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Stitch's Great Escape!
Stitch's Great Escape! was a " theater-in-the-round" attraction based on Disney's ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise. A non- canon prequel to the original 2002 film that detailed Stitch's "first" prison escape, it was located in the Tomorrowland area of Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort, as the fourth attraction to occupy the building and theater space that was previously used for Flight to the Moon, Mission to Mars and the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. Designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, many of the animators who worked on ''Lilo & Stitch'' were directly involved with the attraction's development. The attraction, which struggled with a mixed reception from park guests during its existence, was the only major permanent attraction based on ''Lilo & Stitch'' to have operated in the United States; all other such major attractions since have been exclusive to non-American Disney Parks resorts. History On September 21, 2003, Magic Kingdom announced that a new ''Lilo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)
Stitch, also known as Experiment 626 (pronounced "six two six"), is a fictional character in Disney's ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise. An illegally-made, genetically engineered, extraterrestrial life-form resembling a blue koala, he is one of the franchise's two title characters, alongside his human adopter and best friend Lilo Pelekai, and its most prominent protagonist. Stitch was created by ''Lilo & Stitch'' co-writer and co-director Chris Sanders, who also voices him in all Western-produced media that he appears in. Ben Diskin voices the character in the English versions of the Eastern-produced television spin-offs ''Stitch!'' and ''Stitch & Ai''. Development Sanders originally created the character in 1985 for an unsuccessful children's book pitch and developed a treatment for an animated feature featuring the character. The idea for the character was shelved until around 1996 when then-President of Walt Disney Feature Animation Thomas Schumacher approached Sanders and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
