Star Tours

So yesterday I brought you the updates that are happening over at Fantasyland. Today I'm going to talk about the major change coming to Hollywood Studios.

Star Tours 2: The Adventure Continues is set to open May 20th at Hollywood Studios. For those of you on the west coast there will be a special sneak peak that day is Disneyland but the ride won't be opening there just yet.

I couldn't imagine a trip to Disney with out at least one ride on the original Star Tours. Although the original was a little out dated I did get a little misty eyed the last time I rode it back last summer. However, as information continues to roll out about the new ride that misty eye has been replaced by eyes longing to make it out to the park to experience the new magic.

There are major differences with this ride compared to the first. To begin with, this ride will be presented in 3D. So far for me the type of 3D Disney uses in park rides has never bothered me as much as the 3D in movies does so here is to hoping it is seamless and effective. Next we have a new pilot. Although we aren't sure how he makes his way to the front of the cockpit C-3PO will be driving the new vehicle through out the galaxies. The vehicle is also "new". It looks similar to the original Starspeeder 3000 but is actually the "new" Starspeeder 1000. The numbers go down because the events that happen in this ride would actually happen before those of the original since it is based before the original film (heard it is between III and IV but won't know until we get ride reports). I don't know if this means the trip to the Death Star will not be to destroy it but I'm excited to find out.

The cue is also being updated and there are talks of a pre-ride situation that gets you ready to embark through out the galaxies. Also it seems the fast past system will finally be needed again because Disney has plans to keep you coming back for more.

The most exciting part of this ride will be the places you can go. Disney has released that there will be over 54. These locations include Coruscant, Tatooine, Naboo, Hoth, The Death Star and Kashyyyk. Each location will have its own character, chases, and turns at every corner. Disney has released a "passport" that you can print to keep track of where you have been. The ride was designed so that hopefully you come back time after time trying to get each of the different beginning, middle, and end. All of this hopefully will make Star Tours an E ticket ride again that keep a full cue and people coming time after time