News Tomorrowland love

marni1971

Park History nut
Premium Member
Original Poster
Literally a half hour ago my parents asked if I still wanted to go to DLP as a family trip next year. I'm hopeful but doubting DLP's SM will be reverted back to From the Earth to the Moon by then.
I’d be happy with mission one or two. Just not hyperspace mountain.

“We bought an IP and have to ram it down your throats”
 

T.Will

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I’d be happy with mission one or two. Just not hyperspace mountain.

“We bought an IP and have to ram it down your throats”
Still no word on when they'll change it back........................................................................................................................if ever.
 

trainplane3

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I’d be happy with mission one or two. Just not hyperspace mountain.

“We bought an IP and have to ram it down your throats”
I absolutely love Star Wars but if I get there next year and Hyperspace is still overlayed, I don't think I can describe my disappointment. Mission 1 is what I want to see but I'd take Mission 2 without complaining.

They have the new Jules Verne trains now, they just need to embrace the original Jules Verne theme again.
 

marni1971

Park History nut
Premium Member
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I absolutely love Star Wars but if I get there next year and Hyperspace is still overlayed, I don't think I can describe my disappointment. Mission 1 is what I want to see but I'd take Mission 2 without complaining.

They have the new Jules Verne trains now, they just need to embrace the original Jules Verne theme again.
The had a pretty ideal Tomorrowland until the mid 2000s. Now it’s getting as lost as all the others. Sadly we’re looking to get the SW overlay when we visit soon.

If there is a saving grace we should get Ghost Galaxy in Anaheim (though I’d prefer vanilla Space)
 

Rowlet

Active Member
With the new color scheme going, I continue to think about how some of the seemingly more permanent decorations of “New Tomorrowland” will be altered. I guess the only significant one I keep thinking of is the planets above the Astro Orbiter.
 

trainplane3

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With the new color scheme going, I continue to think about how some of the seemingly more permanent decorations of “New Tomorrowland” will be altered. I guess the only significant one I keep thinking of is the planets above the Astro Orbiter.
If they stick to the plant then some of the "New" will be removed while some will be repainted to fit in with the land.

Martin shared a picture of how TL looked in the 70/80s and had the spires scratched out for what we should expect. Obviously plans change and these random patches of color could be a sign of a slight direction change from the blue and white.
 

GlacierGlacier

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It did. It was also the first soundtracker audio system installed on a high G roller coaster.
Digital audio was required to handle the forces of the coaster - there's a documentary out there with footage of the absolute brick that they use(d) for storing the onboard audio for that attraction.

Though I have to assume you, Martin, have already seen that a while ago.
 

marni1971

Park History nut
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Digital audio was required to handle the forces of the coaster - there's a documentary out there with footage of the absolute brick that they use(d) for storing the onboard audio for that attraction.

Though I have to assume you, Martin, have already seen that a while ago.
It’s quite a good story. The tech was tested on Casey Jr at DLP. Once it was proven to work it was beefed up for SM. The biggest problem the first gen had was the memory cards kept vibrating loose. SMM1 an to a degree M2 was notorious for missing audio.

Mission One (and subsequent rides) has the audio split into sections to maintain sync. Listening to each section in isolation is fascinating to hear how the end of each didn’t really end as such, so it could play for plus or minus a few seconds from the ideal match without any gaps.
 

GlacierGlacier

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It’s quite a good story. The tech was tested on Casey Jr at DLP. Once it was proven to work it was beefed up for SM. The biggest problem the first gen had was the memory cards kept vibrating loose. SMM1 an to a degree M2 was notorious for missing audio.

Mission One (and subsequent rides) has the audio split into sections to maintain sync. Listening to each section in isolation is fascinating to hear how the end of each didn’t really end as such, so it could play for plus or minus a few seconds from the ideal match without any gaps.
Show that adapts to delays and runtime changes is amazing. The way soundtrack coasters adjust playback to match progress, the way dinosaur/Indy manipulates movement to cover-up ride delays, apparently Shanghai's pirates takes it into account big-time.

Sometimes it doesn't work out well (FoP pre-show) but when it does it's beautiful and totally unnoticeable.
 

juniorthomas

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No need. Just stop cramming IP in everywhere. Especially when the IP is already represented.

“Crap. We spent billions on this property. We’d better use it.

But we already do.

Well, use it some more. We spent billions on it.”
As Walt famously said,
"Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.
And IP. Imagination and IP. Wait, can I try this again? I feel like I can make it better. Quick, cut the tape so I can-."
 

HauntedPirate

Park nostalgist
Premium Member
Yep. That’s the clever and the hard part. Fascinating.

RnRC even takes it to Easter egg level with a whole band introduction should you be held before unload too long.

Oooo... something else I really would like to hear sometime. You wouldn't happen to have that in video or something, would you?

*wanders off to Vimeo...*
 

trainplane3

Well-Known Member
Yep. That’s the clever and the hard part. Fascinating.

RnRC even takes it to Easter egg level with a whole band introduction should you be held before unload too long.
Interested as well. I can't remember but I was held on the final block for a solid 5 minutes last fall so I may have heard it. But I was too focused on my friend trying not to throw up from doing Food and Wine really hardcore that morning.

...I've never watched someone burn $100+ only on booze in less then 90 minutes...
 

marni1971

Park History nut
Premium Member
Original Poster
Oooo... something else I really would like to hear sometime. You wouldn't happen to have that in video or something, would you?

*wanders off to Vimeo...*
I’m sure I have it somewhere. I just don’t exactly where since it’s not where it should be.

It’s worth noting RnRC doesn’t have its ride tracks split like SM. Once you launch its one single track until the music runs out.
 

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