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Indiana Jones Adventure

Dark ride
Minimum height to ride: 46 inches

About Indiana Jones Adventure

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. -- Last edited by Brandon Mendoza

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156 votes, so far

What can I say? It's got thrills, some of the best theming ever, pyro blasts, what more do you want? Best ride in Adventureland, and one of the best on Earth. - T.S. Stone

amazing!! I can not believe how they did it. I honestly thought twice about the reality of Harrison Ford being there against the wall with a rope. - Brett K

The absolute best Disney ride in the world. Everything from the moment you walk in the queue to the final climactic moment with the rolling boulder is great. The detail inside the waiting area is an attraction by itself and the ride is a powerhouse. The Indiana Jones films are some of my favorite movies and this ride does justice to the movies. The ride is awesome and is the main reason to come to Disneyland. Indiana Jones is an absolute do not miss attraction for anybody that passes the Disneyland gates. The ride remains very popular and is flooded once disneyland opens. Since the lines for the Nemo submarine voyage diminish at night, Indiana Jones should once again be the first ride people should experience first when entering the park. I suggest riding this first in the morning and/or gettting a fastpass. Wait times on busy days can get really long. 50+ minute wait are not uncommon during peak seasons. Whatever you do, don't miss this on your next trip to Disneyland. - Manny Barron

The best Disney has to offer as far as dark rides go. Excellent theming both on the ride and in the queue. Its also one of the only rides at Disneyland that I will ride more than once per trip. 10/10 - Will Chilcote

This ride can have some looong lines! But it's worth it to wait [or just get a fast pass]. This is an awesome ride though, and lots of fun!! - Chloe !

The ride is fun for pre-teens and up. I went on with my younger sister who is seven and she did not like it at all. It's also a very bunpy ride so if you don't want to be thrown around and jerked this way and that I wouldn't recommend it. But overall it's actually a very fun ride. The lines are long so I would recommend going in the single-rider line because it gets you on in about 20 min vs. an hour. - Alexz Krysstensin

This ride has top notch theming from the moment you enter the queue till the time in which you exit your Jeep and a ride that, especially for a Disney park is packed with thrills and chills. It's a must do for any Disneyland excursion, no matter the wait time. - Jacob Sundstrom

This is a good ride, but it was really bumpy, unnecessarily bumpy. Otherwise, the effects were amazing as was the setting, and even the queue. thumbs up! - Patrick Gorham

One of the best rides ever! - Nick Markham

this ride was the best ride at the park not including space mountain. this ride had really nice special FXs. when you are even waiting in the line you start to get the feeling what the ride is gonna feel like because of the skelotons stuck on spikes pictographs of giant snakes and a weird statu that people say is cursed if you look in the eyes. - mark lunod

Best ride in all of the 30+ parks I've ever been to. Themeing of the wait line gives it that extra edge over other rides that come close to the #1 spot, IMHO. On a fast day I'm almost sorry we're through the line so fast since I'd love to just watch people play with the bamboo pole trap, assuming it still works. 100%, can't really think of any downside to this attraction. Read the other reviews and tried to sympathize with their points of view but... Nope. This is pretty much the perfect ride in theming, experience, wait time, wait queue experience, etc. - Bryan Fear

7/10 It is a great ride with nice scenery. As I said, the scenery and special effects are pretty nice. THe story is good and the line area is awesome. The ride itself is pretty jerky and the humor is kind of stale. pros: cons: good story +3 jerky -1.5 cool line +2 dumb humor -1.5 awesome effects +5 - Jack Borgeson

The best ride at Disneyland! Its pretty cool if you know the storyline background of the ride. Its a little jerky but who cares! - Sam C

I only thing I found even interesting about this attraction was the queue. - Allan Stevens

I have been on this ride many times. It is fun, but it really seems that they made up for cheap visual effects with bumpy hydraulics. They could really do better. A lot better. Think about the real skeletons, ghosts, waterfalls, and cool props in Pirates and Haunted Mansion... Now think about the dim projections on the walls in Indiana Jones... Nuf said. - Jeff Nielson


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