Journey to the Lost Temple

Journey to the Lost Temple was an Adventurers-themed musical show performed at LEGOLAND California Resort's Land of Adventure, debuting in 2008 and running through 2012.

Synopsis[]

Pippin Reed welcomes the audience to the National Adventurer Museum. She attempts to unveil a time machine that she and Johnny Thunder had discovered in the Lost Temple that belonged to Cleopatra, only to discover that Lord Sam Sinister had stolen the artifact and replaced it with a cardboard cutout of himself. Lord Sinister reveals his plot to use the time machine to change history and make himself rich and powerful. Johnny Thunder arrives to stop Lord Sinister and his bumbling hired henchmen, but Lord Sinister activates the time machine and warps the heroes back in time to Ancient Egypt ("The Battle"/"Lost in Time").

Johnny Thunder and Pippin Reed find themselves in the Lost Temple. While Lord Sam Sinister still has the time machine in present day, Johnny realizes that they can find it in the past in order to get home. Johnny checks an empty sarcophagus, which begins glowing before releasing Moriah the mummy. As thanks for letting her out, Moriah volunteers to help Johnny and Pippin find the time machine by asking Cleopatra herself.

"Cleo" turns out to be a valley girl ruling over the Valley of the Kings. She reveals that she received the time machine as a gift from Julius Caesar but did not pay much attention to it since it was not jewelry, and it had been disassembled by scholars that she fired. Johnny points out that the time machine was fully assembled when he found it in the present day, and deduces that they must have been the ones to put it back together. In exchange for showing Cleo some dance moves ("Walk Like an Egyptian"), Johnny and Pippin are shown the first piece of the time machine.

They explore the temple in search of the other pieces of the time machine. Pippin is terrified when she encounters a talking snake named Slither, who keeps one of the pieces. Slither asks them for help retrieving its family from baskets ("Holding Out for a Hero"), and rewards them with the piece. Next, they go to the hieroglyphics room and find the last piece, but they need to spin the fully-assembled machine's dials in the right combination in order to make it work. The Sphinx, a self-proclaimed expert of hieroglyphics, offers to help ("The Sphinx Song"/"Hieroglyphic Rock").

However, the functional time machine sends Moriah and Cleopatra back to the museum along with Johnny Thunder and Pippin Reed, while the machine itself stays in the past. Lord Sam Sinister walks in with his time machine, which has been exhausted of energy, and Johnny demands that Sinister find a way to send Moria and Cleo back in time. By re-energizing the time machine ("Time Warp"), they successfully return Moriah and Cleo to Ancient Egypt.

LEGO Description[]

This is a description taken from Brick by Brick Spring 2008. Please do not modify it.

Journey to the Lost Temple
Opening May 23, 2008

Get ready to blast back in time with this brand new musical adventure. Join Adventurer Jack Thunder as he unveils his latest discovery - an ancient time machine - but be on the look out for the evil Sam Sinister! Meet colorful characters like Moriah the Mummy, Slither the Snake and even Cleopatra herself! And the best part is YOU can star in the show! Be sure to arrive 15 minutes early because multiple volunteers from each audience are selected to participate in the show!

This is a description taken from LEGO.com. Please do not modify it. (See an archive of the product’s page)

JOURNEY TO THE LOST TEMPLE - EXPLORE VILLAGE

Journey to the Lost Temple is a 25-minute musical adventure comedy featuring characters from our own Land of Adventure. Specifically for children ages 2 to 12, the show features a cast of five San Diego-based actors and more than 30 volunteers pulled from the audience.

In Journey to the Lost Temple, the audience enters a museum to witness explorer Johnny Thunder’s latest discovery – an ancient time machine found in Cleopatra’s lost temple. When Johnny’s arch nemesis, Sam Sinister tries to steal the time machine, it activates and transports everyone back in time to ancient Egypt and the Lost Temple of Cleopatra. In order to return home, Johnny Thunder and the audience must find the time machine. In their search, they meet a chatty mummy named Moriah, a Sphinx with a Las Vegas attitude and a valley girl Cleopatra.

The score includes a fun mix of classic songs such as “Walk Like and^[sic] Egyptian” and “The Time Warp Dance” combined with new songs written especially for the production. Also, be sure to view our Journey to the Lost Temple cast bios of the rotating cast.

Download instrumental scores from Journey to the Lost Temple! The Battle The Sphinx

Duration approximately 25 minutes. Showing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

This is a description taken from LEGO.com. Please do not modify it. (See an archive of the product’s page)

Journey to the Lost Temple

Duration: 25 minutes

Journey to the Lost Temple is a 25-minute musical adventure comedy featuring characters from our own Land of Adventure. Join Johnny Thunder and blast back in time in this musical adventure. The best part is YOU can star in the show! Specifically for children ages 2 to 12, the show features a cast of five San Diego-based actors and more than 30 volunteers pulled from the audience.

In Journey to the Lost Temple, the audience enters a museum to witness explorer Johnny Thunder’s latest discovery – an ancient time machine found in Cleopatra’s lost temple. When Johnny’s arch nemesis, Sam Sinister tries to steal the time machine, it activates and transports everyone back in time to ancient Egypt and the Lost Temple of Cleopatra. In order to return home, Johnny Thunder and the audience must find the time machine. In their search, they meet a chatty mummy named Moriah, a Sphinx with a Las Vegas attitude and a valley girl Cleopatra.

The score includes a fun mix of classic songs such as “Hieroglyphic Rock” and “Lost in Time” combined with new songs written especially for the production. Also, be sure to view our Journey to the Lost Temple cast bios of the rotating cast.

Arrive 15 minutes early for participation opportunities. Strollers are not permitted and latecomers will not be admitted. Loud music, sound effects, lasers, smoke and strobe lighting effects are used.

Please note that showtimes are subject to change or cancellation without prior notice.

Notes[]

During the show's run, there was no official minifigure depiction of Cleopatra. The Minifigures theme would later introduce the Egyptian Queen, who is occasionally named Cleopatra in media such as The LEGO Movie. Similarly, the Roman Emperor appears to be modeled after Julius Caesar, who is mentioned by Cleopatra in this show.
Ironically, despite Pippin Reed's portrayal as terrified of "creepy crawlies" and snakes in this show, Gail Storm was originally characterized as being unafraid of snakes and scorpions in LEGO Mania Magazine.
Lord Sam Sinister's actor wears a prop mustache in some performances and not in other performances,^[2] causing the character's appearance to vary from the original minifigure.
Shawn Greiner, LEGOLAND's entertainment supervisor, created the show and wrote the opening song's lyrics with the help of other LEGOLAND staff. Marty Martin, who plays multiple characters in the show, wrote "The Sphinx Song".^[3]
When the show debuted in 2008, it featured two original songs: "The Battle" and "The Sphinx Song". These were replaced with two new songs "Lost in Time" and "Hieroglyphic Rock" in later years,^[4] although the opening fanfare of "The Battle" is still heard when Johnny Thunder makes his entrance.^[5]