| Studio Tram Tour: Behind the Magic | |
|---|---|
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| Walt Disney Studios Park | |
| Area | Production Courtyard |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | March 16, 2002 |
| Closing date | January 6, 2020 |
| Replaced by | Cars: Road Trip (Worlds of Pixar) Adventure Way World of Frozen |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Tram Tour |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Theme | Backlot tour of a working film studio |
| Vehicle type | Tram |
 Wheelchair accessible | |
 Assistive listening available | |
 Closed captioning available | |
Studio Tram Tour: Behind the Magic was an attraction atWalt Disney Studios Park,Disneyland Paris. It premiered with the grand opening of the park on March 16, 2002.[1] The attraction closed on January 5, 2020, to be replaced by a newCars themed attraction and make way for the €2 billion multi-year expansion plan at Walt Disney Studios Park.[2][3]
Disney Imagineers wanted to create a studio tour at the Walt Disney Studios Park, similar to the formerStudio Backlot Tour atDisney's Hollywood Studios in Florida, where the tour was once the park's signature attraction.[citation needed]
The attraction opened on March 16, 2002, being one of the park's debut attractions.[4]
On 14 October 2019, Disneyland Paris announced that the tram tour would be replaced by a new attraction based onPixar’sCars franchise. This came following the announcement byDisney CEOBob Iger of a €2 billion expansion plan for Walt Disney Studios Park in February 2018, marking a shift towards immersive franchise-based lands rather than the studio-backlot theme the park was known for.[3][5] The attraction's last operating day was January 5, 2020; the ride then closed January 6.[2]
While most of the former ride was dismantled, the large-scale "Catastrophe Canyon" effects sequence was retained and incorporated into Cars: Road Trip, the replacement of the Studio Tram Tour.[5][6][7]
Guests enter the attraction via the Hollywood Boulevard section of the park, under a false façade of the Hollywood sign. The tram ride portion of the attraction features highlights such as the Catastrophe Canyon scene and a look into the set ofLondon in ruins from the filmReign of Fire.[citation needed]
The tour was guided by a bilingual video featuringJeremy Irons andIrène Jacob. Until 2005, two other bilingual videos were occasionally used, hosted byIsabella Rossellini andFamke Janssen, andInés Sastre andNastassja Kinski, respectfully.[citation needed]