- (gasps) Love! Oh my God, love!
This is a wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
Wow, wow, wow.
- (React) Today, you are going to Try Not To Say Wow,
while exploring some Disney amusement ride secrets,
and fun facts. - Aw, no, I like those!
- I'm hoping I can pull through with this.
- I'm not the biggest theme park person.
- (narrator) Web Slingers uses Triotech's...
- Ooh! (buzzer rings)
- (narrator) Maestro hands-free aiming technology.
- Oh, cool. (buzzer rings)
Oh wait [censored], I forgot I was in a challenge, shoot!
- See, like I kinda knew this.
- This reminds me of Spy Kids.
- I was like wow, oh. (buzzer rings)
- That's why it's so advanced.
- I mean, they kind of explain this to you on the ride.
- So I guess, you can like... (webbing thwips)
Shoot the webs.
- Oh, I've been here.
- It's cool that the technology has gone this way,
just 'cause you get to do all these things with it.
- I wanna shoot some webs!
- (narrator) This creates a projectile or in the ride's case, webs,
that appear to fire... - Oh, that sounds fun!
- That was pretty sick, like, I wanna go on that now.
- I'm tempted to do the sequence
from the first Tobey Maguire Spider-Man, where he goes.
(laughs) Like this.
- I love graphic games, like interactive stuff.
- I didn't even know this ride existed!
- Especially when it has to do with being on rides,
and being able to be interactive and enjoy it that way.
- It's a full work out, but it's really cool
how far technology has gone.
You have to constantly like whip your arm out there,
and like do it super fast.
- So you really have to be like... (webbing thwips)
(laughs)
- I would get so into it.
- It tells you the top scores as you're leaving.
You don't get too many of those at Disney,
so it's a nice addition.
- I'm gonna buy a ticket today.
- (narrator) One of the most impressive illusions...
- Indiana Jones!
Also, one of my favorite rides,
because it's more of like a roller coaster thing,
which I like a lot. I love roller coasters.
- Okay, I don't know if I'm familiar with this one.
- (narrator) In the big final scene on the ride,
there's the iconic boulder chase. - Yes!
Oh my God, I've always wondered! I remember this!
- (narrator) As your ride vehicle moves backwards to avoid getting hit.
Well, what if we told you that the boulder and the truck
don't move at all?
- I did not know that, that's very interesting.
(buzzer rings)
- (narrator) That's right, the boulder is stationary.
- Huh, huh?
- What? (buzzer rings)
- No, no! That ball moves!
You can see it move, it's on a track too,
and it moves slightly forward, I swear.
- That's crazy!
- Wait, sorry, my brain is processing.
- I wonder why they did that?
- It looks like you're being chased.
- My brain is still not processing it as the walls moving.
- I guess just to avoid resetting the ball every time?
- The amount of times the ride has broken
when I have been in that spot, and everyone's screaming,
because they think that the boulder's actually moving,
and because the ride broke, that it's gonna fall on us.
- That, I did not know.
Now I gotta share that with my Disney friends
to see if they knew that one.
- It's not even moving? It's just spinning in place?
I thought we dodged that [censored]! I thought we were able to go,
I thought we survived!
- I guess that's cheaper than building a track.
- It'd be, I feel like, more annoying to reset that ball,
and put it back up.
- Oh my God, I can sleep soundly tonight.
- That's really smart, that's really smart.
- I will say that's probably my favorite one so far.
I did not know that.
- (narrator) The first ride we're gonna take a look at...
- (gasps) Love! Oh my God, love!
This is a wow. (buzzer rings)
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. Wow, wow, wow.
- This is the Avatar one, right?
- Okay, I haven't been on this. It's very pretty.
- This is my absolutely favorite thing in the world right now.
- See, we need more stuff like this at Disneyland.
- Cool, that deserves a wow. (buzzer rings)
- (narrator) Water is flowing down the rocks,
but the flowing water is actually...
- Is that just a projection? Yeah, I was gonna say,
I feel like that's probably a projection.
- (narrator) With some bubbling with the physical water at the bottom.
- Oh my God, the water!?
- I thought, at first, that it really was like all animatronics.
- (narrator) ...projection and physical sets blend together...
- I'm genuinely confused.
- That looked pretty legit.
- I don't really want to know certain things,
'cause like, especially when it comes to Disney,
you don't wanna ruin that magic.
- Out of all the things that could have been actually real,
you would assume the water at least is, and it's not.
- I think I would have a hard time figuring out what was real,
and what was a screen.
- Everything about this ride is insanely realistic, beautiful,
accurate to the movie.
- Kids will literally go on that ride,
and go what are these blue people?
- They can show you all of this on a projection screen,
and make you feel like it's actually there,
and you might actually not even know that that was a projection screen.
- That looks so real anyway, I'm so impressed.
- Oh yeah, not for me, I'm not impressed by anything now.
This is the new Austin.
- They should make rides like this like, more common.
- (narrator) You'll come across the mini scene...
- Oh, love Pirates of the Caribbean!
Ah!
- I love this ride.
- I love this ride! Oh, I love.
The smell.
- (narrator) A mirror is used to turn this skeleton into a pirate.
- I've seen this too!
- (narrator) Each side only has half a figure.
- I get it now. Pirates is ugly.
- It's not really that hidden. (laughs)
- Last time I was there, my friend noticed it.
She was like hold on, look back,
that's not a skeleton anymore.
- Didn't get me, thankfully, I'm a little bit blind.
- I don't remember ever really noticing that in the ride,
why haven't I seen that before?
- That one didn't ruin anything for me.
I already knew that one was there,
without anyone even telling me, like it was super obvious.
- It still tripped me out, because I had never seen that before.
- That mirror trick is used widely in magical tricks,
so that's like a well-known thing.
- It was just such a subtle add into the ride,
and it's so perfect.
- It's the best ride when you're like, when it's a hot day out.
I've had it break down on me before, for like an hour.
- Yeah, that one deserves, that one deserves a wow.
(buzzer rings) I'm not gonna lie.
- Full-on took an hour nap in there,
'cause it literally like, no joke,
broke down for an hour when I was in there.
- (narrator) Floor to ceiling panes of glass.
- (gasps) Haunted Mansion!
- See, this one's just like a classic.
- I've been here. Recently.
- (narrator) ...is an illuminated ballroom featuring many fixtures...
- This was my first time ever, in my entire life,
seeing hologram type of projections.
I was a child, and I thought it was so cool.
- (narrator) During the scene, riders are traveling
on the upper balcony of the room. - I know, I know all the tea.
I know about the mirrors. - (narrator) ...on rotation tables.
These figures are placed equidistant from the glass,
to where in the room they're intended to appear.
(buzzer rings)
- That's how it works?
- It's hard to tell, which is the crazy thing about it.
- Damn, that's actually pretty cool. (buzzer rings)
- See, it's interesting,
because it's such an old illusion that they're using.
- Practical effects. That's practical effects.
- I have known about this, this isn't a secret for me.
- I wondered how they did that in real life.
I was there recently.
- I've been on this ride. I know how that part works.
- Practical effects are just so cool.
- You just let the magic do its thing.
Like you don't, there's certain things you just don't wanna know.
- In the '60s, they didn't have that hologram thing,
so they found out how to make a hologram
without using electricity.
- With the light in a certain way, you can't actually tell what's where,
that things are reflected.
- That one is specifically one
that I would have preferred to not have known.
- It was such a good choice, the ride is immaculate, honestly.
- They feel more precious, and a little under-utilized now,
so when they're done well, they're like ooh, okay, shit.
- (narrator) Tower of Terror was such a success for Disney...
- Oh fun, I remember.
- (narrator) At California Adventure in 2004,
Tokyo DisneySea in 2006.
- Have not been to either of the last two, not Tokyo or Paris.
- (narrator) The Tokyo version utilized a different theme and story.
- Tower is cool, but we have Guardians.
- 100%, so beautiful.
- (narrator) In 2017, the California version was re-themed
to the Guardians of the Galaxy. (Sabrina sighs)
- It looks stupid.
- My absolute favorite ride.
My absolute favorite ride, I'm so mad!
- Do they still have it other places?
- That one is so much more fun in my opinion.
It's not, obviously, the classic.
- What are they gonna change next? The Haunted Mansion ride too?
You gonna get rid of all my spooky favorite rides?
- That is very tall.
I mean, you could see it when you're standing down there,
you hear people screaming as its going down.
- They copied that elevators are in real life.
- I think that's what people look for, that adrenaline that's pumping
when you're going on a roller coaster, when you're going on a drop,
which is why, I think, this ride is so popular for people.
- I was really impressed.
(buzzer rings) This was really cool.
- A lot of people, I feel like, are scared to go on it,
because that is something where if it goes wrong,
you would think that it would go really wrong.
- It's like you get that drop, but the thing is like,
you know you're gonna be safe.
- I'm just not impressed.
Maybe if they made something original, like a blimp or something.
- You get off, and you wanna get back on again.
It's a different kind of thrill, it's not for everybody.
- If elevators were like that, I would never get in an elevator again.
- I'm genuinely so mad, because the aesthetics,
everything about Tower of Terror was just so chef's kiss.
Everything about that ride, and they just took it away from me.
- See towers are in real life, and elevators are in real life,
they're just copying real life, that's not original.
- (narrator) Completing construction in 2014.
- Ratatouille! What's going on?
What is this, where is this?
- I'm assuming this is in Disney World,
'cause this is not in Disneyland.
- I've watched the entire walkthrough of this,
and tried to just live vicariously though it.
- (narrator) The ride features 12 groups of three trackless
ride vehicles that tour riders through each scene.
- I'm assuming you don't control it though.
- Oh, look it!
In the storage room!
- (narrator) If you've ever owned a Roomba robotic vacuum,
these vehicles behave in a similar manner.
- I love that they do things, ooh!
Is this like bumper cars? (laughs)
- (narrator) There are metallic charging pads embedded in the floor.
- That's so strange, I would think that it would be like
a magnet pulling, you know, which it kind of is like that,
but they have to like charge them.
- So much cool tech at Disney.
- That is pretty insane,
I don't know if I would say the W-O-W word.
- I've never even seen, where is this at, I'm confused.
- I'm assuming this is at Disney World and not, you know,
I would've seen it if it was at Disneyland,
'cause I've been there like a million times.
- How do they know where to go?
How does a Roomba know where to go?
How does anything work?
- For them to switch it up into a different type
of electromagnetic way, where you can kinda just go everywhere,
seems like it could be chaotic, but it could be kinda cool.
- We already have trackless rides,
so that's why it's a little less surprising,
but it's really cool, because the experience is something
I've never seen before.
- (narrator) Now these busts...
- When you walk, it's before you even get on the ride.
- (narrator) ...with their eyes following you as you move past them.
- Yes, I knew that.
- (narrator) They're actually concave and hollow.
- Every time I go in there, I always shift around,
and just kind of like look at it.
- Like I'll just be standing in line, and people will just be watching me,
when I'm like... (laughs)
- (narrator) This mold of Albert Einstein
really demonstrates the effect... - This one trips me out.
It's like you know they're not moving.
- (narrator) Our brain is wired to recognize faces
as being convex shapes. - (gasps) Wait, oh my God.
That tripped me out.
- Damn, ugh! (buzzer rings)
- (narrator) We're seeing something we aren't.
- That's fascinating.
- Oh, I love it.
See, this is what I mean, practical effects are just so much more fun.
I wanna know that my brain is being tricked.
I don't wanna know that I'm watching a screen.
- It uses your brain against you.
That's why it's so cool!
- That one deserves a wow! (buzzer rings)
- Yeah, I kinda knew about that one.
It's so trippy to look at,
'cause literally every time I go in there, I'm just like...
- This is something that you experience
before you get on the Haunted Mansion ride.
I had to physically walk up to it, and like look at it.
- People just don't know. They don't question it,
and they're just amazed by it.
- It looks pretty spooky. Spookily impressive.
- There's so much that Disney does,
and it's just really fun to be there,
and do all these different sorts of things,
so it just, even as an adult, you just, you can't get bored of it.
It's just really fun.
- Thanks for watching this episode.
- Did these Disney secrets surprise you?
- Let us know down in the comments.
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