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Indiana Jones Adventure reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Indiana Jones Adventure, a dark ride in Adventureland at Disneyland. (The minimum height to ride is 46 inches.)

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Posted: March 31, 2008

Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye is a dark ride attraction at Disneyland. It opened on March 3, 1995. Based on the Indiana Jones films, guests are taken on an adventure in modified military transport vehicles through an ancient Indian Temple with Indiana Jones. It was formerly sponsored by AT&T, where cards to translate symbols (Mara-glyphics) on the walls were handed out.

This ride has an intricately detailed queue taking explorers through much of the temple.

A nearly identical ride entitled Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull is located at Tokyo DisneySea theme park in Tokyo, but takes you through a South American Temple with minor changes to the ride.

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92 votes, so far

THE BEST RIDE AT THE PARK, everything in this ride is amazingly detailed, the ride experience is unlike you have never experienced. My kids loved this ride and we went on it 5 times in a day! The ride isn't too fast and it makes you addicted! - Brendan Harrison

This is a fun ride. After three times though, I could pass on it for a long time. It's great, the space in the ride was amazing, but either most of the FX were not working or fairly outdated and lack luster. - Skipper Adam

I LOVE this ride! VERY fun! HIGHlY recommend this ride! its a MUST! not onlt is it a fun family thril ride.. but it make you feel like your on a adventure! why arnt thrill rides like this, ADVENTEROUS! cuz disneyland is awesome! thank you disney! - N O

It might just be me, but I didn't find this ride all that exciting. Overall, it was "meh" and I would have been VERY disappointed had I waited 75 minutes in the Standby line. I agree that the queue area is well-themed, and it's an exciting ride, but for me, once is plenty. I'd only ride it again with FastPass or if it was basically a walk-on. - Amy Tupper

Currently the main draw of Adventureland, and for good reason. This is an endlessly entertaining and beautifully detailed attraction that shows how brilliant the Imagineers can be. - Tommy Nelson

I would rate it higher, but apparently Harrison Ford would rather make that totally awesome movie Crystal Skull instead of lending his voice to the animatronic character. I've read about the whole alleged Super-Bowl halftime script mishap, but c'mon... really? Damn you Ford. Damn you. I can't give it a 9 or 10 for that alone. Otherwise, totally awesome. - Kurt Larson

When it's fully operational there are few better than this exhilarating ride. From the excellent theming of the queue area and all the way through to the finale of the ride itself the Indiana Jones Adventure is pure joy. This has been, and continues to be , one of the best things on offer at any Disney Park. - Rob P

Despite needing a lengthy refurbishment this is still one of my favorites at the resort. The most detailed queue in the park, it really puts you in the world of indiana jones. - Brett Munyon

This is easily one of the best, most satisfying rides at Disneyland. I still feel that the original Raiders of the Lost Ark film is one of the greatest examples of pure cinema ever, and the ride pretty much lives up to that reputation. The storyline is a little muddled, but like the Indiana Jones movies, it moves quickly from set piece to set piece and only of the scenes disappoint at all. I do wish that the attraction still had the falling ice 'rocks' that it had originally, and that some of the scenes could be updated with more modern technology, but all in all it is a true modern classic. - Randall Peek

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