How Disney Characters blink and talk
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- A long time ago, Disney Characters started blinking and talking (moving their mouths).
This video is an explaination video of how Disney characters at Disney parks all around the world blink and talk! (Walt Disney World Florida, Disneyland California, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Tokyo, Honkong and Shanghai Disneyland)
Have fun, hope you like it!
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26-year-old me: (Watches video) "Hm, very clever technology."
Animatronic Mickey: "Hiya, pal!"
26-year-old me: *"OH MY F-ING GOD MICKEY TALKED TO ME!!!"*
I'm 26 too and last year I went to Disney world for the first time in my life , and I was so amazed with the animatronics haha I went to Tokio Disney Land , I was like , man these are so fucking real haha , are you serious that jack sparrow isn't a person? Hahahaha
@TheCatsMeow PrettyHorses I was so happy , one of my dreams was to be in Disneyland and go to Japan jajaja there were so nice to me all the time, food is really expensive buy it worth totally very delicious, I went to Disneyland Tokyo resort , and hoping to visit Disney seaaaa :) some day , I'm from south America so is hard to travel for us. Actually I met Donald duck , he was so so cuteee , I hugged him , so soft haha . Disney is pure magic
I’m 31, still amazed haha
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load53 do you mean Tokyo I am half Japanese and was born in Tokyo so I think you mean Tokyo Japan but yeah Disney is amazing there and the one and only DISNEY SEA!!
Me only ever having gone to Disneyland Paris like 15 years ago: THE CHARACTERS TALK????
Sometimes, usually only in parades and shows.
🤣
They do now.
There's some parks with meet and greet sessions where they do talk and blink! I believe it's mostly Mickey and Minnie for now though.
Usually only in the shows and parades it’s not very hard to tell what’s going on if ur like older than 6 tbh😅
Lady: The Poo Corner
Me: HAHhhHaaahHAA SHe SaiD PoO cOrNeR
They need to make a Mario like that
Imagine Pixar characters that are animatronical mascots!
Disclaimer: warns the magic will be ruined if I watch this video
Me: instantly writes this comment and prepares to get the fuck outta here
First and last time I went to Disney land was 8 years ago on my seventh birthday, most legit time of my life
But they didn’t talk LMAO
Wow
I know how they do blinking I saw Minnie moving her finger
Katy Perry @ 3:36
Mad respect to the actors in the suits! They have to dance and sync their movements to the audio.
U look pretty 🥰
Cash Sandra 👀
And they have to be in that all day with 100 degrees weather
and pretend like they're lively when they're having a bad day lol
Plus they’re always suuuuper nice! 💕
This didn't didn't ruin the magic, it made me appreciate the cast members in costumes even more!
Me too
Me three
Yeah, and I thought it didn't ruin the magic too because thats what makes them even more magical when they talk and blink like in the cartoons (my comment made no sense I'm sorry)
Didn’t didn’t doesn’t make any sense at all.
Me four!
Dear Minnie Mouse: when you blink, your eyelashes aren't supposed to stay at the top. They move with the eyelids.
Tell that to the imagineers 🤷🏽♀️
Daisy's move down properly and it makes her much more convincing and life like, I wish they'd fix Minnie's
Icarus I am laughing so hard, I didn’t even realized
true
Lol
It’s always amazed me to see the technology that goes behind making the Disney characters come to life with a moving mouth and blinking eyes
They SHOULD be for meet-and-greets.
Right
@@Angie2343 I agree
I agree with you.
@@jswatch9270 It just feels weird meeting a character with a static face.
No, this never ruined the magic, magic is truee... It's within you... Disney always taught me to discover the magic within... 😇
And they always charged you handsomely if you wanted to see just how much magic they can make💵💵💵💵💵💵💵
Krishanu Ghosh - YEEESSS!!! This is it!
Yes exactly🥺
@@tricklineriofiskate3ipsn317 They need the money in order to add more magic. :)
THE MORE YOU KNOW 👼
So, again, for all my younger viewers: This video is #Notsafefordisneymagic
If you don't want the magic to be ruined, don't watch this vid, otherwise, enjoy this amazing video!!!
Furrmale The Fur Child *still watches although I already know*
@@chastity9272 Then one of two things happens: *the magic is ruined and you're a bit sad for a while but get over it* or *The magic is actually hightened for you and then you get the urge to work for Disney*
@@furrmalethefurchild1607 I will never work for them. I have a love hate thing with Disney. I hate the corporate side. Love everything else
Pretty sure most kids know it's someone in a suit lmao. I mean kids use iPads and stuff now days.
dane w you could be one of the employees making the corporate side a bit better.
The voice in this clip is very soothing. 👌🏻
yes
I'm so into it...... *bulbous tingles*
IKR, the voice is not annoying at all
I don’t know why they don’t put Minnie’s eyelashes on her eyelids. Like why do they just stay on her face if you could just put some 3d ones on her eyelids?? That would amplify the effect a lot more as well!
I can't remember which character it was, but I think they tried it with some problems. While it would look natural, the eyelashes could, as Sam said, be too heavy which wouldn't allow for the eyelids to properly function or it could also get stuck in the eyelid function which would also resort in problems. Doing it this way allows for the mech to still work and still retain some of the character's key features. After all, it's more important that the character looks believable and look more like their cartoon counter part otherwise you have looks that are more closer to former Disney.
Sam Hamilton They could always make them lighter though??
Sam Hamilton Exactly!
Daisy's work the way you suggested
the lashes also get stuck in the up position..wedging themselves between face and eyelid making them immobile also if an eyelash got loose or broke and was in Minnie's eye, she wouldn't know it. so if a quest saw it, they would wonder why Minnie isn't complaining about something in her eye..
You know what's magic? Paying for $10 popcorn...pooof! Money gone! ...magic!
IKR
Not good
...And you end up spilling it 😁🍿
They really look like artificial intelligence. They talk, blink, dance and everything like Sophia The Robot.
I don't know about you but the last thing I want to see is Minnie Mouse talking about destroying all humans.
Sniff Heinkel Right?! 😂😂😂
@@SniffHeinkel If Minnie Mouse talks about destroying humans. Will she let the humans race be extinguished?
Knowing how it's done doesn't make it less magical, if anything, it makes it even more impressive
I remember seeing Mickey “talk” for the first time when I watched the premiere for World of Color. I was so impressed by it. It’s cool that Disney gave the characters articulated heads.
I want to talk to Mickey. I lost my chance in 2011. His friend Bret helped him.
Why wasn't that information included in this video?! :'(
I have a memory of when I was 3 years old (about 2003-2004) I went to Disneyland with my family for the first time and I believe we visited Minnie’s house. (She was out front greeting guests.) she kissed me on the forehead and made a kissing sound that sounded just like Minnie’s voice. I looked up and she gave an expression like it was a unique thing she just did. I remember this so vividly and I was so surprised. What the heck happened. Was the technology being tested back then and I was just lucky enough to experience it? Anyway God bless you all.
The talking Mickey at the Magic Kingdom was amazing. The speaker was in Mickey’s ear. The speaking lines and reactions were pre-programmed and the character has to improvise their movements on the fly. This is because the person controlling those lines was in an office near Animal Kingdom, miles away. It was a beautiful system. Budget cuts killed it according to a trainer.
stfu and get back to cspot or tusker gooby!
I want to talk to Mickey. I lost my chance in 2011. His friend Bret helped him.
Why wasn't that information included in this video?! :'(
If I’m not mistaken an earpiece was used to cue the actor to which dialogue chain was gonna happen. And the actor just had to memorize what track and the responses to go through.
I use to work for disney for one of the performances....let me tell you walking into a room and seeing mickey/minnie’s head ON A STICK with blinking eyes and mouths is the freakiest shit ever
I remember when Disney On Ice came to my city in Mexico, my parents and me were like this 👁️👄👁️ when we saw the masked characters talking
I went to Disney on ice before
I wonder what would happen if they pressed the button in there hand for the eye & mouth movement & the eye lids stayed down... 🤔 I assume they would have another disney cast member escort them to there locker area because I don't think the mask could be taken off in front of the public but I could be wrong... 🤷♀️✌
The characters have “handlers” in case something happens. Costume malfunctions, guest emergencies and to handle anything that might force them to break character. Like bodyguards or something. They pretty much always have someone watching out for them.
@@kactus1889 That's good! 👍
I’m laughing so hard thinking of what they would tell guests to not ruin the ~disney magic~ “Ahhh Mickey just saw a spider and he’s so afraid he doesn’t want to open his eyes! Come on Mickey, let’s go calm down while someone takes care of the spider.” 😂
Now that’s why that a Disney cast member haven’t told me why that they haven’t blink or use their mouth and I’m using the Disney Magic the disney magic will always will be in my heart now that’s something I didn’t know about the characters they use a mecomizum.
Honestly, tech is the most amazing magic there is, i mean, think about it, you have hundreds of wires, several fans, a mother board and an exoskeleton light enough to wear inside a large mascot head filled with felt foam and whatever else and the performers still do over the top choreography while having to keep time with the audio cues and have to make split second decisions if the audio or tech fails. I think that’s incredible!
in the 80’s version of the mickey suit that Henry built that I’M on,the face wasn’t just mechanical…,there’s an metal exoskeleton that structures the suit’s body parts,it also has connection joints to connect it all,did you know that the suit could perform WHITOUT someone inside of it?,it was called effort my guy,NOW THANKS A CERTAIN THING CALLED:RULE REGULATION,it’s just suits with “fancy face movements”,and nothing else…
Oh so that’s how they work
what happens if somebody puts their hand in Mickey’s and Minnie’s mouth-
Bite of 87'
Rubber softly closes on it with no force, your hand would push the rubber open by just being there
Chop! You loose a hand!
They will eat it
Bite of ‘87😂😂
Calling it now, in the future (and with the help of AI.) Disney would someday allow their costume characters speak naturally. In other words, the person inside the costume would say something and the character would speak the exact phrase in it's own voice.
Knowing the technicality and how it works does not ruin the Magic actually. It just makes it more amazing to me! I love it!
So how do they explain that super rare interactive talking and blinking Mickey? Not just repeating canned phrases, I mean literally repeating back the names of the people and responding in real time. Was it the performer or someone behind the scenes over a mic?
Jim Henson's HBO series Fraggle Rock used this technology in the 1980's and that's when the two companies teamed up.
Welcome to Pooh Corner tried to create its own tech (and it was pretty awful) but once they teamed up with Jim Henson, Disney relied heavily on that technology and since then have developed it into what we see in theme parks.
I don't care that it may "ruin the magic" and no longer make the way how they talk and blink cool, I feel like it is way more cooler to know how it works and how it works in harmony to create an effect that is very hard to identify how it works if you are not looking hard enough.
This doesn't ruin the magic for me!
It makes it more magical!
The magic of engineering!
This rocks! Characters are interesting to observe when it comes to articulation. 😂
I got to meet a talking and blinking mickey a few years ago and I was amazed and I did think it was magic. I wasn’t even little, I was like 14 and I was still very wowed!
R.I.P Russi Taylor. All though voices for many characters have been replaced over the years her and Wayne will always be my Mickey and Minnie
I'm grown, know how it works and I still think it's magical lol ❤️
I remember when you could do the meet & greet with Mickey at Magic Kingdom. He asks where you are from & he couldnt understand what we were saying & ended up saying 'you're from New York, that's great!' Even though we are not from the states. I can remember hearing the kids who were waiting in line next ask if Mickey was deaf lol
It was funny, even the photographer & the other cast member who let's you in just burst out laughing.
I’m even more impressed at the cast actors that seems kinda hard
Really? The last time I went, they were all silent visits. Even during events, the characters mouths remained put. That’s actually something I really admired about the Disney Crew, being able to speak without speaking.
Good thing i was never afraid of them
This didn't ruin the magic for me! This is an amazing feat of engineering! (Besides, I haven't travelled to DisneyWorld since I was 2 years old...)
OMG you sound like a professional!
Also, I'm glad I know the science behind it and I'm glad I'm old enough that it doesn't spoil the magic ^^
I love the idea of the original voice actors speaking for the characters, makes them feel even more alive and authentic. When I was watching some compliations, my 7 year old sister was convinced they were people in costumes but as soon as a scene came on where they spoke and blinked, her mind changed real fast and that says a lot about that mechanic in the masked walk around characters haha.
Great video as always, I look forward to seeing more from you !
2007 in the Magic Kingdom? Wife and I were there in October of 2001 and Mickey was walking around with a handler outside the castle. I was amazed and shocked by it having no idea it existed or how it worked.
As an engineer, this is very magical indeed
I always am impressed by just how amazing these actors are.
#1 biggest mystery in the world
I want to talk to Mickey. I lost my chance in 2011. His friend Bret helped him.
Why wasn't that information included in this video?! :'(
Show me the video called behind the scenes about designing the Disneyland character Mascot costumes with animatronic blink and talk devices, please?
0:35
NO IT IS POSSESSION
Me being so used to the regular plastic faces cast members wore when mickey turned around and blinked then stretched his arms out asking for a hug, i jumped back in fear. Thanks creepypasta.
this did not ruin the magic cause the way the speaking syncs to the dialouge was amazing
Would you consider that Disney had the first furries...
I like when they talk and blink its cool
Me to, specially if a character talks with NO prerecorded material.
Dear Minnie Mouse you don’t have a annoying voice in my opinion I think your voice is beautiful voice
Video: Being mechs.
Captions: Being *MEX.*
I met talking Mickey in the magic kingdom last summer! It was a cool experience!
Imagine how singaporeans would only think about how school is more important than some cartoon characters
I hate being born there
I love it and no it doesn't ruin the magic at all. We should do a petition to send it to Disney demanding them to bring this back
I love u so much!!!!!!!!
0:19 I love sadness I’ve met her at California adventure
awwww I love that nod to "Welcome to Pooh Corner" at the beginning of the video...It was one of my favorite shows, along with "Mousercise(mad respect for people exercising in character costumes!!!)" and "Dumbo's Circus" Those 80s animatronic shows were so much fun!!
I remember the good ole days when their mouth and eyes stayed open the whole time
One time Mickey sang happy birthday to me at Magic Kingdom and it was the coolest thing ever. Sad they took it away.
Welcome to another video of *"Things I didn't searched for"*
I only went on one park, Disneyland Paris. It was twice through my life, with the dates being:
2012
2020 (February)
speaking of game show appearances the Disney characters make their special appearances on Wheel of Fortune during its Disney themed shows
Sorry I don’t believe this I am so sorry I just don’t
Very cool info, I would now want to know how do star wars characters "voice line selection" works, cause stormtroopers, for example, use A LOT of diferent voice lines depending on each situation, and I've always been curious about how do they choose the exact line thet want to use...
OK but PLEASE tell me how they keep them cool in those costumes. I’ve always wondered. Is it an inner cooling system? Ice packs? Cold water running through an intricate system of tubes under there? Asking from 98 degrees on a typical Florida morning.
I NEW THE CHARACTERS WERE JUST PEOPLE IN FUZZY SUITS! By the way great video this is what I was wondering about
Yeah..... I was in Disney World in the early 1990's. I don't think those things even existed yet. Just to see these characters was cool back then. I walked a straight line with Eeyore and messed with Mickey for a bit. My favorite was always Donald though. My favorite place was E.P.C.O.T. Center. Back then Back to The Future and other futuristic and sci fi movies were a big thing for me so E.P.C.O.T. was definitely my favorite place.
Man if we even would have had a quarter of what some of these futuristic sci fi places predicted or showed us by this time that would have been cool. Instead everyone's enslaved by their friggin' phones. Not the cool future I had in mind.... just saying.....
Can't imagine trying to act so happy and lively when you're having a bad day... Kudos to the actors/actresses we all see in Disneyland!
@TheCatsMeow PrettyHorses They try not to let bad things bother them too much.
@TheCatsMeow PrettyHorses Speaking of purity, have they had any children? ;)
this is interesting to me. i never been to disney world so i never knew how long they were able to do this.
Me going to Disneyland 12 years ago (5 at the time) only to be terrified of them and to find out they now talk that’s even more crazy 🤯
If I were to go to Disneyland right now, I would instantly forget I even saw this video
Still remarkable that they can see (!) and it seems like it takes great
Disney's magic made through hard work.
Ok now I know! Thank you for the information
My granddaughter was a cast member...but not a character, she had a uniform. (Well she was a charge one day when her friend got sick...but I don’t remember which one!)
Imagine how hard.. You would have to rehearse so many times to get the timing right so it doesn’t look so bad.
You're close, but not quite spot on. I have first hand knowledge of how it works, I used to work in that dept. You're about 80% right
Big deal! All the princesses and princes can blink and talk too! I don’t see them pulling levers or using bite guards or whatever they’re called!
(This is a joke lol)
I always wondered how they do this! I also wonder how much room in the costume the machinery takes up lol
Ruined the magic? Just look at the muppets. Even when you are aware as a kid that they are puppets, they are still full of character and magic.
Geez, compare these to the very first costumes.
I think they're scary because they blink and you gave me an excellent exclamation so thank you
The simple explanation is no it’s not magic it’s just Mickey and Minnie are really alive and that’s why they talk and blink...
:)
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I kind of prefer if they try not to use animatronic heads and just stuck with pantomiming the audio in the background, unless this is the new thing they’re trying to experiment with.
Sadly... They Don't Use Those Masks Anymore... I DON'T KNOW WHY
Do you mean the big masks
I imagine maintenance issues and finding cast members who could remember how to do it and perform at the same time.
My favorite Disney character is farfour, why can’t I meet him at any Disney parks?
I literally never had this question before but when I saw this, I just needed to click LOL
I dont care if these types of videos ruins the magic for me. I love seeing the behind the scenes of stuff, especially with Disney
Don’t be sorry about ruining the magic I’ve always wanted to know how they do that
I’ve only been to Disney land once in my life… no wait twice in my life. And both times were interesting.