Kid Carson (male) or alternatively Kate Durango is a character who appeared in The Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
History[]
Background[]
Kid Carson was a Bandit from the old western. Kid Carson operated along with his Partner by the name of Snake who were robbing and getting into a shoot-out with the town sheriff Kid however little to their own knowledge, a movie-character.
At one point in time, tours being launched from the Chinese Theatre of Hollywood would start traveling through the worlds of different classic films, including the Western genre inhabited by Kid Carson and Snake. the tour stopped here while the robbery was in progress by Kid Carson and Snake. After getting into a shoot-out with the town sheriff and chasing the tour guide away, the bandit blew up the town bank with dynamite and hijacked the ride vehicle. After abandoning his partner found themselves launched into worlds of different movies. This led him in finding themselves in the temple of Anubis from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) where they happened upon a jewel known as the Treasure of the Gods. While ignoring the words of a nearby elder, He tried to steal the treasure and was killed by its curse, being transformed in a flash of fire and smoke into a skeleton.
Appearances[]
The Great Movie Ride[]
Kid Carson was a live-performed character who appeared in this attraction that hosted several portions of the ride. Technically they were one of two possible hijacking characters but the Western genre was the most common of the scenes with the alternative being very rare. Kid Carson had no assigned gender, sex, race or ethnicity of which they were assigned as though women playing a Bandit might have another name Kate Durango
Kid Carson would force the original tour-guide out of the car and take over for the scenes for both Alien and Indiana Jones. They would be replaced with the original tour-guide following the Indiana Jones scene after stealing the treasure of the gods and being killed.