Theme Park News: Chivas soccer team; X2 Campout; Toy Story Mania video; Indiana Jones stunt show
Chivas soccer team at Disney’s California Adventure
The Chivas USA soccer club took its annual team photo at Disney’s California Adventure and then hopped on the California Screamin’ roller coaster for a quick spin.
Toy Story Mania spoiler video
**Spoiler Alert** Laughing Place tracks down a YouTube video that offers a point-of-view tour of Toy Story Mania. The interactive dark ride, which “soft” opened in Florida, debuts at Disney’s California Adventure in Anaheim on June 17, 2008.
The latest Inside the Magic podcast takes listeners on an audio tour of Toy Story Mania and offers a complete review of the attraction.
Be among the first to ride X2
Join fellow coaster enthusiasts for an exclusive X2 early ride time at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Find all the details at Theme Park Review about the overnight X2 Campout on Friday, May 23.
Indiana Jones stunt show coming to Disneyland
Mouse Planet reports that the “Aladdin and Jasmine Storytale Adventure” stage show at Disneyland recently took a final bow, stirring persistent speculation that an Indiana Jones show and/or meet-and-greet could wind up in the small outdoor theater venue in Adventureland.
A live-action Indiana Jones stunt show, timed to coincide with the fourth installment of the movie series, “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” will be performed on the balconies, rooftops and streets of Adventureland starting May 22, according to Original D.
Find the latest amusement and theme park news at the
Los Angeles Times Funland blog: www.latimes.com/funland.
— Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
[Photo: Disneyland]
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May 10th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
$50 to be among the first to ride X2? You’ve got to be kidding me.
Knott’s is auctioning off the opportunity to be the first to ride the Pony Express on eBay and the proceeds are going to charity.
Six Flags and TPR’s $50 X2 event is nothing more than a greedy money grab using their own loyal and obsessive fans as the marks.
Judging from the thread you linked to there doesn’t seem to be a big rush to RSVP for this event. At least these coaster nuts know a bad deal when they see one.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
I would like to correct myself. While this event may be a greedy money grab by Six Flags, it is NOT a greedy money grab by Theme Park Review, as they get no percentage of the ticket price. My mistake.
Robb Alvey is simply Magic Mountain’s mouthpiece now and is using his web site to promote Six Flag’s disgustingly overpriced “special event” so he can get more exclusive favors and treats from them in the future.
I cannot fathom how Alvey thinks this event and the price of admission is a good deal and how season passes not being accepted aren’t a slap in the face to all the loyal Magic Mountain fans out there that have put up with Six Flag’s BS for years.
This is a bad event and a bad decision on Alvey’s part to promote it.
May 11th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Apparently, everything that we’ve read online that says there’s an Indy Stunt Show coming to Disneyland, is not true!
Indy is indeed coming to Disneyland, and I recently had a talk with the one of the TOP MEN on the Creative Team of the “Indiana Jones: Summer of Hidden Mysteries,” and we were able to clarrify a lot!
First off, get ready to start seeing “Adventure Maps” in the park. I’m not really sure what exactly these will be, but I’m guessing they could be a typical Disneyland park map with an Indy-esque overlay, or possibly an Adventureland specific map, similar to the one they recently released for Tom Sawyers Island / Pirates Lair.
Secondly, the Adventure kicks off on…you guessed it, May 22nd! As if we Indyfans don’t have enough going on that day! Yep, May 22nd is the day that Indy returns to the big screen and will be making his appearance on the crowded streets of Adventureland!
Now lets talk a little about the show! While most Disney message boards have painted the image of this being a full out stunt show, that is not the case. Nor is it the case that there would be a show similar to the recent Pirates Lair show. Not even that scale. Why? Because we’re in Adventureland. The smallest area of the park, and certainly the most populated. “We already have the Indy attraction in Adventureland, that’s the big one. Our “show” is made to compliment the attraction,” says the Creative Team Member.
The Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries will be made of 2 different street shows! I don’t know if I’m right, but I’m thinking they could be similar to the shows seen at the Disney Hollywood Studios on Sunset Blvd, or maybe even like “Laughing Stock” in Frontierland!
So what can we expect to see on May 22nd?? Well lets start with one show, the one that involves the female Archaeologist. Aparently, she gathers up some kids for an expedition, and they set off to find some artifacts in Adventureland. Only in the end, she pulls an Elsa Schnieder, double crossing her dig team. But don’t fear, Indy makes an appearance and sets things straight!
The second show involves Indy, who is going after an artifact, but beware, Bad Guys are right around the corner, trying to get the artifact for themselves! This will consist of some hand-to-hand combat, on the rooftops, on the balconies, and possibly even on the rope bridge in Tarzan’s Treehouse… Well, we all know how Indy will get out of that one! How awesome would that be?
Behind-the-scenes, I’ve been told that all members of the creative team are very much into making this an amazing experience for guests. The Creative Team Member continued by saying that “even members of the Art Department were coming over and saying they HAD to be a part of it, that it had to be true to the characters, that certain things would, or would not, happen in the world of Indiana Jones!”
That even while it may not be a large scale show, there will be a lot of “layers” to it. There will be little “things” added into Adventureland that only the die hard Indyfans will understand! So if this is done correctly, it could be very cool to find more Indy relics in Adventureland. All that’s there now is the “Coronado” life saver that can be seen on the dock from the Jungle Cruise!
Long story short, the Disney Entertainment Department is very dedicated to making this a great addition to the summer entertainment. This will NOT be a permanent addition to the park, and is just a summer promotional piece and no word yet on how long it will stay, so be sure you don’t miss it on May 22nd!!
May 11th, 2008 at 2:24 am
If you want to know what’s REALLY going to be happening with the Indy show, visit http://indyfans.blogspot.com/
We recently sat down with the Creative Team to clarrify all that is coming this Summer!!