{"id":257786,"date":"2026-08-16T04:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T04:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/harrison-ford-to-be-modeled-for-new-indiana-jones-ride-at-disneys-animal-kingdom\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T04:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T04:55:29","slug":"harrison-ford-to-be-modeled-for-new-indiana-jones-ride-at-disneys-animal-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/harrison-ford-to-be-modeled-for-new-indiana-jones-ride-at-disneys-animal-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrison Ford to be Modeled for New Indiana Jones Ride at Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/tags\/harrison-ford\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Harrison Ford<\/strong><\/a> is coming to <a href=\"\/tags\/disney-parks\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Disn<\/strong><strong><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">e<\/strong>y&#8217;s Animal Kingdom<\/strong><\/a>! <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was just announced on Saturday night (August 15) at D23 that the 84-year-old actor will be the actual model of the Indiana Jones audio-animatronics figure for the first time ever. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The big news was unveiled during the <em>Horizons: Disney Experiences Showcase<\/em> at the expo, bringing <strong>Harrison<\/strong>&#8216;s Indiana Jones to the upcoming new attraction at the Walt Disney World Resort.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have unearthed Indiana Jones news ? For the first time ever, Harrison Ford is the actual model of the Indiana Jones Audio-Animatronics figure, fear of snakes included ? <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/D23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#D23<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/AnimalKingdom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#AnimalKingdom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/WaltDisneyWorld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#WaltDisneyWorld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NULBc78sUe\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/NULBc78sUe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Disney Parks (@DisneyParks) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DisneyParks\/status\/2088827225722495397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attraction will be located in the Tropical Americas land that is currently under construction at Animal Kingdom, which is replacing DinoLand USA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name of the ride was announced as <em>Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent<\/em>, and it will showcase the Maya culture and its connection to nature.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/concept-art-for-indiana-jones-ride.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"788\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/concept-art-for-indiana-jones-ride-788x358.jpg\" alt=\"Concept art for new Indiana Jones ride at Animal Kingdom\" class=\"wp-image-2265876\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Credit: Disney<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-what-is-the-new-ride-s-storyline\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the new ride&#8217;s storyline? <\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You\u2019ll rendezvous with Dr. Jones, who is in the midst of exploring this mysterious temple near a once water-filled underground cave, called a cenote. Local legend says the passageway leads directly to the Maya Underworld, and is protected by a serpentine creature: the Tsuk\u00e1n,&#8221; according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/disneyparksblog.com\/wdw\/indiana-jones-ride-updates-disney-world\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/disneyparksblog.com\/wdw\/indiana-jones-ride-updates-disney-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disney Parks Blog<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The adventure takes off when riders are unwittingly sucked through a portal to the Underworld, where they\u2019ll have to escape perilous dangers, like monstrous bats, larger-than-life scorpions, fire and flame, and of course, snakes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/d23\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/d23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get more news from D23 here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/16\/harrison-ford-to-be-modeled-for-new-indiana-jones-ride-at-disneys-animal-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harrison Ford to be Modeled for New Indiana Jones Ride at Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/16\/harrison-ford-to-be-modeled-for-new-indiana-jones-ride-at-disneys-animal-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Harrison Ford is coming to Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom! It was just announced on Saturday night (August 15) at D23 that the 84-year-old actor will be the actual model of the Indiana Jones audio-animatronics figure for the first time ever. The big news was unveiled during the Horizons: Disney Experiences Showcase at the expo, bringing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-257786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}