Jew Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Well, that still looks cool, but it's closer to what we have at Disneyland Paris. Hope the boat ride will be superior, though! And please Disney, give us AA's. A lot of them. If you want to do a tribute to POTC and not include a ton of AA, you're doing it wrong.Top I'd be happy with a Pirates on the same level as Paris version. Definitely the best of them IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Looks to be pretty cool. I always take concept art with a grain of salt. I take it as a general concept and individual details will change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 ^Yep--parks rarely look exactly like their concept art. I wonder if the Shanghai ride will be anything like what they were toying with for Hong Kong Disney. As I recall, that was "Splash Mountain Meets POTC." A Pirates of the Caribbean shooting dark ride could be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Can't wait to see and enjoy how this all turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 What happened to the first version of the land? There was a stunt show! There's two distinct show buildings in the new picture…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSportsAndCoasters Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 This is going to be so awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRCT3 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I just watched a video of , as I heard the Shanghai ride will use some sort of similar technology, and while I'm a little bit disappointed there won't be as much AA as in the original rides, I really think there's a big potential and can't wait to see the finished product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 With all the advances in projection/lighting technology, AA's are really a thing of the past. Unless you do them on the scale of Lava Monster (or the Yeti when it was working), they're not that impressive compared to what can be done with projections now when mixed with impressive physical sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 ^ A Universal employee would say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 ^ A Universal employee would say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 ^ A Universal employee would say that. Win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 ^ A Universal employee would say that. Wes wins the internet! With all the advances in projection/lighting technology, AA's are really a thing of the past. Unless you do them on the scale of Lava Monster (or the Yeti when it was working), they're not that impressive compared to what can be done with projections now when mixed with impressive physical sets. See, and I think its the exact opposite. Large scale projections like Spiderman, Transformers, Forbidden Journey, and Flos in Racers work because they are larger then life, literally. Its impracticable or impossible to build these scenes out, so a projection is used. But on smaller scales, like with Racers, Ariel, or Pirates or Jurassic Park the AAs look great and would be totally silly to use projections for those things. Sometimes it's required for space concerns, but minus that I would hope parks continue to build AAs because I think most are more impressed with those then a giant screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRCT3 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 With all the advances in projection/lighting technology, AA's are really a thing of the past. Unless you do them on the scale of Lava Monster (or the Yeti when it was working), they're not that impressive compared to what can be done with projections now when mixed with impressive physical sets. , , and . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 ^^ Even on Forbidden Journey, the movie pods were by far the least interesting parts of the ride, it's when you're moving through the physical sets when the ride gets interesting. Plus that random Hermione projection in the spider woods part was soooo dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A113 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 On the topic of projections, it'd be really neat to see this system getting fleshed out in an attraction: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 There's a 50/50 split whether that video is actually real or not though. Additionally, even if it is real, its mostly useless...as they could have used some of the new LED or OLED tech and created the exact same effect and not have to map it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRCT3 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 It is real, for sure. But the con is that it's only visible from one point of view (the camera here). So it's not applicable for a ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A113 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 ^ But in that case, you can use it for a dark-ride, something like the Curse of DarKastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) ^^ Even on Forbidden Journey, the movie pods were by far the least interesting parts of the ride, it's when you're moving through the physical sets when the ride gets interesting. Plus that random Hermione projection in the spider woods part was soooo dumb. Agreed. I preferred the sections with the physical effects, such as the Whomping Willow and the Dementors, to the projected stuff. But a good mix of projections and physical effects (as in Spider-man) can be very effective. Edited March 21, 2014 by cfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRCT3 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) ^^ Yes, and actually that technic was already used in Spiderman and all the 3D dark-ride, . But the level of detail used for the "Box" video requires one point of view, and when I mean one, it's not a vehicule, it's one person. (I actually thought about a dark ride using advanced anamorphosis and mapping like that, but yep, vehicules would carry only one person at a time) Edited March 20, 2014 by KingRCT3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Spiderman is definitely the best example of blending screens and physical sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRCT3 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 What happened to the first version of the land? There was a stunt show! There's two distinct show buildings in the new picture…. Wait, yes, I just saw that the POTC ride is actually the small building in the right. (New version in full scale) That big building might be the stunt show. I hope the dark ride doesn't get relayed to second place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 That big building might be the stunt show. Mmmmmm EPIC Dinner Theater!!! Actually, I am sure the space needed to pull off an awesome PoTC is not lost on the Imagineers, and the whole building may not be shown, to the right of the concept artwork. And of course, if it's anything like the car stunt shows at Paris and Florida, to cover an entire arena up is still something to do, these days. This is a visit to take, simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 ^ A Universal employee would say that. You got me there... Seriously though, animatronics done right are still very impressive. I should have expanded upon my original examples of lava monster and the Yeti to include smaller ones that are also very impressive. However, I still think that projection mapping/lighting done right is equally as impressive as an animatronic. I was thinking of rides like Transformers, Spiderman, and even the new Thunder Mountain finale as examples that come to mind of how projection/lighting can be just as impressive when mixed with physical sets. What I was really getting at is that it takes a lot more for an animatronic to "wow" now because of how far technology has advanced. The best example that comes to mind for me is the Log Ride at KBF: you can't say anything bad about the re-do, it's well done and fun, but you're not going "OMFG wow!" either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Some cool pics posted to www.themeparx.com Here's one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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