Disneyland Show Moteurs… Action!

The show Moteurs… Action! Stunt Show Spectacular was located in Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris, next to the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. It showcased Hollywood-style stunts performed on cars and motorcycles. The show was closed in 2020.

Key features of the show:

• Created in 2002 specifically for Disneyland Paris, with a set resembling a small village on the French Riviera.
• Duration: just under 40 minutes, with a large grandstand for thousands of spectators.
• Included live stunts with cars, motorcycles, jet skis, trucks, explosions, pyrotechnics, and fire effects.

During the performance, viewers became part of an imaginary film about a sports car chase. The plot was simple: the hero drives a red car while black cars representing villains chase him. The show also revealed behind-the-scenes secrets of stunt work.

Special vehicles used in the show:

• Hero car: bright red, a lightweight spaceframe car with a mid-mounted motorcycle engine, reaching about 100 km/h in around two seconds.
• Villain cars: all black, styled like Opel models (Opel was a founding partner of the show), capable of drifting and driving forwards and backwards at high speed.
• Unique stunt cars: one cut in half for explosions, one with an off-center driver seat, and one built to drive backward at high speed.

The climax of the show featured a motorcyclist set on fire, performing safely in a special suit before being extinguished, followed by Lightning McQueen from Cars (added to the show in 2007) driving out with pyrotechnics, thrilling the audience until the very end.