What is your favorite subtle detail from any attraction?

[RoadiJeff]

I like watching the people's reaction who are standing on the catwalk in Soarin' as I go soarin' by. They are on the far left as we soar through the mountains. I often wonder what the camera was mounted on when it filmed that scene.

 

[KaliSplash]

The broken Yeti at Everest. It's a nice touch.

 

[Minthorne]

I just love this guy.

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

The paging of Mr Tom Morrow on the PeopleMover

 

[91JLovesDisney]

I just thought of one

In BTMR as you pass by the sinking town scene, inside the saloon there’s a card table with poker set up on it. It’s really hard to see which is why I love it so much.

 

[Beacon Joe]

Swedish Chef with the blunderbuss popping out of the back of the theatre. That's subtle, right?

 

[The Colonel]

"Hello World" typed on the computer screen in the garage scene on Spaceship Earth. Very hard to see.

 

[91JLovesDisney]

"Hello World" typed on the computer screen in the garage scene on Spaceship Earth. Very hard to see.

I’d never noticed that - neat!

 

[The Colonel]

The chess game being played by the pirate skeletons in POTC queue.

and the eternal stalemate!

 

[Roy G. Dis]

I like this thread as it's a reminder that so much about an attraction besides the ride itself can excite the guest and fill them with anticipation.

Something about the beeping and booping computer noises with intermittent radio chatter in the WDW Space Mountain queue absolutely reeled me in as a 8 year old in the early 90s. I am not even sure if this was
/is a real thing because I haven't been back in the standby queue since I've been an adult (fastpassed it with no kids and didn't go near it on my two trips with tiny ones).

 

[91JLovesDisney]

I like this thread as it's a reminder that so much about an attraction besides the ride itself can excite the guest and fill them with anticipation.

Something about the beeping and booping computer noises with intermittent radio chatter in the WDW Space Mountain queue absolutely reeled me in as a 8 year old in the early 90s. I am not even sure if this was
/is a real thing because I haven't been back in the standby queue since I've been an adult (fastpassed it with no kids and didn't go near it on my two trips with tiny ones).

 

[Greg in TN]

Donald Duck getting blasted through the wall into the gift shop in Philharmagic.

 

[ppet]

Several posters have mentioned ones who are dear to my heart: Mr Toad at Haunted Mansion, Oranges on Soaring, and the smell of burning Rome on SE, but the one I haven't seen mentioned is the pirate sitting on the edge of the bridge in Pirates. I always smile at the dirty foot and hairy leg.

 

[neoshinok]

The drinking bird from the Alien scene in GMR. Supposedly an actual screen used prop:

 

[NickMaio]

Swedish Chef with the blunderbuss popping out of the back of the theatre. That's subtle, right?

You would be surprised how many people don't look back during this moment.

 

[Brer Panther]

I just remembered... during the "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" sequence in Mickey's Philharmagic, when Donald is knocked offscreen you can actually hear him circle the audience screaming before reappearing onscreen. I've always thought that was a really nice touch.

 

[Beacon Joe]

You would be surprised how many people don't look back during this moment.

Yeah, I've noticed. Kind of a bummer.

I reckon this may actually be more subtle than an armed, speaking animatronic exchanging fire with the stage, but I also really like the wall damage effects at the end of that show, especially the smoldering effects visible. Actually, this summer may have been the first time that I really really noticed that effect after years/decades of watching the show.

 

[APirateoftheCaribbean]

The drinking bird from the Alien scene in GMR. Supposedly an actual screen used prop:

I've seen it before. I didn't know if it was an actual movie prop though!

 

[APirateoftheCaribbean]

I've seen it before. I didn't know if it was an actual movie prop though!

I also noticed that the alien scene has a unique smell. Does anyone know what that is?

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Very soon my favorite will be the family of four exiting the people mover when the father declares

“OMG - if we want to skip the hour line on Space Mountain it’s going to cost 75 bucks - I’m cancelling the dinner ADR and we’re eating at Mickey D’s - wait - it costs to cancel a dinner res?”