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Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show

Disney's Hollywood Studios · Streets of America

Overview

Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show was a large outdoor stadium show on Streets of America where professional stunt drivers performed high-speed car and motorcycle sequences — jumps, precision driving, and a climactic explosive fire stunt — framed as a working movie stunt shoot in progress. Guests sat in tiered stadium seating around a full-scale European village set built specifically for the stunts, with a live host narrating the action as if directing a film production.

ParksLog Verdict

One of the more physically impressive live shows Hollywood Studios ever ran — real stunt driving, not projection tricks — and its loss marked the end of the old Streets of America backlot entirely. It's remembered fondly by anyone who caught it, but its closure opened the door to two of the park's most significant modern expansions, so the trade-off is hard to argue with in hindsight.

About this experience

Live stunt show featuring cars, motorcycles, precision driving, and explosive effects.

Best For

  • Guests who remember the stunt shows era of Hollywood Studios
  • Fans of Disneyland Paris's still-running sister show
  • Park historians tracking the Streets of America backlot's transformation

Tips

  • The stadium and European village set now sit under Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and Toy Story Land
  • A close relative of this show still operates at Disneyland Paris under a similar stunt-show format
  • Streets of America itself no longer exists as a named area of the park

Details

Thrill High~30 min

Type show

Status Retired / not operating

Approximate duration ~30 min

Thrill High

Good for kids Often works well for younger guests

Opened 2005

Attraction characteristics
ShowOutdoorStuntsCars

History

The show opened in 2005, adapted from a similar stunt show that had already been running at Disneyland Paris since 2002. It closed in April 2016 when Disney demolished the entire Streets of America backlot area to build Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and Toy Story Land.

Fun Facts

  • The show used a genuine working stunt team performing live car jumps and precision driving twice daily
  • Its European village set was built full-scale specifically for the production, not repurposed from another show
  • The land it stood on was completely leveled and rebuilt from scratch for Galaxy's Edge and Toy Story Land

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