So, uh, Star Tours.

[Morrigoon]

I think we should have an event when it returns

[keith - SuPeR K!]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

I think we should have an event when it returns

Agree. The LoT subs meet was superb!

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I mused more on the fact that I'm so far out of the Disney loop I miss things like that.

Just read my blog at Retroland, and you don't have to worry about being out of the loop! I talked about this back in May, preview trailer included free of charge.

[innerSpaceman]

I believe the Tiki Room was the only attraction that garnered both a closing AND re-opening LoT Meet. Subs got a re-opening. Pirates got a closing. Star Tours doesn't deserve both. A re-opening will be fine.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Star Tours doesn't deserve both.

I would be mad, but your statement is too predictable for that.

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, never mind that it was the first motion simulator that many of us ever rode, was completely immersive (the queue was part of the ride, IMO), featured multiple awesome AAs as well as the simulator, etc etc.

Yes, not the most repeatable ride, though I found it more repeatable than most other people did. Even in recent years I was able to squint my mind into the daydream that I was truly in the trenches with X-wings.

I totally understand that others don't feel the same way. I wish I could say I miss ATIS more...but I don't remember it, short of the dazzling queue.

I do hope the new one is awesome, and that Jedi Academy sticks around long enough for my little one to show off his saber skills.

[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.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Heh, I'd forgotten that take on it. I see the point, and though I could argue semantics, I won't.

Our generation gap is showing - but what do you expect from someone who was 10 years old when the ride opened?

[innerSpaceman]

Absolutely forgiven because of your youth. Especially since that sad youth meant missing Star Wars in theaters on its initial run. A beautiful reason to be alive and of movie-going age in 1977.



Aside from the breaking of the fourth wall which I think Star Wars and Indiana Jones do explicitly, all movie attractions really need to be conceived and prepared with four or five different films. Soaring Over California is great, but became pretty boring after the first dozen rides. Star Tours lasted perhaps 15.

I can't explain why movies have less repeatability than a physical attraction I know every inch of, but it's a known phenomena not experienced by me alone.

It's already such a cheap short-cut to have a movie ride in the first place. Not having any alternate films, for decades no less, is adding insult to cheap shot.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I totally understand that others don't feel the same way. I wish I could say I miss ATIS more...but I don't remember it, short of the dazzling queue.

What I remember of ATIS was while in HS is was an amazing make out ride.

[innerSpaceman]

And a druggie ride. Drugs and Sex = best ride ever!