I vividly recall the excitement of standing in line for 2 1/2 hours to ride the brand new Indiana Jones attraction at Disneyland when it was brand new. The ride was sponsored by AT&T so you were handed a wallet size cardboard decoder card at the entry to the temple so while you were waiting in line you could decode all the messages written on the walls. If I had only known then I needed to save those cards because they stopped giving them out after the first year.
The queue line used to wrap around and through the temple with various features to entertain you as you waited. But since the ride is down to a typical 30 minute wait versus the prior 2 1/2 hours wait a lot of the elements for the line are no longer accessible or functional. My favorite parts were the bamboo that you jiggled in the hydraulic ceiling that would come a few inches down in line as well as the well with the rope that if you pulled hard enough on it the guy would fall and yell, the latter is still in place.
I wrote this ride so many times in the first five years of operation that I have it memorized in my body so imagine my surprise when my beloved elements disappeared from the ride at my most recent visit.
Upon entering there is no longer any falling rock from the ceiling or smoke or lasers coming from Mara’s eyes. The giant snake barely moves its head at this point and it used to whip around quite a lot. The bug room has no more air blowing affect to make you feel like there are bugs in the vehicle with you and there is nothing shooting down from the ceiling which also used to make you feel like bugs were falling on you. The room with the rats on a branch above your head is completely dark most of the time, but when you look backward you can see the projector is just angled at the ceiling beyond a beam where you cannot see it so apparently it just needs adjustment. Lasers no longer shoot out of the temple eyes while you’re crossing the bridge and the bridge ropes don’t move at all which I believe they used to do. The ghostly skull is barely visible over the lava and the flames are a lot smaller than they used to be. Wind going around the curve surrounded by skeletons there used to be three skeletons that swung down out of a cave formation which no longer exist. Finally, very few of the darts that shoot out air are actually working in the skeleton guard room.
I heard they are doing a refurbishment of the ride this year, but it’s only supposed to be for the bridge and rock work. Hopefully they put some effort into repairing the special effects on the ride.
Anyone else notice missing parts?
The queue line used to wrap around and through the temple with various features to entertain you as you waited. But since the ride is down to a typical 30 minute wait versus the prior 2 1/2 hours wait a lot of the elements for the line are no longer accessible or functional. My favorite parts were the bamboo that you jiggled in the hydraulic ceiling that would come a few inches down in line as well as the well with the rope that if you pulled hard enough on it the guy would fall and yell, the latter is still in place.
I wrote this ride so many times in the first five years of operation that I have it memorized in my body so imagine my surprise when my beloved elements disappeared from the ride at my most recent visit.
Upon entering there is no longer any falling rock from the ceiling or smoke or lasers coming from Mara’s eyes. The giant snake barely moves its head at this point and it used to whip around quite a lot. The bug room has no more air blowing affect to make you feel like there are bugs in the vehicle with you and there is nothing shooting down from the ceiling which also used to make you feel like bugs were falling on you. The room with the rats on a branch above your head is completely dark most of the time, but when you look backward you can see the projector is just angled at the ceiling beyond a beam where you cannot see it so apparently it just needs adjustment. Lasers no longer shoot out of the temple eyes while you’re crossing the bridge and the bridge ropes don’t move at all which I believe they used to do. The ghostly skull is barely visible over the lava and the flames are a lot smaller than they used to be. Wind going around the curve surrounded by skeletons there used to be three skeletons that swung down out of a cave formation which no longer exist. Finally, very few of the darts that shoot out air are actually working in the skeleton guard room.
I heard they are doing a refurbishment of the ride this year, but it’s only supposed to be for the bridge and rock work. Hopefully they put some effort into repairing the special effects on the ride.
Anyone else notice missing parts?
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