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/* Attraction History */
Although originally envisioned as an opening day attraction, the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! was deemed unready when the rest of Disney-MGM Studios opened on May 1, 1989 <ref> http://www.thisdayindisneyhistory.com/Disney-MGMGrandOpening.html </ref>. Both Disney CEO Michael Eisner and George Lucas felt that the show was not yet ready to be seen by guests <ref> https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19890505&id=BzAeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NL0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7007,6189931&hl=en </ref> <ref name= "Korkis"> https://www.mouseplanet.com/11330/The_Premiere_of_DisneyMGM_Studios </ref>. Instead of keeping guests out of the attraction altogether however, Disney opened the show for "live rehearsals" <ref name= "Korkis"/> until the attraction finally opened in full on August 25, 1989 <ref name= "Korkis"/> <ref name= "news"> https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19890827&id=kCJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fI0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5703,4251291&hl=en </ref>. On hand for the first public show were both Michael Eisner and George Lucas, who also posed for publicity photos <ref name= "news"/>.
Since its opening, the attraction has remained essentially unchanged; however in 2000 the stunt show was closed for a six month refurbishment. The closure was done in order to refurbish the sets and ready the attraction for the implementation of Disney's FastPass. According to Show Producer Joe Kivett:{{Quotation| "Guests will see whole scenes rebuilt -- we even have a new airplane. But mostly, the show will reflect the incredible technical advances that weren't around when the show opened <ref name= "raiders"> http://www.theraider.net/information/attractions/epicstunts.php </ref>.}} Disney spokesman Tom Craig Dezern, also noted that the length of refurbishment was due to the fact that the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! had more special effects and mechanical parts than any other attraction on property<ref> http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2000-01-11/business/0001100352_1_epic-stunt-spectacular-jones-epic-indiana-jones-show </ref>. The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! reopened to guests on June 10, 2000. In celebration of the reopening, Disney invited 500 locals with the last name Jones to attend the first performance of the show <ref name= "raiders"/> Following a drop in attendance after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the number of times the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! was performed was dropped from 8 to 5. At this time a large number of actors were also laid off<ref name= "raiders"/> <ref> https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=20011201&id=L8s0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=LI4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2987,138224&hl=en</ref>.
==Attraction Plot==
