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In celebration of Disneyland Resort’s 70th
anniversary, the happiest place on Earth has
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unveiled a new attraction, Walt Disney A
Magical Life,
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debuting at the Main Street Opera House, a
cinematic presentation takes you through Walt
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Disney’s journey, featuring a pre-show tribute
video as well as a visit to a rendition of his
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office.
Among the Displays and artifacts showcasing
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Disneyland’s timeline through the years.
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The Imagineers welcome visitors to an immersive
experience with an animatronic rendition of
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Walt Disney himself.
With the idea on the vault for decades.
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Imagineers have spent more than 7 years on the
project, featuring what’s known as Disney’s
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first audio animatronic figures.
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The Walt Disney figure dressed in suit, shoes,
and tie tells the story of his life through
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historical recordings.
The animatronic figure is the most advanced
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model to be created at Disney.
Imagineers studied mannerisms and movements,
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muscle structure, nuances, and even how the
mouth fell while speaking.
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Design and development teams furthermore went
as far as creating realistic skin and a twinkle
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in his eye.
Underneath this realistic skin lies an
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electrically powered body.
Older models were primarily hydraulic or
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pneumatic, emitting huffs and puffs to power
character movement smoothly.
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With no need to move much further than a lean
to stand motion,
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however, electricity allows for a quieter, more
fluid moving model.
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Walt helped pioneer the audio animatronic
medium some 60 years ago with a team that
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created a figure of Abraham Lincoln.
The first audio animatronic version of Lincoln
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debuted at the New York World’s Fair in 1964.
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It was so lifelike that National Geographic
called it alarming.
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The show was installed at Disneyland in 1965,
opening just yesterday on July 17th,
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the new Walt Disney attraction is available to
the public,
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commemorating the park that’s been in operation
since the same day in 1955,
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and thus far no one has called Walt’s robot
alarming.
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I’m Devon Verbsky, and this is manufacturing
now.