Disneyland shut its version on Sept. 8 with no return date. Tokyo DisneySea’s has been down since last August. And Disney is building a third one in Florida.
Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye closed at Disneyland on Sept. 8 for refurbishment, and Disney has not said when it comes back.
The official attraction page says only that it is closed and asks guests to check back. No timeline.
Meanwhile the Tokyo DisneySea version, which runs on an identical track with a different story, has been closed to all guests since August 2025. That one has no announced reopening either.
Mid-October is not a reopening date
This trips people up every time, so here it is plainly.
Disneyland’s published operational calendar currently runs through Oct. 20 and lists no hours for Indiana Jones Adventure. That is where the calendar stops, not where the work stops.
It was a planned closure, but….
This closure was planned. Disneyland added the ride to its closure calendar back in late July, with the shutdown timed for the Monday right after Labor Day weekend.
What Disney did not do was attach a length to it.
When a project has a known duration, Disney usually publishes it. Rides go down for a week or three with a date on the sign. An open window generally means the scope is not fixed.
Disneyland has been rebuilding this ride for years
Piece by piece, and mostly quietly.
The full Sallah pre-show returned in 2025 after five years gone, having disappeared during the 2020 closure. In January 2026, Imagineers repaired the collapsing bridge effect that had been broken for years, using the ride vehicle’s hydraulics and dropping ropes to sell the failure.
By April, the exit dig site had picked up a new winch, a refreshed water tower, weathered crates, and newly displayed temple tablets. The boulder scene came back as part of the same effort.
The ride also went down from March 17 to April 24, 2025, right after its 30th anniversary, then briefly again in December.
So this is the fourth closure in about 18 months, and the only one without an end date.
What else is closed at Disneyland Resort?
More than usual.
The Mark Twain Riverboat entered its own open-ended refurbishment on Sept. 8, the same day. At Disney California Adventure, Silly Symphony Swings has been closed since April 27, with some dismantled parts returning but no reopening announced.
Indiana Jones anchors Adventureland, so expect its absence to push wait times around that corner of the park.
A third Indiana Jones ride is coming to Florida
At Disney’s Animal Kingdom, DinoLand U.S.A. is becoming Tropical Americas, and that project includes a new Indiana Jones attraction replacing DINOSAUR. The two rides share a nearly identical track and system, so it is a reimagining rather than a from-scratch build.
The new version gets an original storyline and an advanced Audio-Animatronic modeled after and voiced by Harrison Ford. Disney expects it in 2027 but declined to give a season at the D23 parks panel.
The timing is probably a coincidence, but will we see the more advanced Indiana Jones animatronics come to the other rides?
Refurbishment schedules do not usually coordinate across continents. But if you had plans to ride one this fall, the odds just got worse, and Florida’s is still more than a year out.
Article compiled with the help of the Pirates & Princesses newsroom.
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Hat Tips:
Disney Dining (September 2026), the Oct. 20 calendar-edge distinction, the app guidance and the Tropical Americas connection
Inside the Magic (July and September 2026), the July closure announcement, the Tokyo DisneySea status, the Mark Twain and Silly Symphony Swings closures and the prior refurbishment dates
WDW News Today (July 2026), the closure calendar listing and the three-version comparison
Disney Fanatic (September 2026), the restoration history including the preshow and bridge effect
Disneyland Resort, the official attraction page and operational calendar
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