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New Monorail voice
Posted: Apr Sat 14, 2012 1:15 pm
by MadEye
So they changed the voice for the Monorail spiels and I hate it. Sounds like a lifeless mechanical voice with no personality behind it to me.
Here's the spiel from inside Epcot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... TKAPcmZ76Y
Re: New Monorail voice.
Posted: Apr Sat 14, 2012 1:57 pm
by Amy
It does have a bit of a flat intonation. But it sounds a lot like the previous monorail narrator to me...
Re: New Monorail voice.
Posted: Apr Sat 14, 2012 2:07 pm
by cy1229
Same guy, Overly EMphaSIzed SYllables?
Re: New Monorail voice.
Posted: Apr Sat 14, 2012 2:32 pm
by Amy
cy1229 wrote:Same guy, Overly EMphaSIzed SYllables?
Yeah, that might be right!
Re: New Monorail voice.
Posted: Apr Sat 14, 2012 3:03 pm
by MadEye
cy1229 wrote:Same guy, Overly EMphaSIzed SYllables?
Nope. That guy didn't sound like a robot and had a deeper voice.
Re: New Monorail voice
Posted: Apr Sat 14, 2012 4:52 pm
by elizabethswann
They changed it? That's a huge bummer.
Re: New Monorail voice
Posted: Apr Sun 15, 2012 7:47 pm
by MadEye
Rode the resort Monorail today and it sounded horrible. Sounds like an overly informative GPS.
Re: New Monorail voice
Posted: Apr Sun 15, 2012 7:51 pm
by Amy
MadEye wrote:Rode the resort Monorail today and it sounded horrible. Sounds like an overly informative GPS.
I hope he doesn't advise any turns
Re: New Monorail voice
Posted: Apr Sun 15, 2012 9:04 pm
by Wizzard419
That's like saying an automated phone service voice has personalty.
Re: New Monorail voice
Posted: Apr Sun 15, 2012 10:15 pm
by mindflipper
It's worst - it's like a person who is intentionally trying to sound like an automated phone service voice...
Re: New Monorail voice
Posted: Apr Sun 15, 2012 11:51 pm
by Len90
Wow that is not a good change at all. Kind of reminds me of the TTA voice change done recently. I sometimes wonder who thinks of and subsequently approves of these changes.
Re: New Monorail voice
Posted: Apr Tue 17, 2012 5:08 am
by Mandi
it's like something missing
he don't feel/live what hhe's saying
theses spiel are something we keep as a souvenir from our trip
did they change the bus spiel too?
not my "you'll be home soon"!!! please!
Re: New Monorail voice
Posted: Apr Sun 22, 2012 4:57 pm
by figmentaholic
No that is not the same guy.. I believe his name was Jack Wagner, and if I remember correctly, he died recently, I could be wrong about that.
But I don't like this at all. Anyone who lives there and/or visits alot know when specifically it was put in? I swear I heard the old Spiel in February but maybe I am imagining things.
Re: New Monorail voice
Posted: Apr Mon 23, 2012 7:13 am
by Len90
figmentaholic wrote:No that is not the same guy.. I believe his name was Jack Wagner, and if I remember correctly, he died recently, I could be wrong about that.
But I don't like this at all. Anyone who lives there and/or visits alot know when specifically it was put in? I swear I heard the old Spiel in February but maybe I am imagining things.
Jack Wagner's voice will hopefully always be heard on the door closing announcements.
The narration was originally done by Jack Wagner who passed away in mid 1995. Kevin Miles was the voice on the recordings after Wagner, then Matt Hanson did the spiel for a few years. The most recent voice heard (before this thing) was Joe Hursh.
*Note I could be off, but that is what I believe the history of the WDW monorail voice is.
Re: New Monorail voice
Posted: Apr Mon 23, 2012 8:26 am
by MadEye
figmentaholic wrote:Anyone who lives there and/or visits alot know when specifically it was put in? I swear I heard the old Spiel in February but maybe I am imagining things.
Sometime last week if not a little before that.