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entertainment-theme-parks24 days ago•4 min saved

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Reopens at Magic Kingdom with Fresh Effects and Returning Critters

Disney Imagineering has revealed updates to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Magic Kingdom, featuring refreshed scenery and painted structures in the Tumbleweed town area, renewed Rain Maker effects, updated figures and a cast of returning wildlife, plus enhanced Rainbow Caverns with phosphorescent pools and glowing bat effects. On-ride photos and an official POV video accompany the reopening, highlighting a brighter, more detailed reimagining of the classic attraction.

via WDW News Today|

#big-thunder-mountain-railroad #disney-imagineering #entertainment-theme-parks

technology2 months ago•3 min saved

Olaf Gets On-Deck: Disney's Robotic Snowman Trained with NVIDIA AI

Disney’s Imagineering, using NVIDIA’s Kamino simulator and deep reinforcement learning, trained a self-walking Olaf animatronic to balance and move on a moving boat for the World of Frozen at Disneyland Paris. Olaf demonstrated onstage at NVIDIA’s GTC keynote, illustrating how GPU-based simulation speeds character development and real-world navigation for park experiences.

via WDW News Today|

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technology2 months ago•6 min saved

Disney’s Olaf robot trains in 100k simulations to star in future park shows

Disney’s Olaf animatronic is being developed as a next‑gen park character: teleoperated for now, it’s trained in a Nvidia‑powered Kamino simulation using reinforcement learning and 100,000 virtual copies to achieve lifelike movement. It will debut at Disneyland Paris in March and Hong Kong Disneyland later this year, with plans to enable broader robotic character interactions across lands, while true autonomy remains in development and open‑source tools like Kamino and the Newton Physics Engine are part of the workflow.

via The Verge|

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theme-parks3 years ago•5 min saved

"Disney's Splash Mountain undergoes transformation for Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

Crews are working on transforming Splash Mountain into Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom. The attraction's rockwork is being patched up, and the track has been repainted. Landscaping will make the area look more like a Louisiana bayou, and the thorns of Splash Mountain will be removed. Crews have been seen cutting into the mountain and moving scaffolding around the area. Tiana's Bayou Adventure is set to replace both versions of Splash Mountain in 2024.

via WDW News Today|

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