2005 Attraction Trade

[Moosysmom]

I took the Behind the Magic tour today and one of the head costume designers was there. He said that for the 50th anniversay of Disneyland, they are going to trade attractions. The anniversary is being celebrated in all the parks as a Theme Park Anniversary. The Indiana Jones stunt show that is currently in Paris is coming to MGM Studios (and being changed to the Paris Show) and the Tower of Terror is being added to California Adventure. Those were the only ones he remembered. Just thought I'd pass it on to all.

 

[wdwguide]

Originally posted by Moosysmom
I took the Behind the Magic tour today and one of the head costume designers was there. He said that for the 50th anniversay of Disneyland, they are going to trade attractions. The anniversary is being celebrated in all the parks as a Theme Park Anniversary. The Indiana Jones stunt show that is currently in Paris is coming to MGM Studios (and being changed to the Paris Show) and the Tower of Terror is being added to California Adventure. Those were the only ones he remembered. Just thought I'd pass it on to all.

Well, they aren't "trading" attractions, they are turning them into "franchises" because it saves them a lot of R&D money: Rather than designing new attractions, they are falling back on designs that have been proven workable and popular elsewhere.

The Tower of Terror has been under construction at Disney's California Adventure for quite a while now - you can see pictures of it on many web sites that cover Disneyland. As for the stunt show, it's not Indy-related. It's a car stunt show, and it appears that it will co-exist with the present Indy show at least for a while. The construction for the car show has just started in the former Residential Street backlot.