A Disney Disaster Stitch's Great Escape 

It makes me sad that Stitch has slowly been getting less and less attention and representation in Disney Parks and Disney in general. He is probably my favorite Disney character.

I remember seeing a woman by the stitch meet and greet telling a cast member "I don't care if I said I didn't like it, I never said I wanted it to close down!" Lol.

I think the opening was amazing. It was different, and how many times do the castle get changed? Yeah, not a lot. It’s just my opinion, but personally, my favorite trip to Disney was when that ride opened. I loved taking pictures in front of the castle.

The reason why they made him act that way is because it was when stitch barely went/got to earth so he does not know how to act.

Not a fan of the actual ride, but I think the theming of the opening was kinda cool! I know most people don’t like the toilet papered castle, but I do think they had good intentions and that all of the wanted posters/stitch narration are a good representation of how Disney takes theming

Lilo and Stitch is one of my fave movies, it deserves better :(

My favorite part was stitch said "no it's my chilly dog!"

Maybe they could replace it with a better/good stitch ride

Why destroy the stich animatronic? Why not use it for a parade float or a stage show or restaurant? What a waste!

I know people didn’t like the opening, but the van crash was a pretty good touch

I heard alien encounter had mixed reviews and some imagineers really didn't like the idea BC it didn't fit with Disney and was too scary.

STICH IS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER AND I LOVED THAT RIDE AND I DID NOT KNOW THEY SHUT IT DOWN. I AM NOW CRYING.

Alien Encounter was so sick!! The only reason I ever went on the stitch ride was to see the left over Alien Encounter stuff. It was super weird how Disney just quietly closed this one down. After it closed I spent a few hours inside filming every inch of that place haha. I wonder what they are planning 🤔

Stitch is my favorite Disney character! I never got to experience the ride, and no ridethroughs are good enough, because the ride is in darkness half the time 😔😔😔 /: I was only 5 when I first got to go to disneyworld, so I don't remember much. 1 like = 1 fluffy Stitch hug!

I actually loved this attraction, I went to it every time I visited Magic Kingdom! I was so sad when I went back & saw it was closed :( it was a huge part of my childhood, young adulthood & was hoping it would be around in my adulthood :(

This ride was underrated RIP Stitch sleep in the clouds little guy😔😭

It's a shame Skippy wasn't kept in tact for the archives, and as impressive an animatronic as Stitch was, it's an even bigger shame they aren't using it for another, better project.

Thumbnail - wait it looks like they actually burned the animatronics?? that's creepy.. imagine walking into that place and seeing a burnt animatronic that you once saw moving. o-o

OMG I remember stitches greatest escape. I would not stop crying 😂

December 2004, less than a month after the ride opened, I went to Disney with my cheer team for the national competition. This was the first ride we went on and I absolutely hated it. It was nothing but loud noises, bad smells and bad jokes. It’s sad because I love Lilo and Stitch to this day.

I SWEAR THAT THE BAD BREATH SMELLED LIKE RANCID NACHO DORITOS

The alien ride before it scared me when I was younger

Stitches great escape was a fun ride

FNaF: animatronic world Disney rides: *_the real animatronic world_*

I didn't care for this attraction, but it breaks my heart to see Stitch in that state. R.I.P., Stitch. May your attraction be transformed to something greater.

When two disney channels you watch release vids about the ride within a week,perfect

I miss that ride I would laugh on that ride when he spit at us

God you ruined lots of peoples childhood Disney, we all loved stitch’s great escape R.I.P Stitch DIED FROM GETTING DISMANTLED 😓😭

Love it or hate it, Stitch was still better than that sorry excuse for a Fast and the Furious ride we got at Universal.

I guess I have blinded myself to the flaws of Stitch's Great Escape, because I love the character and the ride. Idk I still liked it. Even though I was still scared of it I loved the animatronic and I had never even seen the movie. He's now my favorite character but I do know it has flaws.

I remember when my mom first took me in this attraction since we were HU-U-UGE Lilo and Stitch fans. But when things started to get darker, she immediately regretted taking me on it.

I went on this... Stitch spat in my mouth and I lost my voice for a week

“The edgiest, most scary Disney attraction ever made.”

So, starting by the premise that I do not mean to offend anyone by expressing my opinion, but I really don't agree with this list (except for the last reason). To me this ride is okay. Not bad but not amazing either. I'm a Disneyland Paris annual passholder and we have Stitch Live, which is just as dumb and way more boring (no amazing Stitch animatronic, which I believe deserved to be praised in this video). Still I love going to the main park. I love that huggy joyful Disney feeling it gives you as you enter, because you know that feeling like a kid again is what Disney's Magic Kingdom parks are about. You make goo goo eyes, laugh and cry happy tears and marvel at things the way a kids would. If I knew that such a happy innocent place would host a ride such as ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, I'd feel unsettled by the sole presence of it and I'd have a very hard time letting loose my inner child, for I'd know the magic of the park would be overshadowed by that only, extremely scary and gory ride. Don't get me wrong, I think Alien Encounter is a brilliant and very thrilling attraction, but to me it doesn't fit in any Magic Kingdom park because of its dark nature. That's exactly what I feel about those horrifyingly disturbing scare mazes at Hong Kong Disneyland too. As for Stitch himself, yeah, he can be an awkward presence at times, I'm slightly annoyed at how he also invaded the Tiki Room at Tokyo, but at least he's a very joyful and energetic character. I believe that, in the ride, he behaved exactly the way he did at the beginning of the movie, when insulting the aliens and tricking the machines before breaking out. Also let's not forget that, in the movie, he was about to blast a frog, punch Nani in the face, he even hit some dude with a beach ball, a dog with a slushie cup and so on. Luckily he wasn't in the mood for doing the same to guests in the ride :)

My Dad has gone to both rides. Alien encounter and stitches great escape! He's the person who made me discover Disney. Now Im In LOVE with Disney.

I still prefer the ride that came before this: Alien Encounter! ❤

I adored this ride. When it was still up I wasn't able to ride it due to the long line and it really was sad :( The opening day thing looks hilarious and built a story around it I think

"Strap yourselves in for Disney's most [belch] experience" LOL. I know Disney was trying to imply that this attraction "stunk" in the literal sense, but I wouldn't be surprised if the people behind that ad were also trying to imply that they thought just as much as their guests that it "stunk" just as much, if not more, in the figurative sense... XD

I remember foggy memories of coming to this ride. I was really scared and uncomfortable for the duration of the ride, for some reason. That was an interesting experience.

Expectation: Alien encounter Reality: Stitches great escape

The biggest Disney Disaster was replacing Journey into Imagination with the truly execrable Journey into Your Imagination.

... Rip my favorite character Stitch just that way he looks when he gets broken... So sad

I was 9 when I did Stitch's Great Escape. I walked in excited, and walked out bawling.

I remember going on there when I was 8 , So many kids where crying.

I would say that the city motif of tomorrowland wasn't lost with stitch and the other attractions. They just changed to different places. Stitch turned into a police station, monster's Inc became a comedy club, and buzz lightyear is is the department of defense. Minus the last one, those are also things found in a city so I would argue the motif is still there

Diseny did purchase Fox, which means they do officially own the Xenomorph now...

I’m going to be honest, the show portion of Stitch’s Great Escape scared me in real life. However though, I loved the preshows, even the second one was my favorite! Because of Skippy and the Donut Guy. If Stitch’s Great Escape was still here, I’d make a few edits. No restraints, add ground lights when the power is cut, like at Tough To Be A Bug, and instead Stitch would steal someone’s churro, and burp the cinnamon in our face instead.

As a kid, I LOVED Stitch's Great Escape! I thankfully got to go on it just before it closed down, and it was just as fun and adventurous as I remembered it being as a child. It's not the most well thought out Disney attraction, but I have fond memories of it! Great video, though!

I hated Alien Encounter and loved Stitches Great Escape! I was so sad that it is just a character meet and greet spot now...but I am known to having an opinion that doesn't go with others

I actually loved this ride.... the chili dog part made me GAG but I loved Skippy and thought he was the cutest animatronic. (besides the little snow babies in the frozen ride.) Seeing the scrapped animatronics broke my heart. So happy I got to ride it one last time before it was closed. This ride was a big part of my Disney World experience that I will never forget :,)

I loved the stitch ride! Especially when the seats moved!

The seats on that ride automaticly clamp down, my 9 year old self didnt know that so when it was going down i went down with it. I ended up being halfway off the seat for the entire ride.

I love the stitch ride it kinda reminds me on Saturday when I drink to much coffee 😂

Hey nice video! Thanks for putting your time into them!

That destroyed Stitch animitronic is the scariest thing I have seen in a while.

I went to that attraction when I was younger, and I actually liked it. I still remember the smell of stitch's burp lol

I actually liked this ride, but was unfortunately unable to go on last March when I went to Disney World for a day (and yes, it was open then). And while I don’t think the deteriorated Stitch animatronic was terrifying to look at, I did think it was “eerie”. Also, I honestly thought it was clever and humorous how they opened up the Stitch ride on its first day.

See I actually love the wanted poster overlays and crashed van, it reminds me of the original planned Muppetland overlay that never came to fruition

I never got to experience stitch’s great escape or the one before but I feel like they should create another stitch attraction showing the cute cuddly character that we all love and not the one that they showed. Maybe with us flying through space with him or something :/

When I saw the thumbnail I thought it was a fire disaster

I have an idea about what could replace this ride. It could be like Guardians Mission Breakout in Disneyland where you go into The Collector’s collection, and in the first preshow you see the guardians in their cages who tell the guests their plan to escape, then you enter the next room to see another one of The Collector’s creatures. It could even be the very same alien from Alien Encounter in the tube. When you’re restrained in the seats, the power goes out due to the Guardians escaping and now all the cages are open including the creature in the room with you and you’re stuck in the seats with the power out. Maybe Rocket tries to quickly get the power back on to save the guests. So instead of using the old and controversial actors form the first ride, we can have the Guardians in the screens talking to you. I mean in the Guardians ride at Disneyland, there’s a paper on the Collectors desk that say XS tech on it so there is a connection between the two. Who knows. Now some problems I can see is that many kids like Guardians of the Galaxy so it could be misleading and then it could Alien Encounter all over again, and also having a Guardians ride that only has the Guardians for one scene and focusing on an alien but I think that’s one cool idea. The more I think about it, the Collection could also be a perfect place to have Easter eggs in the tanks and collections from past rides just like they have at Disneyland, which can house Skippy and even Stitch references.

I love stitch he is my favorit DISNEY carictor.💖🏅

Ya I love stitch he’s my favorite I want a new stitch something

I remember my mom taking me to here when we visited Disney, I wasn't scared but honestly its the only thing I can remember from being at Disney, maybe cause we couldn't get into anything else XD

Sorry to say but I want to steal the stitch animatronic

Ooo, I hope you cover Super Star Limo!

I LOVED THE GREAT ESCAPE AND STILL DO! It was one of my top ten BEST and FAVORITE ride HE IS SO CUTE:> I HATE that they closed it because it was really funny and I miss it as a child

My first trip to Disney world was my freshman year. My friend was with me, and Stitch’s great escape was the first ride that she wanted to take me on, as it was one of her favorites. I loved it, I really did. Call it a cheap follow up, but it holds a special place in my heart as my first taste of the happiest place on earth ❤️

Stitch is one of my favorite Disney characters. So when my wife and I went on this attraction I had extremely high hopes... I was real disappointed... HOWEVER! I love the Monsters Inc laugh floor. Those guys cracked me up. Plus I got picked as Randall 😈

So when I was about four I went to Disney World with my mom, dad, brother, and sister We went on Stitches Great Escape and I remember a couple of lines And something I did When I saw that harness come down, I just bent my body, and sat like that the majority of the time “Not your chilly dog Stiiiitches chilly dog.”

My parents took me on this as a kid and I cried the whole time and had nightmares afterwards

I remember my mom going on the alien encounter ride when I was younger. She told me about it to try and convince me it was too scary. It only made me want to go on it more. I looked forward to the day I would be big enough to ride. Sadly I never got the chance. I hope it was as scary and awesome as I imagined it to be.

When I was a kid, it really piss*d me off especially when he spit on me and yes I hated that ride and I am glad it is gone. 🥳

I really do love the character of Stitch & the animatronic I have to admit was impressive,but the attraction was a big meh to me I do love & miss Alien Encounter,but that dismantled Stitch would've made an awesome display for a store I would love it if Disney made merch of it & it does remind me of the Steampunk Stitch pin that Disney released a while back.

When I went on it a few years ago, I didn't ever think it'd ever be canceled..

I appreciate how you’re not biased when you’re discussing this ride.

I remember having a mental breakdown on the stitch ride. Just so everyone knows I was four and it was 2011.

I love the new intro! Is this a series now dedicated to Disney disasters at the park? If so, can you talk about the DISASTER that is the original DCA?

my family and I made the horrible mistake of going on this ride when we were on our first Disney world trip. my dad said that it was like trying to wrestle an amusement park ride while in restraints, but there was a coincidence because at the end, it said to keep an eye out for stitch, and he was just outside the exit when we got off.

I remember riding this as a kid around 8. I got scared by this (something about having unknown things touch me in the dark, I think). I guess it now makes sense why I got scared, it used to be a horror attraction.

I went on both rides. I remember almost crying and holding my dad’s hand during the Alien Encounter one. When the stitch version came out, I thought it was interesting that they put a Disney character into it. And I thought it was a clever one....I didn’t mind the stitch version it definitely wasn’t as scary. Definitely the minority opinion but I didn’t mind it

Fun fact I was almost kidnapped on this ride

My little brother has Autism and Stitch’s Great Escape was one of the only rides he would ride when we went in 2014. It was his absolute favorite. We rode that ride like four or five times while we we’re there. When we went back in 2016 he was SUPER sad that it had closed. Stitch was his favorite Disney character. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Stitch is my favorite Disney character and its a shame this happened

I liked stitch attraction when I was a kid I maybe would go again. 😁

I love this ride *cries*

I loved this ride so Its really sad seeing it destroyed

Oh God, I remember this ride. It scared the crap out of me as a kid.

i loved that ride

I love stitch he is the nest he taught me how to speak like him!!!!!

I guess you can say.... Stitch got the intergalactic death penalty

Even though the show was not pleasant does not mean they can't make something else for Stitch

Bring back Parker to talk about The Great Movie Ride!

Shouldve just kept extraterrorestriel

Thanks for givong me nightmares from the thumbnail 👍keep up the good work :)

I don’t know about you guys but I was obsessed with lilo & stitch and every time I would go to Disney land it would make me smile and giggle every time I saw stitch and the the people around me laugh and scream. This ride brought joy to me every time

I was so upset when I learned about that :(

I think there should be a more adult theme park, with scary attractions and insane rides which could include things like what Disney used to have (Alien Encounter). As I am young, I never had the chance to see Alien Encounter, and I find that very sad as it seems like something I’ll never get to experience.. I’d definitely go to a theme park with frightening attractions in it.

Even though I was still young and have ridden Stitch's Great Escape ride, I would LOVE to have the EXtraterrestrial: Alien Encounter. Such a bold move for Disney to have such a scary ride intended for teens. Plus, it looked cool as hell. A huge juxtaposition from the usually kid-friendly rides nearby. Ah, well. Here's to waiting for the Defunctland project to experience it!

I quite like the idea of it being the original experiment 626 instead of it being loveable stitch