Originally Posted By phruby The X-Wing that was hanging in the old upper level of the Starcade is gone. Any idea where it went? I hear it will be put in the planter at the front of Star Tours. Is this true? It was originally part of the Star Trader when Star Tours opened.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 That X-Wing was, way back when, reportedly an actual prop from one of the movies. I can't imagine an old movie prop being in any condition to sit outside in the weather if that's the case, or even if it was a prop built specifically for the store interior years ago, for that matter. Perhaps it will turn up in the store once more.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>I hear it will be put in the planter at the front of Star Tours. Is this true?<< There is a full scale replica of an AT-AT (Imperial Walker) outside of Star Tours in WDW. I guess a smaller X Wing might be a better fit for DL's "crowded" Tomorrowland. It would be a nice touch, don't know if it's pracical or if it will happen though.
Originally Posted By ni_teach DBitz2 said: That X-Wing was, way back when, reportedly an actual prop from one of the movies. It was not from the movies.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Either way, I doubt it would be going outside. There's really no space for it out there. If the PeopleMover track was gone, then it might visually work, but that whole area is already pretty cluttered, with a low 'ceiling' on it; it just doesn't make sense to add more to the mess. Since it was designed for indoor use, I would be surprised if it would be moved outdoors, even in southern California's mild climate. A much more likely option would be to move it into the overflow queue room, which I know they're planning on using for several months. Paris has an X-Wing set up out front of their Star Tours, and it looks good, but it's in its own area, with plenty of space around it to let it make some sense. Especially with the new DVC UFO that they just built, I would be really surprised to see them add another visual element to the TL promenade. In semi-related news, I was in line for Space Mountain late Friday night (got in line just before midnight), and it looked like they were using the upper floor of the Starcade for some sort of filming dressing area. They had makeup mirrors set up, and an area curtained off for dressing. After a while, there was a whole crew of people (including a couple kids) that came out to get to the exit, all wearing street clothes and carrying suitcases and/or garment bags. What really surprised us was that nobody seemed to be the movie 'type'. They all just looked like average folks. Everybody in the queue was trying to figure out what was going on, but as far as I could tell, nobody knew. We assumed that it might be for filming a new Star Tours pre-show video, but the hours did seem strage for that, since they weren't using any guest spaces so it could have been done in the middle of the day. Needless to say, we were a little distracted, so I didn't notice if the X-Wing was there or not.
Originally Posted By phruby We were there last friday, there was filming being done all over the park. That was probably part of it.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 >>DBitz2 said: That X-Wing was, way back when, reportedly an actual prop from one of the movies. It was not from the movies.<< I have some old Disneyland promotional materials dating back to when Star Tours came to the Park that claimed that it was a prop from one of the Star Wars movies. Of course, they once claimed that the Haunted Mansion hearse had carried Brigham Young and that turned out not to be the case!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I don't think Disney ever officially claimed that. I think it just spread as an urban legend.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 >>We were there last friday, there was filming being done all over the park. That was probably part of it.<< It would make me extremely happy if they were filming a new souvenir video to replace the crummy one they've had for the last several years. But, I'm not getting my hopes up. Too much of the Park is under refurbishment or construction unless they reuse older footage of those areas.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I asked Maynard last weekend as he was staffing the closed entry to the Tiki Room with the filming going on behind him. He told me it was for a new TV commercial campaign for this summer. Makes sense since they've got two new E Tickets and a brand new parade to market, and they'd want a big splashy TV campaign to kick it off. For the record, I'm not a Maynard "fan". I just happen to be aware of him after spending the last 12 years on Disney websites, and he just happened to be the CM staffing the Tiki Room that day. I didn't let on that I knew who he was, and he was actually a perfect gentleman and very polite and calm. A total 180 from some of his other antics that have made him famous (infamous?).
Originally Posted By DBitz2 The Disney Parks Blog has reported that the X-Wing will be in Star Traders when it re-opens May 4th.
