Back OnlineDec 19, 2021
Returned after an extended closure that began with the March 2020 COVID-19 shutdown; the show did not reopen with the park in July 2020 and stayed dark 644 days until this date.
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Ride history
the lifetime log- 2025
NerfDec 30, 2025
Removed the signature runaway-boulder element after the 400-pound prop dislodged from its track and injured a cast member during the 4 p.m. performance; the idol scene was altered to omit the boulder pending a safety review.
- 2021
NerfDec 19, 2021
Permanently dropped the long-running audience-participation segment (guests chosen as on-stage 'extras' for the Cairo street scene) when the show returned from the COVID-19 closure.
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Replaced the Nazi swastikas on the show's German trucks, aircraft and actor uniforms with the Balkenkreuz cross, removing the symbol from the production.
- 2000
Back OnlineJun 10, 2000
Reopened after a roughly six-month refurbishment that rebuilt and enlarged scenes and added new state-of-the-art lighting and sound, also readying the show for FastPass.
Tracked byTheme Park Patch Notes - 1989
NewAug 25, 1989
Opened at Disney-MGM Studios as the park's marquee live stunt show, restaging scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark with on-stage pyrotechnics and the runaway-boulder set piece.
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