The Disney Attractions Discussion Series: Star Tours

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:05 pm

Star Tours reboot coming to Disneyland and Disney World in 2011
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-bl ... sney-5358/
(via disneyreport.com)

PeterPanfan · Post by **PeterPanfan** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:31 pm

FINALLY. Not that I don't love it now, but hopefully it will bring more thrills in '11!

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:53 pm

This link has a video that was shown at the Expo:

http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/09/12/sta ... next-year/

jpanimation · Post by **jpanimation** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:48 pm

Looks like crap or should I say, I'm not impressed. Supposedly this will have multiple versions, I really hope I don't get the mix with the pod racing. If this is autosteroscopic 3D (without glasses) and they upgrade the simulator cars to not be so rough, then I'm onboard for whatever the new film is (minus the pod racing). Hopefully REX or someone equally entertaining is piloting.

I'm excited for the update but not excited by what I've seen

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:03 pm

Not impressed by a 30 second clip!!! Oh well, guess you'll have to wait for the ride like the rest of us! Har har!

jpanimation · Post by **jpanimation** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:44 pm

Hey, thats 30sec of a 4min ride lol

I know what you mean though. I'm still, lets just say, anxious to make a real opinion.

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:32 pm

Well, you'll have to wait until 2011. It'll be fine though, I'm sure. To paraphrase what someone else said on another message board, even if you weren't overly fond of the first movie it doesn't mean that it won't make a great attraction.

So many people know and love the original movies that they have to be included. On the other hand, there is a whole generation that grew up with the newer films, so they have to be included as well. Not to mention the kids just getting into SW via the Clone Wars series.

I think that it will still be a tour concept, (thus the name!), and in keeping with that concept, the ride will be taking guests all over the galaxy. If they do the 20 different beginnings, middles, and endings, then it will be different almost every time you ride it.

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:36 pm

Is the plan really to have it be a different experience each time?

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:35 pm

Rumor is... that's the plan! Hopefully its true. They did say that they were going to do things that have never been done in a simulator ride before.

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:29 am

http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayP ... 169Details

Since executives announced Saturday that Disneyland's "Star Wars" attraction will be overhauled to reopen in 2011, fans have been trying to get them to crack loose some details, with limited success.
"Star Tours II" will be in 3D and "much more than a redo," Bruce Vaughn, chief creative executive for Walt Disney Imagineering, said in a press conference Sunday near the end of Disney's D23 Expo for fans.

The original "Star Tours," which will be retired in 2010, is a motion-simulation flight through space.

The 3D clip shown Saturday in announcing "Star Tours II" was from the pod racing sequence of "Star Wars: Episode I --The Phantom Menace" (the film that revived the franchise in 1999, 16 years after the completion of the first trilogy).

That choice created rumors that the new "Star Tours" would be fashioned around the pod race. Vaughn discouraged that idea, saying the attraction would include several worlds from the George Lucas films.

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:07 am

Scroll down to the post by "Snowman" if you want to read a little about his experiences being cast in the new Star Tours. Not really any spoilers, but it mentions some lands and whatever:

http://www.rebellegion.com/forum/viewto ... d0e#255130
(via disneyreport.com & thedisneyblog.com)

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:28 am

New Star Tours II Details from the What's Next presentation
http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=74454

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 6:04 am

Closing/opening dates:

http://blueskydisney.blogspot.com/2010/ ... dates.html

DisneyJedi · Post by **DisneyJedi** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:04 pm

... Great. I'm still skeptical about all this!

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:46 pm

^ I'll miss the old one, but I'm really excited for the new one. ST is one of my favorite attractions, so bring it on!

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:36 am

Members of D23 Give Galactic Goodbye to Star Tours
http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest-ID-75016.asp

Big Disney Fan · Post by **Big Disney Fan** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:41 pm

And now that ride is officially gone from Disneyland, with WDW's version not too far behind (I believe that Florida's ride will close this September).

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:07 am

Disney Parks Blog Posts Sneak Peek Star Tours Queue Video
http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest-ID-75209.asp

Did I think that maybe I should hold off so I can experience the whole attraction once I finally get on it and it'll all be new and fresh for me? Yes. Did I watch the video. Yes.

That was great- I do love Star Tours, and I will miss the old version, but bring this version on!!!

Flanger-Hanger · Post by **Flanger-Hanger** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:05 am

I agree this version is definitely something to look forward too, even though I like the current attraction.

The video is great.

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:50 am

Star Tours gets celebrity-filled send-off during Last Tour to Endor event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
http://www.insidethemagic.net/2010/08/s ... d-studios/
(via disneyreport.com)

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