A new season of a Disney TV show that takes viewers behind the scenes of Disneyland attractions reveals how Walt Disney Imagineering pulled off the iconic rolling boulder scene in the Indiana Jones Adventure attraction at the Anaheim theme park.
The second season of “Behind the Attraction” debuts Nov. 1 on the Disney+ streaming service with episodes dedicated to Indiana Jones Adventure, Pirates of the Caribbean, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Disney nighttime spectaculars and Disneyland food.
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Imagineering hosted a media preview of season two of “Behind the Attraction” at the Glendale headquarters of Disney’s secretive creative arm with a panel discussion featuring the creative team behind the documentary series.
If you’ve gotten this far, then you probably want to know the secret behind the boulder scene. If not, consider this your spoiler alert.
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The Adventureland thrill ride takes daring passengers in a rugged troop transport over rough terrain as they race through a cursed temple filled with slithering snakes, screaming mummies and collapsing bridges.
The iconic scene takes place when the ride vehicle suddenly stalls beneath Indy clinging to a rope as a massive boulder starts rolling toward us only to have the riders escape just in time to avoid certain doom.
But here’s the secret most riders don’t realize about the climactic boulder scene: You’re not moving, the room is.
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Disney Legend and Imagineer Tony Baxter showed off a scale model of the motion-base dark ride and explained how the boulder illusion worked during the Indiana Jones Adventure episode of “Behind the Attraction.”
“As you come in, we back the room up which makes it seem like you’re…
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