DisneyGigi
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Maybe that is why they edit and it takes 24 hours to show up? Just a thought? 15 days til our trip! Can't wait to see.
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Tower of Terror debuts new on-board video souvenir with Memory Maker and MagicBands
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HatboxGhost
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That's the same thing I was thinking. Its a nice bonus to an already purchased MM.
Mike730
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HA! You're thinking too logically.
dreamfinder
Well-Known Member
In the age of Vine video (and other short form video snippets) I can see these doing somewhat well. Make it easy to embed into Facebook, Twitter et al, and people will post it. Free advertising for WDW for that 6 second clip (or however long) of you and your friends freaking out when the elevator drops.
They tested an AGV onboard camera last year.
FerretAfros
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I suppose this is why they moved away from the Photo Pass name. I think the old name is much more descriptive than "Memory Maker" (which sounds like it could be almost anything in WDW; a friendly CM, an attraction, a show, a memorable meal, etc.) but if it includes photos and videos, "Photo Pass" wouldn't really reflect what all it incorporates
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
WDWYankee15
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There was discussion of the 7DMT on ride photo testing last week in this thread. http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/seven-dwarfs-mine-train-on-ride-photos.888219/
AgeEight-E
Active Member
Dammit. I would give anything to have video on this ride from when my GF and I went last November; she was terrified on ToT.
Not a big fan of that light, though. And is it normal for the sign to still be unlit that late into the evening?
Not a big fan of that light, though. And is it normal for the sign to still be unlit that late into the evening?
AgeEight-E
Active Member
Why couldn't they have gone with a night vision camera? It would avoid all the problems associated with that glaring light, and thematically it would have fit the ride, too, matching all those commercials you see of people being scared silly in movie theaters.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
To be fair, if it has me in it, its worth having.
ShookieJones
We need time for things to happen.
Yow...that's crazy bright. I was kinda excited about this (because we're giving the MM a shot this year), but if this is the residual effects of this offering I'd just as soon not have it.
Don't we have some video capture technology (aka a more advanced night vision) that isn't so obtrusive?
doctornick
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So, this is my question as well, as I was considering getting Attractions+ for my next trip and a video feature might tip the scale to the "buying" column. Anyone know?
JohnD
Well-Known Member
$$$
Last year it was worse when you rode. Doors open and bang! Not sunlight - LED lighting panels, scaffold bars and cabling. Nighttime was even worse. Hardly 1939.
Hopefully it's still a work in progress.
40goingon7
Member
We used Memory Maker back in April of this year and for the amount of money we paid, getting ride photos for Splash, Space mountains, buzz lightyear and all the character meet and greets (including meals) it was worth it alone. Adding video to the mix would be a great memory (laugh). Luckily my children are to young to have Facebook or other posting sites so for the time being any bad videos/photos of mom or dad will stay with mom and dad.
dreamfinder
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At least with the regular PhotoPass pictures, 24 hours is their safety window on the longest it should take pictures to show up. I've had them come over in as little as an hour. From my understanding there are really two separate PhotoPass systems, one in park, and one in a remote data center that handles the online portion. So accounting for time for pictures to be spot checked for profanities/add magic shots, and then having delays from the replication from the local system to the remote system, it could take a while. Video uses so much more bandwidth, so you may need to add in compression time (may not apply if they are recording directly to compressed format), but also a longer amount of time to sync over. I'll wait until actual videos start to surface, but remember that each second of video is about 29-30 frames of still, so you are looking at a large increase of data. I could easily see 10-30MB for a 15 second clip if they suck it up and go 720P for some quality, but if they go something lower ala Vine, then it may be not much more than 2-3MB.
Outside of compression, editing shouldn't be bad at all. They need some sort of markers to mark the start/end of the segment for a given person to know who gets what picture/video anyways, so setting it up programmatically to take pre-canned snippet, insert video that corresponds to markers, then add pre-canned snippet should be fairly trivial.