Stitch Encounter
Stitch Encounter is an interactive show located in Walt Disney Studios Park (under the name Stitch Live!), and in Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland Park. The first edition of the show at Hong Kong Disneyland was closed on May 2, 2016, to make room for Star Wars: Command Post, although it temporarily returned to Hong Kong in 2019 for a limited-time as a "Magic Access Members"-exclusive event.
| Stitch Encounter | |
|---|---|
Stitch Encounter at Tomorrowland in Hong Kong Disneyland | |
| Hong Kong Disneyland | |
| Name | Stitch Encounter 幸會史迪仔 |
| Area | Tomorrowland (original version) The Pavilion (temporary event) |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | July 13, 2006 (original) June 15, 2019 (event) |
| Closing date | May 2, 2016 (original) June 22, 2019 (event) |
| Replaced by | Star Wars: Command Post (original) |
| Walt Disney Studios Park | |
| Name | Stitch Live! |
| Area | Studio D, Production Courtyard |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | March 22, 2008 |
| Replaced | Walt Disney TV Tour: CyberSpace Mountain (Walt Disney Television Studios) |
| Tokyo Disneyland | |
| Name | Stitch Encounter スティッチ・エンカウンター (in Japanese) |
| Area | Tomorrowland |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | July 17, 2015 |
| Replaced | Captain EO Tribute |
| Shanghai Disneyland Park | |
| Name | Stitch Encounter 太空幸会史迪奇 |
| Area | Tomorrowland |
| Status | Operating |
| Soft opening date | May 7, 2016 |
| Opening date | June 16, 2016 |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Living Character show |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Theme | Lilo & Stitch |
| Hosted by | Stitch |
| Sponsor | Daiwa House (Tokyo Disneyland) |
Must transfer from wheelchair | |
Assistive listening available | |
Disney attractions similar to Stitch Encounter include Turtle Talk with Crush, located in Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort, Disney California Adventure Park at the Disneyland Resort and in Tokyo DisneySea, as well as Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Neither of the American Disney resorts have ever seen the release of this attraction, with Stitch's Great Escape! in Magic Kingdom having been the sole major Lilo & Stitch-themed attraction in the United States.
The attraction is a prime example of both-real time animation and digital puppetry. Stitch Encounter consists of an unscripted, real-time conversation between park guests and the animated character Stitch from Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise. The attraction, which opened in July 2006, was part of a three attraction expansion to Tomorrowland, Hong Kong. It is located adjacent to the entrance of Space Mountain. The attraction offers shows in different languages depending on the version—Cantonese, English and Mandarin in the original Hong Kongese version (Cantonese only for the 2019 event), French and English in the Parisian version, Japanese in the Tokyo version, and Mandarin in the Chinese version—to accommodate the variety of languages guests in the different parks speak. Show times are available at the entrance of the attraction and each show has a length of approximately 15 minutes.
On July 1, 2021, following Disneyland Paris' reopening, Walt Disney Studios Park announced that the attraction is set to become part of Studio D.