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Disney-MGM Theme Park in Florida

When the Walt Disney Company opened its DisneyMGM Studios theme park near Orlando, Florida in May 1989, it brought to four the number of theme parks the company operates in the United States. The studios were added to Disney World and Epcot Center in Florida, and Disneyland, the original theme park, in California. Disney has historically made use of technology and special effects throughout its theme parks, and the new MGM studios park is no exception. This research examines some of the technology in use at the park, and the effect that the technology is expected to have on the park's success.

The Muppets, with whom Disney entered into a co-operative agreement in the late 1980s, are featured in a 3-D movie at the park, which shows in a specially built Muppet Theater. The show, "Here Comes the Muppets," was finished just before Jim Henson died, and is intended for young children. Viewers put on 3-D glasses before entering the theater, and return the glasses upon exiting. The movie was filmed using 3-D technology, and successfully gives the illusion that objects in the movie are located not on the screen, but in space in front of the audience. Disney did not develop 3-D movie technology, but Disney theme parks are among the few venues that regularly (daily) show 3-D films. Disneyland, in California, also regularly shows a 3-D film featuring performer Michael Jackson.

In late 1989, the park introduced the Star Tours attraction, based on the George Lucas adventure film, "Star Wars." The ride lasts 4.5 minutes and is considered a thrill ride, but it is not a ride in the traditional sense of roller coasters. The "ride" takes passengers on a flight to the Moon of Endor through the use of a 40-passenger flight simulator. A wide movie screen in the front of the simulator becomes the spacecraft's cockpit window during the flight. The motion of the simulator is directly related to the action-packed footage rolling across the ...

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