News Soarin’ Over California Returns!

[truecoat]

I got to experience Soarin' Over California today, and it was amazing! A few technical items I noticed, for the detail-oriented in the crowd:

* The film has been cleaned up and digitized for the new projectors, and looks very crisp. The colors got a bit saturated in the conversion process, so it's a bit bright (most noticeable in the rafting scene and the desert).

* During the digitization process, they seemed to have zoomed and cropped a bit, as the action is a bit "closer" to you than it previously was.

* The digitization also resulted in the scene shifting back and forth a LOT. Think the jittering of the camera during the LA traffic scene, but in every scene. The result is the film isn't quite as smooth as it originally was. It was honestly distracting and jittery enough to give me a headache.

* The score and soundtrack were also remixed and boosted for the new audio system and it sounds PHENOMENAL. Hearing the Goldsmith score in this new mix was amazing.

* The orange scent smells like a different one than they previously used. This is a lot stronger. We noticed the scent as soon as we walked in the theatre.

* Having little things back like the load music, Patrick welcoming you back, the original safety video which says "over California"... it all just fits DCA and Grizzly Peak so much better.

I thought this was digitized before the change over.

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

TBH They should just permanently keep soarin over California for DCA and soarin around the world should stay at epcot.

 

[Phroobar]

TBH They should just permanently keep soarin over California for DCA and soarin around the world should stay at epcot.

Epcot deserves better than that. How about Soarin over Mars!

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

Epcot deserves better than that. How about Soarin over Mars!

Epcot deserves better than that. How about Soarin over Mars!

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I thought this was digitized before the change over.

Yes, it was. It looks and sounds exactly the same as right before it was converted to the foreign version.

 

[VJ]

AHAHAHAHA! The same guy behind Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management, Journey Into Your Imagination, Journey Into Imagination with Figment, and Stitch’s Great Escape. Who woulda thunk!

He also wrote Horizons.

So.

 

[truecoat]

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Coming to EPCOT IP in 2021, it's SOARIN' OVER MARS! With a new soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and featuring Matt Damon!

 

[chadwpalm]

Coming to EPCOT IP in 2021, it's SOARIN' OVER MARS! With a new soundtrack by Hans Zimmer!

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Where's Matt Damon?

 

[Disney Irish]

Coming to EPCOT IP in 2021, it's SOARIN' OVER MARS! With a new soundtrack by Hans Zimmer!

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If they don't issue space suits with oxygen tanks to each guest then its a fail in my book, #stopbreakingimmersionDisney

 

[truecoat]

Where's Matt Damon?

New and improved with more Matt Damon.

 

[chadwpalm]

New and improved with more Matt Damon.

Now we're talkin'!

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

It’s powered by solid hydrogen and can accelerate from 0 to 6,000 in 60 seconds. So when you hear the words "Go. For launch"...you’ll...definitely...want to hang on.

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

So many people are calling Soarin’ Around the World “Soarin’ Over the World” that I’m certain we’re going to see a Berenstain Bears effect with it in years to come.

'MAKING MOVIES, MAKING SONGS AND SOARIN' OVER THE WORLD"- RUSSELL CROWE

 

[Kram Sacul]

I thought Soarin Over Mars was basically Mission: Space? Except in a spinning broom closet.

 

[socalifornian]

I thought Soarin Over Mars was basically Mission: Space? Except in a spinning broom closet.

Yup you also have buttons to press depending on your job. There’s the orange or green sides depending on if you want G’s or not too. If Star Tours left because of GE I thought they might’ve tried to shoehorn a lite green version of that ride as a cheap fix. Glad flight 1401 is sticking around

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

He also wrote Horizons.

So.

I actually really like the enchanted tiki room under new management and journey into imagination with figment. *Runs away*

 

[lazyboy97o]

I thought Soarin Over Mars was basically Mission: Space? Except in a spinning broom closet.

It’s more Crashin’ Into Mars than Soarin’ Over Mars.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Coming to EPCOT IP in 2021, it's SOARIN' OVER MARS! With a new soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and featuring Matt Damon!

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Featuring the authentic Martian scents of potatoes and poop!

 

[MisterPenguin]

Oh man, I wish we at WDW could give up the Taj Mahal in order to see a golf course!

 

[shortstop]

Oh man, I wish we at WDW could give up the Taj Mahal in order to see a golf course!

It’s like you’re really there! The realism is crazy.