What is your favorite use of audio-animatronics?
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- Peter Pan's Flight Pixie Duster
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I think they're all amazing, and keep getting better all the time. POTC has always been a favorite and is now just a bit better with the new Jack Sparrow figures. Carousel described as comfort food is very appropriate, and I say the same. American Adventure uses AAs to tell a great story very effectively. And the witch - I can't believe how real she looks, even up close. Scares the wits out of me.
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I will agree on this one. they have always been a favorite of mine. Speaking of I will have to watch The Muppet Show when I get home, or maybe one of the movies.danimal3114u wrote:Statler and Waldorf and definitely my favorites
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- Motor Boat Cruise Skipper
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Hi again. For my money the all-time best use of Audio-Animatronics has to be the original EPCOT Center. Practically every pavillion in Future World utilized AAs to the best extent they could; to entertain and educate. In World Showcase every nation benefited from some kind of AA as part of their presentation, (even more so if Japan's "Meet the World" had been included). On a side note I've always thought that any AA figure used in either a queue or pre or post-show also helped to immerse the audience in the story-telling experience that much more. Later, peace.
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I think the Beaker and the Muppet Mobile Lab is a really awesome use of AA that I have seen so far to date, but you can never beat the classic Pirates or the Splash AAs.
Sometimes the bluest part of the sky seems so far away from us, I guess thats what keeps us striving for it...
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i have a few...
any of the figment AAs from back in the day...but that's mostly just because i loved that ride so, so much.
the tiki room always amazed me, with all of the detail and AA birds, flowers, and tikis. splash mountain is also pretty amazing.
but, the best AA now, in my opinion is stitch in stitch's great escape. yea, the attraction isn't so great, but he's really cool looking! he's also the first AA to spit, i've heard
oh, i also love skippy from alien encounter/ stitch.
hehe, too many answers here perhaps;)
any of the figment AAs from back in the day...but that's mostly just because i loved that ride so, so much.
the tiki room always amazed me, with all of the detail and AA birds, flowers, and tikis. splash mountain is also pretty amazing.
but, the best AA now, in my opinion is stitch in stitch's great escape. yea, the attraction isn't so great, but he's really cool looking! he's also the first AA to spit, i've heard
oh, i also love skippy from alien encounter/ stitch.
hehe, too many answers here perhaps;)
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- Mark Twain Steamboat Captain
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My new favorite AA is the (roman?) storyteller from SSE. He just seems so much like a real person. He's really enthusiastic about whatever he's talking about to the onlookers. I almost feel as if the ride vehicles were to ever catch his eye he'd tell us to stop and begin talking to us or ask us to come have a seat.
Although the wicked Witch will always be at the top of my list. If you ever sit in the front near the guide, there's a part where she says "Was it YOU!?" and she points and talks directly at you. It scared me really bad when I was little.
Although the wicked Witch will always be at the top of my list. If you ever sit in the front near the guide, there's a part where she says "Was it YOU!?" and she points and talks directly at you. It scared me really bad when I was little.
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- Autopian Mechanic
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I like the Jack Skellington (with Zero!) from HM Holiday. My doom buggy once broke down right next to him, and he's very sophisticated and, well, lifelike - there's lots of articulation to the figure, so it's just like sitting next to a very large version of the machette from the film.
Though Stadler and Waldorf are also awesome (and don't forget the Swedish Chef, who runs the projection booth!).
Though Stadler and Waldorf are also awesome (and don't forget the Swedish Chef, who runs the projection booth!).
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