Jan 9th 2007 Star Tours 20th Anniversary

Originally Posted By BlueHarvest1138

Today Jan 9th 2007 is Star Tours 20th Anniversary. Anthony Daniels aka C-3P0 sent a nice greeting over at <a href="http://www.swstartours.net/cms/" target="_blank">http://www.swstartours.net/cms
/</a>

 

Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

Could it really be 20 years that 'Star Tours' opened?

Gawd, I feel old...

 

Originally Posted By darthtiki

May 25, 2007 30th Anniversary of Ep 4

 

Originally Posted By gadzuux

>> Gawd, I feel old ... <<

Not as old as that tired attraction feels.

 

Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

"Well, the great thing about 'Star Tours' is that we can update it. It's easy for us to switch out a new movie, and boom! -- brand new attraction."

-- Walt Disney Imagineering selling the idea of a motion simulator to Disneyland Operations Management, sometime around 1986.

 

Originally Posted By avromark

^^^ Of course I'd love to see 4 different movies that rotate, or a different movie based on the day of the week or something. They programmed some randomness into TOT so can't they do the same to ST?


You know I was in kindgergarten/grade 1 when I last rode ATIS

 

Originally Posted By seanyoda

avromark, same here. In fact, that was the only time I rode ATIS. My second visit to Disneyland was January 3, 1987. In the evening they soft-opened Star Tours. One of my best friends and I were able to ride it twice.

 

Originally Posted By AskTheChief

It seems like longer than 20 years to me. They need new technology on that ride or something, LOL.

 

Originally Posted By jmishica

I was at that opening. I was a sophmore in highschool. I was up for 3 days.

 

Originally Posted By dresswhites

i remembered when it opened, it was the top draw in the park. always swamped. we avoided it for a long time because the lines were so long.
went on it, definately not of my favorites. makes me a bit queasy, so has space lately. oh how sad, i turn 30 in march and thrill rides are getting too wild for me! i going have to stick with Innoventions, Tiki Room, and Disneyland Railroad!

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

Innoventions makes me queasy, but I don't think it is a motion based problem...

 

Originally Posted By dresswhites

^^^lol, that is good one

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

I was there the first week it opened .. and after it I rode it ... I didn't cry the blues that ATIS was gone. Because, overall, Star Tours surpassed ATIS on many levels. It was (more than a worthy) replacement. Unlike these days where replacing formally better for lesser attractions seems to be the norm. ( Country Bear Jamboree>Pooh )

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

One note though ....... They seemed to brag that updating the attraction would be so easy ... Yet TWENTY years later .. they can't even get around to version 2.0!

By now we should on the fourth or fifth.

And they seem to be dragging their heels with all 4 "Kodak Magic Eye" theaters in 4 different Disney resorts with a current show (HISTA) that should also be going on it's 3rd show or even 4th by now!

So .. for all the touing that film-based attractions can be updated on a regular basis ... they can't even do that!

 

Originally Posted By Skellington88

What Pirates of the Caribbean was for the 60s Star Tours was for the 80s. A revolutionary new attraction that ushered in a new golden age for Disney.

 

Originally Posted By ChurroMonster

Star Tours 2.0 would've happened eight years ago if Michael Eisner and George Lucas were willing to work with each other then. Now that Iger is at the helm an update is at least possible. But that may still never happen because Star Wars is over. The attraction might benefit from dropping the Star Wars theme.

 

Originally Posted By BlueHarvest1138

Star Wars is far from "done". There are two TV shows in the works. One animated and another Live action.

 

Originally Posted By Park Hopper

^^and there have been whispers of more movies.

 

Originally Posted By Sweeper

Star Wars should not be dropped. Disney can't do science fiction/space fantasy well in movie form. Star Wars will remain a part of our culture for some time to come.

On with Star Tours 2.0 please. I remember the opening very well. The line started at Town Square!

 

Originally Posted By Colin

Wow, 20 years already. My first trip to DL was the week Star Tours opened. I thought it was the coolest.