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I heard this about his vocal work for the ride, wonder if it's true:
"This was imparted to me by one of the show designers at a meeting at WDI. Just before Indy opened. Harrison Ford had originally agreed to voice the three Indy characters but would only do it on the condition that they not ask him to appear or do any recordings for the half-time Super Bowl show that year the ride opened, which did have a blatant promo for the new attraction. Well, as fate would have it, he was scheduled for a Saturday recording session, the studio was rented and ready to go. However, a low level idiot in marketing over at the studio, not aware of the agreement, sent a script to Mr. Ford of the Super Bowl show instead of the attraction script, the Wednesday before the scheduled recording. Incensed that the one simple request was not kept, he canceled just one day before on Friday."
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But this seems more likely:
"Negotiations to use the actor's distinctive voice broke down in late December. According to Ford's agent, the talks foundered over creative input as well as money. A Disney source speculates, though, that the deal didn't materialize because Ford may have viewed the voice-over as a concession — he was reluctant to make while in salary negotiations to star in a fourth Indy movie."
So who knows..maybe with buying the franchise, they could finally get him on board. Especially with the fact that they updated some of the animatronics in the ride in 2010 to look like him. :)
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AB Born 
Too bad the Lucasfilm deal didn't happen 6 months ago. That way they may have planned more/different things in this refurb.
Such as a crystal skull or lead-lined refrigerator? ;)
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G24T I'll be eagerly awaiting to see if they removed the blacklighting from the dart room and will go with something more dark. I thought the blacklit murals are cool but they are also too bright and I could often see where the mural met the plain floor.
Aesthetically, they have never been a good fit, so I'm hoping for a significant improvement.
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G24T What I'm wondering is, where would you put the photo booth? There's little to no room in the exit queue and traditionally the photo booths are designed either in or immediately outside it to make it easy for the guests to see their photos.
I think there is some room around the area near the bat cave.
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Glad you discovered the Harrison Ford info and liked it but it's kind of old news around here.
I'd be just as surprised if Harrison Ford did anything with Disney ( even voice work for the ride ) as I would if Bill Murray agreed to another Ghostbusters movie. I'm still doubting the recent reports about him being receptive to being Han Solo one more time. Both of those guys have always seemed to hate the character that fans love. Although Ford's always favored Indy more than Han, the way he answers questions in interviews reads like he's really saying "I'm done with it, why can't you all be?"
We fans can hope, but let's stay grounded. We love it more than the actors often do. I don't think we'll ever see him do anything for the park, but fingers crossed.
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fifthrider Glad you discovered the Harrison Ford info and liked it but it's kind of old news around here.
I'd be just as surprised if Harrison Ford did anything with Disney ( even voice work for the ride ) as I would if Bill Murray agreed to another Ghostbusters movie. I'm still doubting the recent reports about him being receptive to being Han Solo one more time. Both of those guys have always seemed to hate the character that fans love. Although Ford's always favored Indy more than Han, the way he answers questions in interviews reads like he's really saying "I'm done with it, why can't you all be?"
We fans can hope, but let's stay grounded. We love it more than the actors often do. I don't think we'll ever see him do anything for the park, but fingers crossed.
You know that first bite I think I had read here before as well. It is true that fans of movies love to remember the actor in that role, while the actor has since moved on as the character is not the sum of who they are. I understand it completely, but I always assume that roles that really made an actor/actress what they are today are still worth the actor taking a little time for it. There are always new fans to win ;). Wise actors never forget it~
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Kinda off topic...but...
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fifthrider I'd be just as surprised if Harrison Ford did anything with Disney ( even voice work for the ride ) as I would if Bill Murray agreed to another Ghostbusters movie.
Bill Murray did agree to Ghostbusters.
Bill Murray green lights 'Ghostbusters 3' - Allentown Celebrity | Examiner.com
And there are other stories that Bill Murray agreed to Ghostbusters 3....But I'm still in the "believe it when I see the movie" mode with that.
Back on topic..I love Harrison Ford...I love Indiana Jones and better yet...my kid loves to ride Indiana Jones (he doesn't ride any other "thrill" type rides in the parks) So I am anxious to see the changes.
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Also off topic, but from what I heard, if he does return to Ghostbusters, he will most likely be a ghost after they kill off the character.
I would rather see him return to his classic role of Carl Spackler which is by far my favorite Bill Murray character.
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fifthrider Glad you discovered the Harrison Ford info and liked it but it's kind of old news around here.
I'd be just as surprised if Harrison Ford did anything with Disney ( even voice work for the ride ) as I would if Bill Murray agreed to another Ghostbusters movie. I'm still doubting the recent reports about him being receptive to being Han Solo one more time. Both of those guys have always seemed to hate the character that fans love. Although Ford's always favored Indy more than Han, the way he answers questions in interviews reads like he's really saying "I'm done with it, why can't you all be?"
We fans can hope, but let's stay grounded. We love it more than the actors often do. I don't think we'll ever see him do anything for the park, but fingers crossed.
Agree 100%. Sad, but true.
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It's been debunked already. There was a site spreading that around and a bunch of other sites caught wind and posted it and it turned about to be false. Basically Examiner got it from Hollywood.com and they got it from SuperOfficialNews.com which is a bunk site. I can't imagine all the other sites that caught wind of it, too. SON is known to publish stuff like that..
Unfortunately, until you hear it from Murray himself (unlikely), I wouldn't believe anything.
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explodingboy It's been debunked already. There was a site that was spreading that around and a bunch of other sites caught wind and posted it and it turned about to be false.
Oh? Kevin and Bean announced it on Kroq this morning (or maybe yesterday morning)...I may have to look into that.
I'm going to PM you...because I don't want to derail this thread off topic :)
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clara Oh? Kevin and Bean announced it on Kroq this morning (or maybe yesterday morning)...I may have to look into that.
I'm going to PM you...because I don't want to derail this thread off topic :)
We could talk about adding Bill Murray to the Indy ride and that would bring it back on topic. :)
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calsig31 We could talk about adding Bill Murray to the Indy ride and that would bring it back on topic. :)
right along with the loop, right?!
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clara And I think I heard somewhere that they were adding a camera? I may have seen that here on MC...I don't rememeber. Anyone know?
i could see them implementing this right after the boulder scene right as the boulder "falls"
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Has there been any talk on the rat projection?
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Bongo Has there been any talk on the rat projection?
I heard all the effects are going to be refreshed. (fixed) So we may see some improvement.
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Quentin I heard all the effects are going to be refreshed. (fixed) So we may see some improvement.
They're gonna throw live rats and mice into the jeep for extra super cool realism. And you can take one home as a souvenir. I'm going to name mine Algernon.
