Transcript for First-look at the Moana attraction at Walt Disney World
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>>> WELCOME BACK TO "GMA."
THAT OSCAR-NOMINATED SONG FROM
"MOANA" MAKING WAVES BACK IN
2016 NOW SET TO BECOME ONE OF
WALT DISNEY WORLD'S NEWEST
ADDITIONS.
>> YES, THE "JOURNEY OF THE
WATER" INSPIRED BY "MOANA" IS
DUE TO OPEN IN LATE 2023 AND
FIRST ON "GMA" WE ARE GETTING A
SNEAK PEEK OF THE WALK THROUGH
ATTRACTION AT EPCOT.
STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION BUT
DANIELLE BREEZY GOT TO PUT ON
THE HARD HAT TO GET THE DETAILS.
GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, TO YOU,
DANIELLE.
>> Reporter: OH, GOOD MORNING.
I MEAN, IT WAS SO AWESOME.
I GOT TO WATCH THAT MOVIE ON THE
PLANE RIDE DOWN.
I'M A FAN.
YOU GOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF
THIS.
THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON, I'M
ALREADY SEEING IT.
>> EPCOT IS GOING THROUGH ONE OF
THE BIGGEST TRANSFORMATIONS IN
ITS HISTORY AND JOURNEY OF WATER
INSPIRED BY "MOANA" IS PART OF
THAT.
WE HAVE ARTISANS WORKING ON ROCK
WORK, SPECIAL EFFECTS GOING IN.
MUSIC IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF THE
FILM AND WILL BE A COMPONENT OF
THIS EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
♪ YOU'RE WELCOME ♪
♪ I GUESS IT'S MY WAY OF BEING
ME ♪
>> AS GUESTS ENTER INTO THE
EXPERIENCE, WE WANT THEM TO BE
SURROUNDED BY THIS KIND OF LUSH
POLYNESIAN ENVIRONMENT
SURROUNDED WITH WATER AND A FEW
FAMILIAR CHARACTERS FROM THE
FILM.
WE HAVE PROBABLY A DOZEN
CHARACTERS THAT ARE HIDDEN IN
NOOKS AND CRANNIES THROUGHOUT
THE EXPERIENCE AND WITHIN THE
WATERWAYS.
THERE IS ONE VERY RECOGNIZABLE
CHARACTER AND VERY PRESENT
CHARACTER AND THAT'S TE FITI.
SHE'LL BE AT THE HEART OF THE
EXPERIENCE GREETING GUESTS
AS THEY TRAVEL THROUGH.
>> WHICH IS AWESOME.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF
ENGAGING ELEMENTS WITH THIS.
>> PART OF ENGAGING WITH WATER
IS SEEING HOW IT RESPONDS TO US
AND ONE WAY YOU GREET YOUR
FRIEND IS BY WAVING.
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SO I WOULD IMAGINE ONE WAY TO
GREET WATER WOULD BE DOING A
SIMILAR THING.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE
WHEN THE EXPERIENCE OPENS, HOW
THE WATER REACTS TO WHEN WE DO
THAT.
>> I LIKE THAT.
A WAIT AND SEE.
>> OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE A
CONNECTION BETWEEN WATER AND THE
GUESTS AND ONE WAY WE'RE DOING
THAT IS THROUGH THESE EFFECTS
THAT RESPOND TO YOUR PRESENCE.
SO AS GUESTS TRAVEL THROUGH,
THEY HAVE A SENSE THAT WATER HAS
A PERSONALITY.
WATER CAN BE THEIR FRIEND AND
WATER IS WORTH PROTECTING.
>> Reporter: I AM SO EXCITED TO
SEE THIS WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY
OPEN.
BY THE WAY, I HOPE YOU LIKE THAT
HARD HAT LOOK OF MINE.
DID YOU NOTICE HOW THE HEIGHT
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF
US?
VERY INTERESTING, GUYS.
>> YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
WE WERE AT DISNEY WORLD RECENTLY
AND SAW THE CONSTRUCTION UNDER
WAY.
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