But again, Rudd, Lilly, Larsen, and Mackie are definitely not setting sail on the ship. So how will their video presences make things feel real for the guests? Here’s how Walt Disney Imagineering Senior Creative Director Danny Handke describes it over at the Disney Parks blog: “To bring this action-packed spectacle to life, we have specially designed the restaurant with immersive cinematic technology, including hundreds of screens and special effects embedded throughout. Filming with the actors has already wrapped and we are now working on the post-production editing and effects.”
If the Disney Imagineers say they can make a cruise ship dining room look like it’s been attacked by an army of Ultron drones, I have to give them the benefit of the doubt; these guys made a functional lightsaber, after all. I’m sure the various screens will simulate the room’s windows so you can constantly pivot your head and try to follow the fisticuffs and it’ll probably look pretty cool. I’ll even ignore the fact that somehow Ant-Man (who certainly will be Paul Rudd when he’s “outside” the ship, and an actor inside the dining room) will somehow need “even the brave diners of the Disney Wish for back-up,” because I understand some people like interactive theater even though I do not.
Here’s my one issue: how do you convincingly stage an Ultron attack while I’m eating that doesn’t ruin my lunch? Will drinks get knocked over? Will laser blasts be fired? Will Ultron’s minions get into the restaurant somehow? While the dinners next to me get gunned down in the prime of their lives? Or is my chair going to jostle a bit while a widescreen Marvel short plays around me? Take all the time you need to answer, Disney. I’ll never be able to afford this anyway.
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