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The rides since the 1990s with TV screens and shaky chairs are rather boring compared to earlier animatronics like Pirates. I generally never have done them a s

The rides since the 1990s with TV screens and shaky chairs are rather boring compared to earlier animatronics like Pirates. I generally never have done them a second time. You'd think with modern assembly line motion capture, robotics and computers that animatronics would be a cinch.

tomcam 7y ago
Doing the prototypes is one thing. Creating reliable machinery with the kind of duty cycle required by a Disneyland is still exceptionally hard with interesting animatronics.
Iv 7y ago
Check out the new beauty and the beast animatronics. They are really next gen
JonathonW 7y ago
Disney's still doing some incredible animatronics work-- go look for video of the Navi shaman animatronic from Navi River Journey (at Animal Kingdom in Disney World), or the Hondo Ohnaka animatronic in the preshow for Millenium Falcon: Smuggler's Run (in Disneyland's Galaxy's Edge). Both represent the cutting edge in modern animatronics work.
maverick2007 7y ago
As a massive theme park fan, this has been especially pronounced lately (if you want an example about how bad it's gotten, check out Fast and the Furious Supercharged at Universal Studios Florida) but there have been rides since the 90s that mix physical sets and screens really well. If you want to check those out, my two favorites are The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman and Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, both at Islands of Adventure in Orlando.
- jadell 7y ago
  Fast and Furious Supercharged is a terrible ride (and according to a friend of ours who works at Universal Orlando, the employees agree.) King Kong, also at Islands of Adventure, is the same ride type, and even uses the same vehicle, but is a vastly superior ride. I think a lot of it it comes down to the "story" the ride is trying to tell, and how well it tells it. Spiderman and Harry Potter Forbidden Journey are also excellent. I know it's a different ride type than we're talking about, but I'm looking forward to heading down to Universal Orlando this fall and for the new Harry Potter ride. Hopefully we won't have to wait 10 hours in line, like the folks who rode it opening day. Just my opinion, but with the exception of the Avatar ride as DisneyWorld, I find the rides at Universal to be much more entertaining and engaging.

tomcam 7y ago

Doing the prototypes is one thing. Creating reliable machinery with the kind of duty cycle required by a Disneyland is still exceptionally hard with interesting animatronics.

Iv 7y ago

Check out the new beauty and the beast animatronics. They are really next gen

JonathonW 7y ago

Disney's still doing some incredible animatronics work-- go look for video of the Navi shaman animatronic from Navi River Journey (at Animal Kingdom in Disney World), or the Hondo Ohnaka animatronic in the preshow for Millenium Falcon: Smuggler's Run (in Disneyland's Galaxy's Edge). Both represent the cutting edge in modern animatronics work.

maverick2007 7y ago

As a massive theme park fan, this has been especially pronounced lately (if you want an example about how bad it's gotten, check out Fast and the Furious Supercharged at Universal Studios Florida) but there have been rides since the 90s that mix physical sets and screens really well. If you want to check those out, my two favorites are The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman and Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, both at Islands of Adventure in Orlando.

jadell 7y ago
Fast and Furious Supercharged is a terrible ride (and according to a friend of ours who works at Universal Orlando, the employees agree.) King Kong, also at Islands of Adventure, is the same ride type, and even uses the same vehicle, but is a vastly superior ride. I think a lot of it it comes down to the "story" the ride is trying to tell, and how well it tells it. Spiderman and Harry Potter Forbidden Journey are also excellent. I know it's a different ride type than we're talking about, but I'm looking forward to heading down to Universal Orlando this fall and for the new Harry Potter ride. Hopefully we won't have to wait 10 hours in line, like the folks who rode it opening day. Just my opinion, but with the exception of the Avatar ride as DisneyWorld, I find the rides at Universal to be much more entertaining and engaging.