Review of "Disaster" *Spoilers* About This Page:

[Shell_of_the_South]

I got a chance to experience the newly revamped "Disaster" attraction at US which was formerly "Earthquake".


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The storyline of the attraction is that you are taking a tour of Disaster movie studios. The queue line has several large props that look like they came from movie sets, including crashed planes, a fake shark, a meteor dropped on a house, etc.




Overhead are quotes from Frank Kincaid, movie director.



When you enter the building you are in the pre-show area where an actor chooses 6 volunteers to star in Mr. Kincaid's latest disaster movie "Mutha Nature". This room looks pretty much the same as it did in Earthquake.


After all the volunteers are chosen you enter a second room with a stage. Here we get to meet director Frank Kincaid, played by Christopher Walken. The cool thing here is that it's not a typical film, but instead his image is projected onto the stage as if he were really standing there. The live actor interacts with Kincaid as they prepare to shoot scenes for the film.

The next room has the stage set up with green screens. The volunteers previously chosen are in place to shoot their scenes. This portion of the show got some laughs from the audience as the volunteeers are given direction and their roles filmed.

Then you exit this room from the rear and enter the subway train - the trains seem to be identical to before on "Earthquake". The effects during the ride are the same as well. The big difference is that each car has video screens, and during the ride you are given directions and filmed, such as "Scream now" or "Wave your arms". Etc.

When the ride stops, we get to watch a finished version of the movie trailer for "Mutha Nature" starring Duane Johnson aka "The Rock". Now all the previously filmed green screen footage starring the volunteers is put together with footage starring the Rock as well as footage filmed of us inside the subway trains! It's pretty cool.

[lauren-roxy]

Thanks for the photos and the review!! Sounds like a lot of fun!!

[chezp]

Thanks for the review. It sounds great!

[jenifermg0]

I have a friend who actually works at this attraction. When they were revamping it, I kept trying to get her to tell me what was going on, but she wouldn't tell me, the little turkey!! Oh, don't get me wrong, I know she had to keep everything under her hat, but you can't blame me for trying. We are going to WDW and US in Dec of '09 and I'm looking forward to seeing all the changes!