Getting inside Olaf's head
Merry Christmas to all Theme Park Insiders this week!
Merry Christmas week from Theme Park Insider! As you might know, Theme Park Insider is based in the Los Angeles area, which is preparing for an especially wet holiday this year.
Love the feeling when you get splashed on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure or Jurassic World: The Ride? The forecasts suggests that SoCal residents and visitors should get ready to experience that all day on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: It looks like a rainy Christmas at Disneyland this year
Disney shares a look inside how it made its new Olaf: Walt Disney Imagineering in recent years has been opening the curtain to provide fans better access to what it does to make the magic happen in the Disney theme parks. But I can’t recall ever getting quite as much access as this - a new scientific paper detailing, and I mean detailing, exactly how researchers created the new, size-appropriate, walking Audio Animatronic for Olaf that it debuted in Paris last month.
Universal looks to customize rides for guests with disabilities: Want more attraction design plans? We have them, with a link to a new patent application from Universal.
Six Flags tops off another record-setting coaster: The lift hill is complete now on Tormenta: Rampaging Run, the new B&M Giga Dive coaster from Six Flags Over Texas.
Sony gains control of ‘Peanuts’ franchise: The Hollywood studio game of musical chairs continues. This time, Charlie Brown and Snoopy have found a new place to sit.
In more news:
And finally, some fuel for debate this holiday week: Which is the best version of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride?
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Merry Christmas to you, and thank you for reading,
Robert Niles
I’m going to Hong Kong in April. Excited to meet Olaf!