Tag: Star Tours
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New Adventures Coming to ‘Star Tours’ at Tokyo Disneyland
Tokyo Disneyland is getting new adventures on its ‘Star Tours’ in 2025, just in time for Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025!
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Star Tours – Decades of Adventures
Since 1987, Star Tours has been giving guests “greatest hits” from the Star Wars universe. Through the decades, guests have been given the experience of doing the trench run as they join the Rebel Alliance in attacking the Death Star, take part in a podcast race on Tatooine, or even join the Battle of Crait!…
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New Adventures Continue 4-Decade Star Tours Legacy
In 1979, Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald was hired to Walt Disney Imagineering. In less than ten years, he would be working on the original version of Star Tours. This was a simulator attraction that initially was envisioned to change and adapt with new stories from a galaxy far, far away, as they were created by George…
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New Poster Released for ‘Star Tours: The Adventures Continue’ Ahead of New Experiences Arrival
A new poster has been released for Star Wars: The Adventures Continue ahead of the arrival of new experiences on April 5, 2024. The attraction will see the Starspeeder going on new adventures from Ahsoka, The Mandalorian, and Andor. The new poster gives hints at what will be experienced when guests make the jump to…
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New Adventures From ‘Ahsoka,’ ‘Andor,’ and ‘The Mandalorian’ Coming to ‘Star Tours – The Adventures Continue’ in April!
Starting on April 5, 2024, Star Tours – The Adventures Continue will be including new characters and destinations come from Ahsoka, Andor, and The Mandalorian. During the adventure, guests might receive transmissions from Ahsoka Tano, Cassian Andor, Din Djarin and Grogu. They also might visit Peridea, from Ahsoka. These updated experiences will be coming to…
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Star Tours | DISNEY THIS DAY | February 28, 1997
On this day in 1997, a 10th anniversary rededication ceremony for the Star Tours attraction was held at Disneyland. Chewbacca and Carrie Fisher, famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia, were on hand to carry out a lightsaber ribbon cutting. The ceremony was reminiscent of the medal ceremony at the end of ‘A New Hope.’…
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New Adventures Coming to Star Tours in Spring 2024!
At Destination D23 this weekend it was announced that new adventures will be coming to Star Tours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida, Disneyland Park in California and Disneyland Paris. These new adventures will be arriving at all three parks in the spring of 2024. The new adventures will take Star Tours passengers on new…
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Disneyland Paris Gives Glimpse Into the Future During Fan Event
Right in the middle of the Grand Finale of its 30th Anniversary celebrations, Disneyland Paris has chosen April 12th, its historical anniversary, to launch the big comeback of Disney Dreams®!, a dazzling night-time show last enjoyed by guests in 2017. The resort has also revealed news of what’s coming up to a large group of loyal…
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“35 Years of Star Tours Adventures with D23” at Star Wars Celebration
On Friday, May 27, Star Wars Celebration commemorated the 35th anniversary of the iconic Star Tours attraction by bringing together some of the creative team who worked on the project over the years. Tony Baxter (former senior vice president of creative development at Walt Disney Imagineering [WDI]), Dennis Muren (senior VFX supervisor and creative director…
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Star Tours Celebrates 35 Years of Adventures at Disneyland
35 years ago today Star Tours opened at Disneyland. On Jan. 9, 1987 guests first hopped aboard Starspeeders for an out-of-this-world adventure. RX-24 then took people on his first flight that ended up being full of adventure and featured iconic Star Wars locations and moments as they make their way to Endor… with a bit…
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“Behind the Attraction” Brings Disney History to the Whole Family
Behind the Attraction brings Disney Parks fun to the whole family, while also teaching viewers a thing or two about Disney history. The series, which will debut 5 episodes on July 21, focuses on the history of some of your favorite attractions while getting insight from individuals from Walt Disney Imagineering. It’s a very fun…
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Sequences Arrive on Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
On Friday, December 20th Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker arrived in theaters. At Disney Theme Parks around the world, new sequences that highlight scenes from the movie appeared in Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. The new scenes in the attraction now take guests right into some of the biggest moments of the final movie…
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The Rise of Disney+ – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to this week’s edition of the DISNEY Reporter! Each week we share the top Disney and geek headlines that were in the news. This week, there is a lot of entertainment news. The week started off with the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s final trailer. Following that news, it was announced…
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Star Tours – The Adventures Continue to Get New Experiences Based on Rise of Skywalker
If you’ve ever been on Star Tours – The Adventures Continue, you know that it is always changing and adapting! As each film in the newest trilogy has been released, we’ve seen added scenes that include characters and locations we know and love. When Disney announced Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge to the public, Starspeeders starting…
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Back to Before – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1001 (#471)
Welcome to the 9th-anniversary episode of GEEKS CORNER! On October 5, 2010 GEEKS CORNER began weekly episodes. Nine years later the weekly episodes continue. While much has changed, there is still a lot the same. For the first half of this episode, the geeks take a look back and revisit the topics of the very…
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Disneyland to Test Pilot FastPass Program in Tomorrowland
Disneyland is set to unveil a new pilot program around Fastpasses in Tomorrowland in the near future. The new FastPass program will have one centralized location as the hub for three attractions in Tomorrowland’s FastPasses. This includes Space Mountain, Star Tours, and Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters. Along with the new centralized location, paper FastPasses reminders…
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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and Beyond! – Opening Day Attraction Wait Times Throughout The Years
The Opening Day of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios brought huge crowds that arrived at the Park in the very, very early hours of the morning. Disney’s Hollywood Studios was scheduled to open at 6 am today, tomorrow, and Saturday for all guests, even those not staying at a Disney Resort. Guests…
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Disney’s Hollywood Studios 30th Anniversary – The Celebration Looking Back and Looking Forward
Today is the 30th anniversary of Disney’s Hollywood Studios! The park has undergone some changes over the years and continues to change. But, it has always paid tribute to the grand Hollywood and the magic of movies! The Disney’s Hollywood Studios Anniversary Ceremony Walt Disney World paid tribute to the opening day with a parade…
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Coffee Champion Goes to Disneyland – DAPS VLOG
Welcome to this week’s DAPS VLOG! This week was a bit of a different week for the DAPS MAGIC team. The day began not at Disneyland, but instead at Starbucks. Caitie was competing in a competition there. This is a competition that she ended up winning! After the big win, some In n’ Out, and…
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Celebrate Star Wars at Disneyland Paris When Legends of the Force – A Celebration of Star Wars Arrives for a Limited Time in 2019
The Force will be strong at Disneyland Paris with Legends of the Force arrives in 2019. This limited time celebration of Star Wars will run from January 12 to March 17, 2019. It will offer an incredible sound and light show and an impressive (most impressive) lineup of favorite Star Wars characters. In the Star…
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Local Watering Hole, Oga’s Cantina Coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in 2019 with Adult Beverages
Today it was announced that Oga’s Cantina will be opening in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in 2019. With the announcement on the Disney Parks Blog, more information was released via the Orange County Register. This includes some things that are sure to excite fans. Some other things will change some things at the Disneyland Resort…
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A Very Star Wars Birthday! – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to another week of Disney Reporter. Here we share the top Disney and geek stories that were covered in the news by DAPs Magic each week. This week there is quite a bit to cover so not everything made it in. Here are the posts that were covered though on this edition of Disney…
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Star Tours – The Adventures Continue With New Adventures – Review
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue has added new adventures to this Star Wars attraction at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The new adventures were introduced at both parks on November 17th ahead of Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s release in December. Mr. DAPs and Murray journeyed into Disneyland to climb aboard a Starspeeder and…
