Disney’s mind blowing Beast transformation effect, explained 🤯

This is one of the most incredible effects that Walt Disney Imagineering has ever created. The Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast ride at Tokyo Disneyland has so many wonderful scenes with dazzling animatronics. Seriously, everything is next level at Tokyo Disney.
But the effect that many of you have asked about is when the Beast levitates and transforms back into Prince Adam.
It’s combines cutting edge technology with a couple of the oldest tricks in the book. Some of these will be familiar to Disney World and Disneyland fans.
Are there any other Disney effects you’d like me to explain? Let me know!
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[@TerrisTHEsillygoose]

lmao not the malfunction 😭🙏🏻

[@lindsay9838]

😂buried alive

[@WhimsicalCreature457]

When he said “Tokyo” I knew it was gonna be high quality.

[@Guide2WDW]

💯

[@justhades554]

Bro just stood there

[@user-pt2cc2kp8o]

a went last week w/ a bunch of engineers, took a video, and showed it to mechanics, but most of us thought it was a projector. this makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE 😂

[@OctoberOctopusM]

It is well done. Using old school and reliable techniques was a good choice here.

[@jeremyachristensen]

This is one of the most seamless effects ever. It's absolutely incredible

[@davidsantiagotate7380]

I’m a pro sfx artist and I love this effect because it still gets me even though I know exactly how it’s done!

[@rp23-rmi85]

man you're lucky

[@alycat24ab]

I love that they're using "old school" practical effects, instead of trying to cgi or something. It makes it feel so much more real!! Now if only they paid their employees a real wage...

[@lunor21]

you can't use cgi in the real world? if they could, they would.

[@lulu111_the_cool]

​@@lunor21the 3d ads in ginat city's say something different

[@UserofYoutubeMobile]

​@@lulu111_the_coolIdk what "ginat city" is but 3D billboards are just forced perspective. You can't use CGI in the real world.

[@lulu111_the_cool]

@@UserofKZbinMobile of you watch these from the wrong perspective. The magic of these stuff also vanishes.

[@lunor21]

@@lulu111_the_cool thats not the real world thats still a screen, you cant use cgi in somewhere thats not a screen.

[@lort8334]

OOOOO it’s actually really cool that they use an actual off stage animatronic for the pepper’s ghost effect too, really sells it.

[@allystitcheskurta]

It feels magical!!

[@oliverSouki]

tbh i’m not really curious i just find that cool

[@patricklobb5091]

That is fantastic. Hope to see it someday.

[@Guide2WDW]

I hope so too!

[@CookieBee6]

could you imagine the lights going on because of a ride issue and you see the beast just hanging on the celling ;-;

[@SonicfanTheNightfury5099]

Maaaan I wanna see this in person

[@Bobatealover35]

Ah, the vocaloid effect

[@echostarpals]

Hope to see this someday. What an amazing/magical effect

[@lucaria6164]

If I’m on that ride, I will 100% scream TURN BACK TO BEAST!!!!!

[@Guide2WDW]

😂😂😂

[@asuna932]

WOW!! To think these ideas are around for centuries! It makes the show even better! ❤

[@aikakai3220]

Love the effect so much, it's so clever! Though I remember thinking "can't we keep the beast instead?" while watching that scene on the movie, the human is... not perfect 😅 quite far from it

[@Guide2WDW]

😂

[@ShadowlordDio]

found the furry XD

[@johnperic6860]

That's awesome, some really cool engineering

[@viheart]

The beast in human form still looks horrifying here as in the movie

[@graphite2786]

Tokyo Disneyland is THE best,! Fantastic food, really organised and everything is better maintained.

[@thehipmusicologist]

In the stage production of the hunchback of notre dame, during the song “rhythm of the tambourine “ Esmeralda freezes. how did they do that?

[@sunnylilacs]

So what I’m getting from these is that Tokyo Disneyland is way more legit than LA’s

[@gwenethp511]

I imagine you could also take a bus or a shuttle to Tokyo's Disneyland... I'm so mad they got rid of a bunch of their transit options in CA. Also, Disneyland isn't in LA! It's in the next county down south: Orange County. God, I can't imagine how much worse traffic would be if it was in LA, lmao.

[@alfiemarie]

i still didnt get it even with the explanation lol but it really is so magical 🤍✨

[@MrBored-ko6zm]

The malfunction looks absolutely hilarious

[@2nouli]

also there seems to be a projection on the beast amimatronic to create the magic efects

[@ricknazzar]

That's how they did it on broadway too

[@brighteyes6585]

Talk about smoke and mirrors 😄 Very well done.

[@Queen_Cnidarian]

Say this in person. I knew they must have used a pepper's ghost effect and with some other tricks, but it's still so cool.

[@JoseLopez-ls1ih]

At first, I thought Beast was a cocoon with his cape wrapped around him before I found out what this video was about

[@Skylord116]

Dang…. The people saying that he looked better as a beast have more evidence…

[@FashionFunPJ]

But try buying mechanical spare parts for this attraction?? It’s a challenge 😮

[@thunderneedles8482]

Ahh leave him as a beast !! Haha

[@xandercrew6088]

But wait if we are seeing everything behind a glass isn’t the glass noticeable to the audience? Wouldn’t light bounce off the glass and make it seem like a window display rather than a live effect? Just curious as I loveeee learning about this stuff and seeing it full blown 👏👏👏

[@Will_1944]

Um was it just me or did I here a faint rick roll in the background music?

[@brandonlee1984]

Why can Tokyo do everything better than the USA ?!

[@Floodbait_117]

When in doubt peppers ghost lpl

[@RCDznr616]

But what about the raise and spin of the beast figure? 👀

[@josequintana1660]

Black magic

[@alexval1540]

igual no entendi un carajo pero se ve increible 🤣

[@glassspandex1]

❤

[@FatDamien285]

Its ALWAYS at tokyo bro

[@insertnamehere1398]

beast is hatsune miku

[@JamesThibodeaux-y1b]

Japan is leaps & bounds ahead of the U.S. things at Disney in the U.S. are literal propped up cut outs.

[@xcept1281]

I dont get it

[@genderlesspotato6395]

I'm starting to think the owner of disney sold their soul

[@smalcal6365]

😑

[@okaybro31]

America lame now

[@austinbolts13]

Alright now it's not magical anymore

[@Tanya_73]

У нас в России есть своя адаптация сказки, называется "Аленький цветочек"!

[@Skylord116]

Dang…. The people saying that he looked better as a beast have more evidence…