Magic Carpet Ride Aladdin Broadway

I don t work on aladdin but i m friends with a few of the riggers.

Magic carpet ride aladdin broadway. Ainsley melham marina pires photos provided by disney theatrical. People have wondered and questioned how the magic carpet works and fly s somehow seamlessly on its own with a smooth performance on aladdin the musical and m. It s not often a writer gets to travel on aladdin s magic carpet but that s one way to describe my latest trip. Basically there are wires on the 4 corners and at the top the winch assembly spins each wire in a little circle maybe a foot diameter.

6 12 17 at 7 09pm so this is my theory and it s pretty valid there is a product we use for projecting holograms we call musion foil. They spin the wires really fast enough to trick the eye. By andy lefkowitz feb 11 2020. A whole new world doesn t reveal how the magic carpet illusion in this tony award winning show is actually achieved well that s something you re just going to have to work out on your own.

A magic carpet ride. The broadway version of disney s aladdin has almost as many special effects as you d find in a major hollywood movie. The carpet is a really interesting totally custom piece. Disney s aladdin floats into the saenger.

Here s how the show s creators pull off the magic in real time. Skip to navigation. But of course because michael lassell s the road to broadway and beyond disney aladdin.