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Honey, I Shrunk the Audience
- All of the Disney 3D Adventure Shows, such as Muppet Vision 4D, and Honey I Shrunk the Audience, It's Tough To Be A Bug, as well as the since past show Magic Journeys all use the same principle of presentation. Unlike normal 3D show (red/blue lenses) these film use a process of reverse polorization every other frame. The clear glasses are reversed polorized which allow your eyes to detect the difference of angle between the two frames - this method is cheap for filming, and it can be added after filming is done. It also adds a higher degree of control on the 3D effects.
REPORTED: Kenneth Klingensmith 25 JUN 98
- We can safely say, that Eric Idle has safely been cast as the head of the
Institute, safely.
REPORTED: John & Melanie Emmons 17 SEP 96
- The coolest effect of the show is the mice running around everyone's feet. It's
a screamer. The effect comes from a plastic tube that come out from the bottom
of your seat, and wiggles around at your legs. They're supposed to retract when
they're done, but I've noticed some of them get stuck out. You can see them as
you come in or out. And if you've noticed, it's programmed so that the mice run
around in waves, like they're at the front of the audience, then they run
toward the back corner, etc.
REPORTED: Robert Patrick Steere 19 NOV 95
A small plastic tube does come out of the bottom of your seat when the
mice are running towards the audience. It comes from a hole at the
front edge of the seat near your knees.
CONFIRMED: Sam Backer 28 JAN 96
CONFIRMED: Erika Ely 07 JAN 97
- The 'mouse' that gets cloned in the "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" show is actually an albino rat, not a mouse. It's far too big to be a mouse, and, being familiar with rats, I can say that they'd be a lot friendlier and more well behaved on the set when they were originally recording the show!
REPORTED: Nightlyre 16 DEC 98
- I just got back from my first trip. I'm
wondering why the waiting area for the "Honey I Shrunk the Audience"
includes a mural of Clara Barton. Everything else about the attraction
is science-related. Clara was a great person, but definitely not a
scientist! Any ideas?
REPORTED: Kathryn Gregorio 07 FEB 96
We asked a Cast Member about the photos on the wall. She told us that those
represented were not just "mechanical" inventors, but those who came up with
good ideas. Clara Barton founded the Red Cross. She also told us that they
change the pictures every so often.
UPDATED: John & Melanie Emmons 17 SEP 96
- Imagination was the only ride at the time (February-April 1989) where the cars moved but the loading platform did
not (i.e. Spaceship Earth, World of Motion, Or Horizons). The reason for this is rather complicated. When the cars enter the blimp scene, they are coupled
in groups of 4. Since the turntable that the blimp is on
constantly moves, the cars have to either speed up or slow down to enter at the right time. Thats why the ride seems to slow down and speed up for no apparent reason during the entire ride. There was no other way to design it.
Cast Members were put through a 5 day orientation period where we learned all the
spiels, as well as everything about the attraction including all the fire exits in the ride (there are lots)
REPORTED: Jbd114 27 MAR 98
- While in que for "Honey I Shrunk the Audience", there was a slide show
presented by Kodak. The show's music was Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" and
the slides projected were different colorful pictures and inpersational
phrases. Now, Phil Collins remastered the song and whenever I hear it, I
think of the slide show.
REPORTED: Kauker 02 JAN 99
- How To Improve Your Imagination
- Use it
- Ask quesions
- Take risks
- Take a picture
- Take a vacation - without leaving your home
- Be curious
- Expect the unexpected
- Invent your own language
- Think sdrawkcab backwords
- Doodle
- Build a model - without the instructions
- Look at the world from a different angle
- Exercises For Your Imagination
- Stretch your mind
- Play "what if?"
- Pick up a camera - and see what develops
- Stay up all night
- Write with your opposite hand
- Take a blank piece of paper - then do something with it
- Make believe
- Remember: Things aren't always what they seem
- How To Jump-Start Your Imagination
- HOW TO JUMP-START YOUR IMAGINATION
- Think about something else
- Talk to yourself
- Talk to the animals
- Look at the BIG picture
- Look to nature for inspiration - Play
- Be playful
- Look at the world through the eyes of a child
- The first rule of imagination: there are no rules
- If you can imagine it, you can do it
- Believe in yourself
- Never say never
- Imagine the possibilities - the possibilities are endless
- How To Come Up With An Idea
- Brainstorm
- Don't procrastinate
- Turn your thinking inside out
- Notice the little things
- Get in touch with your inner child
- Loosen up
- Stay focused
- Daydream
- Paint something
- Use all the colors of your imagination
- Imagination comes in many colors
REPORTED: Jenu 02 JAN 99
Journey into Imagination
- Closed on the 10th of October 1998.
Dreamfinder and Figment
- From the Epcot Field Guide: One of the world's largest holograms can be seen in the attraction. Look for it on the left side
of the ride vehicles as you enter the Dreamport.
REPORTED: Melanie Emmons 13 JUL 96
There is only one true hologram on the Disney property as
of 1995 and that is in the Imagination ride. All
other hologram look-a-like effects, whether it's the ghosts of the Mansion,
the Horizons birthday singers or even the old Backstage Magic "Julie", are
really reflections - not projections; accomplished with clever lighting and a
piece of glass.
CONFIRMED: mike blasco 10 SEP 96
In the Dreamport scene there is a hologram. This, in fact, is the second
largest hologram in the world. The first is in a Disney warehouse on the
property.
CONFIRMED: Justin Stone 03 NOV 96
- Am I the only one who remembers the glitter on the Journey Into Imagination ride? When you went into the room after the storage room, the room with all the white, there is a carrousel right at the entrance. About every third car got sprayed with glitter coming from somewhere on the carrousel. We used to joke that one knew when someone had been on Journey into Imagination because they had glitter stuck all over them! None of my friends seem to remember this however.
REPORTED: Aurora Szalinski 02 DEC 98
- Right before Figment is holding the blocks that change from bat to cat you go through a room with lots of scary words. There is a huge stack of blocks on the right side of your car. 3 of them (in order) contain the letters W E and D, Walt (Elias) Disney's initials.
REPORTED: Barbara Hoelzeman 14 JAN 97
The initials WED do appear in the blocks in the room with "scary" words.
CONFIRMED: Scott Frank 05 AUG 97
CONFIRMED: Melanie Emmons 25 SEP 98
- There is a scene in which Dreamfinder says "And What about Science?" over and over again. After that you enter another circle and on the walls are screens showing film about the wonders of science (flowers growing, water dropping into a pond etc.). Most of these short film clips were taken from a Disney nature series.
REPORTED: Sam Moore 17 FEB 97
- On Journey Into Imagination there is a part where you are moving in a circle and you see the Dreamfinder in his blimp. Take a look at the compass. It is the same design as the carpets in front of the elevators in the lobby area of the Disney Yacht Club.
REPORTED: Justin 11 NOV 97
- Before the photo part (where they TAKE the picture) and after the science show part, Figment is looking through a magnify glass. After you pass that, keep looking back. You will see that Figment has no head. The reason is it fell off. I am 100% sure about this one because my friend's dad company had meeting at Disney World and Disney told secrets. Look until the last second, it takes a while to see it.
REPORTED: Disneyfan700 09 SEP 98
- Closed in October 2000.
Journey into Your Imagination
- The attraction is narrated by Eric Idle (Honey I shrunk the Audience).
REPORTED: anon 06 OCT 99
- Stars the dragonlike Figment, created with a lizard's body, a crocodile's nose, a steer's horns, two big yellow eyes, two small wings, and a pinch of childish delight (and the voice of Billy Barty). It also stars the chairman of the Imagination Institute (Eric Idle).
REPORTED: Jason Dixon 23 NOV 99
- In the queue, there are several video screens on which you can see Mr. Idle's
face describing the "tests" you are about to undergo. Figment flies around
Eric's head occasionally and even pops out of the top of it.
REPORTED: anon 06 OCT 99
CONFIRMED: Adrian J. Ofman 22 APR 00
- In the load area of Journey into Your Imagination, Dr Channing is paged several times to pick up different lines. Once he is asked to pick up several different lines at the same time. A scientist is paged and asked to remove his car from the Helipad, and a "protien spill" is reported. In Disney-ese, Protien spill means human waste (usually vomit)and the first time the announcement was played, a custodial CM responded on the scene thinking it was a real announcement.
REPORTED: Safari Steve: Jungle Skipper 06 JAN 00
- In the line to Journey Into Imagination, there are several props from Disney movies about
scientists (there are only 2, though, I would like to see props from the Computer Who Wore Tennis
Shoes and other Disney Channel specials) as if they were real inventions (this exists in the same
universe as almost every other Disney live-action movie, I guess), like Weebo from Flubber
(Invented by Prof. Philip Brainard, Robin Williams's character in Flubber) and the hands-free
telephone from all 3 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids movies (Invented by Wayne Szalinski, Rick Moranis's
character in those movies).
REPORTED: Dr. Nigel Channing 05 NOV 99
- The year the invention won the Inventor of the Year award (which you see presented to Wayne Szalinski in Honey, I Shrunk The Audience) was the year the movie came out.
REPORTED: Dr. Nigel Channing 05 NOV 99
- There is also a
hidden Figment in a display in the queue (set up as the Imagination Institute
lobby)...
REPORTED: anon 06 OCT 99
Not exactly a Hidden Mickey, but there is a great Hidden Figment in the queue area of Journey Into Your Imagination. On the middle shelf, all the way to the left in the cage area with the props, you'll see a black box (without the top) and some blue pieces. Well, when you look at the pieces from the correct angle, it's actually a model of Figment! It also appears that as of 10/22, they've added a white model of the building to the right.
CONFIRMED: Eric Cohen 23 OCT 99
- Figment is incorporated into the ride and if you listen carefully,
at unload you can hear the original theme music playing.
REPORTED: anon 06 OCT 99
Will reopen in September 2002 as something new.
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Will reopen in September 2002 as something new.
