Today, Disney and more pay tribute to the soon to be extinct DLP Walt Disney Studios Armageddon attraction with exclusive pictures and videos shot by Max, D&M contributor and DLP Welcome webmaster.
Presented in Studio 7 and designed on one of the scenes of the hit film Armageddon, this special effects attraction which brings visitors to the Mir space Station will close March 31, 2019. The attraction will be replaced by a brand new attraction supposedly designed with a Spiderman theme in the new WDS Marvel Land from 2020/21.
The concept of the attraction designed by WDI Imagineer show-producer Rick Rothschild and his team was identical to the one of the "Backlot" land since the opening of the park on March 16, 2002: The filming of a new scene of the film with visitors for actors, i.e you! So after a quick pre-show lasting almost 10 minutes, « the assistant director » of the new scene was telling you what will follow and motivates you to be the stars of this scene from Armageddon.
Let's get inside the pre-show area would we?
Moving to the show room...
Max succeeded to have access to the show room with guests inside and shot great pictures of the decor on every angle as well as two videos - that you will see below - one with guests and one with nobody inside the show room. That will be precious to keep memory of the attraction when it will be extinct, something by the way that Disney should do each time they close permanently an attraction to allow to keep the memory of it forever. If they were doing this we would have decent videos of beloved attraction like Epcot Horizons or World of Motion, for instance...
The show room is a faithful reproduction of the central module of the space station that you can see in the Armageddon Movie. Once the attraction is in motion, the effects start crescendo before the meteor arrives and hit the space station. After seeing the film, you can imagine that the atmosphere is becoming more and more catastrophic in the Mir station, plagued at the end by an impressive deadly rain.
What made the success of the attraction was the multitude of effects and moving elements activated in a meticulous choreography. After access to the main plateau, the 180 crew members ( guests ) would undergo the meteor attack for almost 5 minutes.
This walkthrough type attraction was unique in the park as it lasted - pre-show included - almost 17 minutes! It was the longest attraction of the park and among the longest of Disneyland Paris Resort. Discover the attraction as you have never seen it, alone, facing the disaster!
Unfortunately today, six weeks before its permanent closure, the attraction don't have any more maintenance on some important effects. Since more than 5 years many rumors about its replacement were discussed on social networks, and since the last 3 years some show effects like the smoke effect were no longer active, or some effects like parts of the suspended structure only work at 30% of their capacities. Disney acted to maintain the attraction but without putting it forward or promoting it in its programs. At the end they kept only one of the two debriefs (pre-show) and a minimum staff of 7 cast-members in the show building.
Last but not least, some informations about the attraction: the attraction had a capacity of up to 1205 visitors per hour, the giant fan brews 10 775 cubic meter of air per second The large fan duct is large and wide enough for a person to enter and stand naturally.
We will end by the second video filmed by Max, this time showing the attraction with regular guests inside it, and by reminding you that those of you visiting the Walt Disney Studios have until March 31 to enjoy it!
More DLP updates will come soon, in the meantime for those desperately looking to put the hands on a printed copy of the 320 pages Disneyland Paris book "From Sketch to Reality" at a reasonable price i want to let you know that i still ahve five copies only of the ENGLISH edition, and taht i will NOT be reprinted!
Price is 150 euros for one copy + 19€ shipping and it won't last long at this price and it's probably your last chance to get a printed copy of this gorgeous book at a reasonable price, no kidding, as the book is now sold on Amazon by others sellers at $2000 or more - check this HERE !
Note to French readers - Lecteurs Français: Etant donné que l'édition française est épuisée, tout acheteur de l'édition anglaise recevra gratuitement l'édition française eBook du livre! Et l'édition eBook contient plus de 60 liens vidéos d'une délection des meilelures vidéos du parc! Note Importante: cette offre avec l'eBook est réservée à ceux possédant du matériel Apple ( iPhone, Ipad ou iMac ) nécessaire pour pouvoir liire l'eBook.
The "Disneyland Paris From Sketch to Reality" book is a 320 pages book with 750 pictures of the park including 250 WDI artworks! It's also probably the best gift you can find for a Disneyland Paris or Disney Parks fan - and it is true! Have a look below to the mosaic pictures showing a selection of pages of the book.
To place your order for the DLP book, please send me an email at: amplittaye@gmail.com with your shipping address. The price for one copy is 150€ and shipping worldwide is 19€ ( except Belgium and Italy for which it is 29€ ).
Also, each order will receive GREAT surprise gifts! ( and believe me they are really great! )
You can pay with Paypal, credit card or bank transfer. For Paypal payments please send directly the full amount including worlwide shipping, i.e 169€ ( except for Belgium and Italy for which it is 179€ ) by Paypal at: nme4@wanadoo.fr
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If you've never seen the book before, don't miss the video below or on Youtube HERE showing the full 320 pages of the book!
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