Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets opened up at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on May 26th, and fans have been enjoying the attraction for a few weeks now. The ride features new music, new styles, and new elements within the queue line, and we’ve totally fallen in love with every detail.
It’s Scooter!
Something we can’t stop talking about is the Scooter audio animatronic. As far as an audio animatronic of a Muppet goes, this is as good as it gets! Disney recently shared a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Scooter animatronic, and everyone has to see this.
We just saw that Walt Disney Imagineering posted a video on YouTube going through the process of creating the Scooter animatronic. Imagineering used motion‑capture technology to record a full performance of the actual Muppet of Scooter, played by David Rudman.
Scooter animatronic
They recorded Scooter’s movements and his lines. After collecting all the footage, it was time for Imagineering to work its magic and turn the data into the animatronic. They worked on fine-tuning the details, including Scooter’s animatronic shell, how long his stick needed to be, and glasses, which were all 3D printed!
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Walt Disney Imagineering recorded and tracked Scooter’s performance, and then they built a program to make a figure that looks, moves, and emotes EXACTLY how Scooter does. We all know how Disney Imagineering is with details, and they went right down to the small details with this animatronic.
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If you’ve seen Scooter at the new ride, you’ve seen how he moves exactly like a Muppet does. It’s genuinely fascinating how perfectly they made this small figure. Scooter is alongside the penguins, who are also animatronics in the pre-show.
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If you want to take a look for yourself at the process, check out the video below!
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