Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise

So you made a robot stand up and talk... now what? In this over 4-hour journey, Kevin follows the promise of Disney's Living Character Initiative, a dedicated effort to populate Disney's theme parks with free-roaming, interactive, mechanical beings. It was touted as the future of theme parks, so how'd it go? This video is the second in a duology. While it can be viewed in isolation, consider watching the first video, Disney's Animatronics: A Living History, here: https://bit.ly/44n2PC7 CORRECTION: In Chapter Eight, I incorrectly state that Chewbacca in Star Wars: Launch Bay is operated via chin strap. I was originally told this by a CM, but I have since been told by others that Chewbacca actually has expression controls similar to the First Order Troopers and Darth Vader. I apologize for this error. We regret to have a credits omission: Executive Producer - Bill Zanetti A Segment of Our B-Ticket Patrons - https://bit.ly/49AMcXl Join Our Patreon for Exclusive Content:   / defunctland   Visual Sourcing Full List: https://bit.ly/4ie57cA Attractions Magazine: https://attractionsmagazine.com MouseSteps / JWL Media: https://www.mousesteps.com Laughing Place: https://LaughingPlace.com FreshBaked!: @FreshBakedDisney⁩ Works Cited https://bit.ly/3Kbw8Rs Music Cue Sheet https://bit.ly/48cQF01 Table of Contents 00:00 - Intro 04:35 - Chapter One: Intelligent Design 25:52 - Chapter Two: An R&D Company 44:34 - Chapter Three: Partners 1:05:21 - Chapter Four: Return on Investment 1:24:00 - Chapter Five: Where the Characters Roam 1:45:19 - Intermission: Universal 1:52:45 - Chapter Six: Autonomous 2:14:11 - Chapter Seven: The Big Cheese 2:42:40 - Chapter Eight: The Next Big Thing 3:06:24 - Chapter Nine: Tomorrow Never Arrives 3:31:06 - Chapter Ten: Brave New Walt 3:51:48 - Epilogue: Operation Railroad Buy Defunctland Merch: https://defunctland.com/store Defunctland Subreddit:   / defunctland   Defunctland Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/defunctland.... Defunctland Twitter:   / defunctland   For more great content, visit https://defunctland.com