High Tech Pirates of the Caribbean - HOW IT WORKS

[@AmusementLabs]

Thanks for watching. Which PotC is better? This or the classic? Get access to our latest model, prizes, early content access and more, support the channel at www.patreon.com/amusementlabs

[@keyman6689]

The classic Disneyland version. The history and nostalgia, even with unfortunate story changes over the years, keep this my favorite attraction of all time. Still, the Shanghai version looks spectacular and I'm glad they reimagined the classic with innovation and new technologies. While certainly better in some categories, overall experience goes to the original. It is too beloved in my book.

[@Clay3613]

WDW before they removed the redhead, now Paris.

[@astridastrid834]

Shanghai all the way. This ride is one of the reasons I want to go back to Shanghai Disneyland. The first time we went on I was just sitting in absolute awe because that was a level of immersion I had rarely had before (only sort of comparable experience for me was flight of passage, and that one gets points deducted because of the glasses). Been on all PotC rides worldwide and this is my absolute number 1.

[@gregg5958]

The original. Certainly the Shanghai version is the most technologically impressive version, but I prefer all the many animatronics, order of scenes, the awesome lift hill back to unload…it just has so much charm that I feel is lacking from big digital screens no matter how impressive they may be.

[@BiGuyJedi]

I prefer the Shanghai version. Thanks for putting so much effort into your explanation and the display pieces you print. It's super impressive!

[@digitalhorizonbr]

It's insane to thing how did they came up with this ride system. Like, in a way, it doesn't feel absurd to think they had this idea, but at the same time I'm like "how did they thought on that?". Great video as always :)

[@AmusementLabs]

Yeah, when I saw the patent it took all of 2 seconds to understand it and I was blown away not only how simple it is, but how effective it is. They could have easily made it over engineered and complex with a bunch of moving parts, but they did all of that with a completely static and passive system. Absolutely ingenious.

[@CobbleBompster]

I had a stroke reading this

[@jonathan__g]

This is the type of videos that I enjoy seeing. Not so much the roller coasters but the thrill rides. They seem to do more innovation with the transportation than the coasters do. Great vid! Keep it up.

[@ArtBellJr]

If Walt and Roy could have saw this ride , Imagine that. They would be blown away how far Disney has come . To me I'm so jealous Shanghai gets this phenomenal ride. Maybe sometime Disneyland or World might get one as well.

[@TayWoode]

Or perhaps Hong Kong or Paris. Americans always want the latest best rides for their parks

[@nathie]

This is one of the most insane rides you can experience today. Everything about it feels so uncanny!

[@shamrock6975]

I wonder how it fairs against Jurassic World Adventure at beijing

[@stepheneyles2198]

I can't imagine how much maintenance those underwater mechanical systems need!! Great video and explanation, thanks!!

[@animehuntress9018]

It still blows my mind that some of the Caribbean rides don't have drops. I mean they aren't crazy log fume drops, but I always loved them and they did great to change the different scenarios you go into. I like the idea of a backwards one sending you into the depths of the sea.

[@NicoleNichelle]

That Jack Sparrow transition is SENSATIONAL 🤩

[@nerdlon2813]

Thank you for all the effort you put into making these videos, it’s really easy to understand after seeing the printed models 😅

[@AmusementLabs]

Happy to help and glad you liked it. Thanks for watching. 🙂

[@chrismiddendorf8919]

Great video thank you. We lived in China from 2016 - 2020. It was great to experience the opening of a Disney park. The Pirates ride and Tron are the best Disney rides ever. The homage just after the drop into the water, the skeletal dogs and pirates jail scene, gives riders notice that the "old way" is dead as they are about to experience the future in a total immersion dark ride.

[@LivvyL8106]

A few things, first, does the talking skull at the start and the two talking heads “guarding” the treasure (they are doing a bad job) just as we enter the scene not count as animatronics? Also, there are two possible endings you can get from the experience. One: Mission failed, the treasure turns out to be seaweed. Two: Mission successful, you got the treasure and Jack Sparrow sings “Yo ho Yo ho a Pirate’s life for me!” (Yes, to pay tribute to the original rides, they brought back the song). It is rumoured the ending you will get is based off of if you’re boat number is even or odd. On my last trip a few weeks ago, I rode the ride two times. The first time I got mission successful and the second time the next day, I got mission failed. The first time, the boats around me all got mission successful as well and the second time, the two boats before and after me got mission successful (which would prove the odd even rumour, as I would have been odd/even and the two before and after me would be the opposite). Maybe the first day the other version wouldn’t download as I rode it in the mourning or the cast members felt nice?

[@canis9178]

This is your best production yet and a great use of your new resin printer.

[@erikbrown8886]

I was lucky enough to ride this in 2019. It was stunning on the first go, and my 2nd ride was even more impressive as I was trying to figure out all that you presented. (which I definitely failed) Great job on the video!

[@alky1229]

I did the same thing and rode it twice. One ride I recorded the whole ride and then went right back on just to enjoy it.

[@KuyaMagik]

Love your content, its always my go to after a day of work!

[@brandonwiggins1578]

Phenomenal video as always. Love the work that resin printer can do!

[@gregg5958]

Thank you for this explanation of how it works. Super interesting!! Despite watching multiple videos of this ride over the years, I still learned a lot!

[@angiecrocitto]

I love your models! So much respect, I know those take hours to make

[@michaeltaylor1603]

I see you uploaded this fine video on the 55th anniversary of the ONE that started it ALL. Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean. Truly a 'bucket list" destination for me.

[@AmusementLabs]

Ha, that was pure coincidence. It was supposed to come out a week prior.

[@anthonypc1]

I paused before your explanation to see if I could guess for myself.... And I looked for an edge of a reflective glass (or film as you say) and sure enough the sneaky designers hid it along with the angle of those ropes! 15:30 you can see a distorted edge of reflection. Convenient how the ropes provide a wipe across our view, like a hidden cut in a long oner shot in a film.

[@crash0450]

Was just wondering how the boat moves sideways and rotates and found this video. THANK YOU for explaining exactly what I was looking for! Great video!

[@disneydreaming0210]

Such a great video it’s me and my brothers dream to go on this ride. But watching this video is good enough for now. If not only making me want to go on it more.

[@skcapture]

This is truly only Disney can. Hats off to all the Imagineers

[@2_4_Strings]

I WISH I could ride this version of PotC!

[@TheSockMonkeyGuy]

Wow. Outstanding video and model. And it's nice to see that Imagineering is as innovative as ever. Have you thought about trying stop-motion animation when showing the movement of your scale models? It would admittedly be a lot of extra work for you, but it would eliminate having your hand in the picture and it would level up the polish of your videos even more. Just a thought.

[@AmusementLabs]

Thank you. Funny you should mention the stop motion part. So the model, is actually quite fragile and broke mid film which is why I don't have a lot of footage of it moving. Later in the video I do use a little stop motion magic cause I had to reposition due to it not being able to slide like it did originally. Stop motion wouldn't be an issue and actual was pretty easy since I taped the model to the table and have a mic boom with a camera attatchment.

[@AMagicProduction]

This ride system would be a perfect fit for an Indiana Jones attraction (I’m looking at you DHS) and it’s a shame Disney hasn’t done it

[@AmusementLabs]

Or jungle cruise too.

[@adambezark2293]

This is a wonderful, meticulously researched video. Your explanation of how the boat switching works is more clear than anything the ride engineers ever told me. 🙂 I had the pleasure of working on the ride during its creation and design phases, and I wrote the show script. That's even my handwriting on some of the brainstorming boards! The two people shown explaining the ride system are Luc Mayrand, the Creative Director, and Nancy Seruto, the Show Producer... the superheroes who led Pirate ride (and all of Treasure Cove) from beginning to end. Thanks so much for documenting this for all the superfans out there.

[@AmusementLabs]

Oh wow! It's fantastic to hear from you and I'm glad you liked it. :) At the start of my research I was confused how they were splitting them as well and about 10 minutes later it clicked and I was totally impressed how simple it really is. A good engineering quote I know is from my university professor that "the best part is no part" and they really nailed it here.

[@kc6796]

Ok that pirates is awesome and I love the 3d printed track

[@1983horizons1]

12:38 The RCT Reverser Roller Coaster taught me about this.

[@AmusementLabs]

Yep, it's nearly the same thing.

[@carmatic]

I can't stop thinking of that little propeller behind the boats ....

[@iced_latteZ]

THis ride is so cool! also im glad this is 80% real sets and 20% screens for the ride. I prefer real sets

[@nipclem]

Thank you for this! I worked at Shanghai Disneyland for 3 years and always wondered how this attraction worked. Great video!

[@davidnevolo4402]

Id love to see this tech used more!

[@unrellated]

I wish they had found some way to make this ride system also be able to travel on land. It just seems so wrong to see underwater water. At least fixing the problem would be simplified by the fact that there's no Duel Track Drifting in that entire section.

[@TheArrowdynamics]

Although the ride system is definitely amazing, I do prefer the Paris' version of the ride which, in my eyes, is the best POTC version on earth. It features all the classic scenes but brings them together in a newly composed order including higher thrills. Shanghai features too many screens which I personally don't like too much, therefore for me, it's Paris. :-)

[@derekllewellyn6663]

It's looks like going good news story show TV interview CBS TV

[@alky1229]

It's actually a perfect blend of the screens, animatronics and practical effects. It's such a fun and awesome ride.

[@maximusprime3459]

They need this attraction in one of the US parks.

[@AmusementLabs]

They will soon! The Avatar ride coming to DCA is heavily rumored to use this ride system and the similar screen blending techniques.

[@GeriMars]

This is a fantastic video. I love the way you not only explain but illustrate with 3-D models how the ride vehicles operate. Disney is clearly the forerunner in amusement attraction technology, especially in the areas of ride vehicle development, set design and audio-animatronics. So, what gives? In this day and age, giant TV screens are not Disney magic. They're not magical at all. We all have TVs at home, some of us huge ones with ultra-HDR screens. We're used to seeing digital effects in films and even have digital effects in our Smartphone apps. The use of TV screens is nothing but budget cutting by a company that can afford not to. Today's Disney Parks charges its customers more and more while delivering less and less. I don't like the use of what are basically "jumbo trons" in Disney attractions. Disney's reliance on and overuse of TV screens is extremely disappointing. Walt Disney asked his Imagineers to lift stories and characters off their 2-D pages and screens so that they can live in the 3-D world. Today's Walt Disney Imagineering, under the direction of bean counters rather than storytellers, has taken a giant step backwards. I know of NO ONE who would rather look at giant video screens than beautifully-crafted and programmed tableaux of lively animatronics with movements enhanced by special effects. The fact that this monumental attraction features only four such figures is an embarrassment. Spinning ride passengers around in a boat is not a substitute for great storytelling via the use moving 3-D characters in real life sets. I'd rather be in an old school boat, seeing scene after scene of dynamic animatronic action, than being spun from one TV to another. Again, this a GREAT video. Bravo and thank you, Amusement Labs. 👏👏👏👏👏 But Disney Corporation, you get nothing from me but heartfelt BOOS for your overuse of TV technology instead of real Disney magic and innovation. I'm not impressed. 👎👎

[@astridastrid834]

Personally, I am not a fan of animatronics, at least not if they're supposed to be regular people. Meaning, in this ride, Davy Jones (tentacles, claw and all) works - Captain Jack Sparrow doesn't. They always break the immersion for me because they just look so fake. Don't get me wrong, they're much better than they used to be, but they still do not look real. When done well (and that was definitely the case for this ride, at least for the most part), the screens add depth and details to the story while basically disappearing in the scenery. The giant screens for going underwater and resurfacing were amazing. It felt so realistic that I grabbed onto the boat because the pictures made me feel like the movement was real. I've been on Soaring and while it also utilizes screens and movement, it is a joke compared to this ride. I never experienced much immersion in soaring because of the video quality and the edges of the screen, the visible bending of straight lines... Just my personal preference. I would take the Shanghai PotC over any of the others any day, to a not insignificant part because they do not rely on animatronics.

[@derekllewellyn6663]

I love it it's so good 3d ride before making new ride Disney world and Disneyland Disney company class starts at VIP tickets tour New oasr awesome picture awards Walt Disney know about it before

[@GeriMars]

@@astridastrid834 That's where we differ: I love animatronics. A "Pirates" attraction with only four figures seems very sparse to me. However, I, too, noticed the weird eyes and face on the Sparrow animatron. That's just poor quality control. At Disneyland, California, two of the three Sparrow figures are great. The last one (rocking in the throne-like chair) has a similarly strange face, especially since it's viewed at close range. Furthermore, its claw-like hand and weird wrist action makes poor Jack look like he's suffered a terrible injury. There are those who might argue that these are amusement attraction ride figures, not high art. So, we shouldn't be so picky. But I do hold Disneyland to a higher standard. It's what the park's founder Walt Disney promised.

[@xsam88]

I feel so enlightened now

[@pirateghost3834]

I LOVED IT! SUCH A GREAT VIDEO

[@ladyravenswood1999]

This attraction is awesome and such a let down at the same time. The technology of the vehicles and animatronics is so good while the over reliance on screens and projections looks cheap to me. I really hope that Disney will stop relying on screens in the near future.

[@ethankleinman1067]

How is this ride an overliance on screens? It's got a nice blend of both screens and animatronics. Plus the the huge screens mixed with the practical sets and effects here actually make it really immersive and they don't use the screens as a crutch unlike some other rides do. Gotta say I would rather have this version of the ride than the one in Magic Kingdom.

[@alky1229]

Not a let down at all, they blended all aspects perfectly. It's an awesome ride. I'm just wondering, have you ridden it or are you just basing your opinion on videos. I've ridden it and it truly is awesome.

[@jucutan]

After years of the same ride at Disneyland, I feel they should "Update" the Pirates of the Caribbean as well. Disney Shanghai really knew how to entertain us with their high tech. I also wish for "It's a Small World" be more modernized in a way whereas keeping the same style with a little more 3D effect and more detailed movements of it's animatronics.

[@derekllewellyn6663]

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[@erikawilliams9558]

Some people haven't gotten a chance to ride it the way it is and want to experience the original

[@queenmedesa]

Who needs hypocrisy?

[@mikeyfrederick1232]

Just had to say how impressive your content is sir..it's super well produced and the physical model takes the video to a whole new level.. I'm a fan

[@dsnyguy1]

Quite entertaining! Thanks!

[@WPGKLR]

This ride is the Multi-Track Drifting meme made real.

[@hollum1648]

Your videos are getting better all the time!! I’d love to see you do one on the Beauty and the Beast ride in Tokyo - that Beast transformation effect is crazy!

[@onair6652]

As usual, impressive video, thanks for sharing

[@mikespeedfromspeedway2812]

As always you hit another homerun with an informative and entertaining Vlog! It's always exciting to view your content! Thanks for sharing!

[@AlbertoFrisiero]

Amazing video as Always, my favorite after the tower of terror one and the rotr one. Congrats! 👏

[@gamefreak9]

Did he do a tower of terror one? I think not yet?

[@AmusementLabs]

@@gamefreak9 it's in the works 🙂

[@AlbertoFrisiero]

Oops wrong one. I saw one time ago but I associated it with you lol. Sorry ahahah. The rotr one was really really good then.

[@AmusementLabs]

No worries, that's James, good friend of mine. He does really good videos with great animations.

[@gamefreak9]

@@AmusementLabs that's Art of Engineering right? Yes I like his videos a lot too!

[@gamefreak9]

Another video extremely well done! 👏

[@MagicbyMax]

Great work as always !

[@JeseeWalker]

This was incredible to watch. Your best video!!

[@Jgreb314]

I love this peek behind the scenes! The models are so precise and intricate; they deserve to be filmed on a better background. The desk, cardboard, and hot glue really undercut the quality. Your work deserves the extra polish - it's so good!

[@AmusementLabs]

Yeah I know, sadly was the only thing I had access to at the time (was in a dorm and had an exam the next day).

[@Jgreb314]

Understandable!

[@robh5697]

Thanks for another great video. The 3D model is impressive! The boat is Huge and I rode it twice, once from the front and a second time from the back. It makes a Big difference with the timing of effects especially the Bones to Jack Sparrow effect. You mentioned the Haunted Mansion ballroom effect which uses Glass but then you talk about a "screen". I believe they used Glass at a 45 degree angle that is hidden by the 45 degree Mast. They placed the Bones Horizontally in front of and below the Glass to reflect off the Glass when the Bones are lit up and do a lighting transition. Since we are moving it needs to be 3D actual Bones and a "screen" would be flat 2D and not look right. The effect happens Very Fast and can be missed by the people sitting in the back of the boat! BTW, the projection video on the screen of the fighting pirates is washed out. It looked really Bad when I rode it pre-covid shutdown.

[@theotherjohnfromjersey2262]

It's the Omnimover meets the WEDWay PeopleMover meets Pepper's Ghost. Magnificent, Bravo Disney Imagineering! One small nitpick, as an electrical engineer. The linear induction motors you say are run by an inverter at 60 Hz, is not quite true. Being an inverter drive, it can run at any frequency, generally up to 400 Hz for standard designs. That's how they acheive variable speeds for the boats. Otherwise, excellent presentation Amusement Labs.

[@TheOneTrueDragonKing]

I'd like to see this rendition come to the other Disney parks.

[@Flightcoach]

Great storytelling!

[@Rickyfingers]

Mind blown.

[@thebear7086]

Excellent video that explains a lot! Thank you!

[@brandyrose9997]

I absolutely love this channel. Well done.

[@MannyEmm]

Great vid…when this attraction first came out, and I saw it on blogs, I was overwhelmed. My all time favorite is the original, here in Disneyland. Thank you for a great presentation. I subbed to your channel. I wish I was able to give you a dono.

[@Ragan31687]

Man I wish they’d bring this to WDW. As long as they keep the classic one too

[@Cuteasducks417]

Great video!!😁

[@jridew740]

Can you do a video on how pims test kitchen works The shrinking and growing thing in there

[@themerrigans2734]

Just found your channel, well done and excellent content.

[@ucitymetalhead]

Linear induction motors would be good for being waterproof i imagine.

[@jayvanderpool6453]

The sad part is you’ll never see this in the US

[@jakobh6257]

Great video!

[@CissyPantsCrafts]

What’s the plan for updating Anaheim’s Pirates with this technology?

[@AuthenticcKoala]

Why was there a clip of some guy running through the maintenance bay. Did he sneak in?

[@numbertoast673]

Nice

[@chelseagrasmeier8907]

@Amusement Labs I just watched a POV of “Reptilian” at Kings Dominion. Can you please make a video about it? It’s a bobsled coaster, and I would like to know how they made the coaster safe.

[@jonjonhosfeld3181]

how do you know all the technology behind the rides? do you have a insider engineer ?

[@eraser2592]

Will you do a video on mystic manor

[@theotherjohnfromjersey2262]

One other thing, a personall opinion. The over-use of projection screens does seem cheap to me. It was used to great effect on "Rise of the Resistance", which I was fortunate to see at WDW just before the virus came to town. But, c'mon man. The tons of animitronics was what made the original Pirates ride so special. I do understand that hydraulic leaks were the constant bane of Disney Maintenance however.

[@MrRobarino]

Take a trip to Shanghai Disney and go on the ride. Then you'll be qualified to determine if projection screens cheapen the ride or not.

[@AG7-MTM]

how are the linear induction motors able to fucntion correctly while submerged underwater? most water-based rides with electromagnets feature the stators dry and away from water

[@philrabe910]

Imagine this level of an upgrade for The Haunted Mansion! Maybe our familiar Doom Buggy on a Kuka arm. NOT Mystic Manor, which is certainly kool, but our good old Haunted Mansion. Hints and nods to the original show, but PLUSSED and 21st C like they did here for Shanghai D-land. my lil pet name.

[@April.December]

Love your show! I have been to Shanghai and on this attraction. Some of the set pieces are impressive, and it looks really nice in your video, but it's all just screen-based. There are only a few audio animatronics. The whole ride is screen-based 😐

[@xqqqme]

Excellent video and worthy of all the praise it has received here! Great job! However....what, exactly, is "infamous" about the Pepper's Ghost illusion in the Haunted Mansion (14:52)? No, "infamous" does not mean "very famous" (or something equally positive and praiseworthy). In fact, the word means "Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious. Causing or deserving severe public condemnation; heinous."

[@alexs.5675]

Too bad we didn't get this ride in Anaheim

[@gitner421]

can anyone think of a better day than exploring a water drained, lights on walk through of Pirates?

[@choonyongtan5671]

加勤比海盗 沉落宝藏之战

[@queenmedesa]

That's a great ride, but they don't have my beloved Barbossa there

[@disneyparksstarwarslover7638]

This POTC is much advanced than WDW, DL, DLP, and Tokyo’s!

[@Thesupermachine2000]

But no drop :-(

[@24fletchdog]

Is their Any drops on that ride

[@ederlima8621]

your videos have are better discovery channel , ,,, thx

[@rickpontificates3406]

But Disney World's Magic Kingdom was (completed) without Pirates, but tourists didn't take too kindly to that

[@shotpack8374]

You should do mystic manor

[@MsDisneylandlover]

do u have a mansion one or mystic manor know how video

[@phillips2683]

I thought this video would be more about the “pirates@.

[@Iazyturt]

Do you have a discord server

[@manuelkong10]

personally I don't think this holds up against the Pyrates of the Caribbean ride in LA

[@IG88IGLOO.]

woah wait how does this work?

[@Space_Traveler77]

That's what the video's for...

[@nickjacobs8507]

@@Space_Traveler77 lol

[@AmusementLabs]

Does it make sense now? 🙂

[@MsDisneylandlover]

can u do thier winnie the pooh ride over there. they put the best things overseas not fair. lol,

[@Maniac536]

I actually met the guy who made this ride a few years ago. I was raving about how great mission breakout was and he was within earshot and said “take a look at this”

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

I hope it's not "excruciating" that would be awful. Well here we go to find out.

[@foxlloyd1737]

Not a fan of all those screens, feels like you're watching a movie rather than riding a ride. The physical structures of the ride is ok and the technology is A+ but all those screens feels like they cheaped out. Universal Studios went that way with couple of their new rides and they suck.

[@Sparky5]

Disney rides are so much better outside of the USA.

[@GOODdeels]

Original PoTC ride>>>>>

[@tohpingtiang4878]

They choose weird colors for the mickey mouse flower head.

[@eliben4066]

I’ve been to Shanghai and Tokyo Disney a couple of times each, and in my opinion, the Shanghai version relies too much on technology. The first time you’re there, you are blown away, but the more you get on it, the more this wow effect wears off. It’s still awesome ride, don’t get me wrong, but after riding both at least five times, I do prefer the Tokyo version, which is a clone of the classic Anaheim version (I think). But then again, I’m kind of a Disney freak, for those who don’t visit Disney parks as often, the Shanghai version is probably superior to all the other versions

[@OldMan52]

Why are foreign Disney Parks so stellar compared to what the CEO charges two arms and legs and your first born for entry into the park then charge you on a graduated pay scale to enjoy the parks in the USA? SIMPLE GREED IS WHY!

[@astridastrid834]

Shanghai Disneyland is not cheap at all, and it is simply much newer than all the other parks. Looking at some of the newer attractions in the American parks, they are not less innovative or entertaining. The parks just have their old attractions still running. If you look at the older foreign Disney parks, they are a far cry from Shanghai. Also, if you look at the other attractions in Shanghai, it's not really more attractive. This and Tron are the two stellar attractions. The rest is not much different than the American parks, which invested in crazy new Star wars rides