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Indiana Jones Rides

Josh — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:44:52 +0000

With the fourth installment of Indiana Jones coming out, I went into my NetFlix queue and added the three originals. So last night, the family and I watched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. During the movie, my wife asked me which movie the ride in Disneyland was named after. I explained that it has its own story, but couldn’t remember the name of it. So I thought I should blog about the two versions of the ride.

Disneyland Park

Indiana Jones Adventure: The Temple of the Forbidden Eye

Tokyo DisneySea

Follow in the footsteps of Dr. Indiana Jones in a harrowing, life-or-death quest for the legendary Fountain of Youth. But beware the Fountain is purported to be guarded by a vengeful, supernatural spirit known as the Crystal Skull!

Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull

Disneyland Resort Paris

Prepare yourself for a whip-cracking adventure as you enter the Temple of Peril and find yourself in a runaway wagon speeding through the ancient ruins. Tummy-turning action.

Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Thrill to the pulse-pounding explosions, crashes, clashes and death-defying stunts of Indiana Jones’ onscreen adventures. Sit behind the director’s chair to participate in this stage spectacular that reveals some of the moviemaking magic responsible for Indy’s triumphs over deadly traps, bad-guy battles and epic-scale obstacles. You may even be chosen to be an extra!

Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!

Remember…Dreams Come True Fireworks on the Storybook Land Canal Boats

Josh — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:19:57 +0000

This last week, we got very lucky. We were hitting some Fantasy Land attractions on Saturday night during the fireworks show so we could avoid some wait times. We happen to time our trip on the Storybook Land Canal Boats so that the “Remember…Dreams Come True” fireworks started right when we got to Cinderella’s Castle – this timing was by complete accident. To our surprise, the cast member manning the boat stopped to allow us to watch the fireworks. I guess this is the proper protocol as all the boats stopped. It was a real treat to sit on the boat and watch fireworks from both sides (the majority launched from inside Mickey’s ToonTown and some launched from the closed part of Fantasy Land – Sleeping Beauty’s Castle I believe).

While the seats got a little hard after a bit, it was a truly unique experience. I’m not sure how you can try to time this since the length of the line and how fast the queue is moving determines when you get on. Anyway, it was pretty awesome.

Disneyland for Disney World Lovers

Josh — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:48:29 +0000

LaughingPlace.com blog True-Life Adventureland has six tips for the Walt Disney World fans traveling to Disneyland for the first time.

LaughingPlace.com: Disneyland for Disney World Lovers (True-Life Adventureland)

I think the tips are spot on. And I totally think that the ferris wheel (Sun Wheel) in California Adventure is the scariest Disney attraction.

Family Travel: Thrills and spills in Disneyland Resort Paris

Josh — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:48:15 +0000

As part of their 15th anniversary celebrations, the resort has been working overtime to get two brand new rides, Crush’s Coaster and the Cars Race Rally, completed. Now all they needed was some willing volunteers to come and see what all their hard work had achieved.

Family Travel: Thrills and spills in Disneyland Resort Paris

Watch a 12 Month Time Lapse Video of the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage Construction

Josh — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:17:38 +0000

I think it’s awesome that Disney would create and release a video of this. Using the top of the Matterhorn as a scenic photo opp, Disney took pictures of the Finding Nemo Sumarine Voyage construction and pieced it together into a time lapse video. I love seeing the Monorail flash in and out of frames. You have to check it out.

Tags: Finding Nemo, Submarine, Time Lapse

Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage Interviews and Pictures

Josh — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:04:03 +0000

The Laughingplace.com has some awesome interviews in video format posted from the opening day ceremonies of the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage in Disneyland. I highly recommend checking them out:

LaughingPlace Lotion: Finding Nemo Subarinve Voyage Interviews and Pictures

Cars Race Rally

Josh — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:35:37 +0000

This is video from the Disney-Pixar Cars attraction at the studios in Disneyland Paris.

YouTube – Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage

Josh — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:27:19 +0000

This is the first video I’ve seen so far of the newly remodeled and newly opened Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage. With this opening, a whole new generation can experience the Disneyland Subs like their parents and their parent’s parents did.

After watching this video, I was surprised at how little the Nemo cast was integrated into the story of the ride. The ending of the video is dark and not much can be seen, but I’m sure now that the ride is open, more videos will flood the internet.

YouTube – Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage

A Day at Disneyland – an Audio tour of a day at Disneyland during the Golden Years

Josh — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:53:43 +0000

Geoff took a lot of time in research and production to produce a 266MB MP3 file for his brother – a fellow Disneyland nut. The audio track contains audio from old attractions, ambient music and historical recordings. I haven’t listen to it yet, but it’s next on my playlist. If you’re interested, head over to http://www.stargaze.org/disney/ and download it today.

[Via Boing Boing]

Storybook Land Canal Boats – 1958

Josh — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:02:42 +0000

img029, originally uploaded by Shifting Leaves.

Here is a shot – not sure where it is taken from – that shows Cinderella’s castle in Storybook Land. If I had to guess, I would say it’s from Casey Jr.

Tags: Cinderella, castle, Vintage, 1958