Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 They never had an Indy character walking around the park? This just kind of occured to me. But they DO have a Jack Sparrow. Is Jack just more popular? Does anyone recall Indy walking around when the ride opened?
Originally Posted By Park Hopper Disney doesn't own Indiana Jones and would therefor have to pay Lucasfilm a LARGE amount of money to have an Indy walk-around.
Originally Posted By Park Hopper Disney doesn't own Indiana Jones and would therefor have to pay Lucasfilm a LARGE amount of money to have an Indy walk-around.
Originally Posted By kaoden39 Not only that Jack Sparrow has the young girl appeal. Trust me my 12 year old thinks that he's sexy. (So does Mom.)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Didn't they have Indy slide down Tinkerbelle's wire from the Matterhorn for the opening of the ride? I remember reading this somewhere. Sure, it isn't really the same thing as actually interacting with the guests, but it is still pretty neat.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins We were eating at Cafe Orleans last month when Jack Sparrow showed up. There was a mad dash and an instant line of about 100 grown and mature women. I was really surprised because I had imagined that the Jack Sparrow character would appeal to little boys.
Originally Posted By Dave >>>Didn't they have Indy slide down Tinkerbelle's wire from the Matterhorn for the opening of the ride? <<< No, they didn't
Originally Posted By imagineer1985 >>>Disney doesn't own Indiana Jones and would therefor have to pay Lucasfilm a LARGE amount of money to have an Indy walk-around.<<< Well, they have Indy in the Stunt show in florida and coming in a couple months all of the characters of Star Wars are going to be menacing around tomorrowland, so It may be Spieldberg holding out or lack of interest.
Originally Posted By disneyeveryyear >>>Well, they have Indy in the Stunt show in florida and coming in a couple months all of the characters of Star Wars are going to be menacing around tomorrowland, so It may be Spieldberg holding out or lack of interest.<<< Actually, he is referred to as Indy's stunt double. Since the show is the "Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular," most of the cast members are referred to as stunt doubles. I believe one is referred to as a stunt actor since he does his own stunts, yet he also acts in films.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 >>Didn't they have Indy slide down Tinkerbelle's wire from the Matterhorn for the opening of the ride? I remember reading this somewhere.<< Yes, but it was part of the July 17th 40th birthday celebration in 1995, not for the opening of the ride, which was in May, I believe. I believe they also had an Indy character as part of an Indy "Parade of Joneses" promo stunt in the park prior to the ride opening. They had a bunch of people with the last name of Jones parade up Main Street. They were stopped part way by a "bad guy", but Indy appeared to save the day. Also, I'm told that during an Annual Passholder exclusive party held prior to the opening of the ride, where they let AP's walk through the queue, there was an Indy character. I didn't see him because I went through late in the evening and he wasn't around by then. While they used an Indy character for events like the ones I just mentioned, I'm not aware of one out for guests and I was there quite a bit that year. They did have a "Comedy 911" (or something like that) troup around in Adventureland for awhile to entertain guests when the ride opened.
Originally Posted By Rivkah86 Yes, Indy did come down tinkerbells' wire one time in celebration of DL's 40th birthday. Here is a pic of it: <a href="http://www.perrific.com/disney/40th/indyrapl.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.perrific.com/disney /40th/indyrapl.jpg</a> or: <a href="http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/6283/indyraplwd3.jpg" target="_blank">http://img369.imageshack.us/im g369/6283/indyraplwd3.jpg</a> from this website: <a href="http://www.perrific.com/disney/disney.html" target="_blank">http://www.perrific.com/disney /disney.html</a>
