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Star Tours Reopens and Star Wars Weekends Start At Hollywood Studios

Posted by jeffgn on Saturday, May 21 @ 11:22:29 EDT (187 reads)

Walt Disney World reopened its Star Tours attraction Friday with a march of Star Wars characters and fireworks.

Lightsaber-wielding George Lucas and Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger were on hand at Disney's Hollywood Studios for the kick off event.

George Lucas said he had been working tightly with Disney on the Star Tours project for at least three years.

George thinks the new attraction is "amazing" .

A hord of characters were present, including Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2 and Darth Vader.

Fans lined the streets for the procession of characters and the opening of the ride, which had been closed since August. The old attraction was quite dated and not very popular.

The newly updated attraction now has a new 3-D film and more than 50 possible ride scenarios.

The ride is now open at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Make sure to check out Star Wars Weekends that start this week at Disney's Hollywood Studios

Also check out our soft opening ride review.

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Star Tours Soft Opening - Review

Posted by jeffgn on Sunday, May 15 @ 19:23:22 EDT (233 reads)

Star Tours soft reopening this weekend was awesome. Here is the blow by blow:

Entrance:

The entry way used to be more like a move set. It is now themed to match the rest of the attraction more space aged.

First Room:

Departure screen was replaced with a full video screen. Very good pre-show images. The R2-D2 and C3PO look great.

The carpet through out the attraction was replaced.

Second Room:

Large update to this room. Old Star Tour driver droids on display. The main droid in the middle is viewing an xray type machine to see what is in side of luggage. Great effect. Even got to see WALL-E.

Loading Queue:

The Tube TV's are gone and LCD TV's are in. New loading video. It was pretty funny.

Ride:

C3PO as the driver. The video was crystal clear. The video is split into sections and appears that each of the sections could be replaced with others. It appears there are many ride variations. The ride is less jerky than the old ride. The motion with the video was perfect. The 3D was good by really not needed.

Exit:

Pretty much the same with drop boxes for the 3D glasses.

Overall the ride improvements are terrific. Well worth the wait. With the variations to the ride it will be one that you'll ride over and over and not get bored.

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Splash Mountain Reopens With Lap Bars

Posted by jeffgn on Monday, January 31 @ 14:38:47 EST (519 reads)

Splash Mountain reopens tomorrow with new lap bars installed. This is to help prevent gets from standing up or leaving the ride early.

It should not have any impact to the ride capacity or increase wait times.

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Pleasure Island Make Over

Posted by jeffgn on Thursday, November 18 @ 13:48:30 EST (521 reads)

Disney World announced the new plans for Downtown Disney. Most of the old Pleasure Island area will be re-done with a Waterfront theme including more restaurants.

Read the info click here.

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International Food and Wine Festival

Posted by jeffgn on Monday, September 29 @ 08:06:09 EDT (1323 reads)

The International Food and Wine Festival started this weekend at EPCOT.   Throughout World Showcase you could experience the food and wine from many nations around the world.   There are booths setup bringing food and drink from countries other than the ones that are normally at EPCOT.

Expect long lines on the weekends at EPCOT.    For those who love food and wine your not alone.    The lines for these events are fairly long and the crowds are pretty big.    So plan for a whole day to really take in the sites and smells of the event.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy kicked of the concert series in the American Gardens Pavilion across from the American Adventure.    BBVD packed the pavilion for just about every show.    People were swing dancing all over. Terrific group to kick of a great event at EPCOT.

In my opinion this is not a great event for young children to attend or if your easily offended by people drinking.   Each booth sells wine and spirits.   The smell of alcohol is in the air. It is a great EPCOT event but for a little bit older crowd.

On a down note.   Pleasure Island closed this last weekend to huge crowds.    Not sure if there was an over flow from the International Food and Wine Festival.   EPCOT closed at 9pm and I can't see the party ending there.

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StormStruck at Innoventions Opens

Posted by jeffgn on Thursday, August 14 @ 08:33:10 EDT (1250 reads)

StormStruck at Innoventions in Epcot opened a few days ago.   It is still in tweak mode before the official open so some things are going to change.    Here is a brief explanation of the show:

1) You enter the preshow area. It can hold two shows worth.   The group closest to the entrance will get 3-d glasses like you would wear at any other 3-d show.

2) A few minutes before the inside show begins you see a brief preshow on a screen above the entrance door. There is also another screen at the back of the line.   The volume was a little low so I couldn't hear what they were saying. But the idea was about a storm machine that tested building material to see what would work during a major storm.

3) You enter the show room.   I think they could have explained this a little better, but your sitting in a room in a house with a couple big windows.     The windows are actually 3-d screens.   The are 4 rows of benches with each seat on the bench having a screen and two buttons.

4) The show starts with you looking out the windows at a garage and a neighbors house. The storm starts. Wind blowing trees falling and the roofs tearing off.   The glass breaks and you get spray in your face..(The part I hated the most is that it kept spraying me in the mouth. I could have lived without the spray). Of course the storm destroys everything.

5) You now get a quiz of questions about what building material is the best against storms.   You get to choose A or B for each one. The computer build a house on your choices (popular vote wins).

6) The show then runs with your choices and you see how it works out.

7) The host then tells you what the right answers were and why.

8) You exit to the post show area.

The post show area shows a machine that simulates wind.   There are some other displays.

Overall right now I would say its a B on the scale of Innoventions shows.    It could get to an A with tweaking. I think its a good fit for epcot. It can no way be compared to the Twister at Universal.

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Ticket Prices Rise

Posted by jeffgn on Thursday, August 07 @ 07:24:09 EDT (1316 reads)

Ticket prices are on the rise. Disney World has raised the price of there tickets with a single day ticket now at $75. Universal Studios quickly matched this price increase with there own. So if your planning a single day your going to be paying $75 for Orlando entertainment.

Disney World offers a deep discount on multi-day tickets. If there is any chance you'll be going to the parks for more than one day you should take advantage of the multi-day tickets. The price of the park hopping option has also increased. If your on a tight budget you probably could skip it and just go for the multi-day discount.

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