Studio Tram Tour: Behind the Magic
| Studio Tram Tour: Behind the Magic | |
|---|---|
| Walt Disney Studios Park | |
| Area | Hollywood Boulevard |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | March 16, 2002 |
| Closing date | January 6, 2020 |
| Replaced by | Cars Road Trip (Worlds of Pixar) |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Tram Tour |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Theme | Backlot tour of a working film studio |
| Vehicle type | Trams |
 Must transfer from wheelchair | |
 Assistive listening available | |
 Closed captioning available | |
History
Studio Tram Tour: Behind the Magic was an attraction at Walt Disney Studios Park, Disneyland Paris. The attraction premiered with the grand opening of Walt Disney Studios Park on March 16, 2002.[1] The attraction closed on the 5th of January 2020, to be replaced by a new Cars themed attraction and make way for the 2 billion euro multi-year expansion plan at Walt Disney Studios Park.[2]
Guests enter the attraction via the Hollywood Boulevard section of the park, under a false façade of the Hollywood sign. The tram ride portion of the attraction features highlights such as the Catastrophe Canyon scene and a look into the set of London in ruins from the film Reign of Fire. Imagineers wanted to create a studio tour at the Walt Disney Studios Park, similar to the former Studio Backlot Tour at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida, where the tour was once the park's signature attraction. The bilingual video that accompanies the tour features Jeremy Irons and Irène Jacob.
The site of the ride will be used for the upcoming Star Wars and Frozen area expansions to the 'Walt Disney Studios Park', as announced by Bob Iger in February 2018.
As part of the park's major expansion, much of the Tram Tour was removed for the new lands. Catastrophe Canyon was retained and incorporated into a new abridged Cars-based attraction, Cars Road Trip.[3][4]
Closure
The attraction's last operating day was January 5, 2020; the ride then closed January 6. On October 14, 2019, it was announced that Cars Road Trip would replace the attraction. The majority of the attraction has been demolished with a small portion, including Catastrophe Canyon having been re-themed around Cars.
References
- Geryak, Cole (February 6, 2020). "Extinct Attractions – Disneyland Paris' Studio Tram Tour". The Laughing Place. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- "Studio Tram Tour to close 6th January 2020 to become Cars Route 66". 19 November 2019.
- "Walt Disney Studios Park's Studio Tram Tour to Become "Cars Route 66" in Summer 2020". The Laughing Place. October 14, 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- "New Look Inside 'Cars' Makeover of Former Backlot Tour Attraction, Renamed to "Cars ROAD TRIP"". Blog Mickey - Disney News. 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
See also
- Studio Backlot Tour (former counterpart tram tour at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World)