Creepiest unused prop/effect hidden in a ride?

[PizzaSpringRoll2017]

This thread better not die, this is the EXACT kind of thing that I love!

 

[zipadee999]

I was on FJ recently and the lights were a little brighter and I was able to see the abandoned dementors in all of their glory. To be completely honest given the movement of the vehicle it was actually a semi-convincing effect. They could easily just shine a light on them without actually activating them and the average park-goer wouldn’t know the difference!

 

[Kara24601]

I thought of another one. The Blue Fairy figure used at the end of Pinocchio's Daring Journey. We only see her appear and reappear through pepper's ghost effect but if you turn around in your seat, you can see the actual figure used, just silently watching from the dark

 

[WondersOfLife]

Save it for later then. Take another look at it in 2160p quality in the dark.
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I remember when that thing worked. Kind of odd for them to just turn it off and get rid of the medusa story.

 

[WondersOfLife]

compsognathus effect in Dinosaur was abandoned for quite a while as well...

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

Yeti on Expedition Everest

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I remember when that thing worked. Kind of odd for them to just turn it off and get rid of the medusa story.

From what I read here most of the effects timing just couldn't sync correctly..

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[VicariousCorpse]

Update to our friend, Allura. Not quite moving, but she's got lights back on now.

 

[DisneyDreamer08]

Little Caesar the ventriloquist dummy from TZ episode. He can be seen very briefly ( if you are lucky to catch it) at the end of the ToT ride in a corner of the basement as the elevator doors shut and open to let you out. He’s creepy sitting in the dark and I think about his episode and how he takes over his human counterpart.

Many years ago (2008/09 ish) I got super into the Twilight Zone and purposely rode ToT about 10 times on one trip to find all the different props. The ventriloquist dummy is still my fav.

 

[DisneyFanatic12]

The "incoming" Pterodactyl on Dinosaur that hasn't dive down to guest and just gets a very dim light And a sound effect..

I’ve ridden the ride again recently and like 1/2 the animatronics are static now… the “incoming” Pterodactyl is the most noticeable, with the other dinosaurs just looking like Disney didn’t want to pay for animatronics and put in statues. It’s sad to know how much of it used to move. It was scary once, now it is no longer.

 

[DisneyFanatic12]

Another one that freaks me out is the blue fairy in the Pinocchio ride. She appears and disappears through a pepper's ghost effect but if you turn around in the vehicle you can see the figure hidden in the dark. I was too afraid to look the one time I went on that ride

You can see Winnie the Pooh after that peppers ghost scene hanging upside down and lifeless

 

[JIMINYCR]

Many years ago (2008/09 ish) I got super into the Twilight Zone and purposely rode ToT about 10 times on one trip to find all the different props. The ventriloquist dummy is still my fav.
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Thanks for the nice photo of the dummy. I have never seen him that clearly before.

 

[Virtual Toad]

(Speaking of dummies)... Slappy from the Adventurer's Club, once universally loved and revered, now abandoned and forlorn in a crate at Trader Sam's in CA. Creepy, funny and sad at the same time. Sad because the bartenders (at least when we were there) had no idea who he was, oblivious to the fact they were working there every day in the presence of royalty.

 

[JohnD]

Not a ride but Baby Sinclair in the Osborne Lights.