Animatronics Destroyed?

[Dragonman]

I've recently been reading about how the animatronics for stitch were supposedly lying around the queue before disappearing as well as the Ellen dinos going down with the demolition. I've also been told that Ellen and the Elasmosaurus were destroyed prior to the closing of the attraction. Can anyone back these up? It really is a shame if they're just destroying them for no real reason

 

[danlb_2000]

I've recently been reading about how the animatronics for stitch were supposedly lying around the queue before disappearing as well as the Ellen dinos going down with the demolition. I've also been told that Ellen and the Elasmosaurus were destroyed prior to the closing of the attraction. Can anyone back these up? It really is a shame if they're just destroying them for no real reason

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/stitchs-great-escape-replacement.916476/

 

[Dragonman]

Yup, I have seen the photos of stitch and SIR and that's what really triggered me that Disney might just be trashing them instead of reusing them or at least keeping them pristine and storing them

 

[Disney Maddux]

Yup, I have seen the photos of stitch and SIR and that's what really triggered me that Disney might just be trashing them instead of reusing them or at least keeping them pristine and storing them

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/stitchs-great-escape-replacement.916476/

 

[marni1971]

I've recently been reading about how the animatronics for stitch were supposedly lying around the queue before disappearing as well as the Ellen dinos going down with the demolition. I've also been told that Ellen and the Elasmosaurus were destroyed prior to the closing of the attraction. Can anyone back these up? It really is a shame if they're just destroying them for no real reason

Elasmosaurus was MIA for a few years. It virtually destroyed itself. Or rather the 1996 reprogramming did.

 

[Alice a]

I seem to recall a rotting, skinless Allosaurus from Animal Kingdom in Paris. They had also just completely refurbished the backlot trams a few weeks before it was closed, which were all scrapped.

I mean, they tore down a whole attraction building - Horizons - and killed most of the 20K subs. This is nothing new, unfortunately.

 

[Princess Leia]

I seem to recall a rotting, skinless Allosaurus from Animal Kingdom in Paris. They had also just completely refurbished the backlot trams a few weeks before it was closed, which were all scrapped.

I mean, they tore down a whole attraction building - Horizons - and killed most of the 20K subs. This is nothing new, unfortunately.

The Allosaurus was from the Discovery River Cruise. That one hurts for me.

 

[Dragonman]

I mean my dream would've been that they would expand Dinosaur and put all the Ellen dinos in it but that would never happen. I can still dream though lol

 

[note2001]

I can understand scrapping and reusing the components of the dinosaurs from Ellen's, but the stitch animatronic was a bit impressive to me in how smoothly it moved and it's range of motion. It seems odd that they'd have ripped that one apart.

 

[RSoxNo1]

The Allosaurus was from the Discovery River Cruise. That one hurts for me.

The Dinosaur on the Discovery River Boats was an Iguanadon.

 

[Princess Leia]

The Dinosaur on the Discovery River Boats was an Iguanadon.

Whoops thanks

 

[Thelazer]

So was it the real "robot" that was sent to the Ellen show?

 

[Maeryk]

I can understand scrapping and reusing the components of the dinosaurs from Ellen's, but the stitch animatronic was a bit impressive to me in how smoothly it moved and it's range of motion. It seems odd that they'd have ripped that one apart.

Some of the AAs are one piece units that bolt in, and others are assembled in place. I don't know that "ripped apart" is the right terminology, based on the photos I saw of it. Skin removed so the air lines and electrical connections could be removed, yes. But in all the photos I've seen, the AA itself is still intact.

I'd also love to know if the pics are from the same one, or some are from one, and some from the other.

 

[tparris]

So was it the real "robot" that was sent to the Ellen show?

The only part that was authentic was the clothes

 

[Dragonman]

Dreamfinderguy said that Ellen and the elasmosaurus were destroyed well before the closure

 

[Hakunamatata]

Yup, I have seen the photos of stitch and SIR and that's what really triggered me that Disney might just be trashing them instead of reusing them or at least keeping them pristine and storing them

Im curious as to what kind of reaction this triggered. I hope it didnt involve any bodily harm to you or others.

 

[Alice a]

The Dinosaur on the Discovery River Boats was an Iguanadon.

Thanks!

 

[WEDwaydatamover]

Besides the Country Bear Jamboree deer where else are these images of destroyed WDW animatronics?

 

[Bairstow]

Meanwhile, in a cast-only area of Disneyland...

 

[THE Monorail Lime]

Meanwhile, in a cast-only area of Disneyland...

Pecky eyes