Former Show // latest change 2019.08.29
Galaxys Edge · Hollywood Studios · Walt Disney World
Former Show · the memorial record
This show is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
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Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge opened on the former Streets of America acreage that had held the stunt show arena, debuting with Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run.
The stunt show played its final performance and closed permanently after nearly eleven years, and the arena was demolished along with the majority of Streets of America.
Disney announced that the Hollywood Studios stunt show would retire on April 3 to clear land for the park's coming Toy Story and Star Wars lands.
Lightning McQueen from Cars replaced Herbie in the show's intermission segment.
Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show opened at the Disney-MGM Studios as part of the Happiest Celebration on Earth, an American version of the stunt show created for Walt Disney Studios Park in Paris, sponsored by Koch Industries through its Brawny brand.
Construction of the Disney-MGM Studios stunt show arena began in the summer of 2003 on the backlot's Residential Street, which was demolished, shortening the route of the Studio Backlot Tour.
Per the documented record, Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show at Hollywood Studios opened on May 5, 2005.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show is dated Apr 2, 2016: The stunt show played its final performance and closed permanently after nearly eleven years, and the arena was demolished along with the majority of Streets of America.
The latest documented change (documented Aug 29, 2019): Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge opened on the former Streets of America acreage that had held the stunt show arena, debuting with Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run.
6 documented changes, dating back to 2003 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.
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