Indiana Jones Adventure

Indiana Jones Adventure attractions
Disneyland attraction poster art by Drew Struzan
Disneyland
NameIndiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye
AreaAdventureland
Coordinates33°48′35″N 117°55′17″W / 33.8098°N 117.9213°W / 33.8098; -117.9213
StatusOperating
Soft opening dateMarch 3, 1995
Opening dateMarch 4, 1995
Lightning Lane available
Tokyo DisneySea
NameIndiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull
AreaLost River Delta
Coordinates35°37′35″N 139°52′51″E / 35.62627°N 139.88092°E / 35.62627; 139.88092
StatusOperating
Opening dateSeptember 4, 2001
Ride statistics
Attraction typeDark ride
ManufacturerMTS Systems Corporation
DesignerWalt Disney Imagineering
ThemeIndiana Jones
MusicJohn Williams
Length2,500 ft (760 m)
Speed14 mph (23 km/h)
Site area57,400 sq ft (5,330 m2)
Vehicle typeEnhanced motion vehicle
Vehicles14
Riders per vehicle12
Rows3
Riders per row4
Duration3:25
Height restriction46 in (117 cm)
Ride hostSallah (John Rhys-Davies/Bob Joles; California)[1]
Paco (voiced by Katsuhisa Hōki; Tokyo)
Must transfer from wheelchair

Indiana Jones Adventure is an enhanced motion vehicle dark ride attraction based on the Indiana Jones film series, located at Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea. Guests accompany intrepid archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones on a turbulent quest, aboard military troop transport vehicles, through a dangerous subterranean lost temple guarded by a supernatural power.[2]

The attraction premiered as Temple of the Forbidden Eye at Disneyland in Anaheim, California on March 3, 1995, and opened to the general public on March 4, 1995. A second, and nearly identical, version of the ride opened as Temple of the Crystal Skull on September 4, 2001, at Tokyo DisneySea in Chiba, Japan, unrelated to the 2008 film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.[3] On August 10, 2024, it was announced at the D23 Expo that an Indiana Jones attraction will replace Dinosaur at Disney's Animal Kingdom, featuring a different story, involving Indiana Jones hunting a mythical creature in a Mayan temple.[4]

  1. ^ "Full Voices of the Disney Theme Parks presentation from D23 Expo 2011". YouTube. August 27, 2011. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  2. ^ Strodder, Chris (2017). The Disneyland Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). Santa Monica Press. pp. 251–253. ISBN 978-1595800909.
  3. ^ "Indiana Jones Adventure to Close for Refurbishment Again". wdwnt.com. October 18, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  4. ^ Hundgen, Michael (August 11, 2024). "Indiana Jones and 'Encanto' Confirmed for Animal Kingdom". Disney Parks Blog.