Project Fedora Is an Indiana Jones Playground: Disney Reveals Epic Jr. Stunt Spectacular! for Hollywood Studios

Mystery solved, and it comes with a slide. Project Fedora, the planter-walled construction site next to the Indiana Jones stunt show at Disney's Hollywood Studios, is a playground for kids called Epic Jr. Stunt Spectacular!

Disney named it on Monday, November 9, in a Disney Parks Blog rundown of playgrounds across Walt Disney World. "Located near Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!, Epic Jr. Stunt Spectacular! is a new play area expected to open in the coming months," the post says. There is no opening date yet.

What Disney has said

The official description is short. Disney says the outdoor playground is "Inspired by the spirit of the iconic stunt show" and "will give kids the chance to embrace their inner explorer, with interactive elements and themed play structures that bring action and storytelling to life."

The concept art fills in the rest. It is laid out like a working movie set:

• A climbing tower styled like weathered sandstone, its slide painted a rusty red
• Set facades behind it, including a rose-pink fortress and a pale blue storefront, with barrels and crates that Blog Mickey reads as a nod to the stunt show's Cairo marketplace scene
• Vehicles to climb on: a green truck in the foreground and a cream-colored propeller plane with two kids in the cockpit
• A lighting rig on a metal truss, shading benches where grown-ups can sit and watch
• An oversized vintage movie camera for junior directors
• Shade sails covering a large share of the play area

Where it is, and how we got here

Blog Mickey places Epic Jr. Stunt Spectacular! at Project Fedora, "between the stunt show's exit and Backlot Express." The site has been under construction since March, and the filings carried only the Project Fedora code name, with no hint of the purpose. Back in May, WDWMagic reported that a district database entry listed roughly 202 square feet, which it said suggested a kiosk. When we checked in on October 4, crews had just poured a concrete pad with anchor bolts. By mid-October, WDWMagic was calling it a playground and steel was rising from the site.

Our read: those steel posts make more sense next to the concept art, which shows posts carrying shade sails over the play area and a lighting truss holding up a canopy over the parents' seating. Disney has not said what the steel on site will support.

A second new playground for the park

Epic Jr. Stunt Spectacular! will join another new place for kids to play at Hollywood Studios. Drawn to Wonderland, an indoor play space built around Mary Blair's concept art for Alice in Wonderland, opened in September inside The Magic of Disney Animation. Disney pitches the two as "an imaginative indoor journey through Wonderland" and "an outdoor adventure inspired by larger-than-life stunts."

The outdoor part matters. Blog Mickey notes that "Hollywood Studios hasn't had an outdoor playground since the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure closed in 2016."

Also in the same post: Disney confirmed that its Tropical Americas plans at Animal Kingdom include a themed play area in Pueblo Esperanza, with opening timeframes and other details to be "shared at a later date."

So, parents of Indy fans: is a stunt-show playground right by the stunt show's exit the perfect pre-show energy burn, or the reason you will never get your kids into their seats on time?

Sources

• Disney Parks Blog, "Playgrounds at Disney World: Best Places for Kids to Play" (November 9, 2026)
• Blog Mickey, "Project Fedora: New Indiana Jones Playground Coming to Hollywood Studios" (November 9, 2026)
• WDW News Today, "Epic Jr. Stunt Spectacular Outdoor Playground Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios" (November 9, 2026)

Image credits: Concept art, Disney/Lucasfilm. Aerial photo, bioreconstruct via WDW News Today. Construction photo, BlogMickey.com.