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| Turtle Talk with Crush |
| Attraction logo |
| Designer |
Walt Disney Imagineering and Pixar |
| Attraction type |
Interactive character conversation |
| Theme |
Finding Nemo and turtle life |
| Hosted by |
Crush the turtle |
| Ride duration |
10:00 to 12:00 Minutes minutes |
| Total height |
none ft (Expression error: Unrecognised word "none" m) |
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Wheelchair accessible |
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Assistive listening available |
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| Epcot |
| Land |
Future World (West) at The Seas with Nemo & Friends |
| Opening date |
November 16,2004 |
| Music |
from the Disney/Pixar animated film Finding Nemo |
| Ride duration |
10 to 12 minutes minutes |
| Location |
<geo>28 22 32 N 81 33 4 W</geo> |
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Wheelchair accessible |
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Assistive listening available |
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Turtle Talk with Crush is an attraction within "The Seas with Nemo & Friends" pavilion at Epcot, one of four theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort. It opened there in November 16, 2004 and later was duplicated as part of the Disney Animation at Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort. The attraction will also open in Hong Kong Disneyland from May 24 until mid-August 2008.
Designed by Walt Disney Imagineering in collaboration with Pixar, the attraction consists of an unscripted, real-time conversation between Crush, the sea turtle from the Disney/Pixar film Finding Nemo, how likes to learn a little from the human world so that the guest can learn about the turtle world.
[edit] Attraction description
It is an audience participation show, where the little ones have reserve seating up front in the "green sea grass carpet", and parents and friends have "coral benches," similar to a movie theater-like room. Children are encouraged to sit up front so that they may have a better view of the "Window to the Ocean," and Crush. Crush comes down from the surface of the Ocean to appear in the "Window to the Ocean." Crush actually picks on the guest with whom he will like to talk, with the help of the host. Sometimes even Dori stops by, and says, "Hi." A "Hydrophone" is used for the underwater communication with Crush. Guests, especially children, are chosen to ask Crush questions. Crush looks and moves much as he does in the movie, complete with facial expressions and subtle gestures. Crush converses freely with guests using quick wit and humor.
[edit] Technology
The "Window to the Pacific" is in reality a large rear-projection screen portraying an animated undersea environment. Sea grasses wave on the ocean floor as fish and other aquatic creatures swim by. The image of Crush is rendered by voice-activated 3-D animation, projected at 30-frames-per-second so that the turtle's mouth moves in synchronization with the words of a hidden actor portraying the character. The sophisticated system enables the projected turtle to move about the screen, seemingly propelling himself with his flippers, doing somersaults, and hovering, in very convincing maneuvers controlled by the actor.
When engaging a particular child or adult in conversation, Crush will move to the side of the room where the involved guest is seated. The actor expertly mimics the character voice from the film, and is extremely adept at improvising clever and amusing reactions to questions and comments of the guests, whom he often addresses as "Dude." Undoubtedly, after playing scores of performances, the actor develops -- and perhaps writers have scripted -- humorous responses and sassy come-backs to the most typical and oft-repeated audience questions and remarks. The invisible actor sees the audience via a cleverly hidden camera (or cameras) or by other means, since he refers to the appearance and behavior of particular questioners, as well as their location in the theater. The show is a cutting-edge blend of sophisticated computer graphic techniques, image projection and live, interactive, quick-witted improvisation with every show being different and unique.
Special Services
It has special shows every Tuesday and Friday at 10:20 AM for guest that are hearing impaired. It's Wheelchair Accessible
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