Disney Star Tours - The Adventure Continues

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The brand new Disney Star Tours ride is now open and accepting tours to "a galaxy far, far away..." Yes, this ride is all Star Wars all the time. The freshly updated ride will now take you to destinations from all of the Star Wars movies.

The new ride is complete with a 3D movie. Put on your cool 3D glasses and off your go. May the force be with you.

Disney Star Tours - The Adventure Continues

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The Preshow

Disney has great preshows, and this is the best one at Disney World. Walk through a junkyard full of robots, speeder parts and all kinds of futuristic service center for a space station. It's very Star War's.

As you stand just outside the doors you there is a movie that shows all of the "rules" for the flight. Notice the unique hidden Mickey in the hair of the lady doing the briefing.

The Attraction

Warning: Disney Star Tours is a simulator ride that can be uncomfortable for those who suffer from motion sickness. (Body Wars was worse.)

C3P0 is the captain of your Starspeeder for a routine tourist flight when something goes wrong with the launch and away you go on an adventure of a lifetime. There are several different scenes now available in the ride. The show is divided into three acts and there are several options for each of the acts. In fact, there are 54 possible "tours" you could end up on. You shouldn't see the same show twice which is good news.

Here are the destinations you could end up in on your tranquil tour -

Tatooine
Naboo
Hoth
Coruscant
The Death Star
Kashyyyk (the Wookie planet)

The new show is also filled with new characters. In the old show, characters from the movie didn't really show up but now there are several cameo appearances by most of the best know characters from the movies.

The Postshow

There isn't a postshow, but you do end up in a gift shop.

The Jedi Training Academy

Want to be a Jedi knight? You can learn how at the Jedi Training Academy. It's a live action show put on several times a day outside of the ride. Kids ages 4-12 are selected randomly to go through the training. It's a great show.

Video

Here's some video from the upcoming Star Tours II.

Fun Facts

Here are some interesting tidbits -

This attraction is the first Disney World ride to use non-Disney imagery.
Each simulator can accommodate 40 guests.
The new film is 4 minutes and 20 seconds long. Exactly the same as the old film.
You are on flight 1401. So what you say? The street address of Imagineering Headquarters in California is 1401 Flower Street.

History

This attraction first opened at Walt Disney World on December of 1989.

Disney World was the third park where Disney Star Tours opened.
This attraction is so popular a whole event sprang up around the ride. It's called Star Wars Weekend and it happens in May and June.

Dad's Ride Information Table

Star Tours - The Adventure Continues

Description: A 3D tour based on Star Wars movies

Height Requirement - 40 inches

Fastpass:Yes

Length of Ride: 4 minutes 20 seconds

Type of ride: Simulator ride

Dad's Ratings

Toddlers	Pre-Teens	Teens	Adults	Grandparents
2	3	4	4	3

Other Information:

The Fine Print

Here's some small print information

Due to the nature of the experience, service animals are not permitted on this attraction.
Video Captioning is available on selected monitors in this attraction. Please visit Guest Relations to obtain an activator.
For safety, you should be in good health and free from high blood pressure, heart, back or neck problems, motion sickness or other conditions that could be aggravated by this adventure.
Guests must transfer from motorized scooter or ECV to an available wheelchair, then from the wheelchair to the attraction/ride vehicle.
Expectant mothers should not ride.

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Dad's Bottom Line

Star Wars is Dad's favorite movie of all times. I still get chills when that great music starts. So it's natural that Disney Star Tours is one of Dad's favorite rides. If you aren't bothered by the simulator, you don't want to miss this one.