zano Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 hi dose any one know how the disappearance scene works at tokyo disney sea tower of terror? any night time shots? also how is all the lighting effects done on the idol? eg when the necklace around its neck light's up. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Its a thermal-mirror, which shuts off to reveal the dummy vehicle behind it. For the part where everyone turns into ghosts, I believe its some sort of real-time infrared sensor they have, or at least I remember it being something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 MAGIC!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zano Posted January 15, 2007 Author Share Posted January 15, 2007 i mean how dose the idol disappear in the pre-show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkyknum Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 MAGIC!!!!! Not just ANY magic, but DISNEY MAGIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDragon Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 i thought it was pixie dust... probably supplied by Tinkerbell. if its a live person or something its called 'Casper's Ghost' or something. basically, a piece of glass is place at a 45* angle to the audience with an actor/actress standing behind it. it is well lit as this will not prevent glare. there is a secret room in line with the glass where another actor/actress is hidden with the 'after effects' as it were When the 'effect' happens, the light where the actor/actress dims down and the hidden room is lit, thus turning the glass into a mirror. its quite conventional and is very effective as it was developed in the 1960's i believe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollermonkey Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I saw it three times, and there is no smoke or mirrors involved in making that idol disappearing. It's a fantastic stunt, and I'll be curious if anyone knows how it is done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CycloneMan Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I was wondering the same thing too when I rode it. And how the figure dissapear in the Preshow right infront of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDragon Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I saw it three times, and there is no smoke or mirrors involved in making that idol disappearing. It's a fantastic stunt, and I'll be curious if anyone knows how it is done! read my post. look up Peppers Ghost on wikipedia if you dont fully understand. its really simple and fairly cheap, but it gives an amazing effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corkscrewed Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 That's a lie. What really happens is a purple monkey comes out of a closet and performs a voodoo dance, thus capturing every rider's soul. That is then displayed on the magical pixie soul-o-tron that shows up on the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollermonkey Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I dunno, you can walk around three sides of that idol in the TDS ToT. You can see the back of the idol and everything. I'm not sure that it's an example of the pepper's ghost trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zano Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 it is not the peppers ghost trick as it need a separate room for it to work but as said above, you can walk right around the idol in the pre show the only way i think is if it just droped into the thing its standing on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDragon Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 oh ok. ive never seen it, it was just a guess... it could be pixie dust though... there is probably a trap door lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CycloneMan Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 At first I thought Pepper's Ghost, but it seemed impossible. Then I condidered a trap door, but tht seems to quick for it to disappear like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doitdumont1128 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 does anyone hav a video of the effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBannedKid Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Haven't you guys ever heard of holograms, duh? Magic is more plausible though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 After watching the video my guess is that when the back wall goes black, the idol then blends in with the wall so you can't see it, and then it "disappears" into that stand thing it sits on, then they flash the light on it, and everyone is like OMGz! They used that basic idea of the object masking into the background for one of the shows at USH's HHN where they had this dorky little thing, a black sheet, and ghosts, anyways, they had a bunch of people in black suits running around in front of the sheet, and for the most part you couldn't even tell that there were people there unless the light hit them a certain way. After watching the video, I'm almost positive the same idea has been applied to the "Dissappearing Monkey Idol" And Disney would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those meddling Geeks on the Internet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AT0527 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 ^ Wheres the video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JbmJhWg-cI You can find all sorts of things on the all mighty you tube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AT0527 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollermonkey Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 The statue is too large to be dropped into the column it stands on, so that's not it either. It really is an awesome stunt, and all I could ever think of was a really good hologram, but I was decidedly under the impression that those are more science fiction than science fact right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackskellington101 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 It's done by the sheer evil dark magic of the Shiriki Utundu. Little known fact, the Shiriki Utundu is Swahili for "Idol that looks like Stitch." In all seriousness, my guess is that the idol isn't there at all. It's not Pepper's Ghost either. I think it's actually painted into the wall behind it and when certain light hit it's shown and when that light goes off, it disappears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 ^ No, it's really there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDragon Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 HA! it has an up-light! (a light thats facing upwards) with a dark background... i think... lol. the mystery wears on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I can't give you the exact method, but the statue is attached to some sort of mechanical base that's making it drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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