1 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,100 Today I'm gonna take you round Ireland 2 00:00:14,181 --> 00:00:18,561 and we're going to stop at various locations that inspired Artemis Fowl. 3 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:23,898 We're behind the scenes here at the Flavor Lab. 4 00:00:23,982 --> 00:00:25,862 Let's come on in and see what's happening. 5 00:00:29,905 --> 00:00:32,275 Mickey has never had a ride-through attraction. 6 00:00:32,366 --> 00:00:35,736 He's been greeting guests in parks, but this is his first ride. 7 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:49,050 My name is Eoin Colfer and I am known for writing the Artemis Fowl books, 8 00:00:49,132 --> 00:00:54,392 which are soon and very excitingly to be a major movie from Disney Studios. 9 00:00:54,471 --> 00:00:58,311 Today, we are going to go on a trip through the Fowl verse, 10 00:00:58,392 --> 00:01:00,142 so I'm gonna take you around Ireland 11 00:01:00,227 --> 00:01:02,397 and we're going to stop at various locations 12 00:01:02,479 --> 00:01:07,109 that feature either in my creative process or in the book itself. 13 00:01:18,161 --> 00:01:21,541 Where we are right now is a very special space for me, 14 00:01:21,623 --> 00:01:26,303 because this is my office where I do most of my work 15 00:01:26,378 --> 00:01:28,708 for four or five hours every day. 16 00:01:28,797 --> 00:01:32,177 So the Fowl Twins Two is called the Fowl Twins Deny All Charges. 17 00:01:32,259 --> 00:01:34,799 I have about two weeks' work to go 18 00:01:34,887 --> 00:01:37,757 and then it's going to go in to Disney Publishing, 19 00:01:37,848 --> 00:01:41,058 and I'm really looking forward to getting that book out there. 20 00:01:41,643 --> 00:01:45,193 Artemis Fowl has been born into a criminal mastermind family. 21 00:01:45,272 --> 00:01:49,112 His dad is a criminal mastermind, his grandfather was a criminal mastermind. 22 00:01:49,193 --> 00:01:51,613 - You think I'm ready? - Welcome to the family business. 23 00:01:51,695 --> 00:01:54,565 And he's not sure if he wants to take up the mantle. 24 00:01:54,656 --> 00:01:56,526 But when his father goes missing... 25 00:01:56,617 --> 00:01:57,617 Dad. 26 00:01:57,701 --> 00:02:02,251 Artemis decides that somehow he must raise the money to find him. 27 00:02:02,915 --> 00:02:05,955 It's been an amazing experience for me and my family, 28 00:02:06,043 --> 00:02:08,253 because we got to visit the set 29 00:02:08,337 --> 00:02:12,757 and they actually built the entire underground fairy police station. 30 00:02:12,841 --> 00:02:16,511 They built Fowl Manor, where Artemis and his family live. 31 00:02:16,595 --> 00:02:21,845 It's a very strange and surreal experience to walk through your own imagination. 32 00:02:21,934 --> 00:02:26,904 So I kinda spent the day with my mouth open, looking around 33 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:32,070 and occasionally finding my sons with impressed looks on their faces. 34 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:35,492 Which initially I didn't recognize, having never seen that expression before. 35 00:02:37,574 --> 00:02:40,794 I'm very excited to see, in the movie that is, 36 00:02:40,869 --> 00:02:43,869 just how Disney have recreated the feel of Ireland. 37 00:02:43,956 --> 00:02:46,536 I really want people to feel like they have visited Ireland. 38 00:02:46,625 --> 00:02:49,835 Even better, I hope the movie makes people want to come here. 39 00:02:51,046 --> 00:02:56,386 We are at a medieval manor house on the south of County Wexford 40 00:02:56,468 --> 00:02:59,098 called Loftus Hall, and it is a very special place to me 41 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:03,019 because I used to work here and I was inspired by this place. 42 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:04,770 But, before you enter, I should warn you 43 00:03:04,852 --> 00:03:10,362 that it has the reputation of being the most haunted house in Ireland. 44 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,070 So if you are brave enough, please follow me. 45 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:18,204 Loftus Hall is extremely important to the Fowl verse, 46 00:03:18,282 --> 00:03:21,872 if you like, because this is Fowl Manor. 47 00:03:21,952 --> 00:03:25,792 I worked here as a young boy, washing bottles in the bar 48 00:03:25,873 --> 00:03:28,713 when there was a bar here, and it always seemed to me 49 00:03:28,792 --> 00:03:33,422 that it would be an excellent house, with all its wonderful staircases 50 00:03:33,505 --> 00:03:36,505 and passages and corridors and peepholes, 51 00:03:36,592 --> 00:03:40,852 to have a family live, a family that had a life of adventure. 52 00:03:40,929 --> 00:03:43,309 So when I started to write Artemis Fowl, 53 00:03:43,390 --> 00:03:46,190 and I was looking for a place for them to live, 54 00:03:46,268 --> 00:03:48,268 it seemed obvious to me, of course, 55 00:03:48,353 --> 00:03:51,063 the most haunted house in Ireland, Loftus Hall. 56 00:03:51,565 --> 00:03:52,895 So that's where I put them. 57 00:03:52,983 --> 00:03:57,243 It's like a time machine for me to watch Fowl Manor on screen 58 00:03:57,321 --> 00:03:59,701 because it brings me back to my own childhood. 59 00:04:06,038 --> 00:04:08,078 When I started to write stories, 60 00:04:08,165 --> 00:04:10,325 my father was delighted because he was very creative. 61 00:04:10,417 --> 00:04:11,667 He said to me, "You know what? 62 00:04:11,752 --> 00:04:13,882 "There's more than one way to see the world." 63 00:04:13,962 --> 00:04:17,972 And I think I've been looking at the world that way ever since. 64 00:04:18,550 --> 00:04:20,970 My childhood hugely influenced Artemis Fowl 65 00:04:21,053 --> 00:04:24,683 because the character of Artemis was based on my little brother, 66 00:04:24,765 --> 00:04:29,135 and all of his mischievous activities were centered on this area 67 00:04:29,228 --> 00:04:31,808 because we came here for three months every year 68 00:04:31,897 --> 00:04:33,647 and we knew every nook and cranny. 69 00:04:33,732 --> 00:04:38,612 Also, this peninsula, this wonderful, marvelous, open-air playground 70 00:04:38,695 --> 00:04:41,105 became our adventure zone. And for three months every year, 71 00:04:41,198 --> 00:04:44,408 we made our own adventures, we went on our own quests, 72 00:04:44,493 --> 00:04:47,003 and we basically had an idyllic upbringing. 73 00:04:50,207 --> 00:04:52,497 This very unassuming, little entrance 74 00:04:52,584 --> 00:04:56,054 actually conceals a massive, beautiful theater, 75 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:58,629 and this is Ireland's National Opera House, 76 00:04:58,715 --> 00:05:01,385 and this is where I first got into drama and writing. 77 00:05:01,468 --> 00:05:04,138 We're gonna go inside now and meet a very special guy, 78 00:05:04,221 --> 00:05:05,471 who is the mayor of Wexford. 79 00:05:05,973 --> 00:05:08,603 - George, how are ya? - Welcome home. 80 00:05:08,684 --> 00:05:10,104 - Good to see you. - You, too. 81 00:05:10,185 --> 00:05:13,855 But also, more importantly, he's a very old friend of mine. 82 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,240 The last time we were on that stage together, 83 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:20,068 - you were on the stage. - That's right. 84 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:21,993 - And I was beside the stage. - That's right. 85 00:05:22,072 --> 00:05:24,242 Because this was in the musical The Lords of Love. 86 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:26,244 Famous Lords of Love that we sold out here. 87 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:27,486 We sold out here, yeah. 88 00:05:28,287 --> 00:05:30,407 My mum was in the theater. 89 00:05:30,497 --> 00:05:33,167 I learned to read from my mother doing her lines. 90 00:05:33,250 --> 00:05:36,630 She acted on this stage. And I started off in the theater. 91 00:05:36,712 --> 00:05:40,922 My first three or four things were plays, which I put on here, 92 00:05:41,008 --> 00:05:42,888 - or in pubs around the town. - Yeah. 93 00:05:42,968 --> 00:05:46,508 And people often say to me that my books are cinematic. 94 00:05:46,597 --> 00:05:48,557 But they're not really. They're theatrical. 95 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,600 To know that you went on the Artemis trail. 96 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:54,606 - I'm still on it. - Starting from here. 97 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:56,858 - Starting from right here. - Starting from right here. 98 00:05:58,525 --> 00:06:01,145 So now I'm gonna take you back to Dublin 99 00:06:01,236 --> 00:06:04,406 for the last stop on our whirlwind tour of Ireland, 100 00:06:04,489 --> 00:06:06,619 and possibly the most important stop. 101 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:09,080 Because in Dublin, in the Civic Theater, 102 00:06:09,161 --> 00:06:14,371 there's a big crowd of Fowl fans, waiting to see my one-man show, 103 00:06:14,458 --> 00:06:17,418 which is called Fowl, Fairies, and Family. 104 00:06:17,503 --> 00:06:19,093 And what that show does is show 105 00:06:19,171 --> 00:06:21,381 how the characters in the Artemis Fowl books 106 00:06:21,465 --> 00:06:26,465 are actually all based on my family, or my close friends. 107 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:28,393 I am a little bit nervous, I will admit, 108 00:06:28,472 --> 00:06:33,642 because my family and my close friends are all coming to the show tonight. 109 00:06:33,727 --> 00:06:36,977 So, fingers crossed that they're happy, and they have a sense of humor. 110 00:06:38,023 --> 00:06:41,283 Please welcome to the stage, bestselling author, and my good friend, 111 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,450 Eoin Colfer, everybody! 112 00:06:54,164 --> 00:06:55,874 Thank you, everyone, for coming along. 113 00:06:56,291 --> 00:06:59,841 It's very heartwarming, and you do get emotional about it. 114 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:03,170 But, sometimes you forget when you're in a room on your own, 115 00:07:03,257 --> 00:07:05,297 and you get a bit dispirited and disheartened. 116 00:07:05,384 --> 00:07:08,554 But then, when you get out on the road and you meet the people 117 00:07:08,637 --> 00:07:12,767 who are actually reading these books, and the books actually mean a lot to them 118 00:07:12,850 --> 00:07:15,640 and remind them of a part of their own life, 119 00:07:15,727 --> 00:07:18,437 that it was really important for them to have a good book. 120 00:07:18,522 --> 00:07:22,652 So it's really lovely to see all that in this big Disney movie 20 years later. 121 00:07:22,734 --> 00:07:24,704 Thank you very much, good night. 122 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:39,497 For me, the guest enjoyment, I believe 123 00:07:39,585 --> 00:07:41,745 that's really why I got into cooking. 124 00:07:41,837 --> 00:07:45,337 Food drives emotion and it brings back memories, 125 00:07:45,424 --> 00:07:48,344 and they're great memories of food that they have eaten 126 00:07:48,427 --> 00:07:51,257 that a parent or a loved one has made. 127 00:07:53,765 --> 00:07:58,015 We at the Flavor Lab do our best to create that emotion for our guest. 128 00:08:01,732 --> 00:08:06,282 Flavor Lab is a culinarian's dream job. 129 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:13,413 The Flavor Lab is really a test kitchen and a test facility 130 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:16,753 for new concepts here at Walt Disney World. 131 00:08:17,664 --> 00:08:22,424 Every new location that opens up in a park, in a resort, 132 00:08:22,503 --> 00:08:24,923 a location that's gonna get reimagined, 133 00:08:25,005 --> 00:08:29,255 me and my team put together not only the kitchen and the equipment placement, 134 00:08:29,343 --> 00:08:33,723 but the menu, the menu design, and really the overall concept. 135 00:08:33,805 --> 00:08:36,595 Regal Eagle Smokehouse is our most recent concept. 136 00:08:36,683 --> 00:08:41,733 It came about knowing that Epcot needed a new exciting restaurant. 137 00:08:42,272 --> 00:08:45,032 They also knew that they needed barbecue. 138 00:08:46,276 --> 00:08:48,396 Barbecue. What does that mean to you? 139 00:08:48,487 --> 00:08:51,737 How do we take North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, 140 00:08:51,823 --> 00:08:58,463 all those great elements of barbecue and mash it into one great concept? 141 00:08:58,539 --> 00:09:02,209 A concept brief is really some guiding principles 142 00:09:02,292 --> 00:09:05,302 to kinda align us in moving forward in our next steps. 143 00:09:05,379 --> 00:09:06,879 All right, so this looks good. 144 00:09:06,964 --> 00:09:08,554 So, once a concept brief is done, 145 00:09:08,632 --> 00:09:12,432 we're gonna partner with Walt Disney Imagineering 146 00:09:12,511 --> 00:09:15,101 and really make sure that our stories align. 147 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:17,890 - Hey, Gregg. - Hey, Michael. 148 00:09:17,975 --> 00:09:19,555 - Hi, good to see you. - How are you? 149 00:09:19,643 --> 00:09:20,643 It's good to see ya. 150 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:24,107 It all starts with the Flavor Lab, and they make these amazing dishes 151 00:09:24,606 --> 00:09:27,226 and then Walt Disney Imagineering comes in 152 00:09:27,317 --> 00:09:28,567 and we create the environment. 153 00:09:28,652 --> 00:09:33,492 Everything from the props, to color, to graphic design. 154 00:09:33,574 --> 00:09:36,544 We just create the overall ambiance for the guests. 155 00:09:36,618 --> 00:09:42,998 So within this space we were really kinda riffing on the barbecue competitions, 156 00:09:43,083 --> 00:09:47,093 bringing that kinda underlying storyline of a competition. 157 00:09:47,171 --> 00:09:50,881 And we felt the perfect host for the Regal Eagle would be 158 00:09:50,966 --> 00:09:52,926 the most regal eagle, which is Sam. 159 00:09:53,010 --> 00:09:56,810 - Sam the eagle. - The barbecue is the lead story 160 00:09:56,889 --> 00:09:59,729 and then we're layering Sam within that story. 161 00:09:59,808 --> 00:10:02,098 So that would be kinda like an event poster 162 00:10:02,186 --> 00:10:04,646 that we could put up in the space somewhere to say, 163 00:10:04,730 --> 00:10:07,440 "Okay, all of the guests, you're at this competition. 164 00:10:07,524 --> 00:10:10,364 "This is an annual event we do every year." 165 00:10:10,444 --> 00:10:11,614 "A salute to all cook-offs, 166 00:10:11,695 --> 00:10:13,315 - "but mostly barbecue." - Yeah. 167 00:10:13,405 --> 00:10:17,275 Okay, chefs, I think we've got the final version of sauces and rubs. 168 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:19,327 This is the one we were working on this week, 169 00:10:19,411 --> 00:10:21,461 to get it to this point, and it's in a great spot, 170 00:10:21,538 --> 00:10:23,368 and we'll send it to the vendor to finalize. 171 00:10:23,457 --> 00:10:26,457 Didn't we thin this down, too? Wasn't the last one really thick? 172 00:10:26,543 --> 00:10:27,963 - So, okay. - Slightly, yeah. 173 00:10:28,045 --> 00:10:29,875 I love the mustard. 174 00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:34,093 You know, I don't know how many guests are gonna enjoy the mustard sauce. 175 00:10:34,176 --> 00:10:36,146 - It's got a good sweet element, though. - Mmm-hmm. 176 00:10:36,178 --> 00:10:38,678 So I think that could be the tipping point, right? 177 00:10:38,764 --> 00:10:42,354 So I think we have an opportunity to do, like, a large family meal, 178 00:10:42,434 --> 00:10:44,854 so we know that all of our recipes are accurate. 179 00:10:44,937 --> 00:10:48,937 We'll invite everyone next door, see what they think of the flavors. 180 00:10:49,024 --> 00:10:51,154 All right, I hope everyone is hungry! 181 00:10:51,235 --> 00:10:52,945 It's all good. 182 00:10:53,028 --> 00:10:54,818 This is family meal day. 183 00:10:55,447 --> 00:10:59,737 We have cast members ready to taste all this food we have been working on. 184 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:01,746 And we're gonna have them fill out a ballot 185 00:11:01,828 --> 00:11:03,618 for what their favorite things are. 186 00:11:03,705 --> 00:11:05,455 And we're gonna use this data 187 00:11:05,541 --> 00:11:08,041 to see what we should be moving forward with our menu. 188 00:11:08,126 --> 00:11:12,586 So, in just a quick tally, everyone seemed to like the mustard sauce. 189 00:11:12,673 --> 00:11:13,923 Mustard all the way, huh? 190 00:11:14,007 --> 00:11:17,797 Hey, listen, I'm happy if everyone loves the mustard. 191 00:11:18,929 --> 00:11:21,179 I've been wrong before, once. 192 00:11:21,265 --> 00:11:24,935 So, I think that the mustard sauce will be on the menu. 193 00:11:25,018 --> 00:11:28,438 The decision-making process is all based on research. 194 00:11:28,522 --> 00:11:30,772 We have to make decisions based off of data. 195 00:11:30,858 --> 00:11:34,068 We need your feedback on some of these sauces. 196 00:11:34,152 --> 00:11:36,952 And that goes for any type of cuisine that we create. 197 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:38,620 If the data tells us that... 198 00:11:38,699 --> 00:11:39,699 Some good data here. 199 00:11:39,783 --> 00:11:42,163 All Texas barbecue is spicy, 200 00:11:42,244 --> 00:11:44,664 then we're gonna develop something that's spicy 201 00:11:44,746 --> 00:11:46,866 because we're gonna stay true to what it is. 202 00:11:46,957 --> 00:11:49,127 - And you've had the brisket? - I have. 203 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:51,749 - Brisket was good? - Everything's super good. 204 00:11:51,837 --> 00:11:53,957 Mac and cheese is very good. Nice and creamy. 205 00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:55,217 - Winner. - Texan approved. 206 00:11:55,299 --> 00:11:57,049 - Okay, so you're from Texas. - Yes. 207 00:11:57,134 --> 00:11:59,224 - So, Texan approved. Good. - Mmm-hmm. 208 00:12:00,929 --> 00:12:02,389 Wow. These look amazing. 209 00:12:02,472 --> 00:12:05,852 I love how you made the Sam Eagle cook-off poster 210 00:12:05,934 --> 00:12:07,394 the largest poster. 211 00:12:07,477 --> 00:12:10,937 The guests will understand that he's the host of the cook-off. 212 00:12:11,023 --> 00:12:13,363 This is such a great element. 213 00:12:13,442 --> 00:12:17,612 They really reflect the different regions and the associations within the graphics. 214 00:12:17,696 --> 00:12:18,906 They came together great. 215 00:12:18,989 --> 00:12:21,619 Whether it's the background music, 216 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:24,870 or even the lighting, or just how we have the tables arranged, 217 00:12:24,953 --> 00:12:27,083 all of those small details come into place 218 00:12:27,164 --> 00:12:30,294 to create these perfect memories and experiences for our guests. 219 00:12:30,375 --> 00:12:32,335 I love the welcome sign as well. 220 00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:39,590 Today we're in front of our Regal Eagle Smokehouse here at Epcot. 221 00:12:40,802 --> 00:12:43,932 It's taken us several years to land here. 222 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,680 The partnership with Flavor Lab and the testing of menus, 223 00:12:47,768 --> 00:12:54,108 it's a dream of a lot of the chefs and people that work here at Epcot 224 00:12:54,191 --> 00:12:55,651 to have a smokehouse here. 225 00:12:56,568 --> 00:12:58,778 When you work on something for years, 226 00:12:58,862 --> 00:13:01,872 and you see it come finally done, 227 00:13:01,949 --> 00:13:05,949 people are so excited about it, it kinda just blows your mind. 228 00:13:06,745 --> 00:13:08,705 It's so near and dear to my heart 229 00:13:08,789 --> 00:13:13,379 and our team's heart to see it come full circle. 230 00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:14,880 It really made it special. 231 00:13:19,174 --> 00:13:21,184 All the years in the history of the company, 232 00:13:21,260 --> 00:13:23,390 Mickey has never had a ride-through attraction. 233 00:13:25,973 --> 00:13:29,103 He's been in parades, he's been greeting guests in parks, 234 00:13:29,184 --> 00:13:30,524 but this is his first ride. 235 00:13:32,604 --> 00:13:34,824 - The days are just jam packed. - Yeah. 236 00:13:34,898 --> 00:13:37,648 From here to opening day, every second counts. 237 00:13:44,324 --> 00:13:46,494 I'd like to say, "Welcome to a typical day," 238 00:13:46,577 --> 00:13:48,077 but there is no typical day here. 239 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:50,541 Every day is different. You don't know what to expect. 240 00:13:52,124 --> 00:13:56,174 These are all Imagineers, spread out throughout the upper floor. 241 00:13:56,253 --> 00:13:57,633 A lot of designers, 242 00:13:57,713 --> 00:14:01,383 all working on different projects for parks around the world. 243 00:14:01,466 --> 00:14:05,386 Cruise ships, resorts, secret projects. 244 00:14:05,470 --> 00:14:10,640 My earliest memory was being in my crib with this Disney train on the wall. 245 00:14:10,726 --> 00:14:14,476 Casey Jr. was a locomotive and the rest of the cars had Disney characters, 246 00:14:14,563 --> 00:14:18,363 and I remember being enamored with Mickey in one of the train cars. 247 00:14:18,442 --> 00:14:21,742 Being the Imagineer creatively responsible helping come up with the story 248 00:14:21,820 --> 00:14:24,740 and deliver this attraction of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway, 249 00:14:24,823 --> 00:14:28,413 it all comes full circle as the last major attraction 250 00:14:28,493 --> 00:14:30,583 that I'll help design and deliver. 251 00:14:30,662 --> 00:14:33,792 I can't think of a better cherry on the cake, 252 00:14:33,874 --> 00:14:36,964 the beautiful cake that's been my career as a Walt Disney Imagineer. 253 00:14:37,044 --> 00:14:38,594 It's been... This is just... 254 00:14:38,670 --> 00:14:40,380 Uh, I'm getting emotional about it. 255 00:14:42,883 --> 00:14:44,723 - Morning, Charita. - Hey. Good morning, Kev. 256 00:14:44,801 --> 00:14:46,641 Gotta update you on a few things. 257 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:47,720 - Oh, really? - Yeah. 258 00:14:47,804 --> 00:14:52,984 When I got the call that we were doing a Mickey and Minnie ride attraction, 259 00:14:53,060 --> 00:14:55,940 the first thought I had was, "Okay, this is really daunting," 260 00:14:56,021 --> 00:14:58,321 because these are the icons of our company. 261 00:14:58,398 --> 00:15:00,188 - Let's see if Joe's in. - Okay. 262 00:15:00,776 --> 00:15:01,816 Hey, Joe. 263 00:15:01,902 --> 00:15:06,162 Joe is responsible for creating a lot of the sound for our attractions. 264 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,200 This is Mickey and Minnie's first ride ever. 265 00:15:08,283 --> 00:15:09,873 We thought it would be fun 266 00:15:09,952 --> 00:15:12,452 to harken back to the heritage of the Walt Disney studio, 267 00:15:12,538 --> 00:15:17,038 and we performed all the sound effects old school, the way it was done. 268 00:15:17,125 --> 00:15:19,875 Specifically, Joe, I was hoping 269 00:15:19,962 --> 00:15:23,132 that you could share with us the famous tritone whistle. 270 00:15:23,215 --> 00:15:25,175 You're talking about the Steamboat Willie. 271 00:15:25,259 --> 00:15:27,219 - The Steamboat Willie whistle. - That's the one. 272 00:15:27,302 --> 00:15:29,932 We wanted to stay true to the Mickey cartoons. 273 00:15:30,013 --> 00:15:34,143 We wanted to go back and use as many original props as we possibly could. 274 00:15:34,226 --> 00:15:37,096 The history that I hold in my hand here is significant 275 00:15:37,187 --> 00:15:38,557 because Walt bet everything 276 00:15:38,647 --> 00:15:42,937 on the first synchronized Mickey cartoon in 1928 with Steamboat Willie. 277 00:15:43,026 --> 00:15:44,696 It was the first sound cartoon. 278 00:15:44,778 --> 00:15:49,028 But this whistle was used when Mickey pulls the rope on the steamboat. 279 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:52,540 This very whistle provided that sound. 280 00:15:54,496 --> 00:15:58,036 And Joe and I had the extreme honor of working with Jimmy MacDonald 281 00:15:58,125 --> 00:16:00,285 who was the voice of Mickey Mouse for 38 years. 282 00:16:00,377 --> 00:16:02,497 And he was the studio sound effects wizard. 283 00:16:02,588 --> 00:16:06,678 His whole concept of how he created sound effects, we continue to do that. 284 00:16:06,758 --> 00:16:09,798 We walked the halls with legends in those days. 285 00:16:09,887 --> 00:16:12,387 When you learned something from them, you knew it was right. 286 00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:13,892 Because they learned it from Walt. 287 00:16:15,851 --> 00:16:19,231 My dear friend and mentor Marty Sklar. 288 00:16:19,313 --> 00:16:22,153 I always promised Marty that some time in my career, 289 00:16:22,232 --> 00:16:24,692 I would help to design and develop 290 00:16:24,776 --> 00:16:28,406 an attraction with an original story and an original theme song, 291 00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:31,908 kind of much in the spirit of Haunted Mansion or "it's a small world" 292 00:16:31,992 --> 00:16:33,372 or Pirates of the Caribbean. 293 00:16:33,452 --> 00:16:36,332 And it was funny because he would run into me somewhere and say, 294 00:16:36,413 --> 00:16:38,333 "Kev! Got that attraction yet?" 295 00:16:38,415 --> 00:16:39,825 Marty would have loved this. 296 00:16:39,917 --> 00:16:42,247 There's many things that he taught me along the way 297 00:16:42,336 --> 00:16:45,006 that are also very much in the heart of this attraction. 298 00:16:45,088 --> 00:16:47,338 I'm just sorry he wasn't around to see it. 299 00:16:52,095 --> 00:16:53,505 - Here we go. - Here we are. 300 00:16:58,268 --> 00:17:01,898 All right, so here we are in the beautiful, ornate, 301 00:17:01,980 --> 00:17:04,730 exquisite lobby of the Chinese Theater. 302 00:17:04,816 --> 00:17:08,816 And this begins our attraction story where we're here today to see the premiere 303 00:17:08,904 --> 00:17:11,914 of Mickey and Minnie's latest cartoon short called Perfect Picnic. 304 00:17:16,787 --> 00:17:18,707 Nothing can stop us now 305 00:17:18,789 --> 00:17:21,379 I'll tell you how We're gonna make it happen 306 00:17:21,458 --> 00:17:23,538 This is where our guests get to watch the short 307 00:17:23,627 --> 00:17:28,257 which actually sets up the premise of what's going to happen in the attraction. 308 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:31,090 And have a perfect picnic 309 00:17:31,176 --> 00:17:34,176 From the old school were a lot of the sound effects 310 00:17:34,263 --> 00:17:35,893 that Jimmy MacDonald invented. 311 00:17:36,473 --> 00:17:38,773 For our locomotive, we used the same device 312 00:17:38,851 --> 00:17:41,981 that was used to create Casey Jr. in Dumbo. 313 00:17:42,062 --> 00:17:44,822 A round kind of wagon wheel with syrup jars. 314 00:17:44,898 --> 00:17:46,068 If you go... 315 00:17:46,149 --> 00:17:49,319 Then you put all that together and you create that... 316 00:17:51,321 --> 00:17:52,871 Beautiful day for a picnic. 317 00:17:52,948 --> 00:17:54,698 Yep, we're off to the park. 318 00:17:54,783 --> 00:17:55,953 See y'all later. 319 00:17:56,952 --> 00:18:00,332 And then, this is also the place where they will magically 320 00:18:00,414 --> 00:18:03,134 have the opportunity to enter into the cartoon world. 321 00:18:06,962 --> 00:18:08,382 So this is Runnamuck Park. 322 00:18:08,463 --> 00:18:12,383 This is the very first scene that our guests are going to experience 323 00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:15,847 once they have loaded the train and have come into the park. 324 00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:19,769 Walt always said that the guests in his parks were like a camera. 325 00:18:19,850 --> 00:18:21,810 We're everywhere. We're everywhere around you, 326 00:18:21,894 --> 00:18:25,154 designing in a 360-degree environment. 327 00:18:25,230 --> 00:18:27,860 We've got situations where we have dimensionality. 328 00:18:27,941 --> 00:18:30,281 We have lighting, we have projection. 329 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:34,410 We have this beautiful fountain which is another one of those scenic illusions. 330 00:18:34,489 --> 00:18:37,739 That water, it is projected on an acrylic surface, 331 00:18:37,826 --> 00:18:41,656 and then we have dimensional set pieces that have all blended together 332 00:18:41,747 --> 00:18:44,287 to make a seamless environment that we call Runnamuck Park. 333 00:18:47,294 --> 00:18:50,094 When the train cars jump the track, they have a mind of their own. 334 00:18:50,172 --> 00:18:51,222 They can go anywhere. 335 00:18:51,298 --> 00:18:54,718 In cartoon logic, they end up in, of all places, a cartoon carnival. 336 00:18:56,637 --> 00:19:00,467 There's carnival rides going on, there's cartoon characters getting in line. 337 00:19:00,557 --> 00:19:02,387 The big story point of this attraction, 338 00:19:02,476 --> 00:19:04,766 Mickey and Minnie have purchased all the balloons 339 00:19:04,853 --> 00:19:08,273 so they could tie them to Donald Duck's hot dogs sign. 340 00:19:08,357 --> 00:19:11,687 The twister comes to life and blows Mickey and Minnie on their flying balloons 341 00:19:11,777 --> 00:19:15,607 out of the scene and the train cars follow suit into the next big surprise. 342 00:19:15,697 --> 00:19:18,447 We have taken technology that's available to us, 343 00:19:18,534 --> 00:19:20,544 and we have integrated it in unique ways. 344 00:19:20,619 --> 00:19:24,289 We've got a transparent monitor that we're using and combining it with projection. 345 00:19:24,373 --> 00:19:26,123 We're composing an environment 346 00:19:26,208 --> 00:19:28,668 that our guests are going to be really excited to be in. 347 00:19:37,052 --> 00:19:38,302 I was glad you were in town 348 00:19:38,387 --> 00:19:41,597 'cause I'm putting together a ride-through mix of the whole attraction. 349 00:19:41,682 --> 00:19:43,932 And originally I was just doing it of the ride, 350 00:19:44,017 --> 00:19:46,267 then I thought of putting the short in the beginning. 351 00:19:46,353 --> 00:19:51,073 But then there was a hole in it because of the cast member interaction with Goofy. 352 00:19:51,149 --> 00:19:56,859 And I thought, that would be totally cool to record you as the cast member. 353 00:19:56,947 --> 00:19:58,567 I think that's a great idea. 354 00:19:59,867 --> 00:20:02,907 Oh, hiya, folks! Wanna take a ride on the train? 355 00:20:02,995 --> 00:20:04,445 Excuse me, you there. 356 00:20:04,538 --> 00:20:05,618 Who, me? 357 00:20:05,706 --> 00:20:08,076 Do you mind helping these good people into the cartoon 358 00:20:08,166 --> 00:20:09,626 while I fix this here locomotive? 359 00:20:09,710 --> 00:20:12,000 Well, not what I expected to do today, Goofy, 360 00:20:12,087 --> 00:20:14,967 but I think that'd be a... Gah! 361 00:20:16,425 --> 00:20:17,835 Short window, man. 362 00:20:17,926 --> 00:20:20,006 See that's the thing that I was anticipating 363 00:20:20,095 --> 00:20:22,095 because it's a really tight amount of time. 364 00:20:22,181 --> 00:20:23,971 Let me just throw an adlib one in there 365 00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:26,727 because I have a sense of the time of the window now. 366 00:20:26,810 --> 00:20:28,230 Excuse me, you there. 367 00:20:28,312 --> 00:20:29,312 Who, me? 368 00:20:29,396 --> 00:20:31,726 Do you mind helping these good people into the cartoon 369 00:20:31,815 --> 00:20:33,275 while I fix this here locomotive? 370 00:20:33,358 --> 00:20:35,988 Uh, sure, Goofy. I think that would be okay. 371 00:20:36,069 --> 00:20:38,819 Thanks! Be back in a jiffy! I'll pick you up... 372 00:20:38,906 --> 00:20:40,366 - I like it. - Yeah, I like it, too. 373 00:20:40,449 --> 00:20:41,449 Is that a good one? 374 00:20:41,533 --> 00:20:42,993 I believe we're good! 375 00:20:43,076 --> 00:20:45,656 - All right. You're a pro. - Another box check. All right! 376 00:20:45,746 --> 00:20:48,036 It's about theater. It's about showmanship. 377 00:20:48,123 --> 00:20:51,543 Don't just use technology to drive your story. 378 00:20:51,627 --> 00:20:52,917 That's not gonna work. 379 00:20:53,003 --> 00:20:55,263 You need to come up with the story and vision first. 380 00:20:55,339 --> 00:20:59,219 Use the technology, use the invention that helps you to tell that story. 381 00:21:02,471 --> 00:21:05,391 So many of the new artists, they're brilliant, 382 00:21:05,474 --> 00:21:07,314 but they've come out of schools 383 00:21:07,392 --> 00:21:11,272 where it's the technology that's important and it's not the story. 384 00:21:11,355 --> 00:21:14,105 It takes a few old codgers like me and Kevin 385 00:21:14,191 --> 00:21:16,651 to say, "You're starting in the wrong place." 386 00:21:16,735 --> 00:21:20,355 And only when you can make your guests make pictures in their mind 387 00:21:20,447 --> 00:21:23,487 does their level of enjoyment really come up. 388 00:21:24,159 --> 00:21:25,829 When they've contributed to that story, 389 00:21:25,911 --> 00:21:28,581 they're satisfied because they had a great part in it. 390 00:21:31,875 --> 00:21:35,625 Because it is Mickey and Minnie, our goal has been for them to say, 391 00:21:35,712 --> 00:21:37,632 "What just happened?" 392 00:21:37,714 --> 00:21:40,264 Whoo! 393 00:21:40,342 --> 00:21:43,262 When they're in an attraction and it's working really well, 394 00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:45,965 and they're pulled into the spell of what's going on 395 00:21:46,056 --> 00:21:49,476 and the magnificence of the theater, the surprises and the stuff, 396 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,770 all of that goes away. They're just happy. 397 00:21:51,854 --> 00:21:54,064 And that's what we do, we create happiness.