After the closure of the infamously scary ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, Disney set to work on a new show for the theatre that would be appeal more to younger guests. But what they ended up with was a gross, tacky, awful attraction that became infamous among fans as one of the very worst things Disney had to offer. And of course, still scared kids.
So let's take a look at Stitch's Great Escape, and how it and its animatronics were eventually left in partial abandonment in Walt Disney World.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:48 The Alien Encounter Problem
3:40 Stitchmania and Planning the New Attraction
6:40 Opening Day
8:55 The Attraction
13:16 The Many Problems of Stitch's Great Escape
19:05 Closure and Abandonment