
Echo Lake is the only body of water within the park, and is surrounded by attractions. Two snack stands reside along the lake: Min and Bill's Dockside Diner, inside a miniature ocean liner; and Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction, inside a large green dinosaur reminiscent of the animated Gertie the Dinosaur from the early days of motion pictures. The lake's elliptical shape, when viewed from the air, formed one of Mickey Mouse's two ears in the large "hidden Mickey" that was featured in the park's original layout.
- Star Tours, a motion simulator ride set in the Star Wars universe.
- Jedi Training Academy, a live-action stage show where children are selected to become padawan learners and receive "lightsaber training" from a Jedi master. This show originally was a special event during the annual Star Wars Weekends, but it has since been added to the park's daily entertainment schedule.
- Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!, a live-action performance showing how movie stunts are done. The show re-enacts various scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- Sounds Dangerous!, a 3-D audio presentation featuring comedian Drew Carey.
[edit] Streets of America
Formerly the "New York Street" set from the original studio tour, the set has been incorporated into the park. It has also been upgraded with additional set pieces representing San Francisco and Chicago.
- Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D, a 3-D movie experience featuring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and other Muppet characters.
- Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show, a behind-the-scenes look at how vehicle action sequences are created for films, adapted from a similar show at Walt Disney Studios Paris.
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure, an oversized playground based on the movie Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
- Studio Backlot Tour, showing how movie special effects are created. Guests see a movie scene set on the Special Effects Water Tank filmed using volunteers from the audience and various special effects. The audience sees this final sequence edited all together in an action sequence called Harbor Attack. Guests board trams and are taken through Catastrophe Canyon, to see fire and water effects, and are driven past large-scale movie props. The backlot tour used to include the facades of houses used in hit NBC sitcoms The Golden Girls and Empty Nest as well as The Disney Channel's educational series Adventures in Wonderland. They were torn down to make room for Lights, Motors, Action!
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