Best/ Favorite Animatronic?

[TongaToast21]

What do you think are the Best Animatronics in Disney? Or what are your favorites?

Carousel of Progress Dad? Sonny Eclipse? Mr. Potato Head? The Hilary Trump one? Does anything come close to the Shaman in NRJ?

(braces for Yeti talk)

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

What do you think are the Best Animatronics in Disney? Or what are your favorites?

Carousel of Progress Dad? Sonny Eclipse? Mr. Potato Head? The Hilary Trump one? Does anything come close to the Shaman in NRJ?

(braces for Yeti talk)

Oof thats a hard one. There are so many including the muppets, the presidents, and the upcoming hondo ohnaka animatronic is amazing !

 

[Epcot_Imagineer]

Not best, but one of my favorites was a talking Tree that I stumbled upon in my younger years at Animal Kingdom. Had a good bit of fun talking to that tree and didn't expect it at all; made my day!

EDIT: Searched around and I think the character's name was Wes Palm!

 

[TongaToast21]

I wonder if imagineers ever considered making a Walt animatronic... maybe to narrate CoP or a similar attraction that he had a hand in creating?

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

I wonder if imagineers ever considered making a Walt animatronic... maybe to narrate CoP or a similar attraction that he had a hand in creating?

YES!!!!!

 

[aliceismad]

My favorite is the dog in Pirates. Has been since I was 4.

I'm super excited to see the Lightning McQueen in DHS.

 

[Epcot_Imagineer]

I wonder if imagineers ever considered making a Walt animatronic...

I recall reading something about how Walt's family said his likeness couldn't be used in that sort of manner; but nothing that seemed concrete enough for me to say with certainty.

 

[Doug Means]

does it need to be in working order to be the favorite?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Lumiere

 

[Kevin_W]

I'm really excited to see the new AA's in SW:GE. The Shaman of songs is probably my favorite just because of the complexity of movement and the figure's quality.

After that, it's probably the droid scanning luggage in the line for Star Tours. (Does he have a name?)

 

[GoofZ]

The scanning droid from Star Tours is pretty great, and i'm a big fan of Sonny Eclipse, always makes me happy when I walk in to Cosmic Rays and he's sitting at the piano crooning.

 

[Mjt5126]

The drunk pirate with the pigs

 

[WDWmazprty]

So many to choose from! I love Sonny Eclipse for sure! There's also most of the ones in PoC especially the dog and the one pirate sitting on the bridge with his foot hanging over.

 

[Nunu]

Three of my favorites:

- Abraham Lincoln at Hall of Presidents, MK
- Rennaisance period at Spaceship Earth, EPCOT
- Remy at Chefs de France, World Showcase, EPCOT

 

[Bullseye1967]

the Yeti!! there I said it.

 

[mouse_luv]

Ursula in Under the Sea Little Mermaid

 

[Paper straw fan]

So many to choose from! I love Sonny Eclipse for sure!

Sonny E for sure. When we eat there typically my wife gets the food and I go secure a table. By now, it’s assumed that I’ll be sitting up near his stage!

Otherwise, the talking tiki statues in Tiki Room (pretty much everything in there)

Honorable mention to the blowfish in TLM with the “I just pharted” look on its face

 

[carriehpotter]

The dueling ghosts in the ballroom of HM, for sure! They weren't working earlier this month when I was there, which was a bummer.

 

[Kevin_W]

Three of my favorites:

- Abraham Lincoln at Hall of Presidents, MK
- Rennaisance period at Spaceship Earth, EPCOT
- Remy at Chefs de France, World Showcase, EPCOT

Is Remy still there? I remember reading about him years ago, but thought he had departed. (I've never seen him, but I hadn't eaten at CdF in a long, long time.)

 

[NickPytlinski]

i used to like the guy in the stitch's great escape ride. the robot near the start. apologies for my lack of knowledge for his name