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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pixiedustmaker" data-source="post: 5004263" data-attributes="member: 79594">I wasn't looking for something out of whack with DCA's LM, but when I rode the ride shortly after it opened I felt that the finale scene looked off somehow, and the second time through I noticed the duplicate animatronics dancing to a different song . . . it kinda stands out. I'm not exactly very good at noticing everything on a ride, I've ridden HM in DL hundreds of times but never noticed the "Skinny Puppy", and had to really look for it. The duplicates in LM's finale really "pop" out as I immediately got the feeling like they we're doing a "review" of the big Under the Sea scene, when I saw that the whole thing was duplicated, I think this explains why Imagineers didn't release concept art for this scene, as folks would note the duplicates or they hadn't figured the scene out yet . . . Fitting duplicates into a new scene is different from how WDI traditionally work as you conceptualize the scene and then build the animatronics custom for each scene. (Though some cool animatronics like the buffalo that would have gone into WRE were put in the land attraction). They've re-used faces for animatronics in the park before, such as in DL the last guy on the totem pole in JC is the grave digger in the haunted mansion, and various other examples such as the dueling portraits which supposedly look like pirates. But we're talking about the same ride simply duplicating *exactly* a good portion of one scene by duplicating maybe eight different animatronics and passing it off a something new. The scene kinda does't work in the sense that the fish look *way* too excited to see Ariel, and the dancing lobsters and turtle don't look good with the finale music, as obviously they weren't designed for it. I'm sure I won't be the only one to notice this . . .</blockquote>

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