Aloha!

Walt Disney Television Studios has prepared a live
satellite link-up to outer space, allowing you to join Stitch, the roguish
blue alien, as he causes more havoc than ever before!

Please note: This addition has not yet been
publicly confirmed.

In late 2007, the backstage tour of the Disney
Channel at
Walt Disney Television Studios will become host to a very special
interactive opportunity – the chance to interview Stitch, live!  As you
make your way into the large press room, the giant screen flickers to life
and Stitch appears, live from outer space.

Through lots of action and some of his trademark
alien language, you’ll be able to communicate with the little blue terror
and join him for new games and adventures each time!  When Stitch�s
nemesis, Captain Gantu, shows up and wants his ship back, it’s up to you to
help Stitch escape!

This state-of-the-art, interactive, live
experience is a stunning combination of real-time computer animation and
live interactive, and definitely never the same show twice!

Production Footnotes

A rumour that the Stitch Encounter may be coming to Walt Disney Studios first began in early October 2006, but
immediately this became a very viable future attraction for the Studios. 
On 24th October 2006, WDSFans.com reported that the attraction had been
confirmed to Cast Members at Walt Disney Studios Park, with the opening date
remaining a secret.

The attraction will take the place of the current “Art Attack” stage
(inside the

Walt Disney Television Studios attraction), a
large studio room originally used as the live set for the Zapping Zone and
Playhouse Disney productions for Disney Channel until early 2004, when
interactive games and art exhibitions were added and the stage became a
“free-roaming” area for guests.  The stage is separate to Disney
Channel CyberSpace (the location of CyberSpace Mountain), which will remain
in place as a second key feature of the updated tour.

It has been reported that there will be four shows every hour, with
performances taking place in either French, English or Spanish.

History

Stitch Encounter is an attraction from Hong
Kong Disneyland’s Tomorrowland, where it opened in the same building as
Space Mountain on 13th July 2006.  In Hong Kong, the attraction is
presented in Cantonese, English and Putonghua scheduled in various
performance blocks during the day.

The attraction is based on the same technology
as Turtle Talk With Crush (at Epcot and Disney’s California Adventure
parks), replacing Crush with Stitch and modifying the location and events
accordingly.

Both attractions use a live Cast Member in the
audience, encouraging guests to get involved, whilst other Cast Members
backstage provide a live rendition of Stitch’s voice in reply and choose the
pre-designed animation segments to match the events taking place.