Characters Talking

[MagicalMonorail]

How come some of the characters at WDW talk and some don't? I've noticed those in full costume such as mickey and goofy don't talk but those such as cinderella and snow white can. I understand about voices, but why let the princesses talk?

 

[DisneyFan 2000]

Originally posted by Disneyfan81
How come some of the characters at WDW talk and some don't? I've noticed those in full costume such as mickey and goofy don't talk but those such as cinderella and snow white can. I understand about voices, but why let the princesses talk?

You want Cinderella to mime? If costumes were to talk it would ruin the experience for kids who see they don't have a real mouth!

I think this is the reason....

 

[polyman 65]

:lol: silly question:lol:

 

[WDWspider]

Re: Re: Characters Talking

Originally posted by DisneyFan 2000
If costumes were to talk it would ruin the experience for kids who see they don't have a real mouth!

I think this is the reason....

But, they talk during Parades and Shows and the mouth doesn't move?

I think this is a better question than it seems at first glance.

 

[General Grizz]

First of all, the characters' voices are more distinct. As a woman, it is easier to voice a woman. It may be hard for Cast Member X to reach up to their falsetto to voice Mickey. Plus it would be hard to hear out of a plastic mouth.

When Audio-Animatronics replace Cast Members, we may see something different. :lookaroun

 

[SirNim]

Originally posted by grizzlyhall
When Audio-Animatronics replace Cast Members, we may see something different. :lookaroun

:lol:

:lookaroun

 

[WDWspider]

Anyone ever see this little movie called WestWorld??

 

[Sir Hiss527]

Cause how many people do you know can talk like a Duck, Mouse, Dogs, etc.? But the "Look Alike" characters can actually talk like humans. I sure would not want Snow White, or Alice to not talk back to me. That's a really funny Question...:lol:. Welcome to WDWMAGIC!!!!

 

[WDWspider]

Wasn't Smee a face character at one time??

Do all face characters talk?

 

[General Grizz]

I would think so in Meet and Greets. I don't remember Smee being face.

 

[DisneyFan 2000]

Originally posted by grizzlyhall
When Audio-Animatronics replace Cast Members, we may see something different. :lookaroun

Grizz, you know Eisner!!! To waste good money on something other than himself?

 

[WDWspider]

Seemed like I remembered him from Long ago as a face, but I may very well be wrong. I remember him now a days like the picture you attached. Propably he always was that way and my mind is playing tricks on me.

 

[Sir Hiss527]

Originally posted by WDWspider
Seemed like I remembered him from Long ago as a face, but I may very well be wrong. I remember him now a days like the picture you attached. Propably he always was that way and my mind is playing tricks on me.

Or you saw the movie "Hook" with Robin Williams.

 

[WDWspider]

Originally posted by Sir Hiss527
Or you saw the movie "Hook" with Robin Williams.

That might be it actually. :lol:

 

[PaisleyMF]

I do remeber this technology from the Teenage Mutant ninje Turtles show over MGM (or it was in the movie) + from meet the Muppets that moved their mouth (even Barney the stage show can move it's mouth).

:veryconfu So why can some costume caracters can't talk and move their mouth an use a synthethiser to "simulate"the caracters voice and pitch?

:hammer: But I also remember that the servos to move them are also loud so the magic won't be there.

 

[Creekboy25]

Originally posted by SirNim
:lol:

Over at DCA i saw on the internet that they had a dinasour AA that walked aroudn the park with a guide and intereacted with guests, so they are actually testing such tenchnology.

The story is somewhere at disneyland.com i don't know the exact link, sorry.
:xmas:

 

[mkt]

don't fix it if it ain't broke...

the characters are fine the way they are

 

[Sir Hiss527]

Originally posted by mkt
don't fix it if it ain't broke...

the characters are fine the way they are

Yea just keep it the way they are. I like that they don't talk. I mean what would the character talk about with the guest? At least for Cinderella, or any other face character, she can actually interact with the guests in there own different ways (Just like there movies)

 

[wdwvip3]

Originally posted by WDWspider
Seemed like I remembered him from Long ago as a face, but I may very well be wrong. I remember him now a days like the picture you attached. Propably he always was that way and my mind is playing tricks on me.

You remember correctly.. Although I have not seen with my own eyes I have heard about it via other cast members. And despite the fact that I love 'Hook' you do remeber correclty.:sohappy:

 

[lebernadin]

Originally posted by polyman 65
:lol: silly question:lol:

What's silly about it?

Anyways, as far as the face characters( peter pan, snow white et al) are concerned, they are portrayed by the same gender by which the character was. For the non-face(Pluto et al) both guys/girls play these characters, so if, for example, Robin Williams was the voice of a male non-face character in a film, when the parks received the costumes for that character, the character dept would have to assign only guys to that character who could represent the "likeness" of Williams' vocal cadence. So you can see where they'd run into problems with all the characters and having to play them in the parks as male-only and female-only.