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| ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter | |
|---|---|
 The entrance sign | |
| Magic Kingdom | |
| Area | Tomorrowland |
| Coordinates | 28°25′07″N 81°34′47″W / 28.41861°N 81.57972°W |
| Status | Removed |
| Soft opening date | December 16, 1994 |
| Opening date | June 20, 1995 |
| Closing date | October 12, 2003 |
| Replaced | Mission to Mars |
| Replaced by | Stitch's Great Escape! |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Theater-in-the-round experience |
| Designer | |
| Theme | An alien encounter |
| Music | Richard Bellis[1] |
| Audience capacity | 162 per show |
| Duration | 18:00 |
| Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
| Pre Show Host | SIR |
| Main Show Host | Spinlok and Dr. Femus |
| Audio-Animatronics | 3 (pre-show) 2 (1 for each main show) |
The Extraterrorestrial Alien Encounter (stylized as ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter) was a "theater-in-the-round" attraction located in the Tomorrowland section of the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World Resort.[2] A co-production between Walt Disney Imagineering and Lucasfilm (then separate from The Walt Disney Company), the attraction was a darkly humorous science fiction experience that used binaural sound to achieve many of its effects.
After years of declining popularity and increasing complaints from park guests about its frightening nature, Disney announced on September 21, 2003 that an attraction themed to Disney's 2002 film Lilo & Stitch would be replacing it.[3] On October 12, Extraterrorestrial Alien Encounter was closed to the public to start production on Stitch's Great Escape!.
- ^ Alien Encounter's score ASCAP Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Alien Encounter: The Life and Death of Walt Disney World's Scariest Ride Ever". Mental Floss. 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "There's a new alien in town at Disney". The Orlando Sentinel. September 21, 2003. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.