On the importance of attraction names

[innerSpaceman]

Hahaha, the retardedly unweildy names:
Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye
and
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Classic examples of how not to name attractions.

HISTA is a very funny, real-world example. We actually say it. Because attaction names should not be more than four words. D'uh.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Hahaha, the retardedly unweildy names:
Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye

That, too, is not the official name of the attraction. That may be the name of the pre-show movie but the ride is just Indiana Jones Adventure, well under the four-word limit.

[innerSpaceman]

I beg to differ Alex. Perhaps they've now shortened the name officially, but when the attraction opened ...it was most certainly "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Foribben Eye." The name was everywhere. (I don't have a park map from 1985 though ... maybe I'll look for a photo of the original sign.)

[innerSpaceman]

I think in Walt's Day, the only attraction to buck the four-word limit was "Mine Train thru Nature's Wonderland" - and yes, that was an unweildy name.


(Other tongue-twisters like The Disneyland Alweg Monorail nevertheless came in at four words or less.)

[mousepod]

A little bit of research seems to back up iSm: "Disney A to Z" from 1996 calls the attraction "Indiana Jones Adventure; Temple of the Forbidden Eye" (that's a semicolon), the latest edition of the official book shortens it to "Indiana Jones Adventure."

[Alex]

Here's a reminiscence article from Frank Anzalone about the opening day ceremony. The publicity materials there said just Indiana Jones Adventure.

Here's the alphabet decoder card they gave out in 1995 which just says Indiana Jones Adventure.

The attraction poster.

Here's the original sign.

That, so far as I know is still the sign, but without the AT&T sponsorship.

Most of the early promotional material I can find pictures of just say Indiana Jones Adventure (and the current Disney materials label it as such) I don't doubt they promoted "The Temple of the Forbidden Eye" but I wonder if it was officially part of the name or more of a subtitle.

But if it was then the official unwieldy name was Indiana Jones Adventure: The Temple of the Forbidden Eye.

(Somewhat strangely, Dave Smith lists it as Indiana Jones Adventure; Temple of the Forbidden Eye in Disney A-Z.)

Regardless, I'm pretty sure the official name now, which is what we're talking about, is just Indiana Jones Adventure. The full name is used for everything else on the attractions page at the Disneyland Web site and this is how it is listed there. Same with official Disneyland press releases which also tend to be overly formal in referring to rides (probably because of lawyers).

[Tref]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

So I'm at lunch with my whole ... So apparantly W told M that the Haunted Mansion isn't scary, M shows up and decides that it was ToT that W was talking about. Hillarity ensues.

Hmm, that is all well and good but what did the other letters have to say about it?

[Gn2Dlnd]

Well, Abe be C.D. (chronically depressed,) 'e 'aff H.I. (hormonal imbalance.) J/K! Ellen, Opie queue, are restive. UV! Aks, "Why, Zee?" Zee says, "It's too sunny, here's your glasses," and they go on ToT. L8r, they join Em for lunch at R2P2. What about W? Really a question we should all be aksing, isn't it?

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I think in Walt's Day, the only attraction to buck the four-word limit was "Mine Train thru Nature's Wonderland"

It is funny that he went with the German, isn't it?

[Isaac]

I think people like us are the only ones who care about these details.