{"id":12323,"date":"2008-05-30T07:45:31","date_gmt":"2008-05-30T14:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/05\/30\/star-tours-it-isnt-just-for-endor-any-more.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T08:29:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T15:29:40","slug":"star_tours_it_isnt_just_f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/30\/star_tours_it_isnt_just_f.html","title":{"rendered":"Star Tours — it isn’t just for Endor any more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continuing confirmation<\/a> that there’s a revamp in the works for Disneyland and Walt Disney World’s Star Tours<\/em> ride — twenty years after their opening with a promise of regular changes to allow riders to visit other locales in the Star Wars universe.<\/p>\n

Revolutionary for its time — combining faboo show for the waiting queue with moving shuttle capsules timed with displayed film — Star Tours <\/em>has fallen on hard times. There’s rarely much of a line whenever I visit, the ride itself has been running for long enough that people can say the lines along with it, the whole place needs a good dusting and cleaning, and the promise of multiple rides in one has never been fulfilled. <\/p>\n

Hopefully the new rapprochement between Lucas and Disney will revitalize what was once an exciting destination ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Continuing confirmation that there’s a revamp in the works for Disneyland and Walt Disney World’s Star Tours ride — twenty years after their opening with a promise of regular changes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[263,372,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney","category-star-wars-media-movies","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7240,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/04\/18\/star_tours_redu.html","url_meta":{"origin":12323,"position":0},"title":"Star Tours redux?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 18-Apr-05 12:08pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The irksome tale of how Disney passed up an opportunity to revamp their aging Star Tours ride -- and how it may yet happen in time for the ride's 20th...","rel":"","context":"In "Disney\/Pixar"","block_context":{"text":"Disney\/Pixar","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/franchises\/disney"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30961,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/30\/disney-to-buy-lucasfilm-make-a-new-star-wars-movie.html","url_meta":{"origin":12323,"position":1},"title":"Disney to buy Lucasfilm, make a new "Star Wars" movie","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 30-Oct-12 2:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, so I've triple-checked to make sure (a) it's not the beginning of April, and (b) this isn't \"The Onion\" ...So buying Lucasfilm actually makes a lot of sense. \u00a0The two companies have worked together before (\"Star Tours\" being the most obvious). \u00a0Plans to make an \"Episode 7\" are ...\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":130523,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/30\/speaking-of-fun-shirts.html","url_meta":{"origin":12323,"position":2},"title":"Speaking of fun shirts","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 30-Apr-16 6:54pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Some clever Classic Disneyland Ride \/ Star Wars mash-up posters. 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