The awaited Frozen Ever After ride is now open at Epcot and here is what is so far the best video of it, filmed by Attractions Magazine. The queue looks great, the ride and Audio-Animatronics too, special effects are perfect AND as you will see WDI Imagineers have done huge progress on the rear head projection technology, used here on the human characters faces. As your probably remember they've used it first on the dwarfs faces in the Seven Dwarfs Mine coaster and the faces looked a little bit too pink, which don't seem to be anymore the case here. The ride will be for sure an instant success - and not only because it is a Frozen ride but because of its quality of staging - and will be a classic for years to come!
Enjoy this new Disney ride, let us know in the comments what you think of it, and thanks to Attractions Magazine for such a terrific video!
Also, a very interesting video always from Attractions Magazine showing side by side the Frozen ride and the Maelstrom ride which, as we know, was the ride inside the show building before. Note that the side by side don't start before 1.08 min as they've added some scenes at the start of the Frozen ride where there was practically nothing at the beginning of the Maelstrom ride. The Frozen ride is more advanced technologically speaking but the Maelstrom scenes had more depths thanks to backdrop paintings but also more decor elements / props.
Videos: copyright Attractions Magazine
My expectations for this were rock bottom, but... I'm actually very impressed. It seems like a really good dark ride. The only shame is that it's in Norway instead of Fantasyland, but I understand why they did that. Well done WDI!
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ReplyDeleteThose are some pretty amazing AAs. Possibly some of the best anywhere. As much as I adored Maelstrom, I have to admit this is pretty impressive stuff. Also, the ride seems to photograph really well. Some of the stills I saw posted elsewhere look so fantastic, I almost thought I was looking at concept art instead (you know the kind that shows the ideal version of the ride). I guess that's a good thing.
It looks pretty good, they made good use of the backwards fall from Elsa's palace. I'm not totally sold on the face projections though, they still kind of look 'painted on', but maybe they look better in person. The queue looks pretty good, but the boat looks old, didn't they refurbish them?
ReplyDeleteOutstanding! I have to admit I always have doubt with refurbishments, but once again WDI does a stunning job! Bravo!
ReplyDeleteI had low expectations that Disney was going to spend very little just sell more merchandise. Well, this looks much better than little mermaid. Great job wdi
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ReplyDeleteI read that they switched the loading station to the exit so the added length gave the new ride added an extra minute to the ride. It makes a big difference. The Maelstrom ride had more depth, but lacks anything interesting to see as it is much too short of ride. The new ride succeeds in bringing heart and joy to the attraction and it makes better use of the lift to tell the story. I was expecting them to slow down the backwards portion to increase the ride duration. The snow monster didn't do anything, but should be bigger and swing his arms. Reminds me of the new Universal Kong animatronic that didn't do anything either, but sit there and look congested.
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