The Simpsons Stage

A cancelled concept for a Rock-A-Fire explosion replacement at Carwardine's parks when Aaron Fetcher was not giving Carwardine the money they owe.

Prior to the plan, Carwardine had planned to have a debt collection agency try to get the money owed by Aaron to Carwardine, however the collection agency filed for bankruptcy and Carwardine had no other choice but to try and get rid of the RAE.

Plans 1

 * Fatz Geronimo as Leon Kompowsky
 * Dook LaRue as Bart Simpson
 * Beach Bear as Ned Flanders
 * Billy Bob as Homer Simpson
 * Rolfe DeWolfe as Marvin Monroe
 * Earl has been removed
 * Mitzi Mozzarella as Lisa Simpson
 * Looney Bird as Maggie Simpson
 * Choo-Choo as Itchy Mouse
 * Uncle Klunk as Marge Simpson

Plans 2
The concept was slightly modified to remove the "minor characters"
 * Fatz Geronimo as Homer Simpson
 * Dook LaRue as Bart Simpson
 * Beach Bear as Ned Flanders
 * Billy Bob as Granpa Simpson
 * Rolfe DeWolfe as Nelson Muntz
 * Earl as Martin Prince
 * Mitzi Mozzarella as Lisa Simpson
 * Looney Bird as Maggie Simpson
 * Choo-Choo as Itchy Mouse
 * Uncle Klunk as Marge Simpson

Plans 1

 * Lisa's Birthday

Plans 2

 * A Simpsons Christmas Carol

Cancellation
After Aaron Fetcher gave the money Carwardine owed and a rise in more shows at Simpsons Theatre, the retrofit was cancelled, and only the prototype of a variant of Plans 1 with Martin/Nelson was completed, with the animatronics being reused for different purposes, Leon Kompowsky's animatronic was retroffited as the Comic Book Guy for FOX Studios Eruowood as the only one still in operation and one of the only three still standing, Bart Simpson's animatronic was scrapped for spare parts, Ned Flanders' animatronic was relocated outside of Carwardine Colony's Simpsons Theatre until it closed down in 2007 and it was subsequently relocated to the visitors center, Granpa Simpson's animatronic was used for spare parts for a CU Mini-Stage, Nelson and Martin's animatronics were in storage for years, until The Simpsons Village installed them inside the Springfield Elementary recreation, and after that park was closed, are planned to be relocated to Disneyland Eruowood. Lisa's animatronic was on display at Carwardine Studios for a time before being scrapped, Maggie's animatronic was relocated to Carwardine Corners' Simpsons Theatre, until it closed and was sold off on Animatronic Trading, Itchy's animatronic was planned to be reused for The Simpsons Village, until it was damaged beyond repair and thrown away, and Marge Simpson's animatronic was relocated to the Eruowoodian Museum of Film and TV, albeit not operational.

Later Simpsons-themed RAE retrofits would come in the form of The Simpsons Fun Show at Carwardine Corners and Whalom Park and The Simpsons Hoedown at Andy Griffith's Mayberry U.S.A. as well as the New RAE retrofit Krusty's Circus Spectacular also at Carwardine Corners, all of which were produced under CEI's authority. Other RAE retrofits for Carwardine included PBS Kids Funtime Band (which featured the RAE characters), The Get-Along Gang Talent Show (a New RAE retrofit), and A Hour of Singing for The World of Redwall (a RAE Center Stage retrofit).

The original installation manual was found in a drawer at Carwardine Studios in 2018. The installation tape was found in 2020 after a fan uploaded it to YouTube.

Trivia

 * The stage went so far into development, that some promotional material for Carwardine had screenshots of the Plans 2 prototype, and the prototype for Plans 2 was re-used for some ads promoting the later Simpsons RAE retrofits at Carwardine Corners, Whalom Park, and Andy Griffith's Mayberry U.S.A.
 * The two planned showtapes were never recorded outside of scratch audio takes performed by the Simpsons voice actors, the first tape is lost, while the second tape was found, but heavily damaged.