Top 10 Recycled Disney Animatronics Ft Disney Dan

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used for something new exactly so today along with my co-host Disney Dan we're gonna be looking through some Disney ride history and counting down the top 10 recycled animatronics at the Disney theme parks number 10 Sebastian when Ariel passes by on her float in festival fantasy at Magic Kingdom over 15 years of parade history lives on the float the spectral magic parade was a fan favorite and the sebastian animatronic leading the little mermaid float in festival of fantasy used to be on the little mermaid float in spectra magic when the nighttime parade returned for its 2001 run sebastian was one of the additions made to the parade which was actually just a duplicate figure of the sebastian animatronic that was currently on the float in the magical moments parade this wasn't the exact same figure used in spectral magic since magical moments closed in September of 2001 while spectra magic reopened six months earlier in March when details were released on festival of fantasy it was really exciting knowing that a piece of spectral magic would still live on in this brand-new Magic Kingdom parade number 9 the teddy bear a honeypot for many fans 2001 was a sad time in Disneyland when they shut down the country Bear Jamboree and replaced it with a brand-new Winnie the Pooh dark ride now it's a well known bit of trivia that the three wall-mounted animal head characters buff Max and Melvin are hidden in the ride just after the Heffalump and Woozles scene high above your head but what you might not know is that teddy bear ax also makes an appearance in the ride or well at least her swing does the mechanics that lowered Teddy into the country bear theater were actually repurposed into the Pooh Bear hot air balloon animatronic so the next time you pass through the Heffalumps and Woozles scene of the Winnie the Pooh ride in Disneyland remember the original bear that once rode the mechanics of that hot-air balloon number eight the droids of Star Tours as he passed through the queue of Disneyland Star Tours you're entertained by many animatronic characters two of these characters in the second Q room are the droids G 290 and G 214 and they actually had past lives as a certain feathered animal from an extinct Tomorrowland attraction America sings opened in June of 1974 and was a rotating theatre attraction like Carousel of Progress it featured a cast of animatronic animals singing the songs of various time periods in American history at some point in mid to late 1986 people began to notice a couple of the geese animatronics in the show were missing well shortly after Star Tours soft opened in December of 1986 it was clear where the animatronic geese went in an interview with creative executive of Disney Imagineering Tom Fitzgerald on Endor Express net he said that work on Star Tours moved very quickly and they were just creating things as they went along he confirmed that when they decided they needed droids for the queue they went into the America sings attraction one night and just took two birds out of the show the figures were stripped of their feathers leaving just the robotic mechanics exposed and with some added dressings they created these brand-new droid characters at night the G and the droids names were also used to reference their past lives as geese in America sings and to this day they still have their webbed feet number seven buffaloes of the land the living with the land attraction at Epcot is a fan favorite and has been since the attraction opened in 1982 the ride features videos live greenhouse demonstrations and a few scenes of America's farmlands including some animatronics of a buffalo and prairie dogs these animal animatronics weren't always intended for the living with the land ride instead they were originally developed for a brand new ride in the Magic Kingdom called the Western River expedition a similar layout to the Jungle Cruise gasps would board a boat and taken it ride through the deserted West encountering all sorts of animals and rugged landscapes Imagineers were well into developing this ride to the point where some animatronics had already been completed but when the concept was eventually scrapped and the land was developed into other attractions like Splash Mountain and Big Thunder the animatronics were recycled into the living with the land attraction where they can still be found today number 6 the redhead in March of 2018 the redhead character on Pirates of the Caribbean at Magic Kingdom was replaced by a new animatronic figure in a newly imagined scene well as soon as the ride reopened after its refurbishment there was a lot of fan speculation that the redhead was actually Jane from the now extinct great movie ride at Hollywood studios when you look at both of their faces there's no denying they are very very similar so this could be true but the only problem is that the Jane animatronic was a fairly limited motion figure whereas the redhead has a much wider range of movement if you remember back to the Wizard of Oz scene in the great movie ride there was that impressive a 100 figure of the Wicked Witch and at the time when Disney was reimagining Pirates of the Caribbean the Wicked Witch animatronic was most likely sitting in central shops at Walt Disney World so my theory is that Disney used the same face mold from Jane to create the new mask and then use the body of the Wicked Witch animatronic on the new red head figure now this one hasn't been confirmed by any insiders or by Disney themselves and is just purely speculation but the timing works out really really well so what's your opinion do you think the redhead was actually recycled leave a comment down below number five the repurposed animals of Splash Mountain after 14 years of entertaining guests the America sings attraction that was mentioned earlier in this video finally closed in April of 1988 and while the theater building for America sings sat vacant for some time the animatronic cast of critters were immediately repurposed into a brand-new e-ticket attraction being built on the opposite side of Disneyland Splash Mountain which would open in July of 1989 would recycle most of the characters from America sings in their original unchanged form thanks to the fact that America sings and song of the south of the cartoon - which splash mount was based on were both in part created by the same artist Marc Davis his distinct style allowed for the host of characters to be pulled right out of one attraction and planted into another and while many of the characters could be fit into the story from the lily pad frogs to the singing fishing geese or these suspicious vultures as you climbed to the big top drop some characters that didn't really fit into the plot were simply slapped onto the show boat at the end of the attraction all dancing and singing as if it dude [Music] number four the Three Caballeros one of the three water-based dark rides at Epcot is the grand fiesta tour the Wrights finale features the three Cavazos performing on their world tour but these birds of a feather animatronics actually went on a real world tour they date all the way back to the opening of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in 1971 where they were found in the Mickey Mouse review this animatronic show closed in September of 1980 at Magic Kingdom then was sent to Tokyo Disneyland where the same show ran from April of 1983 until May of 2009 after the attraction closed in Tokyo the Three Caballeros animatronics went full circle and were sent back to Florida they were eventually added to the finale of the grand fiesta tour in December of 2015 replacing the original screens that opened with the ride in 2007 these animatronics are a perfect example of plussing and existing attraction while also paying tribute to an extinct attraction at the resort number three the Reese kins animatronics of Splash Mountain while nearly all of America sings animatronics made their way over to the new e-ticket water ride Splash Mountain not all of them look like their original characters some of the more popular and recognizable characters from the original show like Sam Eagle and Ollie owl were stripped down to their bare mechanical shells and re skinned into brand new characters for the plot of the ride Sam Eagles tall wider bill translated perfectly into the host of Brer Fox animatronics needed for the attraction while Ollie owls tiny frame made for a perfect Brer Rabbit even some of the pre-programmed movements in the bodies seem remarkably similar between the old and new characters using the same old original frames number two celebrity agents under the yellow suits of the CDA agents in Monsters Inc Mike and Sulley to the rescue at Disney California Adventure a lot of these figures are actually recycles from the previous attraction superstar limo was in the opening day attraction in 2001 and featured caricature style animatronics of famous celebrities along your slow-moving journey through Hollywood the animatronics were very basic limited motion figures and the ride was lackluster to say the least so super star limo closed its doors in January of 2002 less than one year after it opened well fast forward to January of 2006 when Mike and Sulley to the rescue eventually replaced super star limo and many of the famous celebrities were turned into the rides see DEA agents agent one two two zero zero on the Left used to be Tim Allen the agent on top of the seedy a truck was Jackie Chan the agent straight ahead with the brochures was Drew Carey and this agent at the end of the ride being interviewed used to be will be Goldberg number one the five dwarfs riding the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster at Magic Kingdom gives you the chance to check out some of the coolest most high-tech animatronics in the park as you slowly pass through the gem mines surrounded by all the colorful animated Dwarfs but not all the animatronics on this ride are new or high-tech when Snow White's scary adventures closed in 2012 most of the animatronics and set dressings were disposed of except for a handful of characters that were repurposed into the new ride first the set of vultures spotted in the spooky forest found a new home on top of the mining bucket pulley poles as you go up the lift hill these classic birds were given a fresh paint job and no longer move but there is no denying if they are these same animatronics the more noticeable recycled characters are found at the end of the ride as your mind cart slows before exiting the attraction if you look to your right you'll notice a big window looking to the 7 dwarfs cottage inside you'll see Snow White dancing with the dwarves as they play with their various instruments all of these animatronics except for dopey and sneezy were pulled directly from the old Snow White scary adventure scene where Snow White discovers the home and the doors put on a show and dance so there you have it I just want to say a big thank you to Disney Dan for being my co-host on this video thanks for letting me be your co-host 2 p.m. I really really love this topic I was so thrilled to find out that you were researching at the same time as me and the Disney Magic kind of aligned and we were able to collaborate on this video I think it's awesome I love your channel I love your fans thanks so much for letting me be a part of this collaboration and everyone as always you rock if you aren't familiar with Disney Dan be sure to check out his channel and subscribe he has some really awesome videos of the evolution of Disney characters in the theme parks you can find dance channel in the card in the right hand side or in the description below so what's your favorite recycled animatronic from the Disney theme parks were you surprised with any of these animatronics being recycled and reused leave a comment down below to start a conversation and don't forget to hit that like button if you enjoyed the video if 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Length: 13min 35sec (815 seconds)

Published: Sun May 27 2018