Dusk and Dawn: The 3-D Darkness Adventure

Dusk and Dawn: The 3-D Darkness Adventure (also known as Dusk and Dawn 3-D) was a 3D attraction at Disney-MGM Studios, Disney's California Adventure, and Tokyo DisneySea. The 3D attraction first opened at Disney-MGM Studios on March 18, 2004, and closed on November 19, 2007. It was replaced by Puppet Pals 4-D in mid-2008. The Tokyo DisneySea version opened on May 21, 2005, and closed on October 10, 2008. The California version opened with a different pre-show with Sun hosting, on January 4, 2005, replacing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire – Play It! in Hollywood Pictures Backlot, which closed on August 20, 2004. The Disney California Adventure version closed on December 31, 2007.

The attraction is a mini-sequel to Dusk and Dawn (2002).

History
In February 2003, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer once again signs a licensing deal with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts to install the 3-D attraction based on Dusk and Dawn at Disney-MGM Studios. MGM Animation Studios participated in co-designing the 3-D attraction with Walt Disney Imagineering. Construction began on the new soundstage 3-D theater in the following month, which is set to be home to the new Dusk and Dawn 3-D attraction. The attraction opened on March 18, 2004, at the Sunset Boulevard area. The animation services were provided by DKP Studios. With a total runtime of 15 minutes, the 3-D attraction itself costs $33 million. Additional venues were later announced for Disney's California Adventure and Tokyo DisneySea. The Disney's California Adventure version was to replace Who Wants to Be a Millionaire – Play It! in Hollywood Pictures Backlot, which closed on August 20, 2004. It was projected to open in late 2004 or early 2005, with a different pre-show hosted by Sun rather than Twilight. It officially opened on January 4, 2005, in Stage 17.

The attraction opened on the American Waterfront area of Tokyo DisneySea on May 21, 2005.

Closure
In August 2007, Disney announced that Disney-MGM Studios would be rebranded as Disney's Hollywood Studios on January 7, 2008. Rumors also surfaced that Disney World was planning to retire the Dusk and Dawn 3-D attraction as MGM's licensing agreement with Disney is slowly beginning to expire in Disney World's third theme park (including their Dusk and Dawn 3-D attraction). On September 9, 2007, Walt Disney World officials announced they would not renew their contract for Dusk and Dawn: The 3-D Darkness Adventure and their 3-D attraction would close on November 19, 2007 (two months before Disney-MGM Studios was renamed to Disney's Hollywood Studios). On October 31, 2007, Disneyland Resort also announced that the version would close on December 31, 2007. On August 31, 2008, Tokyo Disney Resort announced their version would close with its last day of operation on October 10, 2008. In 2010, MGM Studio Park in London, England acquired a license to this 3D attraction for use in the park's 4-D Cinema attraction. After the license expired in 2013, the attraction was replaced by Looney Tunes 4-D.

Premise
"Join Dusk and Dawn on a mysterious darkness adventure as they find the scroll that contains both "Light" and "Dark" crystals in the waterfall cave before it's too late."

- Walt Disney World official website and Disneyland official website

Queue
As guests enter the line queue, the queue (in a soundstage in Florida and California, and Twilight's Palace in Japan) features dozens of television monitors that show the series of segments (such as fun facts and various clips from the first Dusk and Dawn film). Before entering the pre-show room (Twilight's Palace or the main room), guests pass a kiosk where they pick up a pair of 3D glasses for use during the main show.

Pre-show
The guests enter the Twilight Palace in Florida, Sun Palace in California or the main room in Japan, the pre-show room is hosted by Twilight in Florida and Japan, or Sun in California, who welcomes the guests to "the Dusk and Dawn 3-D attraction". Here, the audience stands and watch Twilight or Sun summarizing the events of the first film. Once Twilight or Sun finishes summarization, Twilight or Sun tell the audience safety for Dusk and Dawn's 3-D adventure before the doors to the 3-D ride open.

Main show
Guests enter the 3D theater that has 350 seats. Once guests are seated, they are told to put on their 3D glasses before the 3D film begins.

The attraction has a 70mm 3-D film projection system. Water sprayers are attached to the back of each seat to spray the face of the rider sitting behind it. More water sprayers on the ceiling, spray riders seated in the front row. Those were to simulate the waterfall cave. Smoke is blown into the audience to simulate the explosion of the waterfall cave.

More to be added

Gift shop
Guests enter the attraction's gift shop Zodiacal Gifts after the 3D attraction. The store sells Dusk and Dawn-related merchandise.

Trivia

 * The 3D show was sponsored by Kodak in Florida and California, and JCB Co., Ltd. in Japan.
 * The only Disney Parks ride to be fully themed to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer intellectual property; Disney World also incorporated some specific films from the MGM library in The Great Movie Ride.
 * The building for the Tokyo DisneySea version is the replica of Twilight's Palace, as shown in the original movie of the same name.

English cast
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 * Gregory Smith as Dusk
 * Zooey Deschanel as Dawn
 * Anthony Hopkins as Twilight
 * Christine Baranski as Sun
 * Linda Hamilton as TBD
 * Patton Oswalt as TBD

Japanese cast
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 * Akira Ishida as Dusk
 * Houko Kuwashima as Dawn
 * Masanobu Takashima as Twilight
 * Yui Komatsuka as Sunset

Credits
To view the credits of the 3-D attraction, click here.