How It Works: Disney's Indiana Jones Ride

[@AmusementLabs]

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[@ezsqueezy_]

Trust me it's very dangerous if you don't subscribe

[@Space_Traveler77]

Still waiting on that How Space Mountain Works, Doesn't matter which one....

[@JellyJerryy]

the doorway model is amazing

[@aiilex6430]

No reply’s? Let me fix that.

[@InnocentCinnamon]

I’m so late to this video but yes!!! I’ve always read explanations about the doorway sequence, never fully understood it till the model in this video. Brilliantly done.

[@serenabaney997]

Agree! I remember when this used to work as well. I always wondered

[@phoenixstrong]

I agree 100%

[@jackbailey9920]

This needs to be seen by all theme park enthusiasts, and future ride engineers. It’s so good.

[@AmusementLabs]

That's my aim. 🙂 So far it's actually working too cause someone said they found my channel through their teacher.

[@littleraeofsunshine]

I've been to Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Paris Disney, and *still* can't believe they didn't put this ride in more parks. It's amazing! Wish they'd do more immersive adventures like this instead of all the projected screens crap.

[@Alniemi]

Yeah the practical effects really sell it a lot more than lots of screens! Of course practical is more expensive though, i fear we will have less and less as time goes on. Pretty soon rides will just be VR goggles XD

[@Cmrang99]

@@Alniemi Not sure about Disney, but I think Universal has truly realized they can’t just do screen rides. Supposedly they actually cancelled a planned VR attraction, and any other planned attractions they rely heavily on screens. Hopefully this realization hits other parks as well.

[@Cycodude]

Same, had a lot of fun at disney world, but was really off put by how the rides just felt like being sat in front of a screen and watching a movie that happens to move

[@SoCalCoasters]

Yeah but it doesn’t work it’s always broken down

[@alanawolf1556]

Exactly. Sure, practical effects are expensive. You know what else is expensive? A Disney vacation.

[@ViQRoy89]

Those doors man, one of the things I wish they would fix. It's been too long and it was totally worth iit

[@protoborg]

A rack-and-pinion system would be far simpler and much easier to fix. It would also break down much less frequently as gears tend to last longer than cables.

[@AmusementLabs]

Even something as simple as a grip plat and drive tire.

[@Lemoncoder103]

I mean with all the free time Disney has had over the pandemic (With snow white’s enchanted wish they have definitely been working) maybe they fixed the effect??? Wishful thinking but hopefully at some point it comes back!

[@AmusementLabs]

@@Lemoncoder103 also, I would love if they brought back the rubble effect too. Just not with ice, maybe chunks of foam or plastic.

[@Lemoncoder103]

@@AmusementLabs Funny story from a lady who was cutting my hair a before the pandemic: “I thought the rubble effect was still around so I ducked and broke my nose on the dashboard”

[@wickedphant0m]

The Chamber of Destiny was the most flawlessly executed on-ride effect in history.

[@libertyko15]

Kinda like how jursssic park rides at universal ages, slow dilphpsaursus, rare seeingnthe falling car effect which was the best water ride effect probably, then the bad ultrasaur animatronic, the parasaurolophus not being as fast and jumping as high.

[@KhailAnonymous]

first time commenter, dude this was so well done with the print outs I think I thought I knew how the doors worked but didn't till you visualized it

[@AmusementLabs]

Thanks. 🙂 The Chamber of Destiny model I think is by far one of the best I've done. I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

[@LeoElso]

Same! I always thought the DOORS were moving and not everything around. the model made it super clear, along with the CCTV footage

[@keyman6689]

@@LeoElso Me, too! I knew the whole room moved, but thought there were only 3 doors and they moved with it. Awesome model, great job!

[@ufga8tor99]

The 3D printings were absolutely amazing!

[@willowby]

This is your best "How It Works" video yet! Personally, I love this ride and you did it justice with this video.

[@theautomator2001]

You deserve more subs my dude. The amount of effort and research you put in is much more difficult than pointing a camera at yourself and talking. Good job.

[@AnalytiKroll]

Can we get a super cut of all the broken Disney Animatronics and effects called "How It Worked?"

[@AmusementLabs]

😅🤣 That would be _at least_ an hour long video.

[@duncanharrell5009]

Dew it! 😂

[@AmusementLabs]

@@duncanharrell5009 lol, maybe next year for April Fool's.

[@KingRaccoon-ze5rn]

@@AmusementLabs maybe split the video in parts

[@VarkaTheDragon]

That's one kick-ass 3D printed model - especially with the convincing lighting! Well done dude - you knocked it out of the park :D

[@LR_Jenkins]

I remember being in Disneyland at a young age (maybe around 4?), and me and my dad rode this ride 3-4 times in a row to see all of the introductory doors. This was easily one of my favorite theming elements ever, and I was very sad to learn that it was removed when I went there earlier this year. I definitely hope that it gets fixed!

[@wmmxDoreen]

Maybe you could answer this…. Didn’t there used to be a part where it appeared the car was driving down steps??

[@wmmxDoreen]

Didn’t this ride used to have a scene where the cars appeared to be driving down steps?? I can’t have imagined that?

[@ketchupfilms]

The models and explanations of the underlying mechanics for these effects are amazing, great video!!

[@TheMadMadman]

No joke, after being a Six Flags kid for a good few years, this was the ride that sold me on Disneyland when I first rode it back in 2005.

[@NeilMcLinden]

Hey, totally off topic, but your speech and narration have gotten so much clearer. These videos are only going to get better and you’ve got a well developed style. Major props!

[@mikes3333]

This is a fantastic video! The bus-bar system under the main track has always confused me, but now I see it! Thank you so much!

[@thedesigns9570]

The amount of time to build all those modules. Just for us ungrateful youtube viewers. That's dedication

[@AmusementLabs]

It's also a portfolio as well. Not all models will mean a video does great.

[@Barbiegirlmomma]

My Dad and I got stuck on Splash mountain and got stuck right before the big drop and so they did an evacuation. Of course they gave us both exit entrances for any two rides. So we would go through the exit and and they would ask for a card. When they asked for it back we were like nope, the cast members said to keep it all day! And so we did and continued to ride everything without waiting in line for anything! It Rocked this was about 20 years ago!

[@frankpeck1448]

Hello, T.B.G.! A similar thing happened to me...except it was going by the island area, featuring a donkey...we were helped out of the 'boats', and onto the island, where one of the riders hugged the donkey, while his buddy took a photo of it! Fun 'explaining' that picture to everyone! Kindest regards, young lady!

[@journeyrides2398]

first time I do comment on a video : what a hard work, precise explanation, well done scale vehicle and track layout, nothing to say more, keep going ! really like your videos

[@adrianna5378]

This is my favorite ride at Disneyland! It’s so cool to see how it works!

[@loserboypro]

I'll watch it later, but I'm super hyped for this one! One of the best rides at Disneyland 100%!

[@dannymiller7187]

This was such a cool video. The Indians Jones ride is my favorite ride in the entire world. I love it and it was really cool to see how it actually works. I always wondered how they did the giant bolder trick. These rides are so cool.

[@jj7958]

Went on this ride as a little kid. Can't forget because it made me cry at 12:35. I thought the bolder would hit me.

[@-Infinite92-]

Dude this is your best video yet! Been following for about a year now. Really glad you decided to bump up the production quality like this and really focus on the engineering aspects of these rides. It fills a niche in the theme park breakdown type videos out there. A little history, a lot of engineering. Versus the other guys have lots of history and little engineering. I hope it won't take months between videos though, I know how much work this took. They take time, just hopefully not too much time lol. Looking forward to your channels future.

[@james-michaelrobson287]

Do you know how many times I rode that to try and get all 3 paths?! A bunch! Thats brilliant E&D. Thank you for this breakdown! And I was wondering why when I went back, long after that grand opening, that the door never changed. Too cool. You did a great job.

[@ogjk]

Glad you were able to finally put this out the passion really shows through!

[@HaloCrazee]

Holy crap! I love your commitment to making a fully "functioning" model of both the ride, the ride car AND the door effect. It's extremely well done and goes to show how innovative this ride was at the time and even now. I seriously look forward to watching more of your videos!

[@orlandoinsiders5132]

So happy the series is back!!

[@captaintrashbag]

Stunning models and visualizations! Thank you for letting me see one of my favorite attractions in an all new way. I can’t wait to see what you do next

[@kentslocum]

The three-piston motion base is capable of much more movement than they currently use it for. After opening, they had to reduce the amount of movement produced by the three-piston motion base, because it was considered too violent for some (translation: Disney was worried about getting sued by people who injured themselves when the vehicle wildly bucked).

[@LeoElso]

In a somewhat similar move, the Ratatouille Ride in Paris was DRASTICALLY (some say by 50%) slowed down just before public opening, they had to scramble to adjust the animation scenes and extend them last minute

[@CelestialLites]

I love this ride. But I could only do it once per trip, my neck & back hurts after ride.

[@john_t_england]

@@CelestialLites That's how I feel about riding the Matterhorn. Anything more than one ride seems hazardous to your health.

[@GoogleEqualsEvil]

Part of what you said is true, the rest is not. I was one of the original 12 Design Engineers who designed, engineered, prototyped and developed this ride system between 1990 - 1993. Of course the motion base can be articulated into more extreme positions and at much higher velocities. While developing it we did a lot of tuning to smooth it out. That's a part of developing any new design. But we worked all that out WAY before (years before) this ride opened to the public. And all businesses that deal with the public are mindful of the possibility of people getting injured and design and engineer their products accordingly. To do anything other than that would be unethical / unprofessional.

[@kentslocum]

@@GoogleEqualsEvil I apologize if what I commented was incorrect. However, many have reported to me that the current ride experience is much tamer than when they first rode it immediately after opening.

[@ArcadeMaster]

Disney: Where dreams come true and wallets go bare

[@davidwesley2525]

And Disney Executives are Laughing all the way to the Bank.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheLyricsGuy]

Poor people are gross.

[@JSt3pz]

@@TheLyricsGuy Nobody said anything about poor people though

[@AnimationGoneWrong]

Great information in this video. I had NO idea how the Chamber of Destiny worked, but it makes total sense. A quick trick, rather than 3 different paths. Brilliant!

[@MoxeyTravels]

Im always surprised at the little details- like lack of polarity for turntables

[@thewonderfulworldofderek6087]

History same ride Documenty biography Hollywood 30s 40s New save Disneyland 65th anniversary. Celebration

[@JetHawk]

If you look behind you when you reach Boulder scene, you will see the scenic wall move and the wall from the other room not move.

[@santaclaritadrone2844]

Great video for the 26th anniversary of this ride. I was fortunate to be there opening day 26 years ago and waited over 3 hours in line to ride.

[@TrevorCollin_]

I love how they brought back Mara's original voice back with James Earl Jones. When they revamped it and they changed the voice it just didn't sound right.

[@jamboree615]

Randomly finding this comment 3 years later, the day after James Earl Jones has died. His acting skills will be missed. 🙏

[@TheDavidMancini]

So much time and love was put into producing this video, wow! Thank you so much!

[@demanddisney1609]

I love your videos, the 3D printings are unmatched and you deserve so much support!

[@psychopiano]

Indy is my favourite dark ride of all time. And you've done such justice to it in this video, a magnificent effort!

[@adventurekitty1016]

Finally, a video that I can understand shows me the mechanics of the boulder. I love that effect so much!

[@nickthetrex]

In my personal heaven, every effect on Indiana Jones the ride would always work.

[@godlugner5327]

So glad you got the Ice machine rubble in there!

[@JeseeWalker]

So much effort is put into your videos. THANK YOU

[@bandoballerina]

Excellent video!! I’m always so excited to see a new Amusement Labs video pop up 😁

[@EugenioAngueira]

I've only been able to do this ride once but it was quite fun. Cool to learn how it works!

[@calebgoldman6978]

My favorite Disney Park ride of all time.

[@joevictor53]

I love this ride so much. I've been to Disneyland twice and I rode it several times and it's my favourite ride in any theme park I've ever been to. But I never understood how the Chamber of Destiny used to work because I've never seen how it was before and it was confusing. I finally understand it after seeing your model of it. Thank you for that

[@KDoc-io5fo]

The one I've been waiting for...thank you!!!!!

[@Impossible_Fishy]

I come back to this video time and time again, it’s just so interesting. And last time I went to Disneyland me and this other guy were explaining how the ride works, imo how the ride works is even more interesting than the ride itself.

[@BabyRattlesBraddduls]

Amazing demonstration of the bolder effect an the 3D modeling

[@alexstovall7193]

VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE video within its self, BUT the explanations with the 3D print models made it amazing! VERY well done! look forward to seeing more videos!!!

[@carenbacon9739]

That boulder and the big drop was my favorite part of the ride!!!

[@arcticcatchaos]

I’ve never seen this channel before but less than 2 minutes I’m sure I’m gonna watch more, thank you suggestions and good luck with the channel man, I’ll be subscribing

[@andreapatane4204]

24 hours of nostalgic curiosity. 😀 The Lava Bridge was very 🆒, because it reminded me of how hard it is to deal with how serious a lava flow really is as part of the suspense on a dark ride that's based on the Indiana Jones franchise. The reason why I like that scene so much is actually because, I studied about Geology in the 6th Grade for Science at my former middle 🏫. I like Star Tours at Disneyland as we know today. As a kid, I also liked Alice in Wonderland, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Mad Tea Party, It's A Small World, etc. which are dark rides located at Disneyland which is a theme park located in Anaheim, CA.

[@deesixx1460]

Loved this video! That model is incredible! This is by far my favorite ride of all time. I’ve heard rumors each car has its own personality programmed into it. Not sure what that means exactly but it sounds cool. I also love how many slight variations there are in the dialogue through out the ride.

[@SalivatingSteve]

I love how janky the jeeps behave, like they will stall out and you hear the engine struggling to start back up lol

[@OrangeAnon]

That rumor may have been initially true when the ride opened, but I've ridden it many times over the last decade and it's always been the same program.

[@lavs8761]

This an absolute fantastic video. Thank you so much, cant wait to watch the rest of your channel

[@Richy.Boi.]

I am loving these simulations from your reproduction models

[@Not_LiveGameStorm]

I love how you just go all out with these Videos! Keep it up man. If you wouldn´t have built these models I probably wouldn´t understand it at all! Great work. 👍

[@Helios-Rex]

Those models are amazing.

[@leoepcotfan2144]

Thank you for all your efforts and work into this exciting video

[@stevenhulbert7540]

My ex girlfriend's brother is a lead at Anaheim. He worked with Spielberg and Lucas while Indie was being built. He ran CarsLand and now runs Star wars, he's very humble and loves working there.

[@belken117]

You pretty much answered about the door way effects and it’s amazing how simple the illusion is!

[@IkilledColMustard]

10:00 Disney was worried that they got scammed, that is funny coming from them.

[@DougGlendower]

"In the remote jungle known as Anaheim, CA"... It is an avacado jungle. Of death.

[@maxallen121]

Wait what? The cars don't move backwards during the boulder scene? Ive ridden this ride so many times how did I not know that, thats actually really impressive how convincing it is

[@onair6652]

Great video, thanks for sharing

[@iLikeTheUDK]

2:05 The face says it all, he _will_ be back to this ride

[@greyson_gg7781]

Do a video on the matterhorn bobsleds

[@MagicallyElena]

Ooo also my favorite

[@Ravenwood1936]

My all time favorite ride! I would go on this ride multiple times

[@osamabinlaggin4338]

I love the quality of your videos!

[@thebananacraft7298]

So the technology has been used on this ride , test track, dinosaur and cars ride. Just cars and test track don’t have the added affect of moving around to simulate big hit by something. So 4 rides all using the same technology just some adding more things to the cars , crazy how far rides are going know with non track vehicles.

[@AmusementLabs]

Yeah, the EMV is essentially the VEEERY early version of test track.

[@thebananacraft7298]

I don’t think there is any kind of EMV ride at other parks I think it’s pretty much a Disney thing, though looking at it super star limo or monsters ink ride know has something similar.

[@ace4542]

@@AmusementLabs as someone who works in Cars-land, This is pretty much true, as i speak to our maintenance guys all the time.

[@AmusementLabs]

@@ace4542 yeah, I've seen Imagineering story that has some good shots of the underside of the RSR vehicles.

[@Alniemi]

This is one of the rides that i remember most, I went in 1997, and i had no idea how new it was, but it definitely left quite an impression. I cant believe how many details i had NO idea about, all the moving structures, and how much was under the cars. Very cool stuff! definitely earned my sub!! You should do a video on Medusa from Six flags Discovery kingdom! another one of my favorites!

[@chibbysadventures5555]

I miss the rotating doors effect so much, it was so awesome to see them move! Also I have had the rat log effect look decent on a couple of times of riding, but I feel like I have also ridden with that effect turned off completely? But I think the most impressive thing is the motion of the ride itself. Even with knowing how it is the vehicle itself doing the movement and not the track being like that or anything, it still feels so realistic to how a jeep or other off road vehicle would feel and I get so absorbed in the ride experience every time

[@drtweak87]

DUDE THANK YOU! I THOUGH I WAS CRAZY ABOUT THE DOOR!!! I remember going in the left, middle, and right when i was younger!

[@AmusementLabs]

Happy to help. :)

[@Connor-kz5tx]

I had no idea the room with the doors used to move! Thanks for sharing this info great vid !

[@everywhirlingplanet]

You didn't HAVE to go this hard, but you did anyway, and for this we thank you!

[@AmusementLabs]

My pleasure. I like making little models, though maybe in the future I won't do stuff that's as complex as the EMV model. That was a real pain to make. 😅

[@Astro-Av]

By far the most best and interesting in-depth video I have ever seen about this ride! I would love a video about the Mummy Ride in orlando!

[@chaotic_vibes9414]

This ride is one of my favorites at Disney so seeing how it’s done is so cool!

[@mariotorresgo]

Man, I always enjoy your videos but this one, with the use of the scale models and the level of detail put into it, really blew me away. Amazing work!

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Indiana Jones is a really fun and excited ride. Nice to get to learn how it works.

[@leogothisoscar271]

This reminds me of the Mummy ride at Universal Studios. There needs to be a How It Works episode dedicated to it as well.

[@AmusementLabs]

It's on the list. 👍

[@starlasmith5596]

That illusion with the rolling boulder was crazy!! I had no idea!!

[@AmusementLabs]

It's VERY convincing.

[@WolfTamer]

I remember having the annual pass to Disneyland right before Cars Land opened up and kept seeing the doors into the temple change. At first I thought I was just remembering things wrong until probably about 6 months into my pass that I took the left door then went on again and took the centre door! That effect actually got me since I was so confused on that! Then I went again yearly during my high school years when I played in the band and again last month and I thought I was just getting bad RNG with the same door. Shame they never got it to work again.

[@NostalgiaMountain]

I just found this channel and I’m in love!

[@jetsons101]

Boy, learn something new everyday...... Great model work. Thanks for posting.

[@djdiana440]

I thought I vaguely remembered there being a "different" door you would go through on different rides for Indiana Jones but I thought I made it up in my head. I wish they would bring that back!

[@Snipedog1978]

This ride could easily be installed at Disney world as well as the ride at animal kingdom “dinosaur” uses the exact same track layout and path and the same effects at the same locations.

[@fernogaming6201]

It’s actually impossible to have Indy in the dinosaur show building. Yes, the ride system is exactly the same, however Indy has a liiiiiiiittle bit more track than dinosaur (Indy has an extra “s”) and also the dinosaur building is not structured or built to house Indy and all of its effects, there’s not enough room for it (I’m an ex dinosaur cast member)

[@MiguelGG03]

Fantastic video! I love this ride! The theming and overall whole experience is what makes this ride so much fun!

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

Wow, this is such an awesome video with a lot of effort put in. Keep up the great work!

[@MrWade163]

love that ride!! great job...

[@TheAerospace777]

Liked it before it even started, that's when you know this content is good!

[@ao9688]

I’ve seen the animated diagram for the chamber of destiny at least a hundred times but your model made understanding it so much easier

[@merari7246]

The door way segment blew my mind! What an amazing way to explain to my not so smart brain 😂

[@stuschkenheimer]

you should do one on Splash Mountain, my 2nd favorite behind indy

[@NickFaulkner]

Such a cool breakdown!

[@91kap]

Can I have those models for Christmas? Lol. Amazing work.

[@48426]

Fantastic work! Worth the wait.

[@matthewb840]

Why are affects turned off only for the best rides?

[@vaughnkhouri1364]

probably because the best rides have the most complex effects, which means more work to maintain and sometimes just not worth continuing.

[@Boodeez]

Woke up in the middle of the night and this is the perfect video to watch. Subscribed 👍