I wish they could make an illusion where the 2 hour line waits felt more like 5 minutes and less like 4 hours.

My favorite trick is how they make my bank account balance disappear *oh wait*

My favorite one is definitely the peppers ghost. I'm just blown away that the glass is so clean!

Having worked with Disney Imagineering for years, its great to see someone put together the results of the behind the sences results. The people at Imagineering are truly gifted!

something to do while at disney parks is to get the train crews autographs i always make a point to do it and every time i have they get super happy i remember one time there was an older man who said he had worked there for five years and i was the first one to ask him for it

"If you pay attention to the ground" [Camera not aimed at the ground]

The peppers ghost effect at the haunted mansion had me fooled for a long time until I discovered the simplicity of this illusion. I have the greatest respect for all the designers and imagineers who go above and beyond to make this theme park appear to be the most magical place on earth!

My fav Disney optical illusion is the forced perspective on Snow White’s Grotto. Disney anonymously received marbles statues of Snow White and some other characters, but they were all the same size. Hench was given the job to make a display to make Snow White appear taller than the dwarves. He did this by having the waterfall start off small and narrow at her feet, then cascade wider down.

I really enjoy the half skeleton, half flesh pirate they recently installed in Disneyland, which was a great improvement over the Davy Jones mist waterfall. It took me a couple of times to understand the illusion of its transition from a skeleton to a man.

Nah you're not the only one that gets a headache from those reverse bust things. I mean, I'm sure anyone would get a headache from headbutting a huge block of clay.

Pepper's Ghost is also used on the Pinocchio ride, for the Blue Fairy.

I remember riding Peter Pan for the first time when I was little and not being able to figure out how I was flying for a solid thirty seconds 😂 it’s not exactly an optical illusion but it is an example of how Disney World feels like a place with actual magic when you’re a kid

I love the inverted statues in the Haunted Mansion. So simple to just carve something in foam and carve it inverted. My family does a haunted house walkthrough on Halloween, probably going to try to invert some statues and put them on a book shelf or mantle and put a black light on the white foam and paint the eyes

More on audio mixing and immersive sound in the parks, please! There is so much going on and such a huge hidden infrastructure for normal background sounds and music as well as the moving parades and live shows, it's really interesting stuff!

The brown "stream" “flowing” down the middle of the streets in frontier times represents a trough used to catch waste from horses back in the day. At least that’s according to a professor of early American history who’s presentation I attended in Philadelphia. He touched on waste disposal in early American history and even mentioned the misconception people have about Disney frontier times

I know it’s not an illusion but my fav is the smell of the water

“Absolutely adore alliteration” i see what you did there ;)

I never noticed the Haunted Mansion bust illusion. I have always only seen reverse negative busts and that part of the ride has always confused me until now .

I'm also so amazed in Phantom manor 2018 refurbishment. How Melanie Ravenswood vanishes from portraits right before you. It's so freaking mystical !

My friend and I ended a call the second we saw you uploaded. You are considered more important than my friends apparently. We were sitting there, talking about our old Gameboy and Nintendo DS and searching for them, then suddenly ended the call and dashed as fast as possible to this video

I want a video about the audio mixing. I find it very interesting and would like to see you make a more explanatory video about it.

4:22 Why on earth would an Italian in the 16th century have a fake British accent? LOL

The first time I went to Disney World (Orlando) I was blown away by the attention to detail that made me feel like I'd fallen into my childhood imagination, where I was the main character in the story. This video made me realize that, "huh, maybe that's not totally wrong!" (Recalls that tears-in-the-eyes moment upon entering the park and hearing the sweeping Disney music). When you watch a Disney film, you know you're watching a story unfold--you expect it. Maybe that's why Disney World always takes my breath away. As opposed to a third-person narration (films/storybooks) in which you follow the main character, in Disney World, YOU are the main character. It's reader-insert at its finest! (I finally realize why I felt so...for lack of a better word, important when I first walked down Main Street! (*Sings 'Go the Distance' from Hercules' tree perch whilst looking over the world*) It was like an abstract version of Disney (the invisible narrator that we all knew as children) could see me even though I was surrounded by crowds of people. It was a diamond-in-the-rough moment.)

I always thought that was a projector on the Pooh ride. Really cool to know that is also the ghost box illusion.

ive never been to disneyland before, but i got a job there working for the college program in 2 weeks. all your videos have prepared me for it, and i am so ready!

say what you want about disney but he was a master entertainer .

Their best trick is how they took a lame, State Fair quality roller coaster & made it into a thrill ride by putting it inside with no lights.

I prefer the term “not see” green. But then I realized it sounded like “Nazi Green” so I’ll just go with “go away” from now on.

You aren't the only one getting headaches from the reverse-bust illusion!

I was very tricked. Thank you for untricking my mind from being tricked by the tricksters.

No bedpans are NOT what you use at night. The word you wanted was chamberpot.

Disney does an amazing job making you immersed in Disney. They're amazing.

Disney does like to immerse you in the worlds they create. Sight lines, forced perspective, and all those other little things are so important in making the experience more complete.

Regarding the Forced Perspective of Main Street ... Another point that helps sell this illusion is that the Street at the Entrance end of Main Street is Wider than the Castle side. This also has the added benefit to guests in that it makes the exit look closer at the end of the day when leaving. Keep up the great work!

7:53 - Liberty Square's design is meant to follow actual Old City Philadelphia streets, but not in the way you're explaining. For a perfect example, search for Elfreth's Alley, but you can search old city images in general because you'll see that Revolution era streets had a rougher, rockier cobblestone center with red brick sidewalks. Much of the older parts of the city still have 200+ year old brick sidewalks, and some of the more out of the way alleys and closed streets are still the original cobblestone. People didn't generally throw their waste into the streets from their windows in Philadelphia at the time of the Revolution, it was one of the most modern cities in the world - capital of the United States until 1800, by which time Philadelphia was in the process of becoming the first major city in the world to provide fresh drinking water to all residents, a feat accomplished by 1801. Even in the mid 1700s there were in-house and outdoor privy's and a system of storm drains, but nearly all human waste was collected manually by companies paid for the service (honeywagons - what a name...). Sorry for the long reply - not expecting you to edit the video or anything, just enjoy your videos and thought you might appreciate the extra info!

I've never been in the Haunted Mansion, but I know exactly the effect used on those busts. It doesn't give me a headache (particularly since I don't look at it for very long), but I too can see both the illusion AND how it works. The illusion looks a lot better on camera, since it's 2D.

I get the haunted mansion effect too, I’m with you! 😀 #HauntedHeadaches

Listen....I 100% clicked on this for audio mixing I think it’s the coolest part about the parks

That trick with the busts works great with snow. Stick your face in and the imprint looks like its popping out at you.

My favorite Di$ney illusion is how quick the money in my pockets disappears!

whoa pooh astral projecting at disneyland, we don't have that at wdw, just a simple pepper fade. i was gonna say wdw's tomorrowland is on a bridge but then you said it. also, the inverted busts make me a little dizzy as well, especially since there's so many of them in the wdw version.

I thought the busts were following me because of he massive amount of shrooms I ate in the parking lot before going in.

This video also blows our minds by showing us that italians have british accents when they write really smart things. Great video!

" Ok it's just one person strumming *but he's doing a very good job* "

My favorite Disney illusion has always been the ship mast that is visible in New Orleans Square. I remember spotting that as like a 5 year old and trying to show it to everyone in my family and no one believed me at first

It’s ruining the magic for me, but I can’t stop watching. I don’t know what to do!

Nice to see how things work. Stuff like this may seem simple, but it's something you're not gonna see on such a scale in many other places which is another thing that makes it so special. Also, seeing that I'll never really get the chance to ever go, it wouldn't really matter whether I would know the tricks or not.

You didn't do my favorite illusion, The floating head in the Crystal ball.

I was at a DMV for 6 hours today, Cured my boredom with a marathon of Offhand Disney vids

The Forced Perspective on Main Street make the castle appear to be further away than it is. Does coming BACK down Main Street make the Entrance look closer than it is? [I hope I remember to check next time I go. I live in Fla and have a Season Pass.]

What always amazes me about Disneyland is how big it feels. It’s like a labyrinth.

You are not the only one. With all optical illusions I see both what they want me to see and what is really happening at the same time. It's freaky and gives me a headache

They are called Chamber Pots not Bedpans Bedpans are different

Pepper's Ghost is even used up the street at the Berry Farm. The undertaker's house has what appears to be a man, hung around the neck, resting in a coffin. Every once in a while he will materialize into a bleached skeleton, as if he was never interred into the earth, and left to rot inside the abandoned Undertanker's house in Ghost Town.

I thought this was gonna be about conspiracy theories lmao

It delights me knowing some of these are basic theatre tricks that I learned both as a theatre major and a haunted house actor. Disneyland sewed seeds for my love of theatrics as a kid and now I have the satisfaction of knowing how it works because I have worked with some elements like this myself and I really enjoyed looking at the fine details last time I was there. That said, these videos showed even more cool details and I love the,

I thought this was a video about how disney tricks the youth with its media content and conspiracies

Amazing information about Main Street! It makes perfect sense now that you told me about the shrinking buildings.

Yeaaaah!!! PEPPER'S GHOST explanation!!! 👍👍👏🎉

At Disney world, Main Street is at a slight incline, meaning that as you walk toward the castle you are inclining, and as you are leaving the park, declining. This further gives the illusion that the castle is bigger/further away than it actually is. Also the buildings on main street are not proportioned correctly, the second and third story facades are actually smaller and also gives the illusion that those buildings are bigger than they are. And as a coincidence, the slightly declining of Main Street toward the exit makes it easier for guests to leave. Walking downhill tends to speed up walking.

Yeah Disney tricks me on making me think I need to go again (I’m going again in October and then again in January lol)

Great video as always Offhand! For your 100k special you should rank EVERY Disney attraction you’ve been on (DL and WDW). If that’s too much maybe the top 10 or 25 or something.

PLEASE MAKE A WHOLE VIDEO ON AUDIO MIXING! IT'S FASCINATING! I LOVE IT! Also, if you think about it, the people who put together the ride audio that you can find on spotify and such, such as Navi River Journey, put in a lot of work, as they much simulate what it sounds like to slowly move through a tunnel of hundreds of speakers all just repeating a certain sound. But whoever puts it together must control which sounds slowly get louder, and then softer.

Love his quirky sense of humor and accent reading. Right on the spot. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Thumb up.👍

Got to say that Pinocchio’s Daring Journey uses the peppers ghost effect as well in the blue fairy scene

I HAVE _WAITED_

Subscribed! You brought up j.p.l studios!

"I adore alliteration..." Well played.

Plz make more Disney urban legend I find it interesting

That Firefly Illusion is pretty Impressive! O.O

How Disney Tricks Your Mind: They theme the ground with BRICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am the designer of that firefly effect. Nicely told.

Didn’t even have read the title to know it was going to be a good vid.

Thanks for clearing up the “Go away Green” controversy! I love the Peppers Ghost effect and used it on haunted houses I built in the 1980s! Thanks for the great explanation!

storytime: While on the Peter Pan ride once, the power went out and emergency lights came on while we were "flying over London". We noticed that the entire floor/london is flat and streets and lights were just painted with optical colors that glow under black light. However the cool cloud effect which gave that feeling of depth was literally just large semi transparent trash bags left randomly around. The people running the ride told us that it didnt originally have that feature but the cleaning crew from the previous night left the bags behind. The park overlords decided it looked awesome so theyve been left there every since!

i actually knew all of the disney illusions (except the ghost thing, it always bothered me how it worked) but those little details are my FAVORITE part of disney. i love the streets and the detail of everything

What I want for a 1,000 subscriber special is a remix of you saying “Jean Lafitte” it’s really quite soothing.

Honestly... I'm having to leave this video a couple of minutes in due to the fact that I don't want the magic of it all to be ruined and I want to be a kid forever. But I'm sure it was a great video, you got a thumbs up anyway!

Glad I'm not the only one who can (and does) listen to the Pirates Queue loop for hours on end

"You may think they're blinking lights, but it's actually much simpler. They're lights attached to wires and black cardboard which gets blown by a fan from underneath."

Early squad! My favorite Disney youtuber! That thumbnail is the biggest confusion for me at Disney.. I know It’s *disney magic* but really it’s truly amazing how they do that stuff!

I would really like an in-depth special about audio animatronics, if possible. I am absolutely fascinated and terribly creeped out by them! I would love if you had interesting and funny things to say about them, especially featuring disney animatronics without the skin? like the geese in star tours

Who else does their studying while listening to Disney theme park soundtracks?? When he said he could listen to the Pirates of the Caribbean queue soundtrack for hours, I got so excited! I literally themed my dorm room in my second year of uni after that ride, and used that music for ambience.

I love the smell of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, 20 years ago, and on the 25th anniversary. There's nothing like it.

11:21 I Absoluetly Adore Alliteration Nice

YES WERE LEARNING ABOUT ATTRACTION ILLUSIONS! Thanks!

The boulder scene in Indiana Jones Adventure is one of the greatest tricks that ever happened to me.

Disney’s most captivating trick of all time: getting people to purchase overly priced tickets.

Off topic but idk what it is but inside the pirates of the Caribbean it actually smells really nice. Idk if its just me but I like the smell 🤷🏻‍♀️

4:21 YOU LEARNED HOW TO PRONOUNCE FRENCH NAMES I'M SO PROUD!!!!!!!

I knew that haunted mansion employed the peppers ghost illusion, but today was the day it FINALLY clicked for me. I FINALLY understand exactly how this illusion works and now I wanna recreate it myself lol.

Now I know the Pirates of the Caribbean was HEAVILY inspired by the Efteling’s dark rides, a Dutch theme park Disney himself grew enamored with which came out decades before, but 1:25 looks like an exact replica of the Fata Morgana. Now I’ve lived in the states for 15 years now, went to Disney twice, and as much as I love it.... It still can’t provide the same magic as the Efteling!

Thank you Thank you so much for recommending the JPL studios channel I've beem trying to find some of the sounds of the Haunted mansion for the longest time and found it exactly it on JPL. Have a Magical day

I CANT UNSEE THE HEADS HOLY CRAP

Another item to add to this list: Disney apparently pumps the smell of hot, battered popcorn throughout Disneyland....even from the time Disneyland opens in the morning. This adds to the guest's experience of being transported into a different reality.

I went to Animal Kingdom for the first time a few weeks ago and the Mount Everest optical illusion is my favorite. It looked huge at first, but then I got closer and I was like, “They got me.”

Tricks you into throwing your money away.

Trick or no trick, Disneyland is so awesome.

I realized I stopped watching your channel a little while back, no reason in particular. This video was recommended to me today and dang you’ve hooked me back in. Binged all the videos I’ve missed, and just wanted to let you know you’re making great content. Keep up the good work, friend

I went on the Disney YES Program that they had about 3 years ago at the Magic Kingdom, and they mentioned stuff like the Go-away green, Peppers ghost, and even the poo on Main Street. If you haven’t gone on a tour like the Disney YES Program, I feel like you’d enjoy it. They even took us behind the scenes under the ride to show us the peppers ghost in effect while the ride was in operation!