Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic
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Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic (titled Sesame Street Presents Lights Camera Imagination! 4-D at SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Europe parks and Sesame Street Film Festival 4-D at Busch Gardens Africa) is a 4-D film theme park attraction located at Universal Studios Japan
, SeaWorld San Diego
, Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. The attraction, which was made to run at Universal Studios Japan, was later acquired by SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment to run at their Busch Gardens and SeaWorld theme parks. In addition, Busch Gardens parks also include multiple other Sesame Street themed attractions, as part of their Sesame Street Forest of Fun/Sesame Street Safari of Fun park areas. Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic will be opening in Universal Studios Dubailand in 2012 in the Surf City area of the park. While the film is in 3-D
, it also contains 4-D effects to go along with the film which include spraying water, bursts of air, leg ticklers and fans.
On August 5, 2010, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay announced that Pirates 4D
would return to the Timbuktu Theater. There will be three showings of the Sesame Street 4-D Film Festival film followed by three showings of the Pirates film.
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glasses which they are told not to wear until they are informed to use them. The film festival starts with previews of coming attractions for films starring Sesame Street characters including "The Counting Kid Counts Again" and "The Pretty Little Space Ponies". As the film is about to begin, the projector breaks, causing all of the film to run all over the theater, ruining the film festival. The inhabitants of Sesame Street agree that the festival has ended, and leave the theater. Elmo
, disappointed by what has happened, decides to have himself and guests use their own imaginations to finish the adventures of the films, and tells guests to put on their glasses while he prepares. At this point, guests enter the main theater where the show begins.
, seen with two anonymous Twiddlebugs appearing in CGI form, welcomes the audience and walks over to 123 Sesame Street, where he meets up with everyone else, looking rather disappointed about what happened earlier. Elmo
comes in riding his tricycle (bumping into a crate near Oscar's trash can). The "movies" then begin.
Grover
climbs off the stoop and pretends that he's a cowboy, fireman (squirting the audience with a CGI "Muppetised" hose) and Super Grover (who gets struck by a huge rock that falls from the sky).
Ernie
imagines that he and Bert
are in the Sahara Desert. When Bert complains about wanting water, Ernie imagines they are in his bath tub. When Bert still complains it is not the water he had in mind, Ernie imagines they are underwater, where Ernie plays fetch with a "dogfish". Out of nowhere, a purple octopus pulls Bert away-not to harm, but to dance the tango with him. Bert is having so much fun dancing with him until he's snapped out of the dream sequence and finds himself held by Oscar.
Elmo incourages Oscar to make up his "movie" next, but he refuses, so Cookie Monster
uses his imagination instead. Cookie Monster imagines that he is a giant rampaging in a city. But Cookie explains that it's not him who's causing the distress, but rather, a giant cookie which flies around like a UFO, squirting chocolate on the buildings. Cookie makes an attempt to defeat him, but he fails. That is until he "walks off", tricking the over-sized cookie into having his way until he is smashed into crumbs. Cookie then swallows the crumb like a vacuum cleaner, causing him to belch.
Elmo again tells Oscar to make up his movie, so Oscar imagines they are in a junkyard full of vermin and trash. A vermin pops up, and Oscar complains were the rest of them are, at which point the other vermin bruch against the viewer's legs. Oscar's movie continues as a choir of stinky socks sing about "A Line of Trash" and rain falls from the sky.
As Oscar and Elmo return from his movie, it begins to pour, ruining the day. Elmo thinks that he has failed to use imagination to save the Film Festival, but Big Bird encourages him to imagine it's a sunny day out. Elmo does, and the film concludes with all the characters singing "Imagination!" as Elmo comes up with a "happy ending" involving sunny skies, balloons, decorations and so on. The film then concludes, and guests exit the theater.
At the Busch Gardens and SeaWorld versions, a commercial for Sesame Place
plays on the theater screen instead while guests exit.
to English
for the American audiences.
In the SeaWorld films, there is no pre-show, and instead, the preshow to the film is merged into the actual film, resulting in the guests having to wait through the first seven minutes until putting on the glasses before the 3-D effects start. Also at the SeaWorld attractions, the postshow with Elmo being interviewed does not play, but a commercial for SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment's own Sesame Place park instead plays on the theater screen while guests exit, and brochures for Sesame Place are on display at the theater exit.
Universal Studios Japan
, located in Osaka, is one of four Universal Studios theme parks, owned and operated by USJ Co., Ltd. . The park is similar to Universal Orlando Resort, since it contains many of the same rides. Most visitors are Japanese tourists or tourists from other Asian countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong,...
, SeaWorld San Diego
SeaWorld San Diego
SeaWorld San Diego is an animal theme park, oceanarium, and marine mammal park, located in San Diego, California, United States. The park is owned by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, a division of The Blackstone Group....
, Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. The attraction, which was made to run at Universal Studios Japan, was later acquired by SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment to run at their Busch Gardens and SeaWorld theme parks. In addition, Busch Gardens parks also include multiple other Sesame Street themed attractions, as part of their Sesame Street Forest of Fun/Sesame Street Safari of Fun park areas. Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic will be opening in Universal Studios Dubailand in 2012 in the Surf City area of the park. While the film is in 3-D
3-D film
A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
, it also contains 4-D effects to go along with the film which include spraying water, bursts of air, leg ticklers and fans.
On August 5, 2010, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay announced that Pirates 4D
Pirates 4D
Pirates 4-D is a 3-D short film produced exclusively for theme park usage. The "attraction" is located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida, the Luxor casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Phantasialand in Brühl, Germany, SeaWorld San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas and formerly, Busch Gardens Europe...
would return to the Timbuktu Theater. There will be three showings of the Sesame Street 4-D Film Festival film followed by three showings of the Pirates film.
Summary
The original attraction, at Universal Studios Japan, starts by having guests enter a theatre ( which also holds the attraction Shrek's 4-D AdventureShrek 4-D
Shrek 4-D is a 4-D film at various theme parks around the world. Universal Parks & Resorts owns the main rights to the film which is currently shown at their parks in Hollywood, Florida, Japan and Singapore...
).
Queue
Guests queue outside the building, which includes posters for multiple films starring Sesame Street characters. They then enter the theater where the storyline is revealed.Pre-show
Guests enter the take park in the "Sesame Street Film Festival", and are given pairs of 3-D3-D film
A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
glasses which they are told not to wear until they are informed to use them. The film festival starts with previews of coming attractions for films starring Sesame Street characters including "The Counting Kid Counts Again" and "The Pretty Little Space Ponies". As the film is about to begin, the projector breaks, causing all of the film to run all over the theater, ruining the film festival. The inhabitants of Sesame Street agree that the festival has ended, and leave the theater. Elmo
Elmo
Elmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is a furry red monster and currently hosts the last full 15 minute segment on Sesame Street, Elmo's World, which is aimed at toddlers. His puppeteer, Kevin Clash, uses falsetto to produce his voice...
, disappointed by what has happened, decides to have himself and guests use their own imaginations to finish the adventures of the films, and tells guests to put on their glasses while he prepares. At this point, guests enter the main theater where the show begins.
Main Show
The show starts once everyone is seated. As soon as everyone is in the main theater, Big BirdBig Bird
Big Bird is a protagonist of the children's television show Sesame Street. Big Bird, like many of the other Sesame Street characters, is a Muppet character. He is sometimes referred to simply as "Bird" by his friends....
, seen with two anonymous Twiddlebugs appearing in CGI form, welcomes the audience and walks over to 123 Sesame Street, where he meets up with everyone else, looking rather disappointed about what happened earlier. Elmo
Elmo
Elmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is a furry red monster and currently hosts the last full 15 minute segment on Sesame Street, Elmo's World, which is aimed at toddlers. His puppeteer, Kevin Clash, uses falsetto to produce his voice...
comes in riding his tricycle (bumping into a crate near Oscar's trash can). The "movies" then begin.
Grover
Grover
Grover is a Muppet character on the popular television show Sesame Street. Self-described as lovable, cute and furry, he is a monster who almost never uses contractions when speaking or singing....
climbs off the stoop and pretends that he's a cowboy, fireman (squirting the audience with a CGI "Muppetised" hose) and Super Grover (who gets struck by a huge rock that falls from the sky).
Ernie
Ernie
Ernie is a fictional character, a Muppet on the Public Broadcasting Service's long-running children's television show, Sesame Street. He and his roommate Bert form a comic duo that is one of the program's centerpieces, with Ernie acting the role of the naïve troublemaker and Bert the world-weary foil...
imagines that he and Bert
Bert
Bert is a fictional character, a Muppet on the Public Broadcasting Service's long-running children's television show, Sesame Street. Bert was originally performed by Frank Oz. Since 2001, Muppeteer Eric Jacobson has been phased in as Bert's primary performer...
are in the Sahara Desert. When Bert complains about wanting water, Ernie imagines they are in his bath tub. When Bert still complains it is not the water he had in mind, Ernie imagines they are underwater, where Ernie plays fetch with a "dogfish". Out of nowhere, a purple octopus pulls Bert away-not to harm, but to dance the tango with him. Bert is having so much fun dancing with him until he's snapped out of the dream sequence and finds himself held by Oscar.
Elmo incourages Oscar to make up his "movie" next, but he refuses, so Cookie Monster
Cookie Monster
Cookie Monster is a Muppet on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is best known for his voracious appetite and his famous eating phrases: "Me want cookie!", "Me eat cookie!", and "Om nom nom nom" . He often eats anything and everything, including danishes, donuts, lettuce, apples,...
uses his imagination instead. Cookie Monster imagines that he is a giant rampaging in a city. But Cookie explains that it's not him who's causing the distress, but rather, a giant cookie which flies around like a UFO, squirting chocolate on the buildings. Cookie makes an attempt to defeat him, but he fails. That is until he "walks off", tricking the over-sized cookie into having his way until he is smashed into crumbs. Cookie then swallows the crumb like a vacuum cleaner, causing him to belch.
Elmo again tells Oscar to make up his movie, so Oscar imagines they are in a junkyard full of vermin and trash. A vermin pops up, and Oscar complains were the rest of them are, at which point the other vermin bruch against the viewer's legs. Oscar's movie continues as a choir of stinky socks sing about "A Line of Trash" and rain falls from the sky.
As Oscar and Elmo return from his movie, it begins to pour, ruining the day. Elmo thinks that he has failed to use imagination to save the Film Festival, but Big Bird encourages him to imagine it's a sunny day out. Elmo does, and the film concludes with all the characters singing "Imagination!" as Elmo comes up with a "happy ending" involving sunny skies, balloons, decorations and so on. The film then concludes, and guests exit the theater.
Post-show
At the Universal Studios Japan version only, guests exit the theater and see Elmo being interviewed by a muppet news reporter about how he saved the Film Festival by using his imagination.At the Busch Gardens and SeaWorld versions, a commercial for Sesame Place
Sesame Place
Sesame Place is an American theme park in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. It derives its theme from the Sesame Street television program and characters like Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Ernie, and Bert. It includes a variety of rides, shows, and water attractions suited to very young children...
plays on the theater screen instead while guests exit.
Differences
There are multiple differences between the SeaWorld version of the film versus the original Universal version. This is due to the film having been created for Universal Studios Japan, and so, there are changes in the structure of the Busch Gardens and SeaWorld theaters from the Universal Studios one. This resulted in the experince having to be slightly changed as well, most notably re-dubbing from JapaneseJapanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
to English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
for the American audiences.
In the SeaWorld films, there is no pre-show, and instead, the preshow to the film is merged into the actual film, resulting in the guests having to wait through the first seven minutes until putting on the glasses before the 3-D effects start. Also at the SeaWorld attractions, the postshow with Elmo being interviewed does not play, but a commercial for SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment's own Sesame Place park instead plays on the theater screen while guests exit, and brochures for Sesame Place are on display at the theater exit.
English Voice
- Fran BrillFran BrillFrances Joan "Fran" Brill , is an American actress and puppeteer, best known for her roles on Sesame Street.Brill was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Linette and Joseph M. Brill. Her father was a physician...
as Zoe and Prairie Dawn - Kevin ClashKevin ClashKevin Jeffrey Clash is an American puppeteer and voice actor whose characters include Elmo, Baby Sinclair, Clifford, Splinter and Hoots the Owl...
as ElmoElmoElmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is a furry red monster and currently hosts the last full 15 minute segment on Sesame Street, Elmo's World, which is aimed at toddlers. His puppeteer, Kevin Clash, uses falsetto to produce his voice... - Stephanie D'AbruzzoStephanie D'AbruzzoStephanie D'Abruzzo is an American actress and puppeteer.-Early life:D'Abruzzo grew up in McMurray, Pennsylvania, a Pittsburgh suburb she has described as a "plastic bubble kind of town." She graduated from Peters Township High School, where she was active in the theater program, and attended the...
as Singing Socks - Eric JacobsonEric JacobsonEric Jacobson is a puppeteer and Muppet performer, who has been the primary replacement puppeteer for Frank Oz's characters since 2001.-Career:...
as Grover and Bert - Joey Mazzarino as Telly's stunt chicken and Two-Headed Monster (left head)
- Tracie Mick as Humphrey
- Martin RobinsonMartin RobinsonMartin Robinson was an English professional footballer who scored over 100 league goals in a career spanning over 15 years....
as Telly and Pesties - David RudmanDavid RudmanDavid Rudman is a puppeteer, voice actor and producer, best known as a performer of many of Sesame Street's Muppets. He originated the role of Baby Bear, and has been nominated for two Emmy Awards for his work replacing Frank Oz in the role of Cookie Monster...
as Cookie Monster and Two-Headed Monster (right head) - Caroll SpinneyCaroll SpinneyCaroll Edwin Spinney, sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney , is an American puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the children's television show Sesame Street.-Life and career:...
as Big Bird and Oscar (voices only) - John TartagliaJohn TartagliaJohn Nicholas Tartaglia is an American singer, actor, dancer, puppeteer.Tartaglia was born in Maple Shade, New Jersey, U.S.. He joined Sesame Street's puppetry team at the age of 16 part-time, performing as a right hand and many minor characters, including Phoebe and being the backup for Kevin...
as Ernie
Japanese Voice
- ElmoElmoElmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is a furry red monster and currently hosts the last full 15 minute segment on Sesame Street, Elmo's World, which is aimed at toddlers. His puppeteer, Kevin Clash, uses falsetto to produce his voice...
, Bert, Grover: Koji Ochiai - Big Bird, Ernie: Mitsuaki MadonoMitsuaki Madonois a voice actor who was born in Osaka, Japan. He has a penchant for voicing characters who are supposedly jokers, but sometimes hide a more insidious nature is a voice actor (seiyū) who was born in Osaka, Japan. He has a penchant for voicing characters who are supposedly jokers, but sometimes...
- Cookies Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Count von Count: Toru OhkawaToru Ohkawais a seiyū from Kagoshima Prefecture who is affiliated with Mausu Promotion.He is a Hanshin Tigers fan.-Television animation:* Ai No Kusabi * Amatsuki * Baki the Grappler...
- Telly Monster: Tesshou Genda
- Prairie Dawn, Zoe, Tina: Sakiko Tamakawa
- Rosita: Roko Takizawa
See also
- Universal Studios JapanUniversal Studios Japan, located in Osaka, is one of four Universal Studios theme parks, owned and operated by USJ Co., Ltd. . The park is similar to Universal Orlando Resort, since it contains many of the same rides. Most visitors are Japanese tourists or tourists from other Asian countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong,...
- SeaWorld San DiegoSeaWorld San DiegoSeaWorld San Diego is an animal theme park, oceanarium, and marine mammal park, located in San Diego, California, United States. The park is owned by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, a division of The Blackstone Group....
- Busch Gardens Williamsburg
- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
- Grover's Alpine ExpressGrover's Alpine ExpressGrover's Alpine Express is a sleigh-themed Zierer junior roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, located in Williamsburg, Virginia.-Ride layout:...
- Air GroverAir GroverAir Grover is a steel roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. The roller coaster opened with the Sesame Street Safari of Fun play area on March 27, 2010. The ride simulates a biplane flight with the Sesame Street character Grover.-Ride layout:...