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Stitch's Great Escape!
New attraction promises pandemonium for guests.

By Dawn Henthorn, About.com

Stitch's Great Escape!Compliments of Walt Disney Company
If you're a fan of Walt Disney Pictures' hit film Lilo & Stitch, you know Stitch as a cuddly, but destructive alien prone to hilarious fits of havoc. But, have you ever wondered what Stitch was like before the movie?

You can find out when you come face-to-face with the mischievous character in the new Magic Kingdom attraction — Stitch's Great Escape! The new kid-friendly theater-in-the-round Tomorrowland adventure will put you in the middle of the mayhem caused by the naughty "Experiment 626" — a.k.a. Stitch — when he's captured by the Galactic Federation and telported to a processing center for alien prisoners.

You will be recruited to provide additional security as the six-limbed alien arrives with a reputation for playful disobedience and an appetite for chaos that exceeds all limits. Sights, sounds and — ewwww! — smells add to the pandemonium.

The bundle of energy comes to life thanks to Walt Disney's Imagineers who took him from animated film to life as an Audio-Animatronics figure. The result is a 39-inch-tall version of the unstoppable blue menace animated with a breathtaking degree of realism. Stitch is the first Audio-Animatronics figure to spit... oh, oh. Also featured will be two "plasma cannons" weighing in at more than 1,600 pounds each that follow Stitch's DNA whenever and wherever it moves. They were inspired by devices seen in Lilo & Stitch.

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There is a height requirement of 35 inches. Sitch's Great Escape! is located within Tomorrowland in the Magic Kingdom and will offer Disney's FASTPASS, the innovative free service available to all guests that eliminates the need to wait in long lines for popular attractions.

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