So, uh, Star Tours.
 

Star Tours is getting the upgrade. Finally.

I am kind of in a funk about it today, not because I don't think it needs an upgrade - quite the contrary. I've been waiting for this a long time...a long time.

We weren't able to be there when they closed it. We didn't have a themed meet, no last ride, no visit to the Jedi Academy to cheer on the 4 year old padawans, no spontaneous saber battles where Cosmic Waves was, no last photos of Threepio yelling at Artoo or that repair droid no one pays attention to anymore.

:( My cheese is as sad as cheese can be. (My cheese loves the Star Wars of my youth, and as nice as the upgrade could be, this ride is a huge chunk of my Star Wars youth.)

I have no idea what the upgrade entails because missing APness means I'd rather be out of the loop. In any case, what will be will be.

Bye bye, Star Tours. I remember waiting 3 hours for you...and it was worth it.

:cheers:

I loved the queue, I was never really impressed with the ride. But then again, I was bitter that Adventure Thru Innerspace got the boot, and not CircleVision.

Yeah, I remember not getting in a last Inner Space ride when that upstart, mall-worthy Star Wars ride moved in, taking me by less-informed-geek surprise.


It would have been fun to have had a Star Tours meet. As a die-hard Star Wars fan, I have a warm spot for the ride - but truthfully have been on it but once or twice in the last five years or so.

Some of my Star Wars friends talked about giving it a proper send-off. Perhaps some of them did that yesterday, though I was never told about it.

It certainly wasn't one of the fave attractions among the LoT crowd. And if the sequel's going to be based on those godawful prequels, I can't say I'm really looking forward to the reopening. But that will be a fun event nontheless. I'm sure my Star Wars pals will make a deal of it - and it could be a fun day for the LoT crew as well.

I miss both Circlevision and ATIS.

Hey, y'all still have time to fly out to Florida and visit our old school Star Tours. I don't know how long before ours goes down, but it's probably gonna be a while.

According to the OC Register, September.

I am so glad I took that final ride on the 17th. I had no idea it was glowing away forever until I heard on the news... but the Endor Express lasted an incredibly long time for not once making it to its final destination.

Scheduling my ceremonial last visit soon. I'd be delighted if any of you want to join me. :)

So now I find out thru facebook that a bunch of people I know DID go the Park last nite, and never made an effort to say that in advance. Perhaps if I'd gone to Comic Con ...

oh well.

I'll bet you could probably recreate a better Star Tours in a hotel room...