OK you asked for it... here is a fairly detailed description of the Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull attraction in The Lost River Delta.

For once, I like the queue area in Anaheim better than in Tokyo. Ours is more interactive, spookier and more interesting all around. Tokyo's has a lot of the same basic elements but rather bland background music, and no sense of danger, like the spike room or the bat caves. There is a safety spiel movie hosted by Paco instead of Sallah, but no historical backstory footage The loading area is a clone. As I learned from another trip report, the vehicle motion-base is electrical rather than hydraulic, which gives the ride a slightly smoother feel. We noticed this immediately but could not figure out why until we re-read the report. There is only one treasure room, not a choice of three, and a crystal skull instead of the face of Mara greets you there. You make the same mistake as always, looking directly at it so it's off to the 'bad-place' you go. Indy speaks Japanese here of course. Upon entering the main room you still get shot at by the big skull but there is no fire. Instead of the falling rocks there is a really cool whirlwind effect that is dancing around in the same area. The snake is not a cobra (not being India) and looks more cartoony to me. The bottom of the chamber is filled with lasers and lightening rather than lava and fire. The rat room has been replaced with a marvelous scene where a small crystal skull shoots a ring of "plasma", smoke actually, right at you. It engulfs your vehicle and is a really really cool effect. The poisoned-dart room is a little spookier with nicer carvings on the walls but no real changes to the effects. You get your picture taken as you dodge the big ball at the end so smile! The Japanese on our vehicle knew about the camera ahead of time and posed.

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