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[birds chirping]
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[announcer] Remain seated, please.
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[in Spanish] Please remain seated.
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[♪ theme music]
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[narrator]
In 1995, a brand new attraction…
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[impersonator] It's the only way out.
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…rolled into Disneyland.
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And it was all thanks to a fearless hero
from the 1980s.
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-Suave…
-Trust me.
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-…and smart.
-I'm a scientist.
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[narrator]
With rugged, handsome good looks,
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and an ability to crack a whip
like no other.
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This iconic character is, of course…
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-Indiana Jones.
-[narrator] No. No.
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Henry Jones, Jr.
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[narrator]
No, no. It's… it's Michael Eisner.
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Hello, I'm Michael Eisner.
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[narrator] Because it was under
this heroic Disney CEO
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that everybody's favorite archeologist
finally made his way to Disneyland.
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-How hard can it be?
-Oh, my God.
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[narrator] Actually, quite hard.
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And this is the story
of how Indiana Jones adventured his way
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into Disneyland and beyond.
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Which brings us back to Michael Eisner…
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Wow!
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…who, in 1984, had just taken over
as Disney's brand-new chairman and CEO.
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At his side,
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also newly appointed president
and COO, Frank Wells.
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They were really good partners
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in the sense
that they synergized really well.
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[narrator] In fact, the dynamic
between these two Hollywood titans
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was not unlike the tag team approach
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adopted by Walt and his brother Roy
in the old days.
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[former Imagineer] Frank was the practical
business strategy guy,
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and Michael was the creative side
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who could be fun and storytelling
and things like that.
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How did you guys get here?
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[narrator] And it wasn't long
before Eisner put his creative eye
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on all operations
of the Walt Disney Company.
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And for the sake of this story,
one division in particular.
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He took a long look at the parks
and wanted to not only build
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more theme parks,
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but to enhance the experience
at our parks as well.
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[narrator]
But the 18 years since Walt's passing
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had been a period of uncertainty
for previous Disney leadership.
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So for the new leadership,
their task wasn't an easy one.
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When Walt passed away,
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he left a company
that's initial thought process was,
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"How do we continue along the path
that Walt left us?
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How do we continue to create products
that are new,
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that are similar to things
that are within our framework?"
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[narrator] While Michael Eisner's
thought process was quite different.
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All of a sudden, Eisner comes in,
and he's worked with Spielberg and Lucas,
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and it suddenly became,
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"I want you to start thinking
outside the box."
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[Tony] It was in every division.
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He reopened animation. The Little Mermaid…
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You want something done,
you've got to do it yourself.
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It was clearly a culture change.
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[narrator]
As for the Imagineering department…
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The first week that he came, he said,
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"I'm going to meet
with every division of the company,
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but on Saturday,
we're going to come back to you guys."
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[narrator] When he came back on Saturday,
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Tony Baxter, rolling off the success
of Big Thunder Mountain,
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found out just how different
Michael Eisner's Disney was going to be.
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During that day,
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I pitched both Star Tours
and Splash Mountain,
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and he said,
"This is great. Let's do this."
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And then it was like,
"Okay, fine. Now, what's next?"
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[Tony] Woof! The door is closed,
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and we now have more work
than we can handle for five years.
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[narrator] And Star Tours specifically
wasn't just an incredible success.
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For the first time in the park's history…
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It was bringing in mythology
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that wasn't authored
under the Disney banner.
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[narrator] As we're about to find out,
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Star Tours wouldn't be
the last full-scale collaboration
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with this one particular
lifelong Disney fan.
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George Lucas was always
a big fan of Disney.
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I've always loved Disneyland.
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And it was really exciting
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when Disney got to work with him
on Star Tours.
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[narrator] So where would this
blossoming romance take them next?
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And of course, Indiana Jones is part
of the world of Lucasfilm as well.
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[narrator] And it turns out,
so was Michael Eisner,
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as well as a young Jeffrey Katzenberg,
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who'd come on as Disney's new head
of television and movies.
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They had worked at Paramount Studios,
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and had been involved
in the distribution and release
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of Raiders of the Lost Ark
and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
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[narrator]
Under the direction of Michael Eisner,
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Disneyland set off
on a great new adventure.
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So with this great relationship
with George Lucas,
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it just seemed natural
to add a tremendous adventure
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with Indiana Jones to Adventureland.
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Indiana Jones and Adventureland
go together.
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It's like peanut butter and chocolate.
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[narrator]
She probably means soup and eyeballs.
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And so, Tony Baxter and the Imagineers
locked themselves in a room, willingly,
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to plan this brand-new
Indiana Jones themed attraction
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for Disneyland.
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We began to flesh it out.
Like, what… what goes with this?
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The mine train ride
was the most obvious one.
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[screaming]
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So we started with that.
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[narrator] Starting's one thing.
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To get something like this finished…
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The time frame to create a new product,
that takes a while.
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[narrator] Often years, actually.
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So while Imagineers
continued brainstorming
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on the best way
to get Indiana Jones into Anaheim…
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-Uh…
-…Michael Eisner got the ball rolling,
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so to speak,
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on getting Indiana Jones into Florida,
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along with countless
other classic Hollywood characters.
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Because when Eisner saw plans
for a new exhibit for EPCOT,
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his movie business ears perked up.
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Michael Eisner saw this concept
for this entertainment pavilion at EPCOT.
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[Dustin] And he thought bigger.
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He said, "Why not do an entire theme park
about show business?"
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-[narrator] Springing into…
-[presenter] Action.
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[narrator] Disney MGM Studios
opened at Disney World in Florida
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on May 1st, 1989.
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Of course,
one of the real tentpole attractions
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of the new Disney's MGM Studios park
in the late 1980s,
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was The Great Movie Ride.
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And you rode through
all these wonderful recreations
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of classic Hollywood movies,
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like Singing in the Rain,
and The Wizard of Oz,
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and also Raiders of the Lost Ark,
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the sequence
where Indy and Sallah pull the Ark.
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So actually, that were the first times
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that Indy, uh, showed up
in a Disney Park attraction.
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[narrator] But Eisner had
much bigger plans for Indy than that.
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Plans which Tony and the Imagineers
were cooking up back in Anaheim.
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[Tony] The time frame to create
a new product takes a while.
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[clock ticking]
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[narrator]
Ah! Don't worry, we'll come back.
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In the interim,
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Eisner's massive expansion
of Florida continued.
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And the same year
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that the Great Movie Ride
opened at Disney MGM Studios,
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so did another Indiana Jones spectacle,
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one that didn't take
years and years to create.
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The Indiana Jones stunt show.
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[narrator]
Celebrating the real magic of the movies.
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We're doing real stunts.
There's no CGI out here.
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[narrator] And for these real stunts,
they'd need the real deal.
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Because they knew they wanted to have
an amazing stunt show put together,
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so they contacted
the best stunt coordinator they could,
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which was Glen Randall.
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And he was the original stunt coordinator
for Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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You really didn't want
to direct a theme park show at that time.
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[Kevin] So he said to himself,
"I'm just going to ask for the world.
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I'm going to ask for a 400-pound boulder…
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[shouting]
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…for a plane that's gonna
blow up every day.
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They're never gonna give it to me."
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They called him the next day and said,
"Yeah, you got everything you want."
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And he was,
"Oh, okay. Now I got to do it."
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[narrator] And what he did
was nothing short of spectacular.
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A stunt spectacular.
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You've never seen it before,
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and you see this first scene
that you see behind me
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where the big boulder rolls over Indy,
and you think that was it?
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[Robert]
You would probably go, "That was great."
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And then all of a sudden,
these huge set pieces move,
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and we have a Cairo set behind that,
a full set with two to three buildings.
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And then you think,
"Oh, my gosh, that's great. Is that it?"
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[Robert] And then,
there's an airport scene behind that.
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[explosion]
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The barrel sparks a slow drip
of what seems like gasoline,
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and then that gasoline
seemingly goes across to the plane,
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and the audience knows
there's gonna be an explosion.
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"Get Marion out of that plane, Indy.
Open that window. Get out of the plane!"
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Then, ka-blow!
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[explosion]
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It's astonishing, right?
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You're just,
"Oh, my goodness. This keeps going."
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[narrator] The Indiana Jones
Epic Stunt Spectacular did keep going.
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It even outlasted the name
"Disney MGM Studios,"
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which is now known
as "Disney's Hollywood Studios,"
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where you can still see it today.
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So while we let it continue to keep going,
back in California,
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Tony's brain was going at it
with ideas for Disneyland.
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Because where he started…
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The Mine Train ride.
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…had since expanded
into a whole pack of ride ideas.
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Things come to mind from the movies.
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[Susan] There's obviously jeeps,
there's planes, there's boats.
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I feel like George
almost planted a ready-made ride
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in every one of those adventures.
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[narrator] So instead of having to choose
from that exciting list,
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Tony and the Imagineers
had a very big thought.
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Maybe just do all of them?
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We did start
with this very, very big concept.
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[Jeanette] It was going to be
multiple attractions in one.
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There was gonna be
a runaway mine train ride…
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Mixed with a jeep ride,
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mixed with the jungle cruise boat
coming through,
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-and even the train.
-[train horn honks]
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We also wanted an interactive maze,
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and it would be programable
to make it hard or easy.
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You know, the walls would move
so you couldn't, like, memorize it.
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It would be all adjusted.
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So now, it was growing and growing.
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I would almost call it sort of a…
a land, if you will.
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[narrator] Which meant Adventureland
would become essentially…
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Indiana Jones land.
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Which, like any overhauling
of a Disney park land,
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would cost a few dollars.
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[screams]
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So we had to go through
a capitalization process,
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you know, where you had to go
and… and present the project
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ultimately to the group that ran the parks
and had to maintain the parks.
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[narrator] When news
of this Indiana Jones themed land
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filtered down to the finance department…
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They said,
"We can't afford to do this attraction."
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[narrator] Well, it's their job
to say stuff like that, of course.
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But in the theme park business,
there are two ways of looking at things.
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There's always a push and pull
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as to what your investment level
should be,
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things along those lines.
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But if you look just at the dollar,
you might go in the wrong direction.
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[Charita] So you look at
what is the impact
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it will have on the guest,
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what is the impact
on the future of the parks
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and the organization as a whole?
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[narrator] And Michael Eisner
knew this better than anyone.
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So when the finance department said
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they couldn't afford
to do this attraction…
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He said, "We can't afford
not to do this attraction."
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[narrator] Until that is,
he got out his calculator.
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Enter at your own risk,
and I'm out of here.
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He looked at the total
to do the Mine Car Ride,
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and the maze and the temple,
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and the obvious thing
was to scale it back to the big event.
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[narrator] But what big event?
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Because as Tony and the team grappled
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with which high-capacity vehicle
would be right
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for one big Indy attraction…
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-Yeah.
-…some timely news arrived
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from the Walt Disney Imagineering Research
and Development Department.
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Research and Development
had come up with this new vehicle.
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[Ric] It was a vehicle that could
travel along a path very accurately,
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and keep the exact positions,
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and also had a little bit
of a motion based in it.
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So you could do things, like,
you'll feel like the car's going…
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kind of going up on two wheels
as we round a corner,
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or maybe bouncing
as it goes down the stairs.
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And Indiana Jones kind of grew from that.
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When that came out of R&D,
and we started to marry it to the Indy IP,
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we knew what we wanted the vehicle to do,
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but we also knew
that there was still a lot of learning
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that needed to happen.
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So within our budget,
we decided to go and build a test track.
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[narrator] A place where the Imagineers
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could really put this test vehicle
through its paces.
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You know,
and build about a third of the ride track,
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and really bring the vehicle out.
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It's going to have to run
at least 18 hours a day…
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[engine revs]
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…every single day
over off-road conditions.
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[clattering]
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[narrator] As they continued to research
and develop, and essentially…
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uh, stress test the ride vehicle…
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You know,
their task was absolutely critical
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to this being a doable thing.
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[narrator] So while they waited
to find out if it was doable,
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the Imagineering department
continued cooking up
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some kind of major e-ticket dark ride
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that they'd need to pitch
to their finance department.
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An e-ticket attraction
is really the highest level of attraction
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that Imagineering makes.
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[narrator] Of which Tony…
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Tony Baxter was our overall creative lead
for the project.
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…and Susan Bonds…
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My assignment was to get it down
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to the e-ticket attraction
that you see today.
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…were going to work out.
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And with Susan on board,
things were working out well for her.
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I was a super fan.
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[Susan] I stood in line to see the movie.
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I was a huge Harrison Ford fan.
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I loved the archeological side of it.
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[narrator] But as that all important
final pitch meeting approached,
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Susan became a super fan
of a different hero.
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We'd gotten to the budget number,
we had the creative scope,
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we had the ride vehicle.
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And what was very exciting for me
as a young project manager was that,
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before the meeting,
Frank Wells came down to my office.
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And he sat down,
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and he basically explained to me
the pros and the cons,
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and what people were going to bring up
in the meeting.
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And the thing that impressed me the most
is he said,
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"Here's what we're going to say,"
because he was really very intuitive.
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He loved the creative,
he loved the Imagineering process,
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and he was really an advocate for us.
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And he was a real force in,
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and actually
the project actually happening.
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[narrator] So with the full support
of the Disney COO,
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the team broke ground and dug in.
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Despite all the work they'd done so far,
they still had a very long way to go.
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You literally had to take the steps
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and eliminate that problem
and move to the next one,
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and then carve out almost two years
for the big one,
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which is, can you build a vehicle
that will allow you to do that?
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[narrator] Well, we'll find out.
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In the meantime,
it seemed that the original mine car idea,
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which had somehow been derailed…
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[screaming]
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…might actually find a home
somewhere else.
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Such as maybe across the Atlantic,
in a far off…
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-It's in Paris.
-[narrator] Uh, yeah. Paris.
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As part of their Disney decade,
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Eisner and Wells spearheaded the first
International Disney Park since Tokyo
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in what was then called…
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-Euro Disney.
-[fireworks crackling]
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When Disneyland Paris opened initially,
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there was an immediate need
for more capacity in the park.
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So several attractions
were very quickly added.
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Well, we had Indiana Jones in Florida,
the stunt show.
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[narrator] And Tony and Susan
were hard at it in California…
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-Yeah.
-[narrator] …still.
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So it was on the radar.
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And you know, I mean,
who doesn't love Indiana Jones, right?
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[Tracy] So it was sort of a natural fit.
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We were looking for something
that was moving, a bit of a thrill.
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Indiana Jones is all about thrill.
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[narrator] In next to no time…
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Disneyland Paris had their very own
Indiana Jones based attraction.
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Indiana Jones Temple of Peril,
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which is a very fun,
very thrilling coaster.
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Similar to what was in
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom…
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[screaming]
Hurry up!
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…where you get to get in a mine cart.
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And that's a very exciting scene
from that film.
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[♪ epic music]
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[narrator] And an exciting scene
that wasn't in the film.
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It was one of the first
inversion roller coasters
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ever built at Disney.
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[narrator] It was an inversion version
of an excavation.
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A coaster with a big loop
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that takes you through
an archeological dig.
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[crowd screaming]
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[narrator] And if being inverted
wasn't enough for you…
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In 2000, they did something
really kind of interesting,
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is that they actually
flipped around the cars,
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and they let people
go through the attraction backwards.
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[Rebecca] They actually kept it that way
for a while.
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That, I'm sure, was very exciting.
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[narrator]
Well, upside down or back to front,
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the popularity of this thrill attraction
was yet further proof
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that Eisner and Wells
were right on the money,
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and insisting
on Indiana Jones for Disneyland.
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Speaking of, by 1994,
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construction was well underway
on the Indiana Jones adventure.
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And just in time.
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It had been five years
since the last Indiana Jones movie,
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something Michael Eisner
was well aware of.
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Because he said the mythology
is at a zenith with the public.
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[Tony] The ride system
is stunningly state-of-the-art
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and nobody's done it before.
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And you cannot afford to miss
the moment in time when all this collides,
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and you're the one
that gains the notoriety
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for pulling it all together.
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[narrator] But the Imagineers
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needed somewhere in Adventureland
to pull it all together,
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which wasn't going to be easy.
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Because there isn't enough space
in Adventureland
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for an attraction like Indiana Jones.
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[narrator]
Ah, but there is here, in the parking lot.
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Where we have guests enter the attraction
is in what we consider Adventureland.
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But for those that don't know,
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we built the showbox
actually behind the Disneyland berm.
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[narrator] And for those who don't know
what a showbox is…
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So a showbox is a term we use
at Imagineering
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that is the building
by which we're putting an attraction in.
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No different than a theater is to a show.
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[narrator] And for those who don't know
what a berm is…
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It keeps the outside world
visually outside.
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So that guests,
when they are inside Disneyland,
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they do not see downtown Anaheim.
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[narrator] But there was precedent
for breaking beyond the berm.
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Both Pirates of the Caribbean
and the Haunted Mansion
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travel under the train tracks
to great effect.
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In fact,
the necessity of going underground
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led to some really cool
attraction elements.
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Like this waterfall
in Pirates of the Caribbean,
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and the stretching room
in Haunted Mansion.
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And so we actually had to create a tunnel
underneath the train tracks,
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which is where the queue goes through.
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[Daniel] And the show building
is actually beyond the berm.
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To go into what was then the parking lot.
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So they took over part of the…
I think it was the Eeyore parking lot.
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And to do that,
they also had to move the monorail track,
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and they also had to cut down
a little bit of jungle cruise
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to be able to fit it in there.
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And so they ended up
with a very long queue line
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into the attraction.
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[narrator]
This one-eighth of a mile stroll
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suddenly became part of the attraction.
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Because after the Imagineers
had their way,
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you weren't traveling out
into Eeyore's old parking lot.
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You were traveling from…
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Downtown Adventureland,
all the way out to 1938 Indiana Jones.
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-You're ready to get in your time machine?
-[interviewer] Yes.
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All right. Let's go back to the 1930s.
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[Tony] And the fun thing about it,
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that is when you're walking down
the final steps to board the cars,
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I always ask people,
"How deep do you feel we are right now?"
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And they go, "I don't know, 20 feet down."
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I said, "You're absolutely at grade
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at the exact same level you walked in at,
you know?"
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It's mixed people up,
and gotten them, I think, into,
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I'm really exploring a cavernous thing,
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and I don't know
whether I'm up or I'm down."
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And so, you're kind of more prepared
for an adventure like that, you know?
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[narrator] In case you're feeling bad
for Eeyore, and he certainly is…
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In our film room…
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we have a hidden Eeyore parking lot sign
at the very back of the room.
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[narrator] And that little factoid
should cheer everybody up.
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So with the mood set,
and the queue finally ended…
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All of it helps tell this
wonderful world of a story.
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All the way through the queue,
all the way to the load area,
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and once you get on the ride, it just…
everything goes crazy.
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[narrator]
Indeed, that ride vehicle found its way
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after a year of rigorous testing
from the test facility to Anaheim.
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And it could have gone further.
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People wonder, "Is it a real truck?"
Absolutely. There is no track.
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[Tony] What there is, is a slot.
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You can see a line
down the middle of the roadway there
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that communicates
with a bundle of computer wires
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down to the mainframe.
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Where you are on that track
can be anywhere we want
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by programming the wheels
to turn that way.
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[narrator] These mega vehicles
are engineering marvels.
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They're carrying literally
hundreds of pounds of hydraulics,
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as well as 12 human beings,
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but we have independent driving,
steering on all four tires.
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[Ric] So the side-to-side motion you feel
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when the car swerves to the left
or swerves to the right,
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you really feel that.
It's all in the tires.
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[tires screeching]
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We go through those tires pretty quickly.
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[Ric] The rear wheels can actually
suddenly turn to the left,
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or suddenly turn to the right,
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which gives the riders a feeling
of we're sliding to the side.
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[narrator] But the question is,
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why all the sliding?
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What exactly goes on in this attraction?
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I just happen to have here
the quarter-inch scale model
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that was done for Indiana Jones.
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It's a perfect rectangle.
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And yet when you're in there,
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you have no concept whatsoever
of any squareness to the design.
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[Tony] And we use every inch of it.
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Because when you start the ride,
you come up from the load area…
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[narrator] And begin your adventure,
coming first upon…
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three ominous doors.
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As you enter the so-called
Hall of Promise,
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it's time to collect
your reward from Mara.
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-But there's a catch.
-[Jeanette] Don't look at the eye of Mara.
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Because if you look at the eye of Mara,
peril will come towards you.
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[screaming]
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[narrator] So whatever you do, don't…
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Of course,
you then look at the eye of Mara.
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[narrator] Right. Never mind.
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You had to look, didn't you?
Well, of course, someone had to.
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[monstrous voice] You're passing now
through the gates of doom!
472
00:23:14,434 --> 00:23:16,478
[narrator]
Well, this has really escalated quickly.
473
00:23:16,561 --> 00:23:18,397
And by the way,
Indiana Jones has been missing.
474
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:19,981
Did you catch that? Okay. Where is he?
475
00:23:20,857 --> 00:23:22,734
[narrator]
Oh, Tony knows the answer to that one.
476
00:23:22,818 --> 00:23:26,863
Then we go off
to the Gates of Eternal Doom over here
477
00:23:26,947 --> 00:23:30,367
where Indy directs us off to the left
as the only way to escape.
478
00:23:30,450 --> 00:23:32,202
[Indiana Jones] Quick, take
the left passage.
479
00:23:32,285 --> 00:23:33,787
It's the only way out.
480
00:23:33,870 --> 00:23:36,581
I'll do that, Indy. Hopefully
the driver knows what they're doing.
481
00:23:36,665 --> 00:23:39,292
[narrator]
And with those reassuring words from Indy,
482
00:23:39,376 --> 00:23:41,962
things begin to take a turn for the worse.
483
00:23:42,754 --> 00:23:45,715
What we wanted to happen
is have rocks drop.
484
00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:47,259
It's like this place is falling apart.
485
00:23:47,342 --> 00:23:48,343
[rocks rumbling]
486
00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:54,724
The only thing that would fall
and break like a rock would break is ice.
487
00:23:54,808 --> 00:23:56,268
[cracks]
488
00:23:56,351 --> 00:23:59,688
Tony was like, "Well, couldn't we build
an ice machine up on there
489
00:23:59,771 --> 00:24:01,523
and have ice fall down?
490
00:24:01,606 --> 00:24:03,733
And it will just melt away and be gone,
491
00:24:03,817 --> 00:24:05,735
but at least something
will be falling from the ceiling.
492
00:24:05,819 --> 00:24:09,322
It looked darn good.
And we colored it with tea
493
00:24:09,406 --> 00:24:11,491
because the tannic acid
gave it a rock look.
494
00:24:11,575 --> 00:24:14,494
[Susan] But it was something
that was difficult to do,
495
00:24:14,578 --> 00:24:17,622
and it was one of those things
that proved to be too ambitious.
496
00:24:17,706 --> 00:24:20,667
[Tony] It was cooling all the water
down at the bottom.
497
00:24:20,750 --> 00:24:24,588
And so, the maintenance guys
had to go in there in… in hip boots,
498
00:24:24,671 --> 00:24:27,382
and crack the ice and break it all up.
499
00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:33,221
[Tyna] So the ice machine room is a room
that has the very old attraction effect
500
00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:35,390
that does not operate today.
501
00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:36,975
And that didn't last very long.
502
00:24:38,268 --> 00:24:41,229
Everyone said, "Well, the ride is so good,
it doesn't need that."
503
00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:43,148
[narrator] Still a cool idea.
504
00:24:43,231 --> 00:24:47,110
But what didn't need refrigeration
were these skeletons.
505
00:24:47,194 --> 00:24:50,030
[Tony] And then it's down
into the skeletons, into the bugs.
506
00:24:50,113 --> 00:24:52,699
It's a scene where the vehicle
drives through a cave,
507
00:24:52,782 --> 00:24:55,619
and the headlights
light up a bunch of bugs on the wall.
508
00:24:55,702 --> 00:24:59,456
[narrator]
A scene that bugged one Imagineer.
509
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:01,041
[whooshing]
510
00:25:01,124 --> 00:25:03,627
In retrospect, it could be better.
511
00:25:03,710 --> 00:25:05,754
[narrator]
But we'll come back to this later.
512
00:25:05,837 --> 00:25:07,589
I had bugs for lunch.
513
00:25:07,672 --> 00:25:09,299
[laughter]
514
00:25:09,382 --> 00:25:10,800
-[laughs]
-[narrator] Moving on…
515
00:25:10,884 --> 00:25:13,595
So then, we're going to go ahead
and swerve over there to the overlook.
516
00:25:13,678 --> 00:25:16,806
[Kelly] We're going to see the caldera
bubbling death there in this face of Mara.
517
00:25:16,890 --> 00:25:18,433
[narrator] And in this incredible scene,
518
00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:22,187
you almost feel
as if you're in the Temple of Doom.
519
00:25:22,270 --> 00:25:24,314
[♪ ominous music]
520
00:25:24,397 --> 00:25:26,149
[evil laughing]
521
00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:30,654
It was very ambitious in terms of,
"Why do we have real fire?"
522
00:25:31,321 --> 00:25:35,242
It's because, well, we're really trying
to live up to being in the movie,
523
00:25:35,325 --> 00:25:37,244
and walking in the footsteps
of Indiana Jones.
524
00:25:37,327 --> 00:25:39,454
[narrator] But in this case, driving.
525
00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:42,832
Across the bridge, into the snake room.
526
00:25:43,792 --> 00:25:44,960
[hissing]
527
00:25:46,461 --> 00:25:47,462
Snakes.
528
00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:50,340
Why did it have to be snakes?
529
00:25:50,423 --> 00:25:53,218
[narrator]
A sentiment shared by this gentleman.
530
00:25:53,301 --> 00:25:55,845
-Yeah.
-George Lucas and the snake.
531
00:25:55,929 --> 00:25:59,391
[narrator] Actually, it was Tony
that George had to contend with.
532
00:25:59,474 --> 00:26:04,771
And the only interaction that we had
that was, um, George and me,
533
00:26:04,854 --> 00:26:05,939
was the snake.
534
00:26:06,606 --> 00:26:11,152
And I wanted a… a 50-foot long snake.
535
00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:12,904
[narrator] But George didn't.
536
00:26:12,988 --> 00:26:17,158
You can't do this because it violates
all the rules of the Indiana Jones films.
537
00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:19,828
And I was kind of biting my teeth,
because seeing people melt…
538
00:26:19,911 --> 00:26:21,037
[screams]
539
00:26:21,121 --> 00:26:23,164
…you know, that's okay,
but we can't do a snake.
540
00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:28,253
[narrator] But remember, George and Tony
did go way back to the Star Tours days.
541
00:26:28,336 --> 00:26:33,925
George Lucas may own the galaxy,
but Tony Baxter's the man at Disneyland.
542
00:26:34,009 --> 00:26:35,677
And I said, "Well, here's the difference."
543
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:40,974
I said, "In a ride, a full-sized cobra
would have a head about this big,
544
00:26:41,057 --> 00:26:43,226
and it would be 20 feet away from you."
545
00:26:43,310 --> 00:26:45,437
And you'd go, "What cobra? Where?"
546
00:26:46,021 --> 00:26:48,607
So we came to a kind of a standstill,
and he said,
547
00:26:48,690 --> 00:26:52,485
"All right, here's what I want you to do.
Get 10,000 snakes…
548
00:26:53,194 --> 00:26:55,614
and let's fill the entire room
with snakes,
549
00:26:55,697 --> 00:27:00,243
you know, crawling all over everything,
on the ceiling, on the floor and whatnot,
550
00:27:00,327 --> 00:27:05,957
and then we'll open with the big one,
and then we'll see how it all works."
551
00:27:06,541 --> 00:27:08,168
[narrator] And it worked like this.
552
00:27:08,835 --> 00:27:10,337
[indistinct PA voice]
553
00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:12,422
[♪ suspenseful music]
554
00:27:13,048 --> 00:27:14,883
[Tony] When George came to ride the ride,
555
00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:18,470
you see one snake,
and that's the 50-foot one.
556
00:27:18,553 --> 00:27:21,139
And that's the one that when the vehicle
recoils away from it,
557
00:27:21,222 --> 00:27:22,724
everyone is like, "Whoa", you know?
558
00:27:22,807 --> 00:27:27,395
[narrator] And that one super-sized snake
is still there to this day,
559
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:31,066
greeting guests
as they continue on the adventure,
560
00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:32,984
which is far from over.
561
00:27:33,068 --> 00:27:35,070
[Tony] Down inside Mara,
562
00:27:35,153 --> 00:27:38,615
and then down deep into the rat area,
the dark room.
563
00:27:39,366 --> 00:27:42,869
Where darts are shooting at you
from both sides of your vehicle.
564
00:27:42,952 --> 00:27:45,872
-Pew, pew, pew, pew.
-[Steve] It's done with the effect of air
565
00:27:45,955 --> 00:27:47,290
that we're shooting at you.
566
00:27:47,374 --> 00:27:48,375
[air whooshing]
567
00:27:48,458 --> 00:27:50,335
You're just ducking.
"Please don't hit me. Don't hit me."
568
00:27:50,418 --> 00:27:53,880
[narrator] And just when you think
things might be coming to an end,
569
00:27:53,963 --> 00:27:58,968
you witness one of the greatest tricks
in the history of Imagineering.
570
00:27:59,552 --> 00:28:01,054
The famous Rolling Ball.
571
00:28:01,137 --> 00:28:04,182
[narrator] No Indy attraction
would be complete without it.
572
00:28:05,975 --> 00:28:08,269
[Tony] We worked out
how that ball would work.
573
00:28:08,353 --> 00:28:13,650
So while your Jeep stops and stalls,
and you don't know what's gonna happen,
574
00:28:13,733 --> 00:28:17,362
and the rolling ball starts coming at you,
and you've got Indiana Jones above you.
575
00:28:17,445 --> 00:28:20,198
[narrator]
As this boulder hurtles towards you,
576
00:28:20,281 --> 00:28:24,411
you then escape just in time.
But here's the thing.
577
00:28:24,494 --> 00:28:26,454
What many guests don't realize
578
00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:29,416
is that the actual room
starts moving on you.
579
00:28:29,499 --> 00:28:34,796
[narrator] Yep. The room moves.
Not the ball, and not you.
580
00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:37,632
As you come in, we back the room up,
581
00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,718
which makes it seem
like you're going fast.
582
00:28:39,801 --> 00:28:41,928
[Tony] And when you get even
with Indiana Jones,
583
00:28:42,011 --> 00:28:44,389
then we reverse the room
and go back that way.
584
00:28:44,472 --> 00:28:47,100
And that gives you the sense
that you've backed up.
585
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,310
When I move the room back and forth,
586
00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:54,149
you can also see that
that activates the ball to turn
587
00:28:54,232 --> 00:28:55,984
in consensus with that.
588
00:28:56,067 --> 00:28:59,654
And it was so easy that,
as you can see here in the model,
589
00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:03,241
it's still revolving.
And this model is, like, 25 years old.
590
00:29:03,324 --> 00:29:05,910
So that part of this tech
is pretty darn good.
591
00:29:05,994 --> 00:29:09,414
[narrator] Not only does it provide
the iconic boulder scene
592
00:29:09,497 --> 00:29:11,541
in a very satisfying way,
593
00:29:11,624 --> 00:29:13,168
by moving just the room,
594
00:29:13,251 --> 00:29:16,671
it gave them a chance
to add one more little thrill.
595
00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:18,882
So the guests know
that if you just backed up from here,
596
00:29:18,965 --> 00:29:21,092
that means that this is not a place
you can go anymore.
597
00:29:21,176 --> 00:29:22,177
[Ric] But you do.
598
00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:23,386
[♪ thrilling music stings]
599
00:29:24,512 --> 00:29:30,018
[narrator] And people did,
by the thousands, on March 3rd, 1995,
600
00:29:30,101 --> 00:29:34,022
when the Indiana Jones Adventure
Temple of the Forbidden Eye
601
00:29:34,105 --> 00:29:36,483
opened at Disneyland for the first time.
602
00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:39,027
Well, it's the wildest ride
I've ever been on.
603
00:29:39,110 --> 00:29:42,155
Amazing. It's just amazing.
I love it. It's so much fun.
604
00:29:42,238 --> 00:29:45,116
Now my heart's beating,
and I'm an old man, so I loved it.
605
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,453
[narrator] People were essentially
queuing up just to go in the queue.
606
00:29:48,536 --> 00:29:51,289
And I cried to my mom
to let me skip school.
607
00:29:51,372 --> 00:29:55,752
And I remember waiting in a long line
because the ride was so popular,
608
00:29:55,835 --> 00:29:57,045
but it was definitely worth it.
609
00:29:57,128 --> 00:30:00,673
The ride is like part two
of the attraction.
610
00:30:00,757 --> 00:30:02,842
[laughs]
The ride is part two.
611
00:30:03,426 --> 00:30:05,845
[narrator]
Michael Eisner and Frank Wells' commitment
612
00:30:05,929 --> 00:30:08,765
to this Indiana Jones attraction
had paid off.
613
00:30:08,848 --> 00:30:12,977
This particular attraction
was a great springboard
614
00:30:13,061 --> 00:30:16,231
for the future of immersive environments.
615
00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:19,359
[Charita] I think it was something
that turned a corner for us.
616
00:30:19,442 --> 00:30:24,239
It's just one innovation after another.
617
00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:30,703
Like the super elaborate story-based queue
and now, is gold standard everywhere.
618
00:30:30,787 --> 00:30:34,457
The motion-based platform
on a moving vehicle,
619
00:30:34,541 --> 00:30:38,920
the scale of scenic illusions
in this environment.
620
00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:45,510
This is a real monument in the business
because it's beautifully structured,
621
00:30:46,094 --> 00:30:47,720
the pieces fit together,
622
00:30:47,804 --> 00:30:51,140
the physical and visual sensations
lock together very well.
623
00:30:51,224 --> 00:30:54,185
It's a really a masterpiece of a ride.
624
00:30:55,562 --> 00:30:57,772
[narrator]
For all of the incredible achievements
625
00:30:57,856 --> 00:31:01,609
that Frank Wells and Michael Eisner
accomplished together,
626
00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:05,905
Indiana Jones and the Temple
of the Forbidden Eye at Disneyland
627
00:31:05,989 --> 00:31:08,992
may well rank as one of their best.
628
00:31:09,075 --> 00:31:12,620
But tragically, Frank Wells didn't live
to see the opening
629
00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:14,622
of this wonderful creation.
630
00:31:15,748 --> 00:31:19,168
Leaving Michael Eisner
to continue without his partner.
631
00:31:19,836 --> 00:31:21,170
And they were really good partners
632
00:31:21,254 --> 00:31:23,548
in the sense
that they synergized really well.
633
00:31:23,631 --> 00:31:24,966
-Right, Michael?
-Right.
634
00:31:25,049 --> 00:31:27,093
[Susan] They… they trusted each other.
635
00:31:27,176 --> 00:31:28,595
And so, it was a big time of growth,
636
00:31:28,678 --> 00:31:31,097
because we were doing
really ambitious things
637
00:31:31,180 --> 00:31:32,765
that were kind of getting off the ground.
638
00:31:32,849 --> 00:31:37,645
And it was due to Frank Wells
and his coaching and his advocacy
639
00:31:37,729 --> 00:31:39,480
that Indiana Jones actually got made.
640
00:31:40,023 --> 00:31:42,942
[narrator]
These mysterious ruins in Anaheim
641
00:31:43,026 --> 00:31:45,737
will stand as a monument to Frank's legacy
642
00:31:45,820 --> 00:31:47,530
for many years to come.
643
00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:53,077
And since 2001,
his legacy is also enshrined
644
00:31:53,161 --> 00:31:57,790
within the Indiana Jones Adventure
Temple of the Crystal Skull
645
00:31:57,874 --> 00:31:59,584
at Tokyo DisneySea.
646
00:32:00,335 --> 00:32:03,254
Predating the film by a number of years,
647
00:32:03,338 --> 00:32:07,258
this attraction shares many similarities
with the Anaheim version.
648
00:32:07,342 --> 00:32:09,385
[in Japanese]
On the way to the boarding area,
649
00:32:09,469 --> 00:32:11,721
you see the pictures
of the legendary Fountain of Youth,
650
00:32:11,804 --> 00:32:13,681
the traps that were set on the way,
651
00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:18,519
and all of these wall paintings
are a great way
652
00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:20,438
to get excited for what's next.
653
00:32:21,898 --> 00:32:23,650
[narrator] But where Tokyo differs
654
00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:26,903
is in the improvements made
to the ride system.
655
00:32:26,986 --> 00:32:31,324
The main difference with the ride system
in Tokyo versus California,
656
00:32:31,407 --> 00:32:34,202
is the vehicle is actually hydraulic
that's moving the vehicle around
657
00:32:34,285 --> 00:32:35,954
in California.
658
00:32:36,037 --> 00:32:38,414
[Ric] For Tokyo, that was enhanced
with electric actuators.
659
00:32:38,498 --> 00:32:40,875
So it's simpler, more reliable.
660
00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:45,463
It's much more precise
and easier to program
661
00:32:45,546 --> 00:32:47,507
than the hydraulic ones.
662
00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:53,304
[narrator] The Indiana Jones Adventure
in both Tokyo and Anaheim
663
00:32:53,388 --> 00:32:56,265
remains one of the most
popular attractions
664
00:32:56,349 --> 00:32:57,976
in Disney parks today.
665
00:32:58,059 --> 00:33:00,395
[♪ epic music]
666
00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:02,689
An utter masterpiece,
667
00:33:02,772 --> 00:33:07,777
and a feather in the cap
of Tony Baxter's illustrious career.
668
00:33:08,277 --> 00:33:13,908
An attraction of sheer excellence
and pure perfection.
669
00:33:14,409 --> 00:33:15,535
Hm…
670
00:33:15,618 --> 00:33:19,872
[narrator] Even perfection
can be a little more perfect-er.
671
00:33:19,956 --> 00:33:21,332
Remember that bug room?
672
00:33:23,418 --> 00:33:24,502
Well…
673
00:33:24,585 --> 00:33:26,337
I made the mistake of criticizing
674
00:33:26,421 --> 00:33:28,089
one of the special effects
in Indiana Jones,
675
00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:31,134
and it was a scene where headlights
light up a bunch of bugs on the wall.
676
00:33:31,217 --> 00:33:33,094
You're expected
when you say something's bad,
677
00:33:33,177 --> 00:33:35,179
to have something better to offer
in exchange for it.
678
00:33:35,263 --> 00:33:38,141
[narrator] It just so happened
that Charita Carter here
679
00:33:38,224 --> 00:33:40,184
could help Ric out with that.
680
00:33:40,268 --> 00:33:43,479
Because Charita was leading
the Scenic Illusion team.
681
00:33:43,563 --> 00:33:44,772
[Charita] This particular group
682
00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:46,983
had just really amassed
different techniques
683
00:33:47,066 --> 00:33:49,694
that we thought
would be really, really helpful
684
00:33:49,777 --> 00:33:53,156
in realizing the creative vision
for Indiana Jones.
685
00:33:53,239 --> 00:33:55,450
[narrator] And so, in 2013,
686
00:33:55,533 --> 00:34:00,288
the attraction was closed for a year or so
while they updated this classic.
687
00:34:00,371 --> 00:34:02,874
[Charita] There was an opportunity
for a number of scenes
688
00:34:02,957 --> 00:34:06,461
to go back to the original intent
of the creative director,
689
00:34:06,544 --> 00:34:08,463
and just really taking them
to the next level.
690
00:34:08,546 --> 00:34:11,257
[narrator] That would be this
creative director, of course.
691
00:34:11,340 --> 00:34:12,800
And so, that was a real treat,
692
00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:16,012
because there was an opportunity
to realize even further
693
00:34:16,095 --> 00:34:19,724
what had been imagined in the mind
of one of our senior Imagineers.
694
00:34:19,807 --> 00:34:21,809
[narrator] And so with Tony's blessing…
695
00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:23,144
[Charita] The team was then able
696
00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:27,523
to get quite a few of these techniques
and tools developed,
697
00:34:27,607 --> 00:34:30,485
one of them being projection mapping,
or as we like to say,
698
00:34:30,568 --> 00:34:32,862
our lighting device that can animate.
699
00:34:32,945 --> 00:34:37,075
[narrator] One of the ways they did
just that was to use new technology
700
00:34:37,158 --> 00:34:40,787
to fix that one thing
that was bugging Ric.
701
00:34:40,870 --> 00:34:42,580
We came up with an idea
of doing it this way.
702
00:34:42,663 --> 00:34:44,248
I could get the thing to stay right
and I can track it,
703
00:34:44,332 --> 00:34:46,793
and it can go exactly in front of the car
as the car drives through.
704
00:34:46,876 --> 00:34:48,086
[narrator] Good one, Ric.
705
00:34:49,295 --> 00:34:52,381
Upgrades and advancements in technology
706
00:34:52,465 --> 00:34:55,551
will ensure
that your Indiana Jones adventure
707
00:34:55,635 --> 00:34:58,054
will continue for many years to come.
708
00:34:58,137 --> 00:35:01,974
It's not just the classic sense
of what's the feeling I'm giving the guest
709
00:35:02,058 --> 00:35:04,644
and what's the story
that I'm immersing them in,
710
00:35:04,727 --> 00:35:05,812
but also, practically,
711
00:35:05,895 --> 00:35:09,357
how can this be maintained
or how can it evolve over time?
712
00:35:09,899 --> 00:35:12,693
[narrator]
Thanks to people like Ric and Charita,
713
00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:18,282
the future of both this attraction
and the Disney organization looks bright.
714
00:35:18,866 --> 00:35:20,993
But I actually came 25 years ago.
715
00:35:21,077 --> 00:35:23,996
I came to the Walt Disney
Imagineering organization
716
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,791
as an accountant, okay?
[laughs]
717
00:35:26,874 --> 00:35:29,127
[narrator]
But Charita's history with Disney
718
00:35:29,210 --> 00:35:32,213
goes back a lot further than that.
719
00:35:33,381 --> 00:35:37,593
[Charita] I grew up in an area
that's about 200 miles from Disneyland.
720
00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:41,639
And so my family would have an opportunity
every couple of years
721
00:35:41,722 --> 00:35:44,600
to come down and experience the magic.
722
00:35:44,684 --> 00:35:47,728
And my parents would always encourage
my sisters and I
723
00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:51,524
to take odd jobs and earn money
so that we would have spending money.
724
00:35:51,607 --> 00:35:54,235
And then my dad would pull out his wallet,
725
00:35:54,318 --> 00:35:57,488
and he would supplement anything
that we were able to earn
726
00:35:57,572 --> 00:35:59,073
with a 20-dollar bill.
727
00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:00,700
[Charita] So it was just like clockwork,
728
00:36:00,783 --> 00:36:02,535
and it would happen
every time that we went.
729
00:36:02,618 --> 00:36:04,203
So it was really a lot of fun
730
00:36:04,287 --> 00:36:07,373
once I started working
for Walt Disney Imagineering.
731
00:36:07,456 --> 00:36:12,628
That first opportunity to take my parents
and my sisters back to Disneyland.
732
00:36:12,712 --> 00:36:14,463
Of course, I had to replicate that.
733
00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:17,633
I had the 20-dollar bills ready
and in hand,
734
00:36:17,717 --> 00:36:20,344
and after we took our picture,
I pulled out my wallet
735
00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:23,514
and handed a 20-dollar bill
to my dad and to my mom.
736
00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:24,682
[laughs]
737
00:36:24,765 --> 00:36:27,685
And we really just kind of joked about it,
because it was such a…
738
00:36:27,768 --> 00:36:30,771
It's such a part of our Disney experience
growing up.
739
00:36:31,439 --> 00:36:35,526
[narrator] The magic of Disney
and the adventure of Indiana Jones
740
00:36:35,610 --> 00:36:39,322
have proven to be
one of the greatest combinations of all.
741
00:36:39,405 --> 00:36:43,659
And Indy's presence in the parks
is still going strong.
742
00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:47,788
Even that stunt show
at Disney's Hollywood Studios
743
00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:50,750
that opened way back in 1989.
744
00:36:50,833 --> 00:36:55,046
The show has been a legacy at our park,
and it requires an army to keep this up.
745
00:36:55,129 --> 00:36:58,925
A couple of our performers
originally who were in the show,
746
00:36:59,008 --> 00:37:00,968
now, their children are in the show.
747
00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:05,973
[narrator] And it's been a fan favorite
for over 30 years.
748
00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:08,309
When we ask the audience
how many people have seen our show before,
749
00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:09,477
all the hands go up.
750
00:37:10,853 --> 00:37:12,313
[Robert] People still come back
751
00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:15,483
because they remember
seeing this as a kid,
752
00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:17,485
and now they're bringing their children.
753
00:37:17,568 --> 00:37:20,363
If there wasn't that emotional connection
they had with the show,
754
00:37:20,446 --> 00:37:21,697
we wouldn't still be here.
755
00:37:21,781 --> 00:37:26,035
[narrator] And for Robert Herrick,
who's been with the show since day one…
756
00:37:26,118 --> 00:37:27,662
[indistinct chatter]
Action!
757
00:37:27,745 --> 00:37:30,790
…it's a connection
that spans his entire career.
758
00:37:30,873 --> 00:37:33,751
Thirty-three years later, I'm still here.
759
00:37:34,335 --> 00:37:36,629
-[cheering and applause]
-Thank you. My great crew.
760
00:37:37,171 --> 00:37:40,675
[narrator] Wherever Indy's adventures
take you in the world…
761
00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:42,134
[♪ epic music]
762
00:37:42,218 --> 00:37:45,054
…this fearless hero will be there,
763
00:37:45,805 --> 00:37:48,849
guiding you
through the adventure of a lifetime.
764
00:37:49,850 --> 00:37:53,187
The spirit of that ride
is speaking to everyone.
765
00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:56,065
Every child, every adult,
766
00:37:56,148 --> 00:37:59,568
anyone that has ever wanted
to explore the world.
767
00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:04,031
[Jeanette] To discover things
that no one's ever seen before.
768
00:38:05,408 --> 00:38:08,160
To know that you have the power
to be adventurous.
769
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,791
To, of course,
meet some element of danger.
770
00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:16,043
[screams]
771
00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:17,545
-[groans]
-[hisses]
772
00:38:18,462 --> 00:38:21,549
And to come out of it
being able to tell those stories.
773
00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:27,930
All of those things are the DNA of Disney.
774
00:38:29,765 --> 00:38:34,854
[narrator] Thanks to these brave heroes,
or perhaps genius inventors…
775
00:38:34,937 --> 00:38:38,232
That's the only word for them.
They're genius inventors.
776
00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:41,193
…who don't chase treasure or gold.
777
00:38:41,277 --> 00:38:44,280
They pursue something else altogether.
778
00:38:44,363 --> 00:38:46,532
[Frank Wells] There are additional members
of the Disney team
779
00:38:46,615 --> 00:38:48,576
who do not always share the spotlight.
780
00:38:48,659 --> 00:38:50,494
There are almost 400 people
that worked on Indy.
781
00:38:50,578 --> 00:38:52,621
I've been with these people
for years, and years, and years,
782
00:38:52,705 --> 00:38:56,167
so I put their initials and their birthday
on the attraction.
783
00:38:56,250 --> 00:39:00,629
[Charita] You always have to be pursuing
that next great thing,
784
00:39:00,713 --> 00:39:02,465
and that requires passion.
785
00:39:02,548 --> 00:39:06,177
But yes, that momentum is necessary.
You don't want to get stale.
786
00:39:06,260 --> 00:39:08,429
You can't get stale
when you have the passion.
787
00:39:08,512 --> 00:39:12,016
There is a hunger to always want
to discover and understand
788
00:39:12,099 --> 00:39:14,435
the next great new thing.
789
00:39:14,518 --> 00:39:18,981
[narrator] And just maybe,
they'll find the greatest reward of all.
790
00:39:19,065 --> 00:39:22,860
A treasured memory
that belongs in our hearts.
791
00:39:22,943 --> 00:39:24,612
It belongs in a museum.
792
00:39:24,695 --> 00:39:27,156
[narrator] Well, wherever it belongs.
793
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:28,657
That's why we do what we do.
794
00:39:31,118 --> 00:39:33,120
[♪ closing theme music]
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