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Old Ghostbusters Show
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CAPTAIN HOOK
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No photos or video - just a few good memories from our first trip to Orlando in 1994 - What did you want to know, I'll help if I can
Juggler
New Member
I saw it the last couple of years before they closed it to change it into Twister. It must have been back in 95/96. It was a good show but compared with the latest 3D effects of Terminator 2 or Disney's "Honey I shrunk the.... " it was a bit low tech.
The effects were projected onto a sheet of glass between you and the Ghostbusters on stage. It was ok as long as you sat in the middle. If you sat on an end seat the laser beams (or what ever they are! Proton Partial...... ) didn't match up with the guns and the bad guys, which spoilt it a bit for me the second time I saw it.
It was a popular show and the guys always seemed happy to sign autographs and have pictures taken after the show.
I do have it on video but it's on VHS and I have no way on getting it into a computer format.
The effects were projected onto a sheet of glass between you and the Ghostbusters on stage. It was ok as long as you sat in the middle. If you sat on an end seat the laser beams (or what ever they are! Proton Partial...... ) didn't match up with the guns and the bad guys, which spoilt it a bit for me the second time I saw it.
It was a popular show and the guys always seemed happy to sign autographs and have pictures taken after the show.
I do have it on video but it's on VHS and I have no way on getting it into a computer format.
RogueHabit
Well-Known Member
We only ever saw it the once, back in1991 I think it was.
It was quite entertaining as I recall.
It was quite entertaining as I recall.
I got the picture of the outside up!
It's at:
http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/showphoto.php?photo=7178&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=1
It's at:
http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/showphoto.php?photo=7178&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=1
Timekeeper
Well-Known Member
Who You Gonna Call?
The Ghostbuster show set up was almost identical to the way the Twister attraction is set up. There were not many major physical changes to the contruction of the show building itself.
In Twister, the audience stands in long horizontal rows facing the show area. In GB, those rows had seats, but the basic orientation was the same. The seating was similar to the second theater in the Hitchcock (The Art of Making Movies) show (RIP). Only 7 or so rows deep, but pretty wide.
In Twister, the audience has a roof above them. Same in GB. Right now, there is a large open area above the audience, like a giant balcony, that has a number of air movers (large industrial-type fans) and semi-circle curved walls that create the "twister" of air. In GB, that balcony was also there, but it housed a number of animatronics and lighting effects that reflected off the glass between the audience and the show/stage area. The effects were not "projected," but were simply "reflected." It's called the Pepper's Ghost effect. It's like looking out a window at night time. You see a reflection of yourself, or a "ghost." When effect lights turned on the particular animatronic ghost, like Slimer, he would "appear" in the show area (his reflection on the glass wall.)
The backdrop of Twister illustrates a natural open sky. In GB, there was a mock Temple in the show area (from the top of the building from the frist GB movie) whose backdrop was also open sky. They just had to repaint it from blue (daytime in GB) to blackish colors (nightime in Twister.)
It's really amazing how little they had to do to the GB building to create a completely new attraction.
The "lasers" shot from the GB guns were created by flickering "tube lights" placed on the balcony above the audience. Because the stage was well elevated, the audience must look up, and they see the reflection of the tangled lights to appear in the stage area. If the actors didn't hit their mark, or if you had a seat near the ends of the row, the lasers woudn't exactly match up with the guns or the ghost characters. The light pattern was pretty sparatic, though, the mis-alignment was commonly noticeable.
You gotta give the creators props for creativity, though. They took an effect used in the Haunted Mansion (and decades before that) and turned it into an entire interactive show.
Tk
The Ghostbuster show set up was almost identical to the way the Twister attraction is set up. There were not many major physical changes to the contruction of the show building itself.
In Twister, the audience stands in long horizontal rows facing the show area. In GB, those rows had seats, but the basic orientation was the same. The seating was similar to the second theater in the Hitchcock (The Art of Making Movies) show (RIP). Only 7 or so rows deep, but pretty wide.
In Twister, the audience has a roof above them. Same in GB. Right now, there is a large open area above the audience, like a giant balcony, that has a number of air movers (large industrial-type fans) and semi-circle curved walls that create the "twister" of air. In GB, that balcony was also there, but it housed a number of animatronics and lighting effects that reflected off the glass between the audience and the show/stage area. The effects were not "projected," but were simply "reflected." It's called the Pepper's Ghost effect. It's like looking out a window at night time. You see a reflection of yourself, or a "ghost." When effect lights turned on the particular animatronic ghost, like Slimer, he would "appear" in the show area (his reflection on the glass wall.)
The backdrop of Twister illustrates a natural open sky. In GB, there was a mock Temple in the show area (from the top of the building from the frist GB movie) whose backdrop was also open sky. They just had to repaint it from blue (daytime in GB) to blackish colors (nightime in Twister.)
It's really amazing how little they had to do to the GB building to create a completely new attraction.
The "lasers" shot from the GB guns were created by flickering "tube lights" placed on the balcony above the audience. Because the stage was well elevated, the audience must look up, and they see the reflection of the tangled lights to appear in the stage area. If the actors didn't hit their mark, or if you had a seat near the ends of the row, the lasers woudn't exactly match up with the guns or the ghost characters. The light pattern was pretty sparatic, though, the mis-alignment was commonly noticeable.
You gotta give the creators props for creativity, though. They took an effect used in the Haunted Mansion (and decades before that) and turned it into an entire interactive show.
Tk
bartman454
New Member
Pretty cool, i remember the old GB show, never thought it was great but definitely better than the current twister show.
Atta83
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I loved that show there at USF. It was sad to see it go. But I do reclaa in 1997 i want to say that they sitll had the ghostbusters going around int eh car and such meeting with the people and such. And man the one i talked to was cute! LOL. I wish they woul bring it back twister is so boring and all. Ghostbusters was much much cooler.
Atta
Atta
i love the GB show.
i find it quite funny how Universal kills rides while or before they bring the material back.
in this case it was Ghostbusters. new cartoon in 1997, they got rid of the entire show. (same thing for king kong. got rid of it and Peter Jackson is making a new one..real smart move.)
Twister is lame. it's 1/2 the size of my body and you're telling em it moves a pickup truck?
yeah ok. i believe more ina 100 ft marshmellow man more than that.
Bring me the proton packs, ghost traps, slimeblowers, mood slime, Janine, the jumpsuits and Walter Peck anyday!
I AM A GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i find it quite funny how Universal kills rides while or before they bring the material back.
in this case it was Ghostbusters. new cartoon in 1997, they got rid of the entire show. (same thing for king kong. got rid of it and Peter Jackson is making a new one..real smart move.)
Twister is lame. it's 1/2 the size of my body and you're telling em it moves a pickup truck?
yeah ok. i believe more ina 100 ft marshmellow man more than that.
Bring me the proton packs, ghost traps, slimeblowers, mood slime, Janine, the jumpsuits and Walter Peck anyday!
I AM A GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SkipperTina
New Member
There is a new ghostbusters show ("Extreme Ghostbusters") that has been going on outside of the NY library. It obviously can't be as good as the original one because there are no special effects (and cancels for inclement weather). I only saw part of the new one once, so I can't give a good review of it. They still drive in with their car, but if you see them walking in you can bet that the car broke down (what do you expect for a 1959 Ecto?)
lolokittie
New Member
I heard that they had closed down the GB attraction because it had a lot of technical problems and it was being repaired alot.
I remember bits and pieces of this show because I was like 5 or 6 the last time I saw it lol. I remember the pre show being the big long hallway with the ghostbuster guy up fron and he would pick someone (and i got picked once 
( and he would buckle you into a common office chair then make you hold that nickeloden slime stuff and thats all I remember. I then remember in the show its self the green ghost coming straight at you from those stairs of the temple or w/e, then the marshmellow guy coming and the good ol' ghostbusters coming in and BAM the marshmellow was toasted and you got blasted with air! The Good 'Ol Days!
( and he would buckle you into a common office chair then make you hold that nickeloden slime stuff and thats all I remember. I then remember in the show its self the green ghost coming straight at you from those stairs of the temple or w/e, then the marshmellow guy coming and the good ol' ghostbusters coming in and BAM the marshmellow was toasted and you got blasted with air! The Good 'Ol Days!
Timekeeper
Well-Known Member
Touched by a Ghost
I believe there were two "ghosts" that moved horizontally and directly in front of the huge glass wall.
There were two circular containers at each end of the glass wall. The containers opened, and the ghosts briefly travelled back and forth, and then returned to their containers.
They were not impressive props, and if anything they brought more "humor" to the show because of their home-made-haunted-house appearance.
But yes, the effect was there.
I believe there were two "ghosts" that moved horizontally and directly in front of the huge glass wall.
There were two circular containers at each end of the glass wall. The containers opened, and the ghosts briefly travelled back and forth, and then returned to their containers.
They were not impressive props, and if anything they brought more "humor" to the show because of their home-made-haunted-house appearance.
But yes, the effect was there.