The world of Pixar’s Cars races into Disney’s Hollywood Studios with Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy. The new show features an impressive life-size audio-animatronic version of Lightning McQueen and a gigantic wrap-around screen that envelopes the audience in the world as they become rookie racers. Ka-Chow!… Read More »Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy Preview
File this under Tokyo Disneyland gets all the cool toys. It’s a large filing cabinet. A sneak peek at the Beauty and the Beast attraction planned as part of their big expansion was just released and it’s absolutely incredible. The ride uses trackless vehicles that… Read More »Behind-the-scenes look at new Beauty and the Beast attraction at Tokyo Disneyland
When you finish your ride on the Slinky Dog Dash roller coaster, your final stop before the unloading station will be a very special serenade by Wheezy the penguin from Pixar’s Toy Story movies. He’ll be singing the iconic song “You’ve Got A Friend In… Read More »How Imagineers created Wheezy the Penguin Audio-Animatronic for Toy Story Land
A revised Hall of Presidents at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom just reopened a few weeks ago with a robotic representation of Donald Trump giving a speech on stage in front of 43* other Presidential audio-animatronic figures. Even before Trump moved into the White House,… Read More »Guest yells “Lock Him Up” during Hall of Presidents Show
It took a year, but the Hall of Presidents has reopened at the Magic Kingdom bringing with it new enhancements and new show elements to bring the story of the presidency to life. And yes, the newest occupant of the White House is there and… Read More »Hall of Presidents returns to Walt Disney World
A few years ago Garner Holt productions took over production of audio-animatronic figures from Walt Disney Imagineering. They’ve been creating amazing humanoid robotic figures ever since. Their latest takes the cake for realism. This expressive talking animatronic of President Abraham Lincoln is a special effect… Read More »Garner Holt creates most lifelike audio-animatronic of President Lincoln yet
A video surfaced on twitter with a look at the audio-animatronic robotics that make the Na’Vi Shaman from Pandora – The World of Avatar look so realistic. All the advanced robotics give the head a very realistic look, there are more ‘servos’ in this animatronic… Read More »Watch the robotics of the Na’vi Shaman audio-animatronic
Pandora – The World of Avatar is coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Summer 2017. Guests at this weekend’s Destination D event learned quite a bit more about the project thanks to visits from Imagineer Joe Rohde and movie director James Cameron. The pair stayed in… Read More »More details from Avatar land coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom