The Hunt for the Golden city
Written by @AceAstro
Guests enter the outdoor but roofed amphitheatre (similar to Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular or Waterworld).
To stage left and centre, a small golden temple with a moat around it. In the area on and around the temple, a few citizens can be seen doing various work. A king can be seen at the top of the temple. Stage right is a fairly large and open place. A small row of trees in the middle separates the temple in stage left and the open area of stage right. A large jungle backdrop can be seen with a few real trees hiding entrances to not make it obvious.
The show starts with Spanish Conquistadors entering the stage from the stairs all around guests. This group can be seen looking high and low. Suddenly, the leader shouts “Dónde está El Dorado?” and the men run off stage without ever seeing the temple.
Up next, a group of Jaguar Warriors enter the scene.
These warriors rush through the few trees splitting off stage right and stage left to see the Golden Temple. The first few citizens of El Dorado seem to put up a fight with the warriors but with a few stunt fights ending briefly, the rest accept the warriors in. As the warriors head toward the temple, they can be seen grabbing fruit and other food from the El Doradeans.
When they reach the top of the temple, the king explains that all these warriors have done is take take take. And that without giving back, the city of El Dorado will never be a place for them.
Quickly, the king's robes are pulled off to reveal he is Quetzalcoatl himself (full bird suit underneath) and through the use of a harness, Quetzalcoatl flies through the air knocking the warriors off of their feet and into the moat below. The warriors all get up and run back through the forest and out of the city.
Offstage, drilling, shouting for the golden city, and overall chaos can be heard as people try to find this mystical land. The citizens of El Dorado are not worried about this as they can be seen carrying on with their everyday work.
New men and women arrived at El Dorado. By sheer accident, they stumbled into the area. Much like the previous men before them, this group was focused on greed and what they could take instead of being selfless. Because of that, Quetzalcoatl (disguised as the king again) took this group up into the building’s rafters to never be seen again.
At this point, Quetzalcoatl talks to the audience about El Dorado. He explains just what El Dorado is, and the importance of being selfless over selfish.
After this, an unnamed woman appeared on stage right. She walked in appearing to read a map so found her way through to El Dorado. Once there, a civilian offered her a piece of fruit. In return, the woman offered the civilian some coins back as payment, to which to civilian refused, the woman then offered her map, the civilian accepted. As she continued on, more and more civilians offered her gifts, and every time, the woman would stop until she made sure that the civilians got something back that they were interested in.
When she reaches Quetzacoatl, he explains how she exemplified being selfless and that that’s actually the key to El Dorado. Not having yourself as the only focus opens up new worlds to what is all around you.
With that, El Dorado transforms: more golden towers are brought on stage, fountains start “dancing” in the moat, the civilians all come together in song and dance.
With that, guests leave the show with an important lesson of being selfish or being selfless.
