Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey Fountain Effect, Explained ❄️  

It seriously is.

EVen when you find out it sill looks so real!

Something so basic, with an amazing pay off

“Work smart, not hard”

At first I thought it fanned out of the side of the fountain but that is so much more clever.

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I thought it looked slightly off but was definitely fooled and the rotation was genius

It's such a cool effect (no pun intended)

The great part of effects is most of them aren't all that complicated! I will say the technology is probably a bit complicated, such as the projection mapping here, but gets better with time. One of the coolest effects I've seen is for the Universal Japan Jurassic Park ride where a dinosaur chases you! Other than a GIANT animatronic...it's actually really simple how it is done.

The simpler the trick, the less likely it is to break down. Indiana Jones. The car doesn’t move backwards while a trap door opens to have you dive under a rolling ball. - The walls move forward. - The hole is always there. - The Ball is spinning on its own arm/vehicle that moves it forward and back.

@@LocalMaple I love the Indiana Jones trick so much!

These newer animatronic types (A-1000; fully electric) exist in a couple places in the US parks too (usually only as 1-2 animatronics in newer rides or re-furbs tho. Tho the new Tiana's Bayou refurb has quite a few, actually.) The Tokyo parks have historically just had better funding behind them. Unlike other Disney parks, Disney technically doesn't own Tokyo Disneyland or Tokyo Disneysea. They are pretty much 100% built, funded, and operated by the Oriental Land Company. The 2 parks purchase the Disney IP licenses and also receive training & do team collabs with Disney-provided Imagineers and brand overseers. The biggest reason Disney greenlit building Tokyo Disneyland back in the '80s was exactly cuz OLC promised to pay for the whole thing. So ya, Disney, doesn't really have to worry about allotting a budget to the Tokyo parks, the way they do with the others. That's up to The Oriental Land Company.

Because Tokyo one spared no expense while the US try everything they can to lower the budget.

It’s in Japan

It's not even managed or engineered by Disney. It is a Japanese company that pays Disney to use its intellectual properties

lucky for you, this isn’t disney world!

Disney World isn’t this impressive, trust me

​@@user-qz9mf3oi5n sadly, even though Disney World accounts for a majority of the company's income.

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That’s a great suggestion! I’ll look into it and see what I can figure out. 😄

I second this one! My guess would be a slow reveal with projection mapping, but the videos I've seen don't get a clear look

@@PhoenixVic21It is! The part of the staircase is dark and lights up with projection mapping so it looks like its being formed

@@Jetrowdy what I've seen is so smooth. I love when I know how something is done but it can be MORE impressive knowing it cause you are just so happy for people that made the effect work

It's different because this is not Disney but a Japanese company who manages and makes everything in their park. They just struck a deal to use Disney characters and whatnot. Disney CA and world are actually managed by Disney the company.

I was wondering the same thing, and even mentioned that in the first version of my script. I couldn’t see a trap door open from the footage, but it’s very possible there’s a door that quickly opens right before the spikes shoot up.

It probably is just a hole in the ground, it's pretty thin, I don't think you'll get more than a foot in. There's lots of rides that have similar such holes like the slot car tracks in Radiator Springs that doesn't close up. Maintenance works just need to know the pinch points and hazard zones. Otherwise, they can do a fail safe system like in Indiana Jones and Expedition Everest. Guard rails go up in possible fall areas when the ride is in any non-operating mode or loses power (the only time there should ever be anyone on track), then they reset when the ride is operating. It's definitely better than doors repeatedly opening and closing.

I've gotten that before. Well, not the less expressive part, but he's hilarious so I get it.

😂 Fair enough

I still think animatronics look like fnaf animatronics 😭😭 never knew they look so good now

@@woolsheepthree Most animatronics I've seen from like, random internet users are usually some kind of harsh moving collection of servos. I wanna know what Disney got

Why is “your” in quotation marks?

This is from a theme park ride in Tokyo. These are physical props, which is why they need to use effects to make the scene work.

This is not an animated movie. This is the ride in Tokyo DisneySea, and these are all physical props and animatronics.