Herc Driver Wrote:I've been thinking of taking the kids to see this when it rolls near Charlotte (Spencer, NC - NC Transportation Museum)...what exactly do you do inside the train? Is it a rolling exhibit? Worth seeing?
basically - after waiting about an hour in line..
youu walk straight through 5 cars of the train.
Each car has a different theme..
Clothing and period costumes from the movie (mannquins in costumes)
Digital effects and interviews from the movie (flat panel screens lining the walls at chest height)
Model room and effect room (Where the buildings are)
CGI Suit and locator effect space... how they "Digitize" the actors - Geek high-tech!!!!
Build a character -- take a picture of the kid's face and make them into one of the 4 main characters from the movie - this is REALLY cool!!!!! - Go to walmart.com and download the picture.. from Disney's Christmas Carol Tour web site.
Then - after all that - there is a "Living room & Dining room" themed car - with a partial turkey dinner - really neat... After that you exit the train and go to a "pole building" Mini Movie theater, that they have a 10 min portion of interviews showing and 3 - 4 minutes of 3D effects from the movie... The effects are fantastic - but everything Disney does is Great!!!!
After seeing Jim Carrey on most of the screens on the train, you really can "see" how they do the effects and how unbelievably long it takes to "get a scene".. lotsa Fun!!! and free too!!!!!!