Disney should make a sphere attraction based off the one in Las Vegas

[Quietmouse]

If you have ever gone it’s an incredible experience. The screen completely wraps around you, so it’s like omnimax but on steroids and they have different elements built into your individual seat and pump the air with smells that relate to the experience.

It’s kind of like soarin, but different and more immersive.

Curious if Disney might ever look into building an e ticket attraction that is based off the sphere one day

 

[DisneyHead123]

I’ve said before, it surprises me that Disney doesn’t do more with projection mapping. I’d love to see a restaurant that incorporates this, like La Petit Chef. Maybe they think it’s a passing trend and won’t age well?

 

[TalkToEthan]

Screens——no good!

 

[JoeCamel]

If you have ever gone it’s an incredible experience. The screen completely wraps around you, so it’s like omnimax but on steroids and they have different elements built into your individual seat and pump the air with smells that relate to the experience.

It’s kind of like soarin, but different and more immersive.

Curious if Disney might ever look into building an e ticket attraction that is based off the sphere one day

How much did the sphere cost to build and how expensive is it to produce content for it?

No way DIS drops that much bank on any attraction

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

How much did the sphere cost to build and how expensive is it to produce content for it?

No way DIS drops that much bank on any attraction

It was over $2billion to build and the UFC production was estimated at $20 million just for the one show, there’s no way in Hades Disney would ever spend the money to build something like this.

It’s absolutely spectacular though, I’ve worked many shows there and it’s unlike anything else on the planet, a truly next generation experience that boggles the mind.

 

[JoeCamel]

It was over $2billion to build and the UFC production was estimated at $20 million just for the one show, there’s no way in Hades Disney would ever spend the money to build something like this.

It’s absolutely spectacular though, I’ve worked many shows there and it’s unlike anything else on the planet, a truly next generation experience that boggles the mind.

One of the jaw dropping elements is the scale, if it were brought to WDW it would be turtle talk with crush scale

 

[Doberge]

Is this like a 21st century circle-vision?

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Is this like a 21st century circle-vision?

That’s an understatement, it’s a 16k screen, 4 times sharper than the best TVs, 7 stories tall, has over 100,000 speakers, it’s a technological marvel. It blurs the line of reality… here’s a couple pics I’ve taken from the floor, a suite, and the top, it’s a massive building, fits 20,000 guests.

Here’s a great video for people as fascinated by this stuff as I am.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

It's not like Disney promoted a meh of a Movie on the Sphere a while back..

 

[Gelatoni]

Like projections on and inside giant spheres allow me to show you spaceship earth. When you’re going backwards the entire roof has star protections. And with the recently added outside lights Disney has you covered!

 

[ABQ]

I cannot imagine how many decades it would take for Disney to build something like this. And I'm not exaggerating, the number of fiscal years they would look to spread that investment over would be too many to comprehend in the modern Disney building era.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Like projections on and inside giant spheres allow me to show you spaceship earth. When you’re going backwards the entire roof has star protections. And with the recently added outside lights Disney has you covered!

And the sphere can even look like SSE if it wanted to...

 

[Mireille]

It's not like Disney promoted a meh of a Movie on the Sphere a while back..

Not quite as meh as Strange World, though.

 

[JIMINYCR]

Its a very impressive, spectacular show. But its way out of Disneys ability to bring it to us solely from a cost perspective. Yes Dis wants to wow us and give us pleasing attractions but theyve got money issues now and never would expend that much on something that guests wouldnt pay premium for. Scale it waaay down and give us something less grand maybe then but would guests accept it?

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Its a very impressive, spectacular show. But its way out of Disneys ability to bring it to us solely from a cost perspective. Yes Dis wants to wow us and give us pleasing attractions but theyve got money issues now and never would expend that much on something that guests wouldnt pay premium for. Scale it waaay down and give us something less grand maybe then but would guests accept it?

Philharmagic would be interesting to see in a size theater like that..

 

[ABQ]

Its a very impressive, spectacular show. But its way out of Disneys ability to bring it to us solely from a cost perspective. Yes Dis wants to wow us and give us pleasing attractions but theyve got money issues now and never would expend that much on something that guests wouldnt pay premium for. Scale it waaay down and give us something less grand maybe then but would guests accept it?

Philharmagic would be interesting to see in a size theater like that..

Would have been the proper replacement for DisneyQuest, if you agree DQ had to be replaced. Far better than the NBC failure.

 

[Robbiem]

They would never do it but using this tech with a big AA show would be amazing. Just think what the American adventure would be like if the entire theatre transformed into the environment on stage, or a reimagined version of the space pavilion they never built

 

[Eric Graham]

Don't they have a similar type sphere that doesn't wrap all the way around it like the regular sphere close to Florida...or are they building one?

From Google AI:
There are a few sphere-type theaters in Florida, including a spherical theater at the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Tampa and an immersive art-dome at the Salvador Dalí museum in St. Petersburg:

• MOSI
  The spherical theater at the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa is a key feature of the facility. The theater's mirrored blue skin reflects the sky and waters of Tampa Bay.
  

• The Dalí Alive 360˚ Dome
  This permanent art-dome installation at the Salvador Dalí museum in St. Petersburg is designed to immerse visitors in the artist's journey. The dome features a custom-printed vinyl cover inspired by Dalí's Disintegration Of The Persistence of Memory.
  

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Florida also has a planetarium at Frost Science that offers an immersive experience with 3D-capable projectors and surround sound.

 

[zombiebbq]

The Sphere was incredible. Disney wouldn't do it at the size needed to really pull it off. And what shows would they put in there? It'd be way too much money to build just to put some lame 20 minute show on a loop in it. I can't wait to go back to the Sphere though, especially when TOOL finally does shows there.