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can be found on many of the rides and
attractions at the Disney theme parks
we've talked it out the must-see
animatronics at both Walt Disney World
and Disneyland but there's a lot of
Disney animatronic figures that have a
history beyond their current attractions
and who better to help me discuss some
Disney history than Disney dan what's
going on Disney fans that's right many
animatronics and the attractions at Walt
Disney World and Disneyland are recycled
and repurposed from old extinct
attractions at the parks and it makes a
lot of sense for Disney to recycle these
animatronics since these robotic figures
do cost a lot to produce why keep an old
animatronic and storage if it's still in
good condition and can be used for
something new exactly
so today along with my co-host Disney
Dan we're gonna be looking through some
Disney ride history and counting down
the top 10 recycled animatronics at the
Disney theme parks number 10 Sebastian
when Ariel passes by on her float in
festival fantasy at Magic Kingdom over
15 years of parade history lives on the
float the spectral magic parade was a
fan favorite and the sebastian
animatronic leading the little mermaid
float in festival of fantasy used to be
on the little mermaid float in spectra
magic when the nighttime parade returned
for its 2001 run sebastian was one of
the additions made to the parade which
was actually just a duplicate figure of
the sebastian animatronic that was
currently on the float in the magical
moments parade this wasn't the exact
same figure used in spectral magic since
magical moments closed in September of
2001 while spectra magic reopened six
months earlier in March when details
were released on festival of fantasy it
was really exciting knowing that a piece
of spectral magic would still live on in
this brand-new Magic Kingdom parade
number 9 the teddy bear a honeypot
for many fans 2001 was a sad time in
Disneyland when they shut down the
country Bear Jamboree and replaced it
with a brand-new Winnie the Pooh dark
ride now it's a well known bit of trivia
that the three wall-mounted animal head
characters buff Max and Melvin are
hidden in the ride just after the
Heffalump and Woozles scene high above
your head but what you might not know is
that teddy bear ax also makes an
appearance in the ride or well at least
her swing does the mechanics that
lowered Teddy into the country bear
theater were actually repurposed into
the Pooh Bear hot air balloon
animatronic so the next time you pass
through the Heffalumps and Woozles scene
of the Winnie the Pooh ride in
Disneyland remember the original bear
that once rode the mechanics of that
hot-air balloon number eight the droids
of Star Tours as he passed through the
queue of Disneyland Star Tours you're
entertained by many animatronic
characters two of these characters in
the second Q room are the droids G 290
and G 214 and they actually had past
lives as a certain feathered animal from
an extinct Tomorrowland attraction
America sings opened in June of 1974 and
was a rotating theatre attraction like
Carousel of Progress it featured a cast
of animatronic animals singing the songs
of various time periods in American
history at some point in mid to late
1986 people began to notice a couple of
the geese animatronics in the show were
missing well shortly after Star Tours
soft opened in December of 1986 it was
clear where the animatronic geese went
in an interview with creative executive
of Disney Imagineering Tom Fitzgerald on
Endor Express net he said that work on
Star Tours moved very quickly and they
were just creating things as they went
along he confirmed that when they
decided they needed droids for the queue
they went into the America sings
attraction one night and just took two
birds out of the show the figures were
stripped of their feathers leaving just
the robotic mechanics exposed and with
some added dressings they created these
brand-new droid characters
at night the G and the droids names were
also used to reference their past lives
as geese in America sings and to this
day they still have their webbed feet
number seven buffaloes of the land the
living with the land attraction at Epcot
is a fan favorite and has been since the
attraction opened in 1982 the ride
features videos live greenhouse
demonstrations and a few scenes of
America's farmlands including some
animatronics of a buffalo and prairie
dogs these animal animatronics weren't
always intended for the living with the
land ride instead they were originally
developed for a brand new ride in the
Magic Kingdom called the Western River
expedition a similar layout to the
Jungle Cruise gasps would board a boat
and taken it ride through the deserted
West encountering all sorts of animals
and rugged landscapes Imagineers were
well into developing this ride to the
point where some animatronics had
already been completed but when the
concept was eventually scrapped and the
land was developed into other
attractions like Splash Mountain and Big
Thunder the animatronics were recycled
into the living with the land attraction
where they can still be found today
number 6 the redhead in March of 2018
the redhead character on Pirates of the
Caribbean at Magic Kingdom was replaced
by a new animatronic figure in a newly
imagined scene well as soon as the ride
reopened after its refurbishment there
was a lot of fan speculation that the
redhead was actually Jane from the now
extinct great movie ride at Hollywood
studios when you look at both of their
faces
there's no denying they are very very
similar so this could be true but the
only problem is that the Jane
animatronic was a fairly limited motion
figure whereas the redhead has a much
wider range of movement if you remember
back to the Wizard of Oz scene in the
great movie ride there was that
impressive a 100 figure of the Wicked
Witch and at the time when Disney was
reimagining Pirates of the Caribbean the
Wicked Witch animatronic was most likely
sitting in central shops at Walt Disney
World so my theory is that Disney used
the same face mold from Jane to create
the new mask and then use the body of
the Wicked Witch animatronic on the new
red head figure now this one hasn't been
confirmed by any insiders or by Disney
themselves and is just purely
speculation but the timing works out
really really well so what's your
opinion do you think the redhead was
actually recycled leave a comment down
below number five the repurposed animals
of Splash Mountain after 14 years of
entertaining guests the America sings
attraction that was mentioned earlier in
this video finally closed in April of
1988 and while the theater building for
America sings sat vacant for some time
the animatronic cast of critters were
immediately repurposed into a brand-new
e-ticket attraction being built on the
opposite side of Disneyland Splash
Mountain which would open in July of
1989 would recycle most of the
characters from America sings in their
original unchanged form thanks to the
fact that America sings and song of the
south of the cartoon - which splash
mount was based on were both in part
created by the same artist Marc Davis
his distinct style allowed for the host
of characters to be pulled right out of
one attraction and planted into another
and while many of the characters could
be fit into the story from the lily pad
frogs to the singing fishing geese or
these suspicious vultures as you climbed
to the big top drop some characters that
didn't really fit into the plot were
simply slapped onto the show boat at the
end of the attraction all dancing and
singing as if it dude
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number four the Three Caballeros one of
the three water-based dark rides at
Epcot is the grand fiesta tour
the Wrights finale features the three
Cavazos performing on their world tour
but these birds of a feather
animatronics actually went on a real
world tour they date all the way back to
the opening of Walt Disney World's Magic
Kingdom in 1971 where they were found in
the Mickey Mouse review this animatronic
show closed in September of 1980 at
Magic Kingdom then was sent to Tokyo
Disneyland where the same show ran from
April of 1983 until May of 2009 after
the attraction closed in Tokyo the Three
Caballeros animatronics went full circle
and were sent back to Florida they were
eventually added to the finale of the
grand fiesta tour in December of 2015
replacing the original screens that
opened with the ride in 2007 these
animatronics are a perfect example of
plussing and existing attraction while
also paying tribute to an extinct
attraction at the resort number three
the Reese kins animatronics of Splash
Mountain while nearly all of America
sings animatronics made their way over
to the new e-ticket water ride Splash
Mountain not all of them look like their
original characters some of the more
popular and recognizable characters from
the original show like Sam Eagle and
Ollie owl were stripped down to their
bare mechanical shells and re skinned
into brand new characters for the plot
of the ride Sam Eagles tall wider bill
translated perfectly into the host of
Brer Fox animatronics needed for the
attraction while Ollie owls tiny frame
made for a perfect Brer Rabbit even some
of the pre-programmed movements in the
bodies seem remarkably similar between
the old and new characters using the
same old original frames number two
celebrity agents under the yellow suits
of the CDA agents in Monsters Inc Mike
and Sulley to the rescue at Disney
California Adventure a lot of these
figures are actually
recycles from the previous attraction
superstar limo was in the opening day
attraction in 2001 and featured
caricature style animatronics of famous
celebrities along your slow-moving
journey through Hollywood the
animatronics were very basic limited
motion figures and the ride was
lackluster to say the least so super
star limo closed its doors in January of
2002 less than one year after it opened
well fast forward to January of 2006
when Mike and Sulley to the rescue
eventually replaced super star limo and
many of the famous celebrities were
turned into the rides see DEA agents
agent one two two zero zero on the Left
used to be Tim Allen the agent on top of
the seedy a truck was Jackie Chan the
agent straight ahead with the brochures
was Drew Carey and this agent at the end
of the ride being interviewed used to be
will be Goldberg number one the five
dwarfs riding the Seven Dwarfs Mine
Train roller coaster at Magic Kingdom
gives you the chance to check out some
of the coolest most high-tech
animatronics in the park as you slowly
pass through the gem mines surrounded by
all the colorful animated Dwarfs but not
all the animatronics on this ride are
new or high-tech
when Snow White's scary adventures
closed in 2012 most of the animatronics
and set dressings were disposed of
except for a handful of characters that
were repurposed into the new ride first
the set of vultures spotted in the
spooky forest found a new home on top of
the mining bucket pulley poles as you go
up the lift hill these classic birds
were given a fresh paint job and no
longer move but there is no denying if
they are these same animatronics the
more noticeable recycled characters are
found at the end of the ride as your
mind cart slows before exiting the
attraction if you look to your right
you'll notice a big window looking to
the 7 dwarfs cottage inside you'll see
Snow White dancing with the dwarves as
they play with their various instruments
all of these animatronics except for
dopey and sneezy were pulled directly
from the old Snow White scary adventure
scene where Snow White discovers the
home and the doors put on a show and
dance
so there you have it I just want to say
a big thank you to Disney Dan for being
my co-host on this video thanks for
letting me be your co-host 2 p.m. I
really really love this topic I was so
thrilled to find out that you were
researching at the same time as me and
the Disney Magic kind of aligned and we
were able to collaborate on this video I
think it's awesome I love your channel I
love your fans thanks so much for
letting me be a part of this
collaboration and everyone as always you
rock if you aren't familiar with Disney
Dan be sure to check out his channel and
subscribe he has some really awesome
videos of the evolution of Disney
characters in the theme parks you can
find dance channel in the card in the
right hand side or in the description
below so what's your favorite recycled
animatronic from the Disney theme parks
were you surprised with any of these
animatronics being recycled and reused
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