I-Imagineer uTony Baxter Yenza i-Disneyland yeClassic Sub kwiRide Back to Depths
Oktobha 2007
Phantse yonke ifilimu ye-animated ye-Disney ifilimu, umlingana omncinane uhlukaniswe nentsapho yakhe, ngokuqhelekileyo phantsi kweemeko ezibuhlungu, kwaye kufuneka akhuthaze uhambo olubuqhawe ukuze aphinde ahlangane nabathandekayo bakhe - njenge-plucky clownfish kwi- Finding Nemo . I-movie eyaziwayo yePiarar yecomputer-animated is inspiration yohambo oluphambili oluye lwaqala ngo-2007 kwi-Disneyland. Funda ukuphononongwa kwam kokufumana i-Nemo yohambo olwandle.
Ewe, i-Disneyland ayizange iqale njengendlela yokukhwela entsha, ngokuchanekileyo. I-Disney's Imagineers, iindiza ezidaliweyo eziphuhlisa ipaki kunye nezokhenketho zenkampani , zongeze i-"Finding Nemo" kwi-classic Voyage Travel, uhambo oluthandayo oluvulekileyo ngo-1959.
Uhambo lohambo lwamaSmarine ngokwawo lufana nomlingisi oyintloko kwifilimu ye-Disney. Ngesinye isikhathi kwakukho ibhakoni elikhanyayo leDisneyland - ukupakisha kwe- E-Ticket yokuqala yokuqala yepaki, eqinisweni. Emva kweminyaka yokungabandakanyeki, nangona kunjalo, yavalwa kwaye yaphantse yashiya ukuba ifile. Okumangalisayo kukuba, i-villain emibi kule Disney melodrama yayiyiinkampani ye-Disney ngokwayo. Ukugqithisa ngelo xesha kumgca-mgca wezantsi owamkela iingeniso zenkampani ngaphezu kwengqibelelo yobugcisa, uDisney wadlala enkulu, ubaba ombi ngokutsala iplagi kumntwana wakhe. Ukubiza iindleko eziphezulu zokulondoloza ukuthenga, zaziyeka - zitshintshile- kwaye zishiya i-lagoon engenanto kunye nomngxuma odibeneyo kwi-Mix's attraction mix.
Ngombulelo, eli bali li-Hollywood evuyayo (OK, e-Anaheim) iphelile. Olunye uhlobo oluphawulekayo kwi-saga yohambo lwamaShayamasi nguTony Baxter. Njengenkwenkwana ekhulayo e-Southern Southern California, wayeyindwendwe ye-Disneyland ehlala rhoqo ethanda ukukhwela kunye nokugqitywa njengegosa elimhlophe elincedayo ekusindiseni ekufeni.
Ndahlala kunye noBaxter, ngoku eyi-vice-mongameli ophezulu, uphuhliso lwentlalo eWalt Disney Imagineering, ekuqaleni kuka-2007 ukufunda ngohambo lwakhe olude kunye noluncedo lokukhangela. I-Baxter, iyavela, ifana ne-plucky njenge-Nemo.
Baxter Dives kwi-Subs
Ngoxa wayesehamba kwaye wakhonkotha uhambo lwe-Disneyland's Submarine Voyage njengomntwana, kwakukho ngexesha lasehlobo lika-1969 ukuba uBhaxter waqala ukuhlakulela ubuchule bakhe bokukhanga. Njengomntwana osemncinci, i-Disney geek eyaziwayo yafumana umsebenzi epakini ekugqibeleni yamholela kwindawo yokuqhuba umqhubi. Phantse kwiminyaka emashumi mane kamva, unokukwazi ukuphindaphinda u-spiel wangaphambi kokuhamba ngaphandle kokulahleka. "I-General Dynamics, abakhi beNautilus bayamkela e-...." Wasebenza kwi-Disneyland iminyaka emihlanu.
Ngokukhawuleza emva kwekholeji, uBaxter wabuyela kuMouse ngendlela yeWalt Disney Imagineering. Njengokuba kwakuza kwenzeka, isabelo sakhe sokuqala njenge-Imagineer kwakuza kunceda ukufaka iiLagues ezingama-20,000 phantsi koLwandle olukhenkcezayo kwi- Walt Disney World Magic Magic eFlorida .
Uthi: "Bayazi ukuba ndasebenza e-California. Amava endle anginika ingqiqo yento esinokuyenza kwi-Imagineering. " Ukuxelisa amaxesha amanqabileyo okubakho ukukhangeleka kwamanzi olwandle, uBaxter uthi wayehlala ebizwa ukuba ancede ukulungisa i-Florida ride.
Uthi: "Ubunzima bokugcina into egcinwa phantsi kwamanzi inokuba nzima kakhulu," utsho. Kwaye zibiza. Ngokomzekelo, uBaxter uthi endaweni yokulondolozwa okuqhelekileyo kunye nokulungisa izixhobo, iipaki kufuneka zisebenzise abahlukahlukeneyo abaqeqeshiweyo.
U-Walt Disney Ukukhwela kwe-World uvule ngokukhawuleza emva kokuba iPaki yoBukumkani yoBugcisa iqale ngo-1971. Yavalwa ngo-1994. Nangona akukho nto ithathe indawo yayo, i-20,000 Leagues 'intle yavalwa xa ipaki yaseFlorida igcwalisa kwaye igubungela ngaphantsi kwayo. [Ukuhlaziywa: Ipaki sele isandise i-Fantasyland kwaye iquka umhlaba apho ukukhwela okuphantsi kwayo kwakufuneka kuthathe indawo.] Xa i-cost-cutters ibeka i-periscopes yayo eCalifornia kwaye ivale ukukhwela kwayo ngaphantsi kweminyaka embalwa kamva, bashiya ubuncinane bethemba ngokushiya umlambo uhambile. Kutheni, nangona kunjalo, i-Disney ifuna ukucima enye yezinto ezikhangayo?
Emuva kwiintsuku apho iipaki ze Disney zasebenzisa iincwadi zetikiti, uBhaxter uthi ukukhanga ngamnye kukuthe ngqo, kubangelwa ngeniso. Iindleko zokusebenzisa nokugcina uhambo zilungelelaniswa nomvuzo owenziwe kwiitethi zokuthengisa. Ukususela ekukhangekeni kwe-E-Ticket njengohambo lweeNqanawa kuletha i-bucks eninzi, iindleko eziphezulu zokusebenza zichanekile. Emva kokuba i-Disney ishintshele kwifomati yamanani-ntlawulo enye, ke, ingqiqo ishintshile. Kwakungekho nxaxheba ecacileyo kwi-attraction, kwaye uhambo olondolozwayo oluphezulu njengendlela yokubambisa ingabonwa njengendleko yenkcitho.
Ngokutsho kukaBaxter, uhambo lweeNqanawa lwaluqhutywe ngethuba elibuhlungu xa inkampani inqula kwi-altare yenzuzo ephezulu. UMichael Eisner, owayeyi-CEO yeDisney ngelo xesha, wayeyi-umsindisi wenkampani ekuqaleni kokuhlala kwakhe, kodwa wabona ukuba i-halo yakhe yaphela xa inzuzo yakhe yaqala ukuwa. U-Eisner wamisela uPaul Pressler njengomongameli waseDisneyland phakathi kwawo-1990. Ngoxinzelelo (abanye basenokuthi bangenantloni) bagxininise kwiindleko zokunciphisa kunye nokuxhamla inzuzo, uPressler wanciphisa isabelomali sokugcina imali. Oku kwakhokelela ekunciphiseni, okudabukisayo ukuhla. Ngenkxaso encinci kunye neFlorida yeenqwelo zokuhamba, iintsuku zohambo lweeNqanawa zabhalwa.
Usuku Olubi Kunabo Bonke Ubomi Bam "
Ukukhwela kwavalwa ngoSeptemba ka-1998. UBhaxter uthi ukhumbula ngokucacileyo umhla ohlazo. Ngentsimi ebunzima (nangona iimeko zinzima), iDisneyland yazisa ibutho lempi kunye nommiselo wokuqhelisa ngokusemthethweni izikebhe. U-Baxter ucinezela, wamxelela ukuba wayecinga ukuba isiganeko sasinomdla, kwaye wayefuna ukwazi ukuba uvakalelwa ngendlela efanayo. "Ndathi, 'Ndiyaxolisa. Le ngenye yezona zinto zibi kakhulu ebomini bam.' "U
Ngethuba lokugqibela lokusebenza, uBaxter wambona intombazana encinci ibuza uyise ukuba ngaba ii-mermaids ziyiyo. Uthi waqonda ukuba ukutsala kwakusasebenza nangona i-1950 yevintage and curddy maintenance. UBhaxter wahlala kwihambo yohambo lwamaShawama lonke usuku waza wahamba ngesikebhe sokugqibela. Njengoko idibene, wenza isifungo, ngesigxina seScottlet O'Hara, ukuba ngomso bekuya kuba ngolunye usuku lohambo olushiyekileyo. "Ndagqiba isigqibo sokuba kwaye kwaye, ukuba nje ndiqhubeka ndisebenza kule nkampani, (i-subs) iya kuvula kwakhona."
Yintoni eyabangela intshutshiso kaBaxter yokuxhaswa ebusweni obu bunzima? Ngokuqinisekileyo, iinkumbulo zakhe ezisemncinci zatshala imbewu, kwaye iminyaka yakhe njengomqhubi wokuhamba ibambelela ukuthembeka kwakhe. Kodwa kukho nangemva kwesandla sakhe sevangeli.
U-Baxter uthi wayethetha ukukhwela kathathu unqabana ukuba wayeyinqumle inxantathu yepaki kunye neyona nto ibonisa ukuhlukahluka kweDislandland kunye nesibheno esiyingqayizivele: ukutyelela umongameli kunye nokuvalelwa kwenkcazelo ekhuthazayo yamaxesha amnandi kunye noMnu. Lincoln (oye waba nobunzima bawo; ngo-2007, iDisney ithe ukukhangwa kwakuza kuvulwa kwakhona), ukunyuka kwiDumbo ye-Flying Elephant, kunye nokuhamba ngaphantsi kwe-ice cream kwi-Travel Marine. "Xa kuninzi kuhla kuma-coasters roller, i-Disneyland 'eqhelekileyo' iba ngaphezulu," kusho uBaxter. "Ndicinga ukuba i-subs are critical to (park)."
I-Subs Get Swept Up to Storm Perfect
Xa ivaliwe kwaye engasayi kugcinwa, impilo yenkwenkwezi ihamba ngokukhawuleza ngakumbi. UBhaxter wabukela waza walinda ithuba lokuphinda abuyele. Ngo-2001, ifilimu ye-Disney ye-animated, i- Atlantis: Ubukhosi obulahlekileyo bunike isiqalo sobuxoki. Ngokusekelwe kwisixeko esiyingqungquthela samanzi, i-movie yanikezela ngokukhawuleza ukuhamba. Iqela likaBaxter lenze umdla wokukhangela. Emva koko ifilimu yakhululwa. Iofisi yebhokisi engaphantsi kwe-enthusi yabulala iprojekthi yokuhamba.
Ngomnyaka olandelayo, ithemba liye laphakanyiswa kwaye lahla kwakhona xa i-Iplaneti ye- Treasury ye-animated, esekelwe kwinveli yeklasi, isiChweba se-Treasure , yanikela ngomnye umxholo onokuthi uvuselele ukukhwela, kodwa wahluleka ukongeza ubuncwane kakhulu kwisifuba sikaDisney. Iminyaka emine emva kokuba ivaliwe, kubonakala ngathi ukuhanjiswa kwe-ride kungase kuhlale kwinqaba elomileyo ngonaphakade.
Emva koko kwaqulunqwa uluhlu lweziganeko, isiqhwithi esipheleleyo seentlobo, ukufumana ukubuyela kwi-lagoon. Imiphumo ekhethekileyo kubantu baseFingering bahlakulela ubuchwepheshe bokubukeka bokuthi "wonke umntu uphonseke," kusho uBaxter. Yabeka isigaba sokubandakanya abalinganiswa bezilwanyana eziphilayo kwiindawo "eziphantsi kwamanzi".
Ngelixa elifanayo, enye i-movie efanelekileyo, efunyanwa yiNemo , yabonakala inamandla amakhulu. Kwaye uMat Ouimet waletha ingqondo evulekileyo - kunye ne-checkbook - kwendima yakhe njengomongameli we-Disneyland kunabo bakhe ngaphambili, uPressler noCynthia Harriss. Xa i- Nemo ithatha ihlabathi ngokuqhankqalaza emva kokukhululwa kwayo ngo-2003, i-Imagineers ixela izibane zokutshaya kwaye ikhupha iinjini ze-Nautilus ngenzondelelo yokubuyisela imali.
"Ngelo xesha, ndandiyazi ngendlela izinto ezisebenza ngayo kwi-intanethi," kusho uBaxter. (Hayi! Kuthetha ukuthini ngolo hlobo ?) Wayephethe iqela ekwakheni i-Nemo-adorned sub and wafaka ithage eDisneyland apho umntu okhwela i-monorail eyayikubona.
"Ndazi ukuba kwakuza kuhlawula," uBhaxter uthi ngokuhleka. "Yaye yafumana i-buzz." Ulawulo lukaDisney lwaluvuyiswa ngumdla weBhaxter's stunt. Ukugcina isakhiwo sogxininiso, i-Imagineers yakha i-mockup eyayiquka i-teknoloji entsha yokubonakalisa kwaye yenze imboniselo ye-Ouimet. "Andifuni ukuthanda oku," kusho uMongameli weDisney emva kokufumana umboniso, ngokutsho kukaBaxter. "Kuyinto emnandi ... kodwa, kuya kuba kubi kakhulu."
UBhaxter uthi nakuba wayemxelele ukuba uhambo luya kubandakanya imiphumo eyomileyo, u-Ouimet wayeqinisekile ukuba wonke uhambo lwangaphantsi kwamanzi. (Unokuthi uphinde ukhohliswe.) Ininzi yokukhwela iyenzeka kwisakhiwo esingenamanzi, kodwa uyafunga ukuba uphuze ixesha lonke.) Ithegi enkulu yamanani nangona kunjalo, u-Ouimet wayenelisekile ngokwaneleyo. Waba yingqobhoko yokukhwela kwakhona kwaye wayebaluleke kakhulu ekuphuculeni isiphakamiso samagunya. (U-Ouimet ushiye i-House House.
Ngombuso omtsha wamandla, ukuba yi-Nemo-enhanced subs subs got green light. Yayiyiprojekthi yokuqala epaki yepaki ye-Disney CEO, uBob Iger. Kwakhona kwakuyiprojekthi enkulu yokuqala kaJohn Lasseter esikhundleni sakhe njengomcebisi weCallering's creative. ULasseter uphethe iSebe likaPixar kunye novelisi olawulayo, yep, Ukufumana iNemo .
Kwaye kuye kwaba, ngama-akhawunti onke, impumelelo engabonakaliyo kubo bonke abathintekayo-kuquka iBaxter. "Ukuthelekiswa nendawo esasiyiyo ngo-1998, xa sasinenkampani engenakukulindela ukuvala (i-subs) phantsi, kuye kwandivuyisa gqitha ukuba ndibone ukuzinikela kunye nenkxaso," utsho.
Ukukhangela kukubangela uvuyo lwabantwana bomntwana abanjengoBaxter okhulile kunye nokuhamba ngeklasi kunye nezingane zanamhlanje ezixoxa ngokupheleleyo kwizinto zonke zeNemo. Iquka i-charm ye-original charm kunye nemodi yokubhala ibali ekhethekileyo, ngelixa iquka ifom ephezulu kakhulu ye-21-century-dazzle-dazzle.
"Ndizele isangqa esipheleleyo," uBhaxter uthi, njengoko i-subs subs are back circling the waters of Disneyland. Emva kweminyaka engama-9 emva kokuya emkhosini wokuhlalisa umonakalo, uBaxter ubuyele echwebeni ukuze ancedise ukunyusa i-subsist. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba unokufumaneka kwi-ride ngexesha elizeleyo, ngokungahambiyo ukuzonwabisa umdlalo omkhulu njengoko ezwa umntwana othile obala amehlo ebuza umzali wakhe ukuba iintlanzi zidibanise ngaphandle kweefotholes zinyani.