Tom Corless 
On Friday, May 20th, at 10:30 AM ET, Star Tours was officially opened at Disney’s Hollywood Studios with a huge ceremony and a few big surprises. We start this special report with photos of the festivities:
The event began with a procession of Star Wars characters
Some of these videos aren’t all that new, but I figured we should share them just in case you missed them in the flood of Star Tours coverage the last few weeks. First up, Tom Fitzgerald of Walt Disney Imagineering on the past and present Star Tours attractions: Next up, Ashley Eickstein looks at some … Read more
At midnight on May 20th, before opening to the general public, Star Tours was opened to select guests chosen by the Disney Parks Blog for a special meet-up. WDWNT Reporter Adam Roth attended the meet-up and has a number of photos of the event and Star Tours: The Adventures Continue to share with us:
Guests first gathered at Blizzard Beach, where they signed a waiver and were then loaded on to a bus
On May 20th, Star Tours wasn’t the only new addition to Walt Disney World. Blackbeard, from the latest installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, has temporarily replaced Davy Jones in the waterfall sequence of Pirates of the Caribbean and we have a short video of this new addition to share with you: … Read more
Tonight we will be broadcasting live from Disney’s Hollywood Studios for the Grand Opening of Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. Below you’ll find the uStream live video stream that will be going on during some parts of the event, stay tuned to Twitter @wdwnt for when that goes live. Below that is our new live blogging … Read more
Disney has made available two new press releases, the first gives a brief overview of the attraction: 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 … Read more
Join Tom Corless, Banks Lee, and Taylor Martina for a WDW News Today Special Report where they give their reviews of “Start Tours: The Adventures Continue” at Disney’s Hollywood Studios! WDW News Today Special Report-Star Tours Review
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. Surell commented that he didn’t want the Hoth battle in Star Tours since it didn’t fit the story but Lucas’s reaction was “who cares”.
The presentation continued with the Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
The video from this post on the Disney Parks Blog gives a great look at some of the figures and scenes from the Disney California Adventure version of “Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid” which will be a part of new Fantasyland in 2012: I know “The Little Mermaid” fans have been eagerly … Read more
WDW News Today is a proud partner of WDWCelebrations and is happy to provide them the space to inform you of their next exciting event: WDWCELEBRATIONS ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR “PROJECT XL: THE WORLD AT 40”; REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Fan-Led Celebration Offers Unique Events to Highlight the 40th Anniversary of the Walt Disney World Resort WDWCelebrations … Read more
From Merchandise Communications Manager Steven Miller on the Disney Parks Blog: The Disney•Pixar film “Cars” has a special meaning to me; it was the first movie my son saw in a theater. Despite the fact he was quite young at the time, he enjoyed it (though the part with Frank was a little scary…for me). … Read more
WDWNT Reporter Matt Paul was strolling through the Magic Kingdom on Thursday and noticed a few developments in the Fantasyland Expansion. While he didn’t have his camera with him, he did manage top get a few pics with a mobile device to share with us:
Hard to see, but they have started to install the rock-work on Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid
