Now we're going to see how movies are made at Hollywood Studios (The Second area of Hollywoodland), The area featuring 3 sub areas (Muppets Courtyard, The Backlot & Disney Animation) & It's themed after actual movie backlots with an industrial theme and is very plain.
& the famous Earffel Tower stands about 100 ft tall much bigger as Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland next door just to let guest feel like they like in a real working studio with soundstages & an animation studios with it.
Jim Henson's Muppet-Vision 3D
C-ticket 3D Show
Join Kermit the Frog as he take guest on a tour of their studios in a 3D Extravaganza
The First land is Muppet Courtyard & home to Muppet-Vision 3D. Similar to the one at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida, the attraction consists of a pre-show which then leads into Kermit the Frog guiding park guests on a tour through Muppet Studios, while the Muppets prepare their sketch acts to demonstrate their new breakthrough in 3D film technology. The show, however, completely unravels when Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's experimental 3D sprite, Waldo, causes mayhem during the next portion of the show.
This 3D film in conjunction with in-theater 4D effects, such as Audio-Animatronics, lighting, projections, smoke, soap bubbles, and a live full-bodied performer.
RIDE STATS
Attraction Type: 3D film
Designer: Walt Disney Imagineering
Production companies: Walt Disney Pictures & Jim Henson Productions
Theme: The Muppet Show
Audience capacity: 564 per show
Duration: 15 minutes
The Henson Plaza Stage: Bear in the Big Blue House: Live on Stage
A Outdoor Stage Show
The Henson Plaza Stage is an Outdoor Stage with Weather Proof Covers on the roof just to make it an all day show from not getting wet or staying cool in the shade from Rain or Shine.
Bear in the Big Blue House: Live on Stage was an interactive stage show that featured Bear, Ojo, Tutter, Treelo, Pip, Pop, Shadow, and Luna singing songs from their television show of the same named on the Disney Channel.
Special Effects Stage
B ticket Special Effect Attraction
Come & See how Special Effects & Be a part of this movie.
The Second area is the Backlot & the first attraction of this area is the Special Effects Stage. The principle of this attraction at DCA is to demonstrate set effects, as in the film, within a full room using special effects.
The whole attraction lasts about 22 minutes with a capacity of 170 people.
(Just to note that video its in French from Disneyland Paris Second Gate park. But just imagined this attraction being in English)
Pre-Show
As guests enter Stage 4, where a Cast Member explains them the part they are about to play in the shooting of the 1998 film Armageddon. After a pre-show presentation, which includes a history of special effects from the movies past & present, and a speech from Michael Clarke Duncan ("Bear" in the movie), guests learn they will enter the recreation of the Space Station Mir from the film. Two main characters will join them: the central computer of the Station, and Colonel Andropov. The films and spiel of both studio's are identical, although they have different art work on display.
Ride Experience
Guests then proceed onto the set of the Station's main deck. As the show starts with the director's call of "Action!", several scenes ensue. Windows opening either on Space or on Earth let guests witness the arrival of a meteorite rain. As it hits the station, several disfunctions occur, including lights flickering, gas bursting into the cabin, the ceiling threatening to collapse and incandescent rocks crossing the room. At one point, the build-up of pressure in the pipes causes a part of the wall to be pulled out, letting air escape until a tight door closes. Finally, as guests can see the main meteor arriving on them, a powerful explosion occurs. A voice calling "Cut!" closes the show & the guests walked out the Soundstage.
RIDE STATS
Attraction Type: Special effects simulation
Designer: Walt Disney Imagineering
Participants per group: 170
Duration: 22 minutes
Superstar Television
An Interactive Show
Superstar Television gave guests the chance to “appear” in some of their favorite television shows using technology that made them look like they were in the scenes themselves. It was part of the park’s initial goal to teach people how film and television production functioned.
While guests waited in line, they would have a chance to volunteer to be in the show. If chosen, they were taken backstage and given their lines to look over (though they would still have cue cards to go off of during the show).
As guest get inside an 1,000-seat theater inside the Soundstage 5 & be ready for the show, there were a wide variety of shows represented in Superstar Television, with some news broadcasts and sporting events in addition to some scripted classics like I Love Lucy, Gilligan’s Island and Cheers amongst many others. Over 20 different shows were represented in the attraction, so there was truly a little bit for everyone.
The video above is a feed from one of the eight 100-inch monitors in the theaters that helped translate the filmed action in front of the guests into a “television show.” So guests watching in the audience had the choice to watch the physical taping or these screens, making for a unique experience that we haven’t really seen since. In many cases where guests could learn about the filmmaking process, a packaged video was put together at the end.
SHOW STATS
Attraction Type: Interactive Show
Designer: Walt Disney Imagineering
Theme: History of Television
Audience capacity: 1,000 per show
Duration: 25 minutes
That's all for now, but Coming Soon is the final area of the studios before we get to Twilight Alley is Disney's Famous Animation of Toon Studios. So we will Tooned you later.
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