So, uh, Star Tours.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

The concept that ST was the last bit of Original Trilogy to be had before the Special Edition travesty is enough to give it a healthy status in the history of Disneyland.

I know you're young, but sigh.

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.

The Jungle Cruise being influenced by The African Queen was not anything along the lines of Star Tours. Even the Fantasyland dark rides owed as much to the age-old fairytales and stories as to the Disney film versions of them. But certainly, Disney-based is in keeping with Disneyland.

Nope, to me, Star Tours was and always will be travesty enough to give it a black-eye in the history of Disneyland. It was the turning point. The Imagineers have not created a single world of their own since. Everything has been based on outside films, Disney films, or Pixar films. Not a single bit of true creation has happened, and it's a shame.



Still - I'm a major Star Wars geek, and I liked the ride well enough. If it had been a true attraction, and not a movie - it would have been on my must-ride list. But I can't get too worked up about the departure of a ride I barely ever bothered with.