Keeping Up with the (Indiana) Joneses

It's time to break out your bullwhip and weathered fedora. Indiana Jones is back at the multiplex for another round of retro movie fun. But Indy never left the Disney parks. He's been narrowly escaping that giant boulder a few times daily for years now in the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! at Disney's Hollywood Studios, part of Walt Disney World in Florida. And he's been helping countless guests escape the wrath of Mara, the fearsome idol inside the Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland park. The California ride, which features Disney's Enhanced Motion Vehicles, is among my picks for the very best theme park attractions. Disneyland is capitalizing on the jones for everything Indiana by presenting the Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries. Among the events, which kicked off earlier this week, are an Indy-focused storytelling adventure at The Oasis in Adventureland, an Indiana Jones doppelganger who makes appearances at the park, and some Indy touches added to the Jungle River Cruise.

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Photo: Talk about stinkeye! The deity Mara unleashes its wrath on riders aboard the Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland. Disney. Used with permission.