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From: gm@trsvax
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 13:19:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 11 13:19:00 1985
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> How this is done is quite obvious.  You see the scene from very high up and
> must look down.  Underneath you is a setup of all the 'ghosts' in a black room
> moving about.  What you see is merely their reflection upon a semi-mirrored
> surface in front of the entire 'live' room you see that is really in front of
> you.

The same thing is done in several of the rides at Disney World. For
example, during the very last part of "Pirates of the Carribean", you pass
through a town which has been plundered. The flames are leaping into the
air and around the windows of several of the buildings. Some of the flames
are real, but they are well separated from anything flammable. The "flames"
in the buildings are really film (or videotape) of flames projected upon a
semi-mirrored surface in front of the interior of the buildings. So it
appears that the windows are on fire, but you can still see the furniture
inside.

Something along the same lines is done during the tour of the computer
system at Epcot Center. The cartoon character "Bit" is projected from
behind you upon the glass which separates you from the computers. So it
appears that "Bit" is really walking around and upon the computers inside.

Does anyone know what they use to generate the swampy smell during the tour
of the "Universe of Energy"?

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						George Moore (gm@trsvax.UUCP)