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[littlemermaid83]

I think this is a great idea if it follows suit from what WDW have done.

[Scissorsboi]

I'd love for them to treat the attraction a little differently than the WDW version, and put in one of the incredible interactive Mickey characters, and then batch in groups who can have a private audience with Mickey! That would be a definate 5 star attraction, finally bring a talking head character over, and give us something which in the original style of the park is a development of a previous Disney attraction for the better.

Imagine the tag line: "Backstage Magic With Mickey Mouse: How's this for imagination!"

[peter]

Good point, in such a controlled environment, surely this would be a perfect opportunity to bring it over.

[Scissorsboi]

I realise they're expensive costumes to purchase, but with multiple rooms too it means you could have an English show, a French show and cycle other languages if needed! In my mind they'd be silly to pass up the opportunity, but it might all come down to cost.. after 20 years though, surely the park's mascot needs to have his say?

[Josh]

I haven't heard of the interactive characters, before. Where have they been used?

[norhel]

I haven't heard of the interactive characters, before. Where have they been used?

If I'm not mistaken, it is characters that you can talk to live, and the character answers you back with the voice of that character.

They did a test in Disneyland in USA witch you can read about here:
//http://www.photosmagiques.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9185&

[Scissorsboi]

The video on page 2 sums it up more completely, but the tech is basically a talking head character (a new generation on the Timon character we had in Legend of the Lion King, who I think now walks the parade?) who can use what has been claimed to be a 'live' voice. I know I keep harping on about it, but the magic is exactly what is needed in DLP these days, the Imagineers created a wonderful park, which was so advanced for it's time in terms of what Disney offered, and it's remained stagnant, get a truely Magical Mickey in and we're climbing ever closer back to that original atmosphere!

[Josh]

Yeah, it looked really amazing! The official video was the only one that worked, but having a live voice would be amazing.

[youtube:u2cf71t5]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5wC-dBx7-Y[/youtube:u2cf71t5]

You can see how they would take advantage of this in this attraction. I think we've all imagined that they would do this one day, so it's great that they've actually done it. You could hear the tone of the parents voices in the video; they were genuinely amazed.

[peter]

it is amazing, could you imagine how exciting it must be to get to talk to mickey! this is what walt disney would have wanted more than any new technology ride, something to amaze young and old, and to make everyone feel like they're a child

[15MagicalYears]

This technology isn't currently in-use at any Disney Resort so I highly doubt it will make it's way over to Paris until then. Plus, what will happen when a Spanish or other non English/French speaking child wants to meet Mickey?

[CafeFantasia]

Isn't this Talking Mickey technology actually simpler than it appears? Isn't it just a guy, either inside the Mickey costume or (most likely) outside it, doing it live in person? It's not pre-recorded. It's a form of puppetry, with Mickey's big head being the puppet, right?

Bret Iwan became the new voice of Mickey Mouse in 2009. And when did we first see Talking Mickey, summer 2010 wasn't it? So what if Bret is actually there in Disneyland, in person, doing the voice live. I think that's how it's done.

[youtube:211pzncx]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iONrsvk9kg[/youtube:211pzncx]

[15MagicalYears]

I'm not exactly sure how it's done, though there are several theories out there. Including many videos that could prove them, for example this video of another test clearly shows this interaction is pre-recorded:

[youtube:1993ebsi]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVXtqPlOcIc[/youtube:1993ebsi]

Also, I highly doubt they would hire Brett Iwan to do that, it would probably cost them a fortune.

[Josh]

I don't think the pre-recorded one is using the same technology. This is much more advanced.

[15MagicalYears]

Obviously they aren't the same technology, I was just pointing out that it isn't being used permanently at any resort and has been tested various ways.

[Josh]

Oh. Sorry. XD