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the dark red attractions at the disney
theme parks rely heavily on the use of
lighting and sound both these elements
set the mood and allow you to be fully
immersed into the environment of the
story not to mention that light and
sound can also help focus your attention
on specific aspects of the ride just
like in pirates of the caribbean
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as your boat embarks on its journey you
pass through the dimly lit show scenes
in the grotto on the right hand side
you'll see a skeleton steering the ship
and your attention is immediately drawn
towards him since he's illuminated by a
spotlight the light controls what they
want you to see you'll also usually see
a quick flash of lightning in the scene
but what comes across as lightning is
actually the flash from the on ride
photo it's sort of a strange spot for an
on-ride photo but the flash and the
camera are actually hidden in this
talking skull before the drop
pirates
like this one
so don't forget to smile for the camera
now this little scene is just one
example of how light is effectively used
on pirates of the caribbean
sound also plays a big role in
developing the atmosphere especially in
terms of bringing the animatronics to
life
it's one thing to have animatronics move
in a life-like manner but the music
dialogue and sound effects are what
actually bring these animatronics to
life
send them hints to david jones it's the
run they want
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even the specific sound of a character's
voice can have an effect on how
believable that animatronic is like take
for instance the auctioneer's voice from
the reimagined auction scene compared to
the original auction scene
show up your flock
shift your condo bearing show them your
larvae
the legendary paul freeze voiced the
original auctioneer and his tone had
that rugged and rough quality to it that
you would expect a pirate to sound like
unlike the new voice that really just
seems like an imitation of the original
paul freeze
now as i was putting this video together
i actually noticed a little fail in this
clip here if you take a look at the
auctioneer he's standing there without a
hat and you can see a white cover on his
head
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and now you have binge rats do i hear
six who makes it six this is probably
the first time i've noticed a wardrobe
malfunction on an animatronic but if you
look at his feet you'll notice that his
hat is sitting on the ground behind him
wonder how long he went without a hat
now if you've been watching this channel
for a while you'll know that i'm
fascinated by seeing things at the theme
parks not go to plan and how these
issues are addressed so efficiently like
rides breaking down when the lights are
on and the sound's off it definitely
gives you a completely different
perspective of the ride it really makes
you appreciate all the theatrical
elements that go into making the ride's
environment so immersive and believable
a couple weeks ago a viewer by the name
of tiffany p sent in some video of a
breakdown from pirates of the caribbean
at magic kingdom in florida
the ride broke down for 30 minutes and
in the midst of the breakdown the sound
was turned off and the work lights did
come on
i thought this would be a great
opportunity to take a look at a ride
breakdown and compare the normal show
scene just to see how much of the ride
depends on lighting and sound so here we
go the breakdown started in the burning
town scene but only the ride audio was
turned off and the show lights were
still on
please let the lights come on
attention your voyage has been
temporarily delayed
please remain seated in your boat as it
may begin moving at any time thank you
it's really strange seeing the
animatronics still moving without
dialogue and music while the lights are
still in show mode without sound it's
definitely missing a core element that
allows us to believe these animatronics
are actually real pirates it's kind of
the same idea as watching a horror film
without sound it immediately loses 90
percent of its fear factor and your eyes
have a hard time believing what they see
actually
now here's the same part of the ride but
this time with the show audio pay close
attention to all the different layers of
sound that make up just one scene
there's music a dog barking burning wood
sound effects and all the different
voices and characterizations of each
different pirate
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the one thing that keeps the scene alive
in the breakdown is the fact that the
show lights are still on the environment
still comes across as being real but
this changes once the work lights are
actually turned on
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nope no easter eggs attention pirates
attention parents ladies and gentlemen
we are experiencing some technical
difficulties please remain seated and
keep all hands arms feet and legs inside
the boat at all times a cast member will
be with you shortly please be aware your
boat may flow backwards again please
remain seated until a cast number
arrives to assist you
this ride is weird with the lights on
you may have heard someone near the
beginning of this clip say the magic is
gone
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but in my opinion this makes me
appreciate the ride even more it's
amazing how simple yet detailed these
sets look with the work lights on
compared to when the ride is in show
mode the fire effect in the windows that
use a blowing white sheet with red and
orange flickering lights is so simple
and plain looking here yet so effective
with the lights off your attention is
also drawn to certain spots in the scene
that are more illuminated than others
not to mention that the scene also has a
lot more depth here without show
lighting and sound your eyes don't know
what to focus on now as the ride was in
the process of giving guests an in-show
exit all the boats move backwards
towards the closest dock
and in this process the boat gets very
close to these animatronics which are
still fully moving and you can
definitely hear some clicks from the
robotic mechanisms of the figures
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attention your voyage has been
temporarily delayed
please remain seated in your boat as it
may begin moving at any time thank you
thanks for sending it
it's really amazing how much the show
audio drowns out the clicking sound from
the animatronics
so now this is what this part of the
scene looks and sounds like in the show
mode
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that's quite the difference from the
lights on right
now the breakdown did end with the boat
being led backwards to the closest dock
for the riders to proceed with the
in-show exit a big thank you to tiffany
p for sharing this footage and i hope
you all enjoyed this lights-on sound-off
look into pirates of the caribbean at
magic kingdom so have you ever
experienced an in-show exit on a dark
ride at one of the disney theme parks
what was that experience like leave a
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