IP Thieves STOLE This Attraction — So Here's Where You Can See It Now That It's Permanently Closed in Disney World

Disney’s Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show closed on April 2nd, 2016 at Hollywood Studios to make way for expansions to Toy Story Land and, eventually, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

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The Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show took place in the Streets of America (RIP) backlot area and brought the audience behind the scenes filming an epic stunt scene from a fabricated action movie. And, although it no longer exists at Disney World (or Disneyland Paris, where it originated) — there’s still one place where you can go and see it.

Disney’s Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show centered around filming a spy thriller with production crew members, stunt managers, a director, and an assistant director on a “live” set. By shooting scenes “out of sequence,” the director was able to set up different stunts for the audience. After each scene was “filmed,” the director combined the shots to create the completed scene played on a giant video wall for the audience.

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It was pretty epic, as you might imagine, and featured incredible high-flying, gravity-defying automobile, motorcycle, and high-speed watercraft stunts in addition to plenty of pyrotechnics. But, Disney had to shutter the show when they decided to retheme and expand the Streets of America and surrounding sections of Hollywood Studios into more Toy Story Land and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

Many fans mourned the loss of what once was an “MGM Studios” attraction, and we lost a little bit of that movie magic sprinkled into this park.

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But, a theme park in Brazil is home to a strikingly similar show. At Beto Carrero World in Penha, Brazil, the Hot Wheels Epic Show draws utterly massive crowds as stunt drivers race around in modified cars designed to look like real-life Hot Wheels cars!

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The Beto Carrero World website promises the Hot Wheels Epic Show will let viewers “Accelerate in a world where toys are life-size. On the Hot Wheels Epic Show, the crowd vibrates with an exciting spectacle, packed with radical maneuvers, speed and lots of adrenaline!”

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And, based on videos you can find online — we have to say that we think the shows look pretty similar! Of course, it’s been nearly ten years (time is an illusion) since we’ve seen Lights, Motors, Action! in person, but still — you can’t deny the similarities. What do you think?

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We don’t have any upcoming trips to Beto Carrero World planned, but if we ever do end up seeing the Hot Wheels Epic Show in person — you can be sure we’ll bring you our full coverage.

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