History Trivia / StitchsGreatEscape

* FranchiseKiller: The poor reception of this attraction, the continued misplaced grudge that a number of American Disney Parks fans have against Stitch because of this ride replacing the Ride/ExtraTERRORestrialAlienEncounter and the character's overmarketing back then, and the franchise's loss of American popularity--which the ride actually marked the beginning of--killed off any prospects of another ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' attraction or show ever running in the United States,[[note]]besides the incredibly short-lived Stitch's Supersonic Celebration in 2009[[/note]] including any chances of an American port of the better-received Stitch Encounter.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Months before entering seasonal operation in 2016, it was reported that Disney was planning to replace the attraction with a ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' virtual reality attraction. However, while Stitch's Great Escape! did eventually close in 2018 and a ''Wreck-It Ralph'' VR attraction opened the same year, the VR attraction in question--Ralph Breaks VR, which was based on the then-recent sequel ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet''--did ''not'' replace SGE!. Ralph Breaks VR was actually made for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Void_(virtual_reality) The Void]] attraction over at Disney Springs instead,[[note]]The Void franchise later closed all its locations in 2020 due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and defaulted on a loan, which led to Disney terminating its licensing agreements with its parent company and permanently closing all Disney Parks-based locations.[[/note]] while the theaters that were used for SGE! were quickly established as break room/meeting room spaces for Magic Kingdom cast members (employees) according to a leaked video, and the first pre-show room was turned into a Stitch meet-and-greet.

* RoleReprise: Some of the original voice cast reprised their roles for the attraction, including Creator/KevinMcDonald as Agent Pleakley, Zoe Caldwell as the Grand Councilwoman, Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson as Captain Gantu, and of course, original film director/writer Creator/ChrisSanders as none other than Experiment 626/Stitch himself.

* FranchiseKiller: The poor reception of this attraction, the continued misplaced grudge that a number of American Disney Parks fans have against Stitch because of this ride replacing the Ride/ExtraTERRORestrialAlienEncounter and the character's then-overmarketing, and the franchise's loss of American popularity--which the ride actually marked the beginning of--killed off any prospects of another ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' attraction or show ever running in the United States,[[note]]besides the incredibly short-lived Stitch's Supersonic Celebration in 2009[[/note]] including any chances of an American port of the better-received Stitch Encounter.

* ChristmasRushed: The attraction opened just thirteen months after its predecessor closed.

* ChristmasRushed: The attraction opened just thirteen months after its predecessor closed. Having such a short development time really didn't help this attraction.
* FranchiseKiller: The incredibly poor reception of this attraction, the continued misplaced grudge that a number of American Disney Parks fans have against Stitch because of this ride [[ReplacementScrappy poorly replacing the]] Ride/ExtraTERRORestrialAlienEncounter and the character's then-overmarketing, and the franchise's loss of American popularity--which the ride actually marked the beginning of--killed off any prospects of another ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' attraction or show ever running in the United States,[[note]]besides the incredibly short-lived Stitch's Supersonic Celebration in 2009[[/note]] including any chances of an American port of the better-received Stitch Encounter.

* PropRecycling: This attraction reused a lot of components from its predecessor, the [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter, from Skippy to the show theaters. Many of the X-S Tech logos survived the transformation, which gives you an idea of how quickly construction went. Speaking of Skippy, it should be noted that the "doughnut guy" was actually the previous deformed Skippy (rattled by the first teleportation in Alien Encounter's pre-show) [[DecompositeCharacter repurposed as a new character]], while pre-teleportation Skippy was the hoodlum in for "jaywalking between the moons of Jupiter".

* FanNickname: {{Inverted|Trope}}; "Stitch's Great Mistake!" was one nickname its many detractors gave it.

* FranchiseKiller: The incredibly poor reception of this ride, the continued misplaced grudge that a number of American Disney Parks fans have against Stitch because of this ride [[ReplacementScrappy poorly replacing the]] Ride/ExtraTERRORestrialAlienEncounter and the character's then-overmarketing, and the franchise's loss of American popularity--which the ride actually marked the beginning of--killed off any prospects of another ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' attraction or show ever running in the United States,[[note]]besides the incredibly short-lived Stitch's Supersonic Celebration in 2009[[/note]] including any chances of an American port of the better-received Stitch Encounter.

* PropRecycling: This ride reused a lot of components from its predecessor, the [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter, from Skippy to the show theaters. Many of the X-S Tech logos survived the transformation, which gives you an idea of how quickly construction went. Speaking of Skippy, it should be noted that the "doughnut guy" was actually the previous deformed Skippy (rattled by the first teleportation in Alien Encounter's pre-show) [[DecompositeCharacter repurposed as a new character]], while pre-teleportation Skippy was the hoodlum in for "jaywalking between the moons of Jupiter".

* FranchiseKiller: The incredibly poor reception of this ride, the continued misplaced grudge that a number of American Disney Parks fans have against Stitch because of this ride [[ReplacementScrappy poorly replacing the]] Ride/ExtraTERRORestrialAlienEncounter and the character's then-overmarketing, and the franchise's loss of American popularity--which the ride actually marked the beginning of--has killed off any prospects of another ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' attraction or show ever running in the United States,[[note]]besides the incredibly short-lived Stitch's Supersonic Celebration in 2009[[/note]] including any chances of an American port of the better-received Stitch Encounter.

* PropRecycling: This ride reused a lot of components from its predecessor, the [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter, from Skippy to the show theaters. Many of the X-S Tech logos survived the transformation, which gives you an idea of how quickly construction went. Speaking of Skippy, it should be noted that the "doughnut guy" is actually the previous deformed Skippy (rattled by the first teleportation in Alien Encounter's pre-show) [[DecompositeCharacter repurposed as a new character]], while pre-teleportation Skippy is the hoodlum in for "jaywalking between the moons of Jupiter".

* SeriesHiatus: For a certain definition of "series". The ride's last operating period to date ended on January 6, 2018, and no new operating dates are planned as to date, causing much online dilemma over the attraction's fate. Leaked photographs in late 2018 showed several of the Audio-Animatronics, including one of the two Stitch Audio-Animatronics, being dismantled, suggesting that the ride has been canned permanently, and more recently in February 2020, videos have surfaced that the theater space [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku3CKnV8ibw is now being used as a meeting room.]] In March 2020, it was reported that Disney has filed a notice of commencement to Orange County, Florida stating their intention to do interior demolition work at 1326 Magic Kingdom Drive, the mailing address of the building that the attraction is in. Regardless, Disney hasn't officially commented on the matter, simply calling it "temporarily closed" on its official website. Because of this, its Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} article still lists its operation status as "Operating" rather than "Closed" (and the page is semi-protected to prevent prospective editors from changing it, with a ''long'' notice against changing it hidden in the page's source text).

* SeriesHiatus: For a certain definition of "series". The ride's last operating period to date ended on January 6, 2018, and no new operating dates are planned as to date, causing much online dilemma over the attraction's fate. Leaked photographs in late 2018 showed several of the Audio-Animatronics, including one of the two Stitch Audio-Animatronics, being dismantled, suggesting that the ride has been canned permanently, and more recently in February 2020, videos have surfaced that the theater space [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku3CKnV8ibw is now being used as a meeting room.]] In March 2020, it was reported that Disney has filed a notice of commencement to Orange County, Florida stating their intention to do interior demolition at 1326 Magic Kingdom Drive, the mailing address of the building that the attraction is in (which is also shared with [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Cosmic_Ray%27s_Starlight_Cafe a counter-service restaurant]] in the same building). Regardless, Disney hasn't officially commented on the matter, simply calling it "temporarily closed" on its official website. Because of this, its Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} article still lists its operation status as "Operating" rather than "Closed" (and the page is semi-protected to prevent prospective editors from changing it, with a ''long'' notice against changing it hidden in the page's source text).

* SeriesHiatus: For a certain definition of "series". The ride's last operating period to date ended on January 6, 2018, and no new operating dates are planned as to date. Leaked photographs in late 2018 showed several of the Audio-Animatronics, including one of the two Stitch Audio-Animatronics, being dismantled, suggesting that the ride has been canned permanently, and more recently in February 2020, videos have surfaced that the theater space [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku3CKnV8ibw is now being used as a meeting room.]] Regardless, Disney hasn't officially commented on the matter, simply calling it "temporarily closed" on its official website. Because of this, its Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} article still lists its operation status as "Operating" rather than "Closed" (and the page is semi-protected to prevent prospective editors from changing it, with a ''long'' notice against changing it hidden in the page's source text).

* PropRecycling: This ride reused a lot of components from its predecessor, the [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter, from Skippy to the show theaters. Many of the X-S Tech logos survived the transformation, which gives you an idea of how quickly construction went). Speaking of Skippy, it should be noted that the "doughnut guy" is actually the previous deformed Skippy (rattled by the first teleportation in Alien Encounter's pre-show) [[DecompositeCharacter repurposed as a new character]], while pre-teleportation Skippy is the hoodlum in for "jaywalking between the moons of Jupiter".