in the beast's library in animation academy in california adventure (both roses use the same effects, I believe. It's some glass with a projection of a rose and sparkles around it, plus a music cue). also in the beast's library in ca, the fire place uses a mirror and puts a projection?? screen?? animation?? of fire on the logs. I would love to say the same effect is at be our guest, but I cant entirely be sure (im not from florida lmao). great video explanation!!
4:40 Me, a watcher/listener of Foolish Mortals: "it's gonna be that not waterfall-waterfall in Navi River Journey-heh, knew it." 11:53 Me, also a watcher of Attraction Labs: "oh the do-the i-the stationary rolling boulder, I know that one!"
5:04 I imagine they made this 'not waterfall-waterfall' so they're not constantly pumping water into the ride, which would regularly need to be pumped back out to regulate the water height. Pumping water is probably more expensive than a projection and bubbles.
I wonder if they’ll ever refurbish the haunted mansion? Sure the special effects are still amazing till this day, but with all the technical advancements nowadays it would be nice to bring the haunted mansion up to date.
In the Adventurers Club that used to be at Pleasure Island, they had a character named Beezle, a genie whose head appeared in a floating box in a cupboard. It was actually an actor sticking his head in from behind. The back of the cupboard was a mirror, which was actually larger than the cupboard, allowing the actor behind it to move it around without it looking like anything but the box was moving. Consequently, they had to keep the mirror as clean as possible so that the illusion couldn't be given away by a stain that moved with the box.
I remember being 10 years old and seeing 🧚 the Blue Fairy 🧚 wooden figure behind the scenes surrounded by mirrors and not the actual illusion 😅, on Pinocchio’s Daring Journey in Disneyland Paris, summer 2006.
So the question on the hitch hiking ghosts that never gets answered on how it's done is how they keep the ghosts synced to the speed of the doom buggies all day long. It's got to be an actual mechanical connection,
That makes so much more sense. As someone who has bartended in that lighting, i can verify that moving liquidof any kind has to be watched veeeery closely to be seen. Its why most bartenders just " count the pour"
Two of my favorites: Disney Tokyo Sea: the Shiriki Utundu idol disappearing right before your eyes on "The Tower of Terror". Disneyland Paris: the shifting parallax scenery on the Ratatouille attraction.
I think the fake waterfall in Navi River Journey is to avoid extra noise. Even just a little water falling is really loud in an enclosed space. Also, it reduces maintenance costs greatly as they don’t need an extra pump or plumbing.
At 10:19, I’ve more often heard it pronounced “SMELL-ih-tie-zurrs” with four syllables, with an unstressed “tie” located between the second and final unstressed syllables “ih” and “zurrs” - but they could be wrong and you right, I don’t know… I’ve never even seen it spelled! 🤷♀️
The Monsters Inc. rides use a lot of mirrors. The ending of the Ride & Go Seek with Boos door is NUTS how good it looks. The stretching mirror in the Belle's enchanted encounter is also amazing. As a magician, I would be remiss to not mention a cousin of the peppers ghost: The "Girl to Gorilla" illusion. Which uses two way mirrors and lighting to make things transform from one thing to another. Disney uses it a lot as well.
Story time: One day, I was having a great day at Magic Kingdom. The line for The Haunted Mansion was short, so my sister and I went on it. I have been on it many times, but this time, when we passed the floating candle, I loud boom sounded and jump-scared everyone, which was a very funny yet terrifying experience.
I got to ride on haunted mansion with the lights on years ago, I was so flabbergasted that there was this screen covering the whole ride. You would never notice it unless you knew it was there, now everytime I go on the ride I can’t unsee it
The giant Boulder traumatized me as a kid lol. My mom had said the Indiana Jones ride is like being in the theaters and just the seats move. I was like 5 or 6 years old back around 1996/1997. I went on and screamed when the Boulder came at me and shut my eyes. Then when I opened them everything was dark which made me freak out even more because I thought we had died 😂 never trusted my mom again.
My family and I have been debating the Boulder illusion my whole ass life! I just called them to explain and my mom said “everything I know is a lie.” We thought the boulder was flat and the lights just made it look like it was rolling forward, never would have thought the WHOLE FREAKING HALLWAY MOVES
How did that waterfall get approved? The idea was to project the image onto an actual waterfall to give it an otherworldly appearance, but then some penny pincher in management said, "If we're using a projection then we don't need the actual waterfall. Water pumps are expensive and require maintenance." Pure speculation.
Rey from Rise of Resistance. Another MIRROR!!! It’s set above the guests eye level so you don’t see your own reflection and gives the illusion of depth. Her “hologram” is projected on the mirror.
Interestingly, Peter Pan is set just about the time the Model T was invented. Those London streets would not have had cars on them - horses and carriages yes, cars no.
Alright everyone, pop quiz!
How are all the illusions done?
Peppers ghost!
peppers ghost effect:))
maaaagiiiiccc
@@kabenno lol
Pepper’s ghost
Glad you enjoyed most of Na’vi River journey. I’ll pass that along to the team. We chose projected water in the Running Root scene as we call it for two reasons. The first is forced perspective. The waterfall is actually much closer to the ride vehicle than you think it is, but the scale of the projected water makes the feature appear much further distant. The second is running water is invisible under UV light. We used a very small amount of visible light to accent certain elements in the Canoe ride, but adding enough visible light to illuminate a water feature that large would foul the UV in that scene, as well as the ones before and after.
hi! im trying to study to do software development on disney rides some day. do you possibly have an instagram? i would love to ask some questions
thanks for the info, pretty cool
@Joe Cashman you should tell the team that they should paint all the dark ride ceilings with Vanta Black paint, that doesn’t allow light to hit. It would make the sky’s look much darker and harder to see. This could work for Pirates, The inside of the Mexican Pavilion, and other rides set at night and are inside
You work for Disney?!? Awesome.
It’s really neat
Is no one going to talk about the duck on his shirt and how when he changes the screen, it changes along with the green screen? No? Ok
I noticed that too. Plus some inconsistencies .
It's a magic duck!
its called chroma key. it's going to suck anything close to green out of that file
@@ry_avi Logical, but Magic Duck sounds better!
It’s done with mirrors.
So it's not an illusion after all... it's a MIRROR-CLE!
That's a good one,😅😂🤣🤣
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A DCA 1.0-worthy pun :D.
I love your videos mate
It's a mirror-ge
I utterly love that you took the time to talk about the “cars” in the London scene of Peter Pan. That effect has always stuck with me since first riding the ride as a kid.
"wait it's all mirrors?"
"always has been"
What about the Jack Sparrow -> skeleton effect in Pirates Hong Kong (I believe it’s HK it could be Shanghai)
It is Shanghai! and yes that one is very very good use of peppers ghost
I saw the video of the ride and I was blown away. I can only imagine how amazing it looks in person.
@@kitchensinkchronicles3272 From what I've seen I don't think it's a pepper's ghost; it looks like a clever use of projection mapping. Why? Because the skeleton doesn't perfectly align with the Jack Sparrow animatronic as the spotlight turns on. Either way it does seem like it belongs in this video though.
@@MrEricSir its peppers ghost. there is a pane of glass in the rope netting in front of jack
Mirrors
That mirror trick in Pirates bamboozled me for too long. I love that illusion.
They use it in the new Beauty and the Beast ride in Tokyo for the transition of the beat to the prince. I’ve seen a video of it and it’s pretty effective there, too.
The Indiana Jones one really did blow my mind. It absolutely feels like the car moves backwards, and even though I've experienced that illusion in real life (parking the car just as the driver next to you starts to back out of their space & you slam on the brakes because you think your car didn't actually stop) I never would have guessed it was used to such fantastic effect on the ride.
As a former professional magician, I very much enjoyed this episode. Did you know there is a concept maquette used for the ballroom scene in the basement of the Magic Castle in Hollywood? One of my favorite things to show people when I go there. Also, would love a follow up to this video about illusions used in ride queues (like the lab scene in Flight of Passage.)
Your fade to white at the end made me see how dirty my screen was.
And people say there's no reason at all to use Light Mode
Still rocking those abrupt and blunt number transitions...
*That's how you know it's him.* (':
...with the oddly satisfying and pleasantly rude sound effects!
“The hitchhiking ghosts illusion”
Cries in Florida
What happened do they not have that effect?
@@Minuet888 sorta? The hitchhiking ghosts do go in the doom buggies but it’s cgi instead of animatronics
Yeah it’s a terrible version compared to the original.
2020 was my first time in Disney since 2006. Seeing the changes in the Haunted Mansion, especially with the hitchhiking ghosts, made me really sad!
@@nestoons4539 sorta like how cgi Yoda doesn't feel as real as muppet Yoda, right?
My favorite forced perspective illusion is in the haunted mansion when you exit the attic onto the balcony and can see the graveyard below. The angle and placement of the various ghosts and effects makes the graveyard look massive and totally chaotic.
i'm a simple person; I see an offhand video, I click play, I enjoy
then i watch every single one of his videos over again
I think one of my favorite mirror effects actually is sadly new defunct.. Just before you dispatch on Indiana Jones Adventure there is a large wall of mirrors on the left hand side of the tunnel. When the door segment actually worked, the mirrors would move on the side of the wall to disguise the room moving positions for the next vehicle. The mirrors still remain to this day, but no longer move since the door feature is in B mode permantley. I hope one day this gets fixed in a way that it can be returned to it's former glory, it was such a small detail not everyone noticed because it was when your seatbelts were being checked.
They can easily fix the door trick by removing the cable and replacing it with gears.
Me staring at the duck-shaped hole in Dallin’s chest: 👁👄👁 🦆👻
I think the effect in Storytime with Belle is incredibly effective, as it combines several different methods, including mirrors, to make a mirror become a doorway.
Seeing you happily holding the Hatch Box Ghost after taking it from the clone killed me. That was hella adorable.
Yes another uploaded!!!! You’re blessing us Dallin.
No, no, no, YOU'RE blessing ME!
Yes I Agree Dallin you are a Blessing
This is the bestttt Disney Channel ever!! I learned almost all my Disney knowledge from here! Thank youuu
Me too!!
Your pfp is 🥰🥰🥰💖💖💞💞
@@mishamusha8233 who’s? Btw yours is awesome!!!!!
Ikr
I wonder what he'll talk about today
"This is the Hatbox Ghost"
Fantastic
Would be nice to mention that all of these tricks are old theatrical entertainment techniques. All of which we use on stage today!
I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that the fire effect in pirates is so good that, in an emergency where the lights turn on and you have to evacuate; they turn the effect off so it won't be mistaken for real fire
I heard a rumor (idk the story exactly) but that the flames looked so real that firefighters were called and I think the firefighters thought they were real too.
Both of you are right. Because sheets, fans, and orange lights are just that amazing apparently.
@@ADAMan123 it was new technology at the time. A simpler time.
In the Peter Pan Ride- in the model of London, you may notice some "Clouds." The are actually just milky-translucent plastic garbage bags wadded up on the ground.
According to my Keys to the Kingdom tour guide, the metal thatching on the Tiki Room was because they couldn't find available/affordable authentic thatch artisans at the time (thatching has to be done to rigid and exacting standards to withstand the elements). When it came to creating Animal Kingdom, however, they were able to bring in real African thatch builders, and the roofs there are made of real straw thatch. It was pretty awesome to see her clang the metal "straw" of the Tiki Room roof, too.
Offhand: Your mind will explode
Me who isn’t using it anyway: NO WAY!! *Continues watching*
Hey, I really liked the waterfall effect! To me, it blurred the line between where the screen stops and the water begins.
Another great video. My favorite illusion is the one that blew me away as a kid. I could not figure out how Disney got an entire pirate ship into the attractions. I remember floating between the ship and the fort being mesmerized and wondering if we were going to be hit by a cannon ball. In fact my imagination went into overdrive when telling friends about it and I said one landed in the boat and we had to get get it out. I was only 4 or 5 so cut me a little slack please.
You missed the Rei hologram effect from rise, pretty ingenious one. Also more mirrors... and I was actually able to bring the chamber of destiny effect to life in model form too. Sorely missed effect.
Love your channels!
I've always loved the illusion, if you can call it that, of the foggy night and trees on the outside of the conservatory window and outside the window in front of the piano at Walt Disney World. It's so creepy to go from bright sunshine and then look out a glass window at a dark, foggy night with twisted trees.
I never knew about the pepers ghost effekt on Tom Sawyer Island. This Island really is full of mysteries. I never knew.
The pinocchio one with the fairy just standing behind you in the dark is absolutely nightmare fuel! I hate knowing there are things there but you cant see them, especially at the parks. I think that's what makes water and animatronics so terrifying for me.
Do you know about the taxidermy in Winnie the Pooh? I lost sleep over that one
@@lilyancurtis8596 Buff, Max and Melvin. Ya, they are absolutely terrifying. XD
The cars in Peter pans flight reminds me of an effect from citizen Kane where they show a crowd but it’s really just a sheet with dot shaped holes in it with a light behind it
When I was last in DL, the Indiana Jones ride broke down while I was on it right as the ball got to the end of its movement. Lights came on and we sat there for 15 minutes or so. Was super cool to see things with the lights on, but also kinda strange to see how far the Boulder actually was, and to see Jones just dangling lifeless lol.
We also got a cool super fast pass for our trouble that worked in any ride any time. Wish I would have kept the FP, as I've not been able to find a picture anywhere, seems like they are rare.
Poltergeist 3 also used some great "mirror" tricks, the scene in the hallway outside the apartment door. Thanks posting and for your time and work
I liked how we could see the ballroom scene on the duck on his shirt
Theory his name is Schmidt Nylad jr. He makes half what you make, and he is a professional doppelganger.
I can't believe I never even noticed the waterfall thing in Navi River Journey until you mentioned it in Foolish Mortals! I can never un-know that now.
Reminds of a joke from the old "Raccoons" cartoon, where Bert Raccoon is practicing magic and tells his friend Ralph he'll disappear. He tells Ralph to close his eyes and then runs out the door. RALPH: (flatly) "Amazing. And I thought it was all done with mirrors."
If you feel like doing a whole video about the Tiki Room, I certainly wouldn't mind
YES PLEASE! OG animatronics!!!
Yes! I love opening up TH-cam and seeing a new Offhand upload :D
Dallin, thank you sir!
Number 2: it’s used in Radiator Springs racers. Next time you go into Ramon’s paint shop you can Really see the projection matching your cars movement . Just thought I’d put this in :)
I think that waterfall is intended to look as if it’s much larger and far away. That would explain the reasoning behind the decision to use a projection.
when i was a kid i loved the fire effect in pirates. I remember being 7 and just trying to figure out how they did it. Well now I know
RIP Offhand Steve Jobs
And there was much rejoicing!
THAT'S WHAT THAT IS IN THE GRAVEYARD SCENE! I'd say it's worse at Disney World because I saw the fabric but didn't know what it was, meanwhile at Disneyland it's much more convincing
Love your content and apologize if this has already been posted but the non-combustible thatch roof material is due to fire safety more so than anything structural in the building code. The building including whatever roof sheathing is beneath the superficial metal thatch material has been designed to withstand the wind tolerances dictated in the building code. I am an architect and do this evey day.
Fun fact, the mirror trick like the one that show an endless hallway is used in grocery stores too! Next time you are in the veggie chill area of a grocery store look for a mirror typically above or to the side of the vegetables. This is use to make the vegetables seem more plentiful
Disney does need more chill boat rides. And walk through experiences. I love walking through Tom Sawyers island! It makes me feel like I am actually on an adventure!
That tiki room trick is simple but really cool
The Tower of Terror in Tokyo Disney Sea has a great mirror illusion in the pre show when the Tiki statues disappear.
thats not mirrors the pillar its resting on has a shaft that the animatronic get pulled in faster than gravity
@@losdodgerchris4727 yes the statue does get pulled down into the pillar but there are mirrors under the pedestal that the statue started on to make it look like there is nothing below it for the statue disappear into.
drop @@losdodgerchris4727 there are mirrors beneath the pedestal. otherwise we would see the mechanism used to pull the statue down. the mirrors are used to not only conceal the drop mechanism, but to reflect the wall behind it to make it appear that nothing is beneath the pedestal.
Fade to white?!?!?!? 😲
im so proud to say that im finally a disney adult (just turned 18)... im less proud to say ive only been to Disney world, once, when i was 7. i need to go to Disneyland once this PANDEMIC is over.
It won't end.
YAY new offhand video!!!
The duck is green screened too lol
Shh that's a trade secret.
@@OffhandDisney New duck theory that ties it all together!
@@OffhandDisney as a magician.... always love your illusion themed videos D 👌🏻
I just got accepted into the Disney College Program for Orlando so maybe I will get to see these illusions first hand!
Love the tower of terror hallway effect
For me, the Ballroom scene will always be the best part of the Haunted Mansion.
I actually am super impressed by the Na’Vi River Journey “waterfall” every time I ride! Yes, it probably would’ve been easier to use actual water for the waterfall, but I think it’s a unique and well-done effect in the attraction
Love the video. Wanted to mention the gient waterfall in Pandora that's actually a wheel. That blew my mind.
as a former wdw cast member and general theme part nerd, i wasn't expecting to have my mind blow here but YOURE TELLING ME THAT ROOF IS MADE OF METAL STRIPS!!!! holy shit
I wish the Haunted Mansion at WDW would be brought back to its original glory.
Is nobody going to mention the lava illusion at Primeval World!? It's freaking aluminum foil wrapped around rollers with red light shining on them! You'll never un-see it again!!!
I remembered seeing the hitchhiker ghost when I was a child, but the ride was a little different back then. It was actually sitting in the car next to me when I looked over, not just reflecting in the mirror.
That's when Disney could afford to hire real ghosts...
im late to the party but a lot of the same effects are on monster's inc!! there are mirrors in the door room scene and the locker room/bathroom scene similar to those at 8:14 to make those rooms look bigger, and the randal animatronic that disappears and reappears in the bathroom is similar to that at 2:14 or at 16:55, except the mirror is angled so you dont see your own reflection, you only see the randal animatronic be lit from behind the glass. Also, there's an example of pepper's ghost with the "beauty and the beast" rose in Be Our Guest restaurant in florida and in the beast's library in animation academy in california adventure (both roses use the same effects, I believe. It's some glass with a projection of a rose and sparkles around it, plus a music cue). also in the beast's library in ca, the fire place uses a mirror and puts a projection?? screen?? animation?? of fire on the logs. I would love to say the same effect is at be our guest, but I cant entirely be sure (im not from florida lmao). great video explanation!!
practical effects are so much cooler and more impressive than screens
The Brick falling into a table at Journey into YOUR Imagination is UNBELIEVABLE!!!
(Sarcasm)
My mind was already blown in the first minute
@14:09:
Me inside that room: *flute noises* COME WITH ME AND YOU'LL BE IN A WORLD OF PURE IMAGINATION-
4:40 Me, a watcher/listener of Foolish Mortals: "it's gonna be that not waterfall-waterfall in Navi River Journey-heh, knew it."
11:53 Me, also a watcher of Attraction Labs: "oh the do-the i-the stationary rolling boulder, I know that one!"
5:04 I imagine they made this 'not waterfall-waterfall' so they're not constantly pumping water into the ride, which would regularly need to be pumped back out to regulate the water height. Pumping water is probably more expensive than a projection and bubbles.
I wonder if they’ll ever refurbish the haunted mansion? Sure the special effects are still amazing till this day, but with all the technical advancements nowadays it would be nice to bring the haunted mansion up to date.
Don't fix what ain't broke.
Offhand Disney: The best way to start the day! Great video as usual. Got to start my day with a smile.
my favorite illusion is the invisible duck on your shirt
In the Adventurers Club that used to be at Pleasure Island, they had a character named Beezle, a genie whose head appeared in a floating box in a cupboard. It was actually an actor sticking his head in from behind. The back of the cupboard was a mirror, which was actually larger than the cupboard, allowing the actor behind it to move it around without it looking like anything but the box was moving. Consequently, they had to keep the mirror as clean as possible so that the illusion couldn't be given away by a stain that moved with the box.
Imagineers: How many mirrors do you want, boss?
Walt Disney: Yes
I remember being 10 years old and seeing 🧚 the Blue Fairy 🧚 wooden figure behind the scenes surrounded by mirrors and not the actual illusion 😅, on Pinocchio’s Daring Journey in Disneyland Paris, summer 2006.
So the question on the hitch hiking ghosts that never gets answered on how it's done is how they keep the ghosts synced to the speed of the doom buggies all day long. It's got to be an actual mechanical connection,
Yeah, I'd say an intertwined gear system under both tracks.
That makes so much more sense. As someone who has bartended in that lighting, i can verify that moving liquidof any kind has to be watched veeeery closely to be seen. Its why most bartenders just " count the pour"
Two of my favorites:
Disney Tokyo Sea: the Shiriki Utundu idol disappearing right before your eyes on "The Tower of Terror".
Disneyland Paris: the shifting parallax scenery on the Ratatouille attraction.
I think the fake waterfall in Navi River Journey is to avoid extra noise. Even just a little water falling is really loud in an enclosed space.
Also, it reduces maintenance costs greatly as they don’t need an extra pump or plumbing.
At 10:19, I’ve more often heard it pronounced “SMELL-ih-tie-zurrs” with four syllables, with an unstressed “tie” located between the second and final unstressed syllables “ih” and “zurrs” - but they could be wrong and you right, I don’t know… I’ve never even seen it spelled! 🤷♀️
The Monsters Inc. rides use a lot of mirrors. The ending of the Ride & Go Seek with Boos door is NUTS how good it looks.
The stretching mirror in the Belle's enchanted encounter is also amazing.
As a magician, I would be remiss to not mention a cousin of the peppers ghost: The "Girl to Gorilla" illusion. Which uses two way mirrors and lighting to make things transform from one thing to another. Disney uses it a lot as well.
That is essentially what the pirate does when it goes from bone to living. Same with the vanishing butterfly.
Story time: One day, I was having a great day at Magic Kingdom. The line for The Haunted Mansion was short, so my sister and I went on it. I have been on it many times, but this time, when we passed the floating candle, I loud boom sounded and jump-scared everyone, which was a very funny yet terrifying experience.
I got to ride on haunted mansion with the lights on years ago, I was so flabbergasted that there was this screen covering the whole ride. You would never notice it unless you knew it was there, now everytime I go on the ride I can’t unsee it
Tupac got a shoutout in a Disney vid! 😂
The giant Boulder traumatized me as a kid lol. My mom had said the Indiana Jones ride is like being in the theaters and just the seats move. I was like 5 or 6 years old back around 1996/1997. I went on and screamed when the Boulder came at me and shut my eyes. Then when I opened them everything was dark which made me freak out even more because I thought we had died 😂 never trusted my mom again.
You know I always thought that peter pans flight was so high off the ground when it’s probably just a foot off the ground
about five feet actually. You can tell by the size of the props used for the London scene.
I have always loved Peter Pans Flight, and the illusion that we were flying! Glad it made your list!!
12:09 me: “wait wha....oh I forgot he ran in office for a while”
My family and I have been debating the Boulder illusion my whole ass life! I just called them to explain and my mom said “everything I know is a lie.” We thought the boulder was flat and the lights just made it look like it was rolling forward, never would have thought the WHOLE FREAKING HALLWAY MOVES
I also heard that they put clear rain coats on the ghost in the gravi yard scene.
How did that waterfall get approved? The idea was to project the image onto an actual waterfall to give it an otherworldly appearance, but then some penny pincher in management said, "If we're using a projection then we don't need the actual waterfall. Water pumps are expensive and require maintenance."
Pure speculation.
Rey from Rise of Resistance. Another MIRROR!!! It’s set above the guests eye level so you don’t see your own reflection and gives the illusion of depth. Her “hologram” is projected on the mirror.
How did my credit card payment get so big after my Disney trip?
Mirrors haha
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The Disney effect that totally blows my mind is the disappearing Tiki idol on the Tower of Terror at Disney Sea.
Ooooohh. I never got why the scrim in the graveyard scene was there. I guess it never really looked like fog to me
Another Peppers Ghost with mirrors: Rey in Rise of the Resistance? Next level stuff!
Interestingly, Peter Pan is set just about the time the Model T was invented. Those London streets would not have had cars on them - horses and carriages yes, cars no.
Have you ever actually watched Peter Pan? People are driving around in cars in it.