The first time I rode Tokyo DisneySea’s Indiana Jones Adventure, I was disappointed in the safety video. Which is probably a ridiculous thing to say, but we’re talking about a place where theming is paramount, and, compared to the Indiana Jones safety video in Disneyland California, I thought DisneySea’s was a weak effort. There’s no Sallah, no backstory, no awesome 1930s newsreels. There’s just Paco and his one video, playing over and over in an endless, unforgiving loop.
But over time, Paco’s safety video wormed its way into my heart. I began to enjoy Paco’s homemade sign, his overacting, even his dubbed voice. I found myself wanting to shout “Sore de wa, ADIOS!!!” every time I heard someone say “Tabun ne.” And then, one day, when I was standing in the projector room in a particularly slow moving line, listening to Paco tell me about seatbelts over and over and over again … I noticed something.
Paco doesn’t have one video.
He has two.
A Jubilation! 