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New Monorail voice

Post by MadEye » Apr Sat 14, 2012 1:15 pm

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
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Re: New Monorail voice.

Post by Amy » Apr Sat 14, 2012 1:57 pm

It does have a bit of a flat intonation. But it sounds a lot like the previous monorail narrator to me...

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Re: New Monorail voice.

Post by cy1229 » Apr Sat 14, 2012 2:07 pm

Same guy, Overly EMphaSIzed SYllables?
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Re: New Monorail voice.

Post by Amy » Apr Sat 14, 2012 2:32 pm

cy1229 wrote:Same guy, Overly EMphaSIzed SYllables?
:lol: Yeah, that might be right!

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Re: New Monorail voice.

Post by MadEye » Apr Sat 14, 2012 3:03 pm

cy1229 wrote:Same guy, Overly EMphaSIzed SYllables?
Nope. That guy didn't sound like a robot and had a deeper voice.
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Re: New Monorail voice

Post by elizabethswann » Apr Sat 14, 2012 4:52 pm

They changed it? That's a huge bummer.

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Re: New Monorail voice

Post by MadEye » Apr Sun 15, 2012 7:47 pm

Rode the resort Monorail today and it sounded horrible. Sounds like an overly informative GPS.
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Re: New Monorail voice

Post by Amy » Apr Sun 15, 2012 7:51 pm

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 :shock: ;) :lol:

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Re: New Monorail voice

Post by Wizzard419 » Apr Sun 15, 2012 9:04 pm

MadEye wrote: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
That's like saying an automated phone service voice has personalty. :twisted:

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Re: New Monorail voice

Post by mindflipper » Apr Sun 15, 2012 10:15 pm

It's worst - it's like a person who is intentionally trying to sound like an automated phone service voice...

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Re: New Monorail voice

Post by Len90 » Apr Sun 15, 2012 11:51 pm

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.
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Re: New Monorail voice

Post by Mandi » Apr Tue 17, 2012 5:08 am

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!

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Re: New Monorail voice

Post by figmentaholic » Apr Sun 22, 2012 4:57 pm

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.
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Re: New Monorail voice

Post by Len90 » Apr Mon 23, 2012 7:13 am

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.
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Re: New Monorail voice

Post by MadEye » Apr Mon 23, 2012 8:26 am

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.
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