How Disney's Magic Mirror Works | Enchanted Tales with Belle
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A look at the magic mirror illusion from Disney’s Enchanted Tales with Belle attraction.
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The topic for this video was suggested by one of my followers on Twitter (Thanks Michael!)
What attractions would you like to see next?
Art of Engineering can you do Peter Pan. I’ve always wondered if it’s a a track underneath the boat (ride vehicle) or is it hanging?
Floorball Nation it’s hanging
I would like to see Soarin
Rise of the Resistance
How to make a ventilator or masks with random parts laying around the house,ala' Apollo 13.
I dated an engineering student once when I lived in Claremont (Orlando. I lived 5 mins from Disney.) and she loved Disney more than the kids did. For her, Disney was a literal land of magic and mystery, of wonderous discoveries and beautiful fantasy. She would geek out over trams, rides, forced perspective and she would use a selfie stick she made that stretched to like 8 feet long to peek into construction zones with her gopro.
Honestly, going to a theme park with her was like all of the best parts about going with a small child, and none of the bad parts. All of the joy and excitement and pure childlike wonder, and none of the whining or crying or begging for stuff. She loved waiting on lines.. she would use the time to investigate stuff, go through her camera and phone and look at photos and video clips and delete stuff to take another 5 million pictures of cool garbage cans or a wierd bolt she found.
Instead of telling me all about the characters and cartoons like a kid, she would instead "Oooh oooh! Babe! Look! It's goofy! Hi goofy, stand still. Ok. Babe, did you know under this suit he has a really cool fluid cooling vest system that pumps water through......" and on and on. "Oh! Wow! You hear that cool clicking noise that ride is making? Those are the safety latches on the..." "Oooooh! Look! Electromagnetic induction coils in the ground! That's how the rides slow down so they don't collide with eachother! Did you know that..." and so on... she would drop cool facts and fun tidbits all day long. Even after 8 hours in the sun she never got tired of it, and neither did I.
She taught me a very important lesson about life. There is always beauty to be found, and sometimes things that look obviously interesting or beautiful can have another, deeper layer making them even more interesting. Knowing how things works can give you a deeper appreciation for it! Knowing that thousands of explosions per minute move your car along, or that lava lamps encrypt some of the most important information on the internet can make you appreciate them more!
A ride or attraction like this is awesome at a surface level, but absolutely incredible once you know how it works!
Great story. Thanks for sharing!
bro go get your wife what are u doing
Sounds like me every time I went (my mom was probably REALLY tired of my rants). The inner workings of the attractions is by far the coolest part of the park
This attraction turns 8 years old this year, but I think this effect is still one of the most impressive Disney has ever pulled off
_beaugood there’s that light saber effect that they used on rise of the resistance
I was an adult and still blew me away, it is an amazing effect.
The really cool part is that you get to go THROUGH it, unlike most Disney Parks attractions where you just go by it or near it. You're literally going through a portal that appeared in front of you.
_beaugood it’s that old? Holy... I thought it was younger with how impressive the effect was! Heck I’ve debated seeing just this scene (given my utter lack of interest in the storytelling part), but hey - this video works too!
I agree. it's so seemless and surreal, I got light headed from it, knowing how it works, and watching it on a video.
That’s actually even cooler when you know how it works
it is. I was thinking of building on like that for my own home, but the costs... and I have don't have an engineering degree. but mostly the costs...
@@rulliantheskunk2091 why u want a magic mirror in your house
My engineering side immediately came out when I was at the attraction and saw the mirror opening up to a door! However, even through my careful observation (while also being in awe), I could not figure out how did the mirror work and it bothered me a lot even after I left the attraction. I'm so happy to FINALLY know how it works! Thank you for your awesome videos! :)
4:41 To hide the seam between the glass panels moving into position, the camera in the animation moves sideways before coming to rest on the wooden door. The movement of the panels is timed so that the seam follows the seam between the two halves of the projected door.
i've wondered about the details of how this works since i went to disney world in 2016. this is the best explanation i've found so far. thanks so much for making this!
Also the door projection opening coupled with the mirror door sliding open gives an illusionary perspective of actual doors opening :O
Excellent video!! I wasn’t even aware of this effect let alone how it worked, so thank you for enlightening me!
thats mind-blowing
Wow! An amazing feat of engineering, yet so simple. This was so cool. Thanks!
6:24 good effect that the doors seem to open normally but you can see the reflection
THIS IS AMAZING!!!
You should make a how the Tower of Terror at Disneysea preshow works
Man this wouldn't be remotely possible without the combination of digital and practical effects, and I bet most kids think it's legitimate magic (and a lot of adults will probably be baffled, I would be).
Does make me wonder why so many people still rag on digital effects in film calling them lazy though -_-
Edit: lazy and bad are not the same thing guys. There are tonnes of dedicated yet not too talented people in every discipline.
cos sometimes those effects can be jarring and look fake. especially for the scorpion king in the mummy movie, that broke the uncanny valley for many people...
@@PrograError ah right I forgot because practical effects have never had that problem
Because when CG is not good, everyone will notice it.
But Good CG no-one will know what real or cg. So just the way of using it not CG itself.
@@LunaZerOmega it does have it problems, but it's practical... so people forgave it for it jankyness...
@@DOSFS ah right I forgot practical effects never had that problem
How does the texture on the wall not move when the wall moves down?
Good question! The bottom wall panel is painted a solid color and the texture is projected onto it so the wall appears stationary.
Would anyone happen to know how they do the enchanted rose in the “Be Our Guest”?
It that how the sorcerers of the magic kingdom thing works
You would think that revealing the secret would spoil tge experience, yet it makes it even cooler.
Great video, but here's a suggestion. You constantly use a rising inflection in your voiceover. It makes you sound like you end all your sentences with a comma or question mark. This gives your narration a lot of tension, like you're not finishing your thoughts. In your earlier videos, you didn't do this, so I assume it's to try to make yourself sound more like other videos like watchmojo. Be yourself, your videos are great!
(I noticed you started doing this in your tower of terror video)
Yeah every sentence basically sounds the same
I can't ignore it since you pointed it out
I find it helps if, instead of thinking of what you're saying as an educational speech, you imagine yourself talking casually to a friend who's sitting next to you in a car. Also, try listening back to what you've recorded before you post it.
Posted the same thing, I think he is reading from a script kinda like a kid doing an oral.
Even if I know how it works, it's still magical to watch.
Missed opportunity to have dummy doors on the inside to really sell it to the guests that they really walked through thee doors, could even have them shout behind guests, though given that they walk through it that might be a bit of an ask.
that does not explain how the picture inside the frame was able to telescope out to create an opening door.
The mirror is larger than the frame and is made up of two pieces of glass. It doesn't telescope. It just slides left and right.
what
That mechanism also needs to be incredibly reliable. It's being used over and over all day every day.
Disney's got a lot of experience at building reliable mechanisms, the stretching rooms in the Haunted Mansion's been in operation for decades now.
I would assume they do maintenance at night
Manabi Don’t forget that they have back up plans in case the effects don’t work.
@@tanimation7289 What are the backup plans? Do you have a video of that happening or know where I can find one on TH-cam?
EVERY mechanism at EVERY theme park needs to be incredibly reliable for the same reason.
I'm always excited when i see a disney's engineering breakdown video please make more!
I like how the glass seam is moved to the center to coincide with a wall corner on the projected image so its almost impossible to see it slide across there because its hidden by that corner. So clutch.
Wanna hear something i noticed? When the glass panels begin to move, the animation also moves with the mirror, furthering the effect.
Yeah my mom made me go through it when i was super young when it first open and at first I thought it was a girls thing and didn’t wanna go but then I realized it was super cool
It is clever to use the dark parts of the animation to hide the groove between the sliding glass doors.
I probably would have skipped over that attraction but wow that needs to be experienced in person it's so cool
Johnpnw Yes you would think that is only a meet and greet, but has two of the coolest animatronics as well, one of them interactive, I think. Ok, is more like an over-glorified meet and greet, but is worth checking anyway.
I got my family to go through Enchanted Tales With Belle for the first time on a whim. It was still a relatively new attraction at the time, so we thought it might be cool to see something we hadn't before.
The mirror effect was the most mind-boggling thing I'd ever experienced at a Disney park for a *very* long time!
I loved working at Enchanted Tales with Belle! Fun fact, to hide the movement of the lower wall they project fake cracks in addition to the green magic around the frame. The mirror surprised so many guests, it’s truly magical!
That was really cool! I've never had a chance to go through Enchanted Tales, but the next time I make it to Disney I really want to check it out!
I have gone through this four times. I also got to play the wardrobe two times.
Great job on the video! You always do a wonderful job explaining complex and technical topics in a way that makes sense to everyone.
Good job man. I knew you'd figure it out. 🙂
The amount of genius this must have required to make is completely astounding. Bravo, Imagineers!
I’m gonna be honest, I never knew that this attraction existed (I generally don’t go to character meet-and-greets anymore), but now I wanna go just to see that effect.
Love seeing stuff like this broken down! Also, that's a pretty impressive illusion!
That's some voodoo magic stuff right there.
For some learning how the magic works ruins it for them but for others which includes myself it makes it even more fun and interesting
I've been to Disney World and saw this attraction back in 2018. and I've been wondering how it worked because I was totally blown away like it was actual Magic. First time I saw it my jaw hit the floor. I always considered myself wanted to know how they did it but that doesn't spoil the magic. If anything it makes me even more appreciative of all the hard work gone into the this illusion.
Thank you so much for today's lesson
It’s actually crazy to look at the mirror when it’s small, bordered on all sides by a wall, and think “that’s my way in to the ride and it somehow becomes a door.” That’s nuts bro
Great explanation! I love breaking down the mechanics of rides like this. I made a few videos myself focused on breaking down the science behind a disney attraction! Except my explanations were all aerospace based explanations of Mission Space.
That is absolutely genius. It wasn't difficult to guess the expanding frame on the first sight but the rest was quite surprising, especially the sliding doors since there was no indication whatsoever that there was a seam. Really clever attraction.
I'd just like to know how you know so much about how all these attractions work.
Loving these theme part insight videos 👍
One thing I was hoping you'd mention (sorry if you did and I missed it!) is that the bottom half of the wall (the part that moves) has marbling projected on it to make it look similar to the way the upper part of the wall is painted. When the wall moves, the marbling is static to help keep the illusion that the wall is not actually moving. I always felt like that was a key part of what helps to confuse the eye about what is actually happening here. Didn't see anyone mention it in the comments so I wanted to point it out! (Source: I used to work there)
Thank you. I was on the right track with the frame, but I had been up close and not seen a slit or even line in the mirror until it opened and it baffled me until now how they could have hid that center seam.
Even now that I understand it, I still have the appreciation of how well it still looks.
I've watched this magic trick in person at least 3 or 4 times, and it never ceases to amaze me!
Never new this existed.... just thought it was a meet and greet with a story time....
Once again an unbelievably well done video, keep it up!!
This effect, and little Lumiere blew my mind when I first saw them. They nailed em!
lumiere is kind of controlled like a puppet, since his arms are so skinny they made them flexible and the mechanisms are behind the curtain controlling him on rods. it's really cool technology and pretty fascinating to watch
"It might appear relatively simple at first..."? Maybe to a special effects engineer it does. It looks like sorcery to me :-)
We got to experience a soft opening of New Fantasyland in the fall of 2012. Having heard nothing about the newly added attractions we were able to experience them (mine ride wasn't ready yet) without any preconception. The mirror effect was so stunning and gave me a Disney magic experience normally reserved for the kids. Even when I went back through the attraction and was able to watch for it I couldn't tell how they did it. Well done Imagineers!
practical effects are so cool... the amount of work that goes into making sure this always looks perfect and seamless is amazing
Disney House of Magic Music Ride.🌎
Super cool and very well explained
Clever! Using the film wipe technique with the edge to move in the actual door for guests! They truly are imagineers!
I go to this attraction all the time despite not having any kids and not having any children family members with me on my Disney trips. Because I love this affect and Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney film of all time. I know it's for the kids, but I just love it too much!
Nice video. I’ll make sure to hit that “BELLE” for future videos.
I'll watch all your "how x works" videos. AoE, you are very thorough. Satisfies my OCD for having things explained to me in a very detailed manner. SUBBED
That effect was pretty cool
I hope this is replaced with a copy of the Beauty & Beast ride from Tokyo, but keeps this part as it is awe inspiring every time you see it.
“Might seem simple at first” meanwhile I’ve watched the entire thing and still don’t get it
The technique is widely used in this HomePod commercial- th-cam.com/video/k70OczvX45k/w-d-xo.html :)
also... can you or someone tell me what's the background soundtrack used in the first part of the video.
No clue what the magic mirror is....I’ve only been there once back in 1998
This attraction is too slept on man. The wardrobe animatronic is extremely impressive
Brilliant video. Thank you for sharing 💎💎💎
I love these videos! My family is really into Disney and I showed pretty much everyone that video of the tower of terror. Keep up the great videos!
Aidey8 mph? I see what you did there!
@@IsaBella-ir4rf yeah my name is Aidan and my sister calls me Aidey8 sometimes. Then I just thought I should do a whole back to the future profile picture with that.
Man, seeing this makes me want to go back to Disney so bad! I never went to the Enchanted Tales thing.
Just imagine the kids trying to figure out how this works... Their minds would definitely be blown!
If possible can you talk about the Lumiere animatronic and how it works?
Disney is the best
haha you come here to have your childhood wonderment destroyed. lols
You explained one of the most mysterious thing.
This mirror is so unnecessary that it is wonderful.
damn .. i didn't even know that exists..
nice video budd..
keep it up
I'm gonna put one of these in my house istg
It's very interesting to know how it works
Hey Art of Engineering, could you do a video based on how the new ride at Galaxy’s Edge in Disney Hollywood Studio works? It’s a real masterpiece of immersive engineering, and I think it’d be a really interesting video!
Btw great video, I’ve been looking to be an imagineer, and these videos have greatly made me more aware of everything the engineering word has to offer.
The channel “Amusement Labs” made a video on this not to long ago
Can you do a video on ,How Maxx Force works‘ (Specifically the Air powered launch)
The illustrations are really useful! Thanks!
Oh my I think I'm dumb cause the explanation confused me so much.
Definitely fried some of my brain cells too.
I always thought this was the most magical effect and wondered how on Earth it worked!!! So cool to know! 💖💖💖
I have never done this but now I have to check it out
Could you do peppers ghost effect? People have tried to explain it to me, but I still don’t understand 🤭
in the haunted mansion the animatronics are below and above the ride track, there's a big glass panel in front of the track, lights are shined onto the animatronics so their reflections appear on the glass. so what you're seeing is the reflections of the animatronics
Funny, actor/magician Harry Anderson once talked about a magic performance of his. Almost everything in this video is the same as the magic trick Harry described.
Oh please do more Theme Park themed videos. Pretty please? Love the animation too. Thank you for such amazing content. Keep it up!!!
This is my Favorite video so far on your channel, followed by the tower of terror and the floating mountains. I would love it if you could break down more theme park Illusions. Keep up the great work.
Wow, amazing!
Fantastic explanation, very clear, and so many details on your graphics. Thanks for sharing this with us!
“You should open your mouth wider when you speak” - Willy Wonka, 1971.
Anyone here in 2024 ?
I went to WDW for the first time last January. I never heard of this attraction before so I've never seen any images or videos of it. So when I saw this effect in person for the first time, my mind was blown to say the least lol
How much would it cost to do this at home? Lol
You explain things so well, thank you
Great video! I always enjoy these and love the Disney ones. Also wanted to note that I just saw your video on the Top Videos list on Digg. Good work!
I've never been to disneyland and i know it's a cool place and all but, damn man, this is above my expectations.
I still don’t understand after this video just goes to show how amazing Disney engineers are!
Hi, what tools do you use to make your animations? Great video!
Thanks! I draw all the graphics in Inkscape, and then I animate them using Adobe Premiere Pro (and sometimes After Effects).