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Return to the Enchanted Tiki Room and More From D23′s Destination D

As if Star Tours wasn’t enough news for one weekend out team is attending Destination D as well.  One of the biggest annoucments today of course is the return of the Enchanted Tiki Room, which will feature a new show according to the Disney Parks Blog which is “reminiscent of the original show”. Here is a quick photo report from the team at Destination D thus far. Sorry for the quality but we wanted to get them to you as soon as we could. Stay tuned for a full report from Tom and the team when they return next week from all the events. New Logo…Very Retro -A recap of some Star Tours concept art and pre-show was covered with Imagineer Jason Surell. [...]

May 15, 2011     4 Comments
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Star Tours: The Adventures Continue On Ride Audio!

An anonymous source attended yesterday’s soft opening and was able to send us an audio recording of their ride experience. YES THIS IS A REAL LIVE RECORDING OF STAR TOURS: THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE. If you do not want to have your ride experience spoiled do not listen to this recording as it IS the ride. The rest of you ENJOY and stay tuned to WDW News Today as we continue to bridge the gaps between you and a galaxy far far away! Star Tours: The Adventures Continue

May 15, 2011     No Comments
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First look at Star Tours from Cast Member Previews!!! (Updated)

Well as usual WDW News Today is working hard to bring you the up to the date information on Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (or 3D, or II depending on what you like to call it). We were able to speak to a number of cast members who have participated in the Cast Member Previews and reconstruct the queue and ride experience from the bits and pieces that we have put together. Note this IS reliable source information but from multiple sources. It reflects info from people who have experienced the attraction but there may be gaps as it is from multiple sources. We will continue to update you as we get more information from our team covering the events [...]

May 13, 2011     1 Comment
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First Look at Star Tours Queue

The Orlando Sentinal and Wsbt.com give us a quick first look inside the new attraction queue and even ran into Tom Corless who is down in Walt Disney World covering all the events for us happening in and around the world the next few days. As always stay tuned right here to WDW News Today as we bring you up to the minute coverage of everything happening in Walt Disney World over the next few weeks. By Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel12:53 a.m. EDT, May 13, 2011 Inside Disney’s Star Tours, workers are prepping walls, high-definition screens and assorted droids for the attraction’s grand reopening next Friday at Hollywood Studios. Outside Star Tours, anticipation is building among Star Wars and Disney enthusiasts, so [...]

May 13, 2011     No Comments
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Disney Fans Insider Previews “Star Tours: The Adventures Continue”

The Disney Fans Insider takes a good, long look behind-the-scenes of “Star Tours: The Adventures Continue”: Star Wars™ fans will reel in intergalactic ecstasy when the newly renovated Star Tours – The Adventures Continue attraction storms Disney’s Hollywood Studios May 20 and Disneyland Resort June 3. Lovers of Jedi and Sith lords are in for a double dose of droid-tastic adventure as the first grand opening is scheduled during the first of this year’s four consecutive Star Wars Weekends at Walt Disney World Resort. Dust off your lightsabers kids … it’s time for take-off! Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald, who worked on the original Star Tours back in the mid ’80s, talks about re-imagining the new show. “We actually began planning the redesign over 10 years [...]

May 10, 2011     No Comments
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Adam Roth’s 5/4/11 WDW Photo Report

WDWNT Reporter Adam Roth visited Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Pop Century Resort on Wednesday, and luckily for us, he took a TON of newsworthy photos: Sounds Dangerous has made the board, but Star Tours is still closed too

May 6, 2011     6 Comments
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Zach Larson’s 5/2/11 WDW Photo Report

WDWNT Reporter Zach Larson visited the Walt Disney World theme parks on Monday and has a few newsworthy photos to share with us from his trip: Welcome to Hollywood

May 5, 2011     4 Comments
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New Star Tours Marquee Poster Revealed

From Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald on the Disney Parks Blog: Today, May 4, we unveiled a stunning new piece of Star Tours art which serves as the attraction poster at Disneyland park and the marquee at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Designed by Imagineer Scot Drake, the piece features the new Starspeeder 1000 surrounded by many of the planets, vehicles and characters from the show. Look for Darth Vader lurking in the shadows. The photo below shows the new marquee as it was being installed just this morning at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The Adventures Continue – only weeks away!

May 4, 2011     1 Comment
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Brandon Struve’s 5/1/11 WDW Photo Report

WDWNT Reporter Brandon Struve visited Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Sunday and has some newsworthy photos to share with us from his trip: Some new Kiliminjaro Safaris shirts

May 3, 2011     2 Comments
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Disney Updates Star Tours Webpage with New Images and Story Hints

The Star Tours page on the official Walt Disney World website was updated recently with a new flash-based preview (Sorry iPhone) of the destinations we’ll be traveling to when Star Tours: The Adventures Continue opens on May 20th at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. For those of you without a flash-capable device, here’s a look at the scenarios (and C-3P0′s response to them) you can scroll through on the page: We’re podracing on Tatooine Underwater on Naboo The icy tundra of Hoth Chased by the Empire near an under-construction Death Star Just moments before arriving at this picture, some speeder bikes with scout troopers rush by, implying we will be chased by them on Kashyyyk We tried to grab a snapshot of [...]

May 1, 2011     2 Comments
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