High
Adrenaline Rides
Rock
'n' Roller Coaster (recommended
age, 10 +)
Rock
music blasts ears and speed turns legs to jelly. Strapped in
tight, passengers drive through a rock video set in Beverly Hills
with Aerosmith. Onboard, a deafening 120 speakers turn up the
volume. On the count of three, G-forces thrust passengers from 0
to 100km – literally taking their breath away. A series of sharp
bends, vertical drops and upside-down flips complete the
nerve-splintering experience. This is a very fast ride that is not
suitable for children under ten. The minimum height is 1.32 metres
(4'4").
Low
Adrenaline Rides
Studio
Tram Tour (exciting
train ride)
See
behind the scenes at a studio. You can get a look at location
sites, studio decor, special effects, movie props, and central
costuming. At Catastrophe Canyon, you plunge into the middle of an
action film shoot.
Disney
Studio 1
Disney
Studio 1 is inspired by the Hyperion Avenue Studios in Los
Angeles, where Walt Disney first produced the Mickey Mouse
animated shorts and his first full length animated picture, Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs. The set consists of façades fronting
the street on both sides, with six storefronts on each.
If
Disney Studio 1 were a working soundstage, it would be the second
largest of its kind in Europe. It is 70 metres long, 35 metres
wide and 20 metres high
Flying
Carpets over Agrabah
(ideal for young children)
The
set for Flying Carpets over Agrabah is that of an animated film,
and features a massive animation-style background depicting a
colourful day-to-night desert scene. The centrepiece of the set is
a giant genie's bottle adorned with paintings of characters from
Aladdin. Sixteen flying carpets, each of which can carry up to
four people and can be made to fly up and down, whiz around the
Genie's lamp.
Like
all 'great' actors, the Genie from Aladdin really wants to do is
direct, and visitors to this attraction are invited into his
animated world as the 'actors' in his first film. They climb
aboard a magic carpet and take it for a 'spin' as they perform in
a scene that Genie is directing, assisted by a mischievous camera
crew. As the guest stars in the movie 'play' their roles on the
flying carpets, the Genie encourages them with directions in
English and French.
Fairground
hub and spoke ride (similar to Dumbo at Disneyland Park)
Armageddon
Special Effects
Take
a trip through the history of special effects, beginning with the
first innovations of Georges Méliès and continuing through to
the very latest digital technology.
The
visit begins in a special effects stage on the backlot of a major
movie studio. The word "Armageddon" emerges from a burst
of flames at the entrance to the marquee. The entrance to the
attraction also features an "Armadillo", one of the
space vehicles featured in the film Armageddon.
An
'assistant SFX director' arrives and welcomes guests in the
pre-show area. He presents a range of fantastic special effects
tools to the guests, and invites two or three people up on to the
grey screen stage. He then pays tribute to Georges Méliès, the
inventor of special effects. A century has passed since Méliès
invented "movie magic", and the art of special effects
has made a truly amazing journey during that time.
The
Art of Disney Animation
A
movie highlights the best of Disney animation, then you get to try
it yourself! After the film, and a demonstration by a real Disney
artist, you can attempt your own animation at one of the
interactive play stations.
A
towering "Sorcerer's Apprentice" hat, inspired by the
one worn by Mickey Mouse in the Disney classic, Fantasia, is the
distinctive exterior feature of the Art of Disney Animation. Since
the creation of the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studios in Hollywood
in 1923, animation has been the cornerstone of the Disney
universe. This interactive attraction pays tribute to this very
particular form of art, where some of the secrets of Disney
animation are revealed for the very first time.
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