Birds of a Feather - PART II - All the Ducks are Robots

Submitted by: Photoboy

Photo by: Dad from "Dad's Guide to WDW"

 

I have many stories from my Disney Time and vacations. One I want to share today I was doing the College Program and I was apart of the Photopass crew at Magic Kingdom. On this day I had just been moved from the street over to the first aid station to take pictures from that angle of the castle and out guest. 

No one ever really see's the photographer in the spot. So I had tons of time to stare at the ducks over by Casey's Corner.

When from behind me a family comes up and Say's Hello Photoppass Card in hand. 

To which I had then replied out of nor where, " they look real don't they? "

the guest says " What "

Photopass: " The Ducks they look real don't they? "

Guest: " What do you mean? "

Photopass " You know Disney is doing lots of stuff with anamatronics!? "

Guest: " You mean to tell us all these ducks are robots?! "

Photopass: " Yep! "

Guest: " what about that one right there? and the one walking walking around?

Photopass: " Yep, and the one walking around it walks to censors in the ground. Do you see the one sitting under the tree? "

Guest: " Yeah "

Photopass: " It's going to shake it's head! "

Not 2 seconds after I had said that the duck shook it's head! My eyes were wide and huge at what just went on I was like Babe Ruth calling my shot! 

Guest: That's amazing!!! They look so real!

Photopass: I know huh! Well you guys have a great day!! 

 

 

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Birds of a Feather

Posted by: Anonymous

One hot summer (aren't they all hot in Florida?) I worked at Splash Mountain and the "Mountain Complex." This was before the time if Fast Pass so the queue before the barn was usually full. I was working height stick at the barn entrance.

Sometimes depending on load times the line would be stagnant for a few minutes without any movement and guests would get bored. I saw a fellow Cast Member walking from the bridge to bump me in rotation. He stopped and was talking to guests. The conversation lasted a few minutes as they chatted and pointed to a few ducks that were waddling through the area. The guests started taking pictures of the ducks.

When he came up to me to bump me he was laughing and said that I would not believe what just happened. He said that as he was walking through the guests were trying to feed the ducks. He told them to please refrain from feeding any animals because it causes problems. The guest said that they were not sure if they were real because they were not eating the popcorn on the ground which was odd.

He told them that actually the ducks were not real. Those particular ducks were actually audio animatronics. They asked how could they just walk around on their own. My friend told them that if they look close at their tail feathers, the largest one that sticks up is actually an antenna. They believed it and began taking pictures of the robotic ducks. True story!


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