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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman
Star Tours was the first attraction in Disneyland that completely took you out of anything created by Walt Disney or the imagineers and into a movie world you already knew from the real world, solidly plunking you down, imo, in that real world outside the berm.
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You give Jungle Cruise a pass, but say that Star Tours takes you into "real world outside the berm?!?"
If anything, Star Tours does a BETTER job of removing one from reality. You are taken to a place that we can (at this point) only dream about. If I wanted to go on an African safari, I could do that right now (the cost and desire to actually want to aside). While space travel is indeed in our futures, it is far less accessible than a trip down a river. And I am far less likely to see a 747 flying overhead or hear the whistle of a steam locomotive on Start Tours than I am on Jungle Cruise.
While the ride is certainly showing its age and could stand for some new technology, I feel much more removed from reality on Star Tours than I do on many of the other attractions discussed.