Photos, photos, photos! Coming soon to your favorite attractions!

[C.FERNIE]

i think adding cameras is a good thing its one of the only times we can all get a group shot together! and a HM shop would be awesome I love the ToT shop (even if the ride terrifies me), with all its ride specific merchandise! maybe the magic band - ness may work out in the end! every cloud has its silver lining!

 

[Bryansworld]

I like the idea on Haunted Mansion and Big Thunder Mtn.... but Not Pirates.... unless they make the drop thru a Lightning Storm. (The Image of the Skeleton on the ship right before the drop is in a storm)

 

[RandySavage]

I loathe this development. Never been a fan of the "post-ride shop" trend, especially when a really transporting ride then dumps you into racks of anachronistic theme park merch (e.g. Tower of Terror). Nothing brings one back to reality faster than a rack of t-shirts. The digital screens where they'll display the photos will likely be another unnecessary anachronism.

 

[FitzherbertFreak]

I am super excited about BTMR photos. It's about time all of the mountains, and one of my favorite rides, has photopass.

 

[marni1971]

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People who want their children to know who Lincoln is are being driven out by '1000-calorie snack'-gobbling honeybooboos staring at their sixtieth ride pic selfie of their stuffed face while looking for an immediate opportunity to indulge their impulse buy addiction with spending thirty dollars for $0.75 Chinese plastic trinkets.

So what do you really think?

 

[Hmac]

So does this mean they fixed the hitchhiking ghost interaction at the end? (sorry was there in early Oct and was busted the entire time, haven't seen an update) would be cool to have photos there IF it reliably worked!

 

[ABQ]

So does this mean they fixed the hitchhiking ghost interaction at the end? (sorry was there in early Oct and was busted the entire time, haven't seen an update) would be cool to have photos there IF it reliably worked!

It was working when I was there in Mid December.

 

[artdeco]

I don't think there has to be a flash to grab a HHG photo. You're watching a manipulated real-time image of yourself. Can't they just grab a frame from that?

In fact, couldn't they give you a choice of effect, in case you didn't like the random head-swap you got? That would be pretty neat.

 

[AEfx]

I don't think there has to be a flash to grab a HHG photo. You're watching a manipulated real-time image of yourself. Can't they just grab a frame from that?

In fact, couldn't they give you a choice of effect, in case you didn't like the random head-swap you got? That would be pretty neat.

I agree - I doubt there will be a flash moment. There is no reason to - you are already reasonably well-lit in that area just for the purpose of the trick anyway.


BTW, the newest Disney Parks newsletter had info about "lots of great HM specific merch" coming in late 2014 - my guess is, we'll see some activity soon and we'll have a Haunted Mansion shop by Halloween. Maybe even as early as August if they want to get it open before MNNSHP begins for the year.

 

[dreamfinder]

I agree - I doubt there will be a flash moment. There is no reason to - you are already reasonably well-lit in that area just for the purpose of the trick anyway.


BTW, the newest Disney Parks newsletter had info about "lots of great HM specific merch" coming in late 2014 - my guess is, we'll see some activity soon and we'll have a Haunted Mansion shop by Halloween. Maybe even as early as August if they want to get it open before MNNSHP begins for the year.

Some of the new merch has been previewed here -> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...dise-on-the-horizon-for-disney-parks-in-2014/

 

[Goofnut1980]

The photopass pictures at Disneyland Paris are actually quite nice.. they have great backgrounds around your pictures.. and like on Buzz it actually tells your scores. WDW.. nope.. no score and a boring picture!

 

[EOD K9]

The photopass pictures at Disneyland Paris are actually quite nice.. they have great backgrounds around your pictures.. and like on Buzz it actually tells your scores. WDW.. nope.. no score and a boring picture!

That would require TDO to spend money on linking more info to something (score to pic) even though the technology is there.

 

[tl77]

Some of the new merch has been previewed here -> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...dise-on-the-horizon-for-disney-parks-in-2014/

I never really see much Disney merch I like, but I love all this stuff! thanks for posting it

 

[Voxel]

That would require TDO to spend money on linking more info to something (score to pic) even though the technology is there.

I believe part of this is that the TDO was the original product and DL got a copy and improved. And the fact that Buzz has never gotten a long refurb (The longest being 5 days) could explain why it hasn't been migrated into the system.

 

[lunchbox1175]

Has there been any update on this thread, like time frame when it will happen?

 

[iheartdisney91]

So will these rides be closed? I'm going in October and those are 3 of my favorites!

 

[The Visionary Soul]

Has there been any update on this thread, like time frame when it will happen?

Still aiming to be complete by the end of the year. It's budget is all connected to the MagicMaker program.

 

[The Visionary Soul]

So will these rides be closed? I'm going in October and those are 3 of my favorites!

You and everyone else. I expect Big Thunder Mountain to close for a few days at some point, but nothing major.

 

[dstrawn9889]

i don't see how it would affect a ride for more than a day... place camera overnight, run wiring. shutter control switch on track and med-distance rf receiver for magicband near track. timing tweaked over the day closed, set up redemption kiosk, plug into router and point memory maker to new camera system.