Turtle talk with crush at Disney

My very first ASTD pre-conference session was a session at Disney Institute. I immediately felt as though the little kid in my was reignited and I looked forward to that magical experience like a little girl waiting for a candy bar.

The experience at Disney Institute did not fail to disappoint. After the first half of the day was over, we were required to immense ourselves in a live show called Turtle talk with Crush. Now I knew all about that character Crush from Finding Nemo, but what surprised me was the thought and intelligence that had gone into this show.

Turtle Talk with Crush at Epcot theme park is a live show where kids of all ages can have a conversation with the totally tubular turtle from Disney·Pixar's Finding Nemo.

Located inside The Seas with Nemo & Friends Pavilion in Future World, the innovative Turtle Talk with Crush takes place inside a theater featuring a large "window to the ocean world." After taking your seat, watch Crush swim to the window from his ocean home and begin taking questions and chatting with audience members. He'll also educate you on the importance of protecting the world's oceans.

How Turtle Talk with Crush Works

Turtle Talk with Crush uses state-of-the-art, 3D, voice-activated computer animation. Through this advanced technology, Crush can communicate directly—in real time—and hold unique, improvised conversations with audience members. Each and every show is different.

So how did our show pan out?

Well we had no special kid in the house with a birthday that day. It would have been interesting if there were. We heard that there are special code signs Disney staff would do to indicate to the voice behind Crush that there was a birthday kid in the house that day.

There was a part when Crush swung his cherry red bikini and asked us what we thought of it. Crush even winked at the audience and showed off his cherry red bikini. As it turns out, after the show, Epcot staff were seen asking a particular lady in the audience whether she caught the joke about Cherry. Turns out her name is cherry and she was wearing red that day. J

Adeline Mak