I-Imagineer Tony Baxter Yiletha I-Disneyland Classic Sub Ride Back kusuka ekujuleni
Okthoba 2007
Cishe zonke ifilimu ye-Disney ye-animated yakudala, umlingiswa osemncane uhlukaniswa nomndeni wakhe, ngokuvamile ngaphansi kwezimo ezibuhlungu, futhi kufanele akhuthaze uhambo olubuqhawe lokuhlangana nabathandekayo bakhe - njengenhlanhla ye-plucky evela ku- Finding Nemo . I-movie yasePixar ethandwa kakhulu yikhomputha-animated iyisikhuthazo sokuhamba okuphezulu kwephrofayela okwaqala ngo-2007 e-Disneyland. Funda ukubuyekezwa kwami kokuthola i-Nemo Submarine Voyage.
Yebo, i-Disneyland ayizange ihambe njengendlela entsha yokugibela, ncamashi. Ama-Imagineers kaDisney, ama-creative wizard akha izindawo zepaki nezindawo ezikhangayo , wanezela "Ukuthola i-Nemo" ekugqaseni ukuhamba nge-Undermarine Voyage, ukuhamba okuthandekayo okuvuliwe ngo-1959.
Ukuhamba kohambo lwe-Submarine Travel ngokwalo kufana nomlingisi oyinhloko kumabhayisikobho we-Disney. Ngesinye isikhathi kwakuyi-beacon ekhanyayo yeDisneyland - ukuhamba kwepaki yokuqala ye- E-Ticket , empeleni. Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi yokunganaki, nokho, ivinjelwe futhi cishe ishiya ukuba ifile. Ngokumangalisayo, i-villain emibi kule Disney melodrama yayiyikampani ye-Disney ngokwayo. Ngesikhathi esivumelanisiwe ngengqondo engezansi eyamukela inzuzo yenkampani ngaphezu kokuziphatha ngobuciko, u-Disney wadlala ubaba omkhulu, omubi ngokudonsa ipulaki kumntanakho. Ebiza izindleko eziphezulu zokugcinwa kwe-subs, yaziyeka - zithize- futhi zashiya ilwandle elingenalutho kanye nomgodi ongenawo umxube wokukhangisa ka-Disneyland.
Ngokujabulisayo, le ndaba ine-Hollywood ejabulisayo (OK, i-Anaheim) ekupheleni. Esinye isici esiyinhloko ku-Saga Travel Voyage saga nguTony Baxter. Njengomfana osemncane okhulela eSouth California, wayengumhambeli waseDisneyland owayehlala njalo othanda ukugibela okuncane futhi waphela njengomkhwenyana omhlophe owasiza ekusindiseni ekufeni okuthile.
Ngahlala noBaxter, manje ongumphathi weMongameli ophezulu, ukuthuthukiswa kokudala kuWalt Disney Imagineering, ekuqaleni kuka-2007 ukuze afunde ngohambo lwakhe olude nolunenhlanhla lokukhanga. U-Baxter, uyavela, unjenge-plucky njengo-Nemo.
U-Baxter Uhamba Nge-Subs
Ngenkathi ehamba futhi ekhuleka i-Disneyland's Travel Maritime ngenkathi eseyingane, kwaba ngohlobo luka-1969 ukuthi uBaxter waqala ukuthuthukisa ukuphatha kwakhe okujulile kokukhanga. Lapho eseneminyaka eyishumi nambili, i-Disney geek eyaziwa yathola umsebenzi epaki okwakuholela ekuqhubeni isikhundla sokugibela ukuhamba. Eminyakeni engaba ngu-40 kamuva, usengakwazi ukuphinda abuyele ngaphambi kokushayela ngaphandle kokushaya. "I-General Dynamics, abakhi beNautilus bayakwemukela ngaphandle ..." Wasebenza eDisneyland iminyaka emihlanu.
Ngokushesha ngemuva kwekolishi, uBaxter wabuyela eMouse ngendlela kaWalt Disney Imagineering. Njengoba kwakuyokwenzeka, isabelo sakhe sokuqala njenge-Imagineer kwakuzosiza ukufaka ama-League angaphansi kuka-20 000 ngaphansi koLwandle olukhangwa eWalt Disney World's Magic Kingdom eFlorida .
"Bayazi ukuthi ngisebenzele eKalifornia," usho kanje. "Okuhlangenwe nakho kwensimu kwangenza ngazi kahle ukuthi yini esingayenza eFingering." Ngesikhathi esibhekene nezikhathi ezinzima kokubili ukukhangisa kwamanzi angaphansi komhlaba kuzobhekana, uBaxter uthi wayevame ukubizelwa ukusiza ukulungisa i-Florida ride.
Uthi: "Ukukhubazeka kokugcina noma yini egcinwe ngaphansi kwamanzi kungaba nzima kakhulu," usho kanje. Futhi kubiza. Isibonelo, uBaxter uthi esikhundleni sokulondolozwa okujwayelekile kanye nokulungisa ama-crew, amapaki kumele asebenzise abahlukahlukene abaqeqeshiwe.
Ukukhwabanisa kweWalt Disney World kwavulwa ngokushesha ngemuva kokuba i-Magic Kingdom park iqale ngo-1971. Yavalwa ngo-1994. Nakuba kungekho lutho olususe esikhundleni, inhlekelele engu-20 000 yamaLeagues yavalwa lapho ipaki yaseFlorida igcwalisa futhi igubha phezu komfula wayo. [Ukuvuselela: Leli paki selilokhu lisanda i-Fantasyland futhi lihlanganisa izwe lapho ukukhwabanisa okuncane kusetshenziselwa khona ukuhlala khona.] Lapho abadayisi bezindleko bebeka i-periscopes yabo eCalifornia futhi bavala ukugibela okuncane ngaphansi kweminyaka embalwa kamuva, okungenani bashiye ukukhanya kwethemba ngokushiya lagoon lihambile. Kodwa kungani uDisney efuna ukucwilisa noma yikuphi okukhangayo?
Emuva ezinsukwini lapho amapaki aseDisney asetshenziswa khona izincwadi zamathikithi, uBaxter uthi ukukhangwa ngalunye kunemali eqondile, eyabelwe imali. Izindleko zokusebenzisa nokugcina uhambo zingahle zilinganiswe nomholo owenziwe ekuthengiseni ithikithi. Njengoba isikhangiso se-E-Ticket njengohambo lwe-Undermarine Voyage singene ezinkampanini eziningi, izindleko eziphezulu zokusebenza zingalungiswa. Uma i-Disney ishintshele ekufomeni yentengo eyodwa-ke, ukuqonda kuyashintsha. Kwakungekho umthelela ocacile wezezimali kusuka kunoma yikuphi ukukhanga, futhi ukugibela okuphezulu njengokunakekela i-subs kungabhekwa njengokukhipha izindleko.
Ngokusho kukaBaxter, ukuhamba kwezimoto ezihamba ngaphansi kwamanzi okuhamba ngezinyawo kuhlupheka ngesikhathi esiyinkimbinkimbi lapho inkampani ikhulekela e-altare yenzuzo ephakeme. UMichael Eisner, owayengumengameli we-Disney ngaleso sikhathi, ube ngumsindisi wenkampani ekuqaleni kokuhlala kwakhe, kodwa wabona ukuthi i-halo yakhe yaphela lapho inzuzo yayo iqala ukuwa. U-Eisner wamisa uPaul Pressler njengomongameli weDisneyland maphakathi nawo-1990. Ngomqondo ojulile (abanye bangase bathi bangenasihluku) babhekisise izindleko zokunciphisa izindleko kanye nezinzuzo zokukhwabanisa, uPressler wanciphisa isabelomali sesondlo se-subs. Lokhu kwaholela ekunciphiseni, okudabukisayo. Ngenkxaso encane futhi izindiza zeFlorida zahamba, izinsuku zokuhamba nge-Undermarine Travel zibalwa.
"Usuku Olubi Kakhulu Ekuphileni Kwami"
Uhambo lwavalwa ngo-Septhemba 1998. UBhaxter uthi ukhumbula kahle lolo suku olubi kakhulu. Ngenhlanhla enhle (ngisho noma izimo zazinzima), i-Disneyland yaletha ibutho lempi kanye nommemezeli wokuqeda ngokusemthethweni izikebhe. U-Baxter u-Pressler wamtshela ukuthi ucabanga ukuthi lo mcimbi uthakazelisayo, futhi ufuna ukwazi ukuthi uzizwa kanjani ngendlela efanayo. "Ngathi, 'Ngiyaxolisa. Lokhu kungenye yezinsuku ezimbi kakhulu ekuphileni kwami.' "
Ngosuku lokugcina lokusebenza, uBaxter wezwa intombazane encane eyayibuza uyise ukuthi ngabe i-subs 'mermaids ingokoqobo. Uthi waqaphela ukuthi ukukhanga kwakusasebenza naphezu kokugcinwa kwe-vintage kanye nesondlo. UBaxter wahlala kuhambo lokuhamba ngezimoto usuku lonke futhi wahamba ngesikebhe sokugcina. Njengoba kuqhubekile, wathembisa, ngezwi likaScartlet O'Hara, ukuthi kusasa kungaba olunye usuku lokuhamba okushiyiwe. "Nginqume ukuthi futhi, lapho nje ngisasebenza kule nkampani, (i-subs) izovula futhi."
Yini eyabangela intshisekelo kaBaxter ye-subs uma ebhekene nobunzima obunjalo? Ngokuqinisekile, izinkumbulo zakhe ezisencane zazitshala imbewu, futhi iminyaka yakhe njengomgibeli wokugibela iqinisa ukuthembeka kwakhe. Kodwa kukhona okunye okuningi ngemuva kwesandla sakhe sevangeli.
UBaxter uthi ujwayele ukukhuluma ngokukhamba kwamathathu ukuthi uzizwe unxantathu kapaki futhi ukhonjiswe ngokungafani nokungafani nokungafani nokuzikhethela okuhlukile: ukuvakashela umongameli nokuzwa isethulo esikhuthazayo samaKhombandlela Omkhulu noMnu. Lincoln (okuye kwaba nezinkinga zawo; ivaliwe kusukela ngo-2007, i-Disney ithe ukukhangwa kuzophinde kuvuleke), kuphakama kuDumbo i-Flying Elephant, futhi kuhamba ngaphansi kwe-polar ice cap kuhambo lokuhamba ngezimoto. "Uma iqhubeka nokuya kuma-coasters, i-Disneyland 'evamile' iba ngaphezulu," kusho uBaxter. "Ngicabanga ukuthi i-subs iyigugu kakhulu (impilo yepaki)."
I-Subs Thatha kabusha ku-Storm Perfect
Uma ivaliwe futhi engasalondolozwa, impilo yezintandane ihamba ngendlela ephuthumayo nakakhulu. U-Baxter ubukele futhi walinda ithuba lokuvuselela i-subs. Ngo-2001, ifilimu ye-Disney's animated, i- Atlantis: UMbuso Olahlekile wanikeza isiqalo samanga. Ngokusekelwe edolobheni elingumngcwabo ongaphansi kwamanzi, i-movie inikeze ngokuzibophezela okucacile ukuhamba ngokucatshangelwa kabusha. Ithimba likaBaxter lakhiqiza ukukhanga. Bese kukhishwa ifilimu. Ihhovisi lebhokisi elingaphansi kunomdlandla libulale lo msebenzi wokugibela.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, ithemba laphakanyiswa futhi laphonswa futhi lapho i-animated movie Treasure Planet , esekelwe enkundleni yama-classic, i- Treasure Island , inikeze enye ingqikithi ehamba phambili yokugibela, kodwa yahluleka ukungeza ingcebo eningi esifubeni seDisney. Eminyakeni emine ngemuva kokuthi ivaliwe, kubonakala sengathi i-subs ye-ride ingahlala emgodini owomile kuze kube phakade.
Khona-ke uchungechunge lwezehlakalo luhlangene, isiphepho esiphelele sezinhlobo, ukuze uthole i-subs emuva elwandle. Imiphumela ekhethekile abantu baseFingering bahlakulela ubuchwepheshe bokubukeka bokuthi "wonke umuntu uphephelwa," kusho uBaxter. Yabeka isiteji ukuze ifake abalingiswa abathintekayo ibe yindawo "engaphansi kwamanzi".
Phakathi nesikhathi esifanayo, enye i -movie esheshayo efanelekayo, ethi Finding Nemo , ibonakala inamandla amakhulu. Futhi uMat Ouimet waletha ingqondo evulekile kakhulu - kanye ne-checkbook - indima yakhe njengomengameli weDisneyland kunabakhe ngaphambilini, uPressler noCynthia Harriss. Ngesikhathi uNemo ethatha umhlaba ngesiphepho ngemva kokukhululwa kwawo ngo-2003, i-Imagineers ixosha izibani zokubhema futhi yaxosha izinjini ze-Nautilus ngokuzimisela ukuletha i-subs.
"Ngaleso sikhathi, ngangizizwa ngendlela izinto ezisebenza ngayo ngesikhathi se-inthanethi," kusho u-Baxter. (Hey! Kusho ukuthini ngalokho ?) Wayephethe ithimba ekwakheni i-Nemo-ehlotshiswe phansi futhi yabeka yi-lagoon eDisneyland lapho noma ubani ogibela i-monorail ayengayibona.
"Ngangazi ukuthi kuzoba nokuthula," kusho uBaxter ngokuhleka. "Futhi ithole i-buzz." Ukuphathwa kwe-Disney kwathokozile ngesithakazelo se-Baxter's stunt esenzele. Ukugcina isakhiwo sokuqala, i-Imagineers yenza uhlelo lokufaka ulwazi oluhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe obusha bokuhlola futhi wenza isethulo se-Ouimet. "Angifuni ukuthanda lokhu," kusho umengameli weDisneyland ngemuva kokubona lokhu, ngokusho kukaBaxter. "Kuyinto emnandi ... kodwa, kuyoba yabiza kakhulu."
UBaxter uthi nakuba ayemtshela ukuthi ukugibela kuzofaka imiphumela emibi, u-Ouimet wayeqiniseka ukuthi wonke uhambo lwangaphansi kwamanzi. (Kungenzeka ukuthi uphenduke futhi. Iningi lokugibela lenziwa endaweni yokwakhiwa engenamanzi, kodwa uzofunga ukuthi uphuzo sonke isikhathi.) I-tag enkulu kakhulu, u-Ouimet wayenelutho ngokwanele. Waba ngumsizi wokugibela kabusha futhi wayebalulekile ekuthuthukiseni isiphakamiso samandla. (U-Ouimet usuvele ushiye iMouse House.)
Ngombuso omusha kakhulu wamandla okuba yiwo, i-subs ye-Nemo ethuthukisiwe ithole ukukhanya okuluhlaza. Yayiyiprojekthi enkulu yokuqala epaki ye-Disney CEO, uBob Iger. Kwakungumsebenzi wokuqala wokuqala kaJohn Lasseter esikhundleni sakhe njengomeluleki we-Imagineering wokudala. U-Lasseter uhola umnyango wokudala kaPixar futhi wayengumkhiqizi ophezulu we-yep, ukuthola i-Nemo .
Futhi kuye kwaba yiwo wonke ama-akhawunti, impumelelo engavumelekile kuwo wonke umuntu ohilelekile - kuhlanganise no-Baxter. "Uma kuqhathaniswa nendawo esasiyiyo ngo-1998, lapho sine nkampani engalindelanga ukuyivala (i-subs) phansi, bekulokhu kujabulisa kakhulu ukubona ukuzibophezela nokusekelwa," usho kanje.
Ukukhangwa okubangelwa yiyo injabulo kubo boomers boomers abanjengoBaxter owakhula nge-classic ride kanye nezingane zanamuhla ezixoxa ngokugcwele kuzo zonke izinto ze-Nemo. Ibandakanya i-subs 'charm yangempela kanye nemodi yokukhuluma indaba ehlukile, kuyilapho ifaka umthamo omkhulu kakhulu we-dazzle yekhulu lama-21.
"Ngize ngumbuthano ogcwele," u-Baxter uthi, njengoba i-subs ibuye ijikeleze amanzi kaDisneyland. Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye ngemuva kokuya emcimbini wokulimaza, uBaxter ubuyele emuva emgodini ukuze asize ukuphakamisa i-subs. Kungenzeka ukuthi atholakale egibele ukuhamba ngezikhathi ngezikhathi, ngokungazelelwe athole umdlalo omkhulu njengoba ezwa ingane encane ebuza umzali wayo ukuthi ngabe izinhlanzi zokudoba ngaphandle kwe-portholes zingokoqobo.