Star Tours: The Adventures Continue Fact Sheet
Overview:
The power of the Force and the magic of Disney have combined to create “Star Tours – The Adventures Continue,” a new 3-D attraction set to open at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park. With an eye-popping digital presentation leveraging Dolby 3-D to deliver a vivid and realistic experience, a dramatic musical score and motion simulator-based technology, guests will be immersed in the Star Wars galaxy like never before on a theme park attraction. More than 50 story combinations are possible for guests to experience aboard Star Tours, so guests can enjoy the attraction multiple times without ever experiencing the same adventure. In fact they never know where the Force will take them!
Opening Dates:
- May 20, 2011 (Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla)
- June 3, 2011 (Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.)
Attraction Locations:
- Walt Disney World Resort: Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park
- Disneyland Resort: Tomorrowland, inside Disneyland park
Attraction Experience Time:
- Approximately 7 minutes (including boarding at Starspeeder gate).
- Actual show is approximately 5 minutes.
Height Requirement:
- 40 inches (102 cm) or taller
Attraction Designers, Writers and Creators:
- Walt Disney Imagineering, working with Lucasfilm Ltd. and Industrial Light & Magic.
Some famous Star Wars film characters guests can encounter
(depending on which story they experience):
- R2-D2
- C-3PO
- Darth Vader
- Boba Fett
- Yoda
- Sebulba
- Admiral Ackbar
- Chewbacca
- Jar Jar Binks
- Princess Leia
Some famous Star Wars film planets and destinations guests can encounter
(depending on which story they experience):
- Kashyyyk
- Hoth
- Naboo
- Coruscant
- Tatooine
- The Death Star (above the planet Geonosis)
-- Posted May 18, 2011