Tag: Star Tours

  • Star Tours 2 Florida Sneak Peek Events

    Disney is taking a special sneak peek event for the newly imagineered Star Tours 2 to four Florida locations in April and May.  This is your chance to see what exciting galactic destinations await you before the attraction officially opens on May 20th at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the beginning of Star Wars Weekends.  To learn more…

  • Disneyland Announces Opening Dates for Three New Attractions

    Construction workers are scrambling to get the Disneyland Resort in California primed for the busy summer season.  Disneyland officials confirmed the grand opening dates for three new experiences at the Anaheim theme parks.  To alleviate any suspense, on May 27th the new Mickey’s Soundsational Parade will march down Main Street U.S.A. for its world premiere.  One week…

  • A Magical Memory Night at the Magic Kingdom Press Conference

    Star Tours Re-Opening, Fantasyland Expansion Details, and Premiere of Cinderella Castle Projection Show To take advantage of the hundreds of media folk and travel writers in town for the Christening Cruise of the Disney Dream, Disney held a private party at the Magic Kingdom complete with a press conference inside Mickey’s PhilharMagic.  Disney Executives expounded…

  • Video: Star Tours Ends With A Bang

    Previously on the DIS Unplugged blog, we reported all the events during the Last Tour to Endor party on Saturday, August 14th.  The party included a one night only show combining the Star Wars and Indiana Jones universes called Raiders of the Lost Jedi Temple of Doom: A Fan Film of Epic Proportions, and even…

  • Last Tour to Endor at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

    Last night I had the pleasure of attending the Last Tour to Endor event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  This was part of the Star Wars Celebration V that was held in Orlando August 12-15, 2010.  The event was one last chance to ride Star Tours before it closes for a yearlong refurbishment that begins September…

  • Disneyland Construction Update

    It’s that time again…time for a Disneyland Resort construction update.  I know it’s been awhile, but with World of Color now open, construction has been progressing as normal over at California Adventure, and there was really nothing new to report.  Things have changed in the last week or so, and we’re seeing some new construction…

  • Celebration V, An Extreme Star Wars Weekends – On Steroids!

    A Star Wars Celebration V Primer for Disney Fans As a Disney fan, you may also enjoy Star Wars, maybe due to attractions in Disney theme parks such as Star Tours, Jedi Training Academy, and the Stormtroopers atop the gates of Disney’s Hollywood Studios for Star Wars Weekends.  However, you may wonder what Star Wars…