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    Backlot River Tour

    MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park

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    • Category
      Semi-Dark Ride
    • Type
      Boat Ride
    • Status
      Defunct
    • Opened
      18 December 1993
    • Closed
      1996
    Park
    MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park
    Description

    The Backlot River Tour past scenes from fictional movies. Every boat had an onboard narrator, just like Disney's Jungle Cruise or Universal's Jaws.

    History

    Backlot River Tour closed well before the park. The space previously used by the ride was utilized for the expanded Lightning Bolt-coaster.

    Design by
    R&R Creative Amusement Design
    Ride system(s) by
    Intamin Amusement Rides
    Animatronics by
    AVG Technologies
    Sally Dark Rides
    Features
    • Live actors
    Location
    • Starbucks, 265 E Harmon Ave, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, United States

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