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With less then 2 months away from the launch of the redesigned  Star Tours ride at Disneyland. Disney has sent out this press releases giving more information on the ride and all the juicy details about where you might be headed. Read the press releases after the Jump... LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The power of the Force and the magic of Disney have combined to create “Star Tours – The Adventures Continue,” a new 3-D attraction set to open at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park on May 20, 2011. The attraction also will open at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, Calif., on June 3, 2011. Based on the Star Wars films, Star Tours will take Walt Disney World Resort guests to multiple Star Wars destinations where they will interact with characters from throughout the Saga. And it will all be in 3-D. With eye-popping 3-D digital filming, a dramatic musical score and motion simulator-based technology, guests will be immersed in the Star Wars galaxy like never before on a theme park ...

Who's Flying The Star Craft? Disney will be re-opening Star Tours The Adventures Continues on May 10th 2011 in Disneyland in Anaheim and May 17th 2011 in Walt Disney World in Orlando. As explained earlier, all Star Tours Starspeeder 1000s are flown using the latest AC-series Tour Droids . And in fact, our initial plans were for our flight to be piloted by AC-38 better known as “Ace.” However, in discussions with George Lucas during the course of our production, we decided to take the story in a very different direction. So…while AC-38 is supposed to be our pilot, by the time we actually take off, the droid sitting in the pilot’s seat will be none other than…C-3PO! It’s one of the biggest changes and surprises in the new show. “Professional grit stopped me from yelling the glorious new storyline from the rooftops,” said Anthony Daniels recently. “It’s fun having secrets like this, waiting to share them at the right time.” You’ll see just how Threepio becomes our pilo...

Star Tours Update And Photos We have reported before that Star Tours ride in currently going through an upgrade. Randy ( Arnoldfans ) and myself were one of the lucky few who got to attend the very last ride of the original Star Tours on July 26,2010.  Star Tours 2.0 , which is set to open up in May of 2011. The most recent info is that it will be called "Star Tours: The Adventures Continue" New destinations will include Tatooine and Coruscant. And the new ride will be set in-between the two Star Wars trilogies. The Star Tours vehicle is now going to be chased by Boba Fett .  C3PO and R2-D2 are still the hosts… Admiral Ackbar holographically communicates with the Star Tours vehicle." We occupied a large soundstage in Hollywood to film a key sequence of the new show. Anthony Daniels flew in from London to bring C-3PO to life on the stage, as well as workshop the script with our writer Steve Spiegel. I spoke with Anthony Daniels the other day about what it...

Disney's Star Tours Final Flight Information This is going to be the farewell ride for Star Tours and I will be online trying to get my hands on one of the few tickets they will be distributing to member's. TICKETS Available July 14 at 10 a.m. PDT The most recent info is that it will be called " Star Tours: The Adventures Continue " New destinations will include Tatooine and Coruscant. And the new ride will be set in-between the two Star Wars trilogies. Get ready to visit a galaxy far, far away one last time! After Disneyland has closed to the general public, D23 Members are invited to take an exhilarating "final flight" to the Moon of Endor before Star Tours suspends departures as it readies for its 2011 reimagining. You will arrive at Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney for your pre-boarding gathering. Guests will check in and receive their commemorative boarding pass for their trip. All guests will receive a strand of intergalac...

New Images And Video For Disneylands Star Tours I am sad and glad in the same sentence that they will be updating the Star Tours ride in Disneyland. It is need of an update for sure.It will be replace with a newer and better 3D Star Wars adventure. The new Disney ride will take travelers to several other destinations in the Star Wars galaxy, places like Coruscant, which we have a picture of for you below. In the image we see the classic Star Tours space bus flying through the skies of the city. Please Leave A Comment-

Disney's Star Tours Revamp Video From D23 Getting chill's just watching this. I will be heading down to Disneyland next month to get one last ride on Star Tours and can not wait till 2011. presentation The video features the clip of a new pod race sequence, drawn from Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace. The revamped Star Tours is set to open in 2011. Star Tours Getting an Updated Look To Reopen in 2011 Please Leave A Comment-

Star Tours Getting an Updated Look To Reopen in 2011 This has been a long time coming. As a Child I really enjoyed the ride and to this day every time I go to Disneyland I have to ride Star Tours. After watching The Phantom Menace , I thought to myself that would be Really cool if they updated Star Tours with Pod Racing and Look what Happened. I am heading down to Disneyland in October so I better get one last ride on Star Tours. Johnny Depp is a tough act to follow, so Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Jay Rasulo brought in the heavy artillery today to announce plans to update the Star Tours attraction at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim and Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Fla. Radulo deadpanned that he had some "bad news" for the Disneyphiles attending the D23 Expo -- Star Tours would close in Oct 2010 . On cue, Stormtroopers marched on stage as the martial sound of John Williams' "Imperial March" played. Darth Vader appeared on the giant screen...

Disney's D23 Expo Movie line is Announced And Star Wars News The Walt Disney Studios has released its line-up of movie titles to be presented and screened at the D23 Expo taking place September 10–13, 2009 at the Anaheim Convention Center: And the official website mentioned that George Lucas’ Star Wars would have a presence at the convention, which got me Really excited. Enough that Disney released an official statement- “In response to inquiries from Star Wars fan sites about Storm Troopers at the D23 Expo, D23 issues the following statement: “We were contacted by the Galactic Empire and have been advised that Imperial dignitaries will be attending Disney’s D23 Expo,” said Steven Clark, head of D23. “As a result, a legion of Storm Troopers from the 501st Battalion will be patrolling the Anaheim Convention Center on Saturday, September 12.” And Saturday September 12th also happens to be the same day that Jay Rasulo, Head of Disney Parks and Resorts will be speaking. Will there be a...