November 16, 2004 – The Attraction Stitch’s Great Escape! Officially Opens
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“Magic Kingdom theme park may not be big enough to contain Stitch, and you never know when and where he will appear next!”
On November 16, 2004, the Tomorrowland attraction Stitch’s Great Escape opened in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom park. The attraction is based on the successful 2002 animated feature Lilo and Stitch. Guests are taken to the Galactic Federation Prisoner Teleport Center for training, when they are interrupted by Captain Gantu informing everyone that there is a Level 3 prisoner being transported to the teleportation chamber. Guests are then led to the chamber, watching as the prisoner (Stitch) wreaks havoc with the system. The attraction was a rebuild of the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter attraction that opened in 1995 and closed in 2003. The Stitch animatronic figure is rather complex, being the first figure of its kind to be able to spit water.
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