See the new higher resolution version of this video: • 2005 Star Tours - Orig... R2, next stop Endor! George Lucas and Disney; talk about a power team. This simulator ride takes you to Endor...or does it. Enjoy the ride!
Very nice video. Made me feel like I was there. When your standing in line and being rushed, you don't always get to see or hear everything. Videos like this are helpful.
Couple of trivia things about the ride: a) the droids you see of C3P0 and R2 where the exact same ones used in the movies. b) You'll notice a conveyor belt in the ride near the end of the line, if you look closely you'll see parts marked GE (General Electric), those parts are from an old ride taken down from disneyland, you may see some parts from it. c) The 2 droids that talk to you near the end are actually exoskeletons of Goose from an old ride. Check their feet out (they're webbed).
I know how you feel. That's funny, I went on the same ride just like you when I was a kid. You're not alone. I still have the pins in my black shadow box located above the computer desk in my bedroom.
I get tingles just watching the doors open up to board, just like the first time I rode it on my seventh birthday back in '89...I'm going to miss hearing "This is Captain Rex from the cockpit."
As many times as i've been on this ride, I still feel like it's my first time, such a great ride. And when the new one comes out, i'm sure it'll be great as well. Also, word has it that there is going to be 3-5 different types of rides, one of course being that pod race one, and others being hoth and etc. Can't wait! :D
I liked the OLDER version of this ride BETTER than the NEW version, because it was nice to hear Paul Reubens do the voice of Captain Rex. He took a break in the NEW version of the ride which is Star Tours 2️⃣: The Adventures Continue. I love this ride even though it needed a change. Everyone needs a change now and then. Rafiki always says, "Ah, change is good". It's so sad that Robert Guillaume passed away. No wonder he was good at doing the voice of the talking mandrill shaman from The 🦁 King. 👍🏻 if you agree with my comment about my favorite Disneyland ride which is based on ⭐ Wars.
I think it would have been nice for fans of the older star tours to include the option to ride this version too, but in 3d. I'm not sure if you were thinking the same thing, but I agree with you.
My favorite rides in Disneyland are Star Tours, Space Mountain, Indiana Jones Adventure, Thunder Mountain, The Matterhorn Mountain, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
It's about time we got a new Star Wars ride, I have been waiting 22 years. God, it just seem so outdated in the 2000 decade. I hope it will be on HD screens this time. And the pilot actually goes to the destination and not miss it.
I've about to captured this classic version of this ride, on my Westgate DVDs camera in Monday 2009. During my mother's birthday, and Ithen Disney's Califronia Adventure at Wednesday. Then return back home at San Diego, California on Thursday. And it was my only hope to catch the 1987 Star Wars ride on my camera, before closed on 2010 for the making of the Star Tours II in 2011!
i am a huge star wars fan and i absolutely love this ride... i was happy that i knew the names of the droids and the different planets. I told my teacher that i was a starwars fan and he said i was a nerd and asked me if i liked dragons and dungeons, harry potter, and lord of the rings. he is mean...:(
Disneyland in Anaheim had the first one, it opened in 87. The second one opened in Tokyo Disneyland a couple of years later. MGM Studios in Orlando was the third one, and Paris was the fourth and final.
@sumbuddyx Supposedly the comets are a throwback to the Adventure thru Inner Space attraction that occupied that space before Star Tours. Also, in the maintenance bay, look for the Mighty Microscope from the same attraction jutting out from behind a control room.
It sure would be nice if the rumors come true and Star Tours gets a new movie. That would really help the ride so much. A day at Disneyland is a great idea. It is something I want to do but I am in the middle of so many edits that I just dont have time right now. Maybe later in the year. Thanks for the compliments!
I like disneyland and disney stuff i remember going on this eide at disneyland i really liked it thanks for putting this on youtube. I'd like to go back to disneyland florida and do the same things that i did.
Neat trick... it had a soft opening for two weeks in December of 1986 and the official opening in January 1987. But, if you knew someone who worked in Imagineering, it was in development and occasionally tested for over two years.
i love this ride. when i went with my friends to disneyland, we just ate dinner and we wanted to go on space mtn. but we mite throw up so we thought this ride was calm but woah were we wrong (: but i loved it
Actually, Star Tours is set after Return of the Jedi. During the queue, C-3PO mentions the Ewoks being impressed with his magic. And if it were the BoY or the BoE, then R2-D2 is in two places at the same time. That's the THIRD Death Star. And if you notice, it blows up just from torpedoes impacting on the surface, so apparently by the time they built the third one, the Empire was REALLY cutting corners.
This video is from Disneyland CA and our Star Tours is in Tomorrowland. You are correct, the one in Florida is at Disney Studios (formerly called MGM.) - - RU
Interesting fact: Star Tours was originally planned to be based on the 1979 film The Black Hole, which guests would choose their own car route. However, due to the negative reception of the film and ginourmus costs for the ride, plans were shelved. Disney later made plans with George Lucas for a somewhat less expensive attraction based on much more popular material. Who knows what how Star Tours would have looked like if the Black Hole plans weren`t shelved.
It is being updated. Imagineers announced the new destination of hoth. It's suppose to come out in October 2008 but Disney's reliability is low. They plan to keep the endor express on 2 of the 4 simulators at star tours.
Pretty cool ride. They're coming out with a new Star Wars related ride called Star Tours 2. It will be based on the Pod Racers from episode 1 and it will feature Hayden Christenson (Anakin Skywalker).
Hey, it's Pee Wee Herman doing Rex, or at least his actor, Paul Reubens. Yeesh, just imagine what it would be like if he used his Pee Wee voice for the droid.
Thanks for taping this. Paul Reubens doing the robot pilot voice = awesome. Can you believe that they got rid of Captain EO, though? I miss So Cal because of sentimental stuff like this.
actually they're not removing this ride, they're just adding the podrace simulator to another section of Disneyland. I've discussed this with several tomorrowland ride operators
This ride is awsome, the reason the lady on the screen has wierd hair is because your in star wars universe, thats like saying, "that twi'lek has a wierd head" rofl, good vid :D.
@mrcoolicool007, actually she can be seen in the new queue video for the updated Star Tours. Right when the kid turns around and takes a picture, she's sitting on his left.
Don't get me wrong i love the old and new Star Tours.... But i wish they had a vitrual ride through of Adventure Thru Inner Space on one of the simulators.
