Comments on: Secrets Behind Shanghai Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean

By: Zachary

Zachary — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:55:26 +0000

The Jack Sparrow illusion looks more like the hatbox ghost illusion.Good thinking though.

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:14:37 +0000

I have to say that it is an impressive visual and congrats to the Imagineering team! I found a video where someone points out the glass position, hopefully the link is posted below or search youtube for “Analysis of Pirates of the Caribbean Battle”. Once you know where it is you can look very closely in the dark that is lit up by some lights and flashes and see it in the “Finnemore” video, like when the boat is lined up with the rope ladder it’s pretty clear, look at the center rope. Also in that video you can see where they didn’t have the background of the Skeleton quite right yet and there is a sort of glow around it’s head when you first round the corner, might be the video screen, keep reading… In later videos it looks like the Imagineering team improved/tweaked the effect so it’s even better than it was in the first opening days! The sparkly part is possibly a projection or more likely a video screen and another angled glass in front of the Skeleton below. You can see some blue on the ship’s wheel, which by the way is duplicated below so you get the idea that the Skeleton is behind the wheel, very nice addition to the illusion. This video is obviously very, very, very SPOILER FILLED:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3XpkVMdclk

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 09:49:44 +0000

I agree with BTH, the peppers ghost effect is correct. They make the effect short and at a distance. The Skeleton is down below. Someone may get a video of it someday if they can get their camera up high enough at that moment or using IR or flash near the end of scene point. They probably blow filtered air over the top of the glass to keep dust from building up, you may feel that. You can make your own peppers ghost effect at home using a sliding glass door, put something outside about 3 feet away and something else inside about 3 feet back and then light each one up, you can see how it actually tracks you as you move too!

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 01:53:24 +0000

Thanks Jacob!

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 17:11:29 +0000

Hey I love this article! I found something in the video that might prove your theory about the Jack AA. If you look really closely at the video, at the skeletons right shoulder (from our view it is the left) even after the AA starts to be seen you can just barely see the shoulder of the skeleton poking out from Jack’s shoulder. This would suggest that they are using the pepper’s ghost effect that you talked about.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 03:47:10 +0000

I do like how the Jack Sparrow effect is magical and not 100% obvious how it’s done – makes it more fun for us to try and figure it out!

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 03:46:08 +0000

The Season Pass Podcast guys actually went on the ride and they say Pepper’s Ghost. They also describe the ride as “Escape from Gringotts on water” kind of like what I was saying. http://seasonpasspodcast.libsyn.com/tspp-327-press-pass-16-shanghai-disneyland-live-reports-from-sfdk-the-joker-cga-mass-effect-new-earth-6216

By: KingRCT3

KingRCT3 — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 21:59:19 +0000

This isn’t a glass but (probably) a Musion Eyeliner. From the videos I saw, it’s definitely not video mapping, and there is definitely an angled reflective surface. 😉

By: John Hart

John Hart — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 01:52:23 +0000

Actually, I don’t believe there is a Peppers Ghost effect with Jack in the beginning. It looks more like the skeletal look is projection mapped onto the animatronic. A simpler approach less prone to problems such as condensation on the glass.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sun, 29 May 2016 10:47:52 +0000

I read this without a care for the spoilers as I knew I’d probably never get to visit Shanghai Disneyland. HOWEVER, having read how incredible this ride looks, I sort of want to book a flight now and wish I had never read the spoilers 😀