I recognize that this is a brief overview of Disney Audio Animatronics. However, it seems like a significant oversight to omit the first Audio Animatronics in Disneyland as part of the Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland in 1960. These had all of the elements found in the subsequent AA. They used cut discs for programming and stored the signals as impulses or tones on multi-track tape systems that were synchronized with audio from the scene. Internal documents AND a 1960 gate flyer and newspaper interviews mention this as the introduction of Audio Animatronics. Yet many inside and outside the Disney company seem to think that the Tiki Room was the first. Before the Tiki Room in 1963 there was the Nature's Wonderland in 1960 and two additional scenes in the Jungle Cruise in 1962 and 1963.
Hi, James! First of all, thank you very much for the comment. We know these references but this time it's a very quick vision of the evolution of that technology. There're other Audio-Animatronics like the dinosaurs from "Ford Magic Skyway" or the little bird from "Mary Poppins" that we don't mention but we have included images, and then many other more modern AA that could not be included. But what you mention we will add to the description, and if in the future we can tackle a more complex video we will talk about it, of course. It's a great honor to receive visits from lovers of the history of the Disney universe.
I recognize that this is a brief overview of Disney Audio Animatronics. However, it seems like a significant oversight to omit the first Audio Animatronics in Disneyland as part of the Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland in 1960. These had all of the elements found in the subsequent AA. They used cut discs for programming and stored the signals as impulses or tones on multi-track tape systems that were synchronized with audio from the scene. Internal documents AND a 1960 gate flyer and newspaper interviews mention this as the introduction of Audio Animatronics. Yet many inside and outside the Disney company seem to think that the Tiki Room was the first. Before the Tiki Room in 1963 there was the Nature's Wonderland in 1960 and two additional scenes in the Jungle Cruise in 1962 and 1963.
Hi, James! First of all, thank you very much for the comment. We know these references but this time it's a very quick vision of the evolution of that technology. There're other Audio-Animatronics like the dinosaurs from "Ford Magic Skyway" or the little bird from "Mary Poppins" that we don't mention but we have included images, and then many other more modern AA that could not be included. But what you mention we will add to the description, and if in the future we can tackle a more complex video we will talk about it, of course. It's a great honor to receive visits from lovers of the history of the Disney universe.