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Alien Encounter questions
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woofboy111
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If you don't want to know how the Skippy effect is done, don't read this post, otherwise I think you'll find this website helpful...
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/propframe.html
It's a halloween website, but It's the same idea. Skippy is in the tube (or above the table on that website). The smoke fills the chamber, and skippy is lowered below out of the tube (or under the table).
As for the cast member/robot with the flash light debate... I'm not 100% sure, but based on people what people have said, I would guess it's a cast member.
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/propframe.html
It's a halloween website, but It's the same idea. Skippy is in the tube (or above the table on that website). The smoke fills the chamber, and skippy is lowered below out of the tube (or under the table).
As for the cast member/robot with the flash light debate... I'm not 100% sure, but based on people what people have said, I would guess it's a cast member.
Brer Tiger
New Member
But..what now is to become of Skippy? and SIR? :
...maybe skippy can become another "experimet" and become like...a friend of Stich! haha, if they arn't gonna use the skippy puppet...they can send it to me 
...maybe skippy can become another "experimet" and become like...a friend of Stich! haha, if they arn't gonna use the skippy puppet...they can send it to me 
Sir Hiss527
New Member
When the CM is up there, is he talking at all? Or is that part of the ride? Is he following a script at all? Or is that the ride? I really quite new how Skippy worked, I thought they just lowered him, and the other one raised. Btw how much did SIR cost?
funky_shao
Member
Cm doesn't talk, to my knowledge. I've done an immediate consequent ride-through and heard the exact same voice/script. SIR is an A-100 series so he woulda cost one gillion dollars! (mm.... quite a lot ! :slurp: ).
On a serious note, I'm guessing that it's quite expensive because in every attraction containing animatronics, there's really only one A-100. For example, Hopper in Tough to be a Bug, SIR in alien encounter, etc. But hey, I could be wrong!
Have a nice day!
On a serious note, I'm guessing that it's quite expensive because in every attraction containing animatronics, there's really only one A-100. For example, Hopper in Tough to be a Bug, SIR in alien encounter, etc. But hey, I could be wrong!
Have a nice day!
raven
Well-Known Member
You are correct! The Mirror is placed at a 45º agle from the other one. This makes you think that you can see under Skippy's tube when in fact you are seeing a relection of another area. Once again the matching bubbles with give it away. The reason you cannot see the the mirror's possition is because there are angles in the platform where the bubble tubes are at the same angle as the mirror. Also you can only get so close to the effect because of the railing. If you were to get closer, you could walk up to the bubble tube and see your reflection.
There are other examples of this at WDW. One of them is in Journey Into Imagination. Look at the bird cage with the butterfly in it. First it isn't there then it is. This is dont the same way except that the mirror's edge is hidden behind the center rail of the cage. The mirror is double sided and you see and empty swing on one side of the mirror and a "half" a butterfly one you pass it. The other half of the butterfly is the reflection. You will notice that the swing has a line right in the middle. This is where the mirror is.
Another one is in the Tower of Terror but this one uses the 'Peppers Ghost" theory. The first stop when the doors open look as if you are seeing down the hallway. If you look at the floor in the hallway you will see a line that runs at a 45º angle. This is a 2-way mirror. The hallway you actually see is off to one side of the mirror but the angle makes it look as if you can see straight down the hall. The reason why it is a 2-way mirror is because the effects are placed behind it. When they light up (people, window, etc) you are seeing their image through the mirror as well as the reflected image of the hallway. This gives the image behind the mirror a ghostly effect.
Other mirror/glass effects similar to this "Pepper's Ghost" theory are the ballroom scene in the Haunted Mansion, Winnie the Pooh's dream scene in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, the decent of Spaceship Earth also uses this technique when you see people talking to each other. The reflected image is actually a reflection of something above you.
Glad I could clear this one up. My father is a magician and I am a special effect artist for live theatre so it's easy (and fun) to figure out some of these magical effects.
Look here for an axample of the Pepper's Ghosts.
http://www.rjsoap.com/pepperghost.html
Disney2002
New Member
And I hear there is more than one mickey!
GoofyMagic
Member
As a comment for the AE Skippy disappearing method, I guess I was lucky in figuring this out, because I'm a magician, and I knew right away when I saw it where he went, also because it's almost identical to an illusion that I own and perform, but uses a different technique. Disney uses so many magic techniques, but unfortunately has no magic shows or shop anymore However, just recently I discovered they're selling Disney Magic Kits with some neat tricks in them! Interesting to know for the magic fans out there...
AJ
However, just recently I discovered they're selling Disney Magic Kits with some neat tricks in them! Interesting to know for the magic fans out there...AJ
coasterfan12
Member
HEy ive never ridden the ride but from what i have heard rom people who have im guessing that it is indeed a real cm.
